I cannot find my motivation anywhere. Maybe I left it in bed.
Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!
Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Feb 14, 2016 8:18:00 am PST #15398 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Nora Deirdre - Feb 14, 2016 8:31:10 am PST #15399 of 30003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Nora, would you consider the mid-Atlantic? You wouldn't know it looking at the thermometer right now (or pictures from our snow storm a few weeks ago) but Baltimore's winters aren't crazy bad, certainly they are way more mild than New England. Also, housing prices are reasonable. We have a ton of great beer and jobs for software engineers plus a diverse population! Go Baltimore, Choose Baltimore!
I do love Baltimore. (I actually love some of residential pockets of DC, as well.) And I know a lot of (non-Buffista) people in the Baltimore area too. What's the neighborhood where Atomic Books is in? That was super funky, I loved it when I was there last year.
Seattle sounds better than PDX, but, yeah, 'spensive. Will keep researching!!
Consuela - Feb 14, 2016 8:32:43 am PST #15400 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Burrell, I have a great easy oreo cheesecake recipe I got from Sunset Magazine many years ago. If you want it, I can type it up. But... it does require several hours of chilling, so maybe it won't do for today.
I'm making a lemon pudding pie, although maybe I should do a lemon meringue: the meringue would hide the horrible way my pie crust shrank in the oven. I was in a rush and didn't rest the pastry dough before I rolled it out. Bollocks.
Nora Deirdre - Feb 14, 2016 8:33:16 am PST #15401 of 30003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Conversation between me and Tom:
me: the board has also advanced Baltimore as an option...
Tom: (immediately) No.
me: why, the weather?
Tom: I don't know. (pause) maybe after it's been a little longer since I read the book Homicide ? I know, it's not fair.
Burrell - Feb 14, 2016 8:35:57 am PST #15402 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks Consuela, but he really wants just a plain cheesecake. I think I might try the Settlement Cookbook, it has what looks like a good basic recipe. Making it today because his birthday is tomorrow.
aurelia - Feb 14, 2016 9:13:44 am PST #15403 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Chicago is diverse, with public transit and good beer. We do have real winters though.
Nora Deirdre - Feb 14, 2016 9:23:58 am PST #15404 of 30003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Yeah, Chicago is off the list for that reason. Sadly. (I love Chicago)
P.M. Marc - Feb 14, 2016 9:39:05 am PST #15405 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Many of our grocery stores have British Foods sections!
And it's $$$, but the pay tends to reflect that, especially for a software engineer.
P.M. Marc - Feb 14, 2016 9:39:16 am PST #15406 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
AND WE DO NOT HAVE WINTERS.
Nora Deirdre - Feb 14, 2016 9:46:55 am PST #15407 of 30003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Tom thinks the talent pool in Seattle will make it impossible to get a job. I think he has little faith in himself. (He's really good at what he does.) I think he's nervous about being a small fish in a big pond, which is sort of the opposite of New Orleans.