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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Jan 25, 2014 5:07:57 pm PST #18126 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Yikes, Kat's dad, get good cardiac care! Kat's mom, tell Kat these things!

Suzi, that blows. I'm sorry you were so let down.

Finally, I need to ask, since I am a non-kale-eater: why does it need to be massaged? (I have been eating a lot of spinach in smoothies, though. I feel like Popeye.)


aurelia - Jan 25, 2014 5:15:08 pm PST #18127 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

My dad had that and they seem to have solved it with an ablation. It took some time to get there though.


Calli - Jan 25, 2014 5:20:01 pm PST #18128 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm sorry, Suzi.

Kat, I hope they get your dad's cardiac issues fixed soon.


lisah - Jan 25, 2014 5:21:47 pm PST #18129 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Finally, I need to ask, since I am a non-kale-eater: why does it need to be massaged?

It makes it more tender so nicer to eat raw.


Steph L. - Jan 25, 2014 5:24:31 pm PST #18130 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

So raw kale is less...floppy than other greens? Like, compared to, say, spinach or romaine, it it markedly more stiff? (I'm such a kale n00b!)


lisah - Jan 25, 2014 5:26:12 pm PST #18131 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

So raw kale is less...floppy than other greens? Like, compared to, say, spinach or romaine, it it markedly more stiff? (I'm such a kale n00b!)

Yes! More fibrous.


Hil R. - Jan 25, 2014 5:26:37 pm PST #18132 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So raw kale is less...floppy than other greens? Like, compared to, say, spinach or romaine, it it markedly more stiff? (I'm such a kale n00b!)

Yeah. If you don't massage it, it requires a whole lot of chewing if you want to eat it raw.


Steph L. - Jan 25, 2014 5:30:16 pm PST #18133 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Intriguing. Also slightly intimidating. I usually don't have to take my food to the spa before I eat it.


sarameg - Jan 25, 2014 5:32:39 pm PST #18134 of 30000

Also it's easier to be irked by my mom than to worry about my dad.

I tend to go the direct route and get mad at the patient.

Crazy winds just kicked in. I seriously thought there was a miscreant in the alley, since I wasn't expecting it.


Kat - Jan 25, 2014 5:36:33 pm PST #18135 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Well, my dad is currently in the hospital with some liquid in lungs and he won't answer the phone so it seems useless to be mad at him.

My dad has been hospitalized with this at least two times before. Hence the defibrillator.

AND now I have to find another old person for Grace to interview but it has to be an old person with access to technology so Grace can skype. It's complicated.