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I've been feeling way too stressed out about work lately, mostly caring too much. I'm ready to stop, but I'm struggling to "turn it off." Your ever-valuable suggestions, advice, jokes, or inexplicable pro-iphone comments are welcome as always.
I don't really have much for advice or suggestions. So I'll just send hugs. *hugs*
- Heather
Yay, hugs! *squeeze* Yup, that helped.
- Lo the Baker
Oh, I didn't see this but I understand. *hugs* Um, I downloaded a new hipster photo filtering pack for my iPhone and it's frivolous and I love it! Was that inexplicable enough? ;) My advice is to keep breathing...someone very wise (okay, an acting teacher who went to the best clown colleges in the world--no joke--but maybe that made you smile) once told me that the difference between excitement and panic is all in the breathing.
- joey
Ooooh, nice! I like that a lot. Thanks Joey!
- Lo the Baker
GrammarCheck - "Then there is a popular song that uses "lay" incorrectly. Bob Dylan's classic LAY, LADY, LAY should really be LIE, LADY, LIE, but I think we all can agree that the grammatically correct way sounds awful." - http://www.grammarcheck.com/archive...
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I disagree. I think the usage is correct. She's laying an egg, and he's urging her on. How sweet!
- Lo the Baker
from Bookmarklet
Nope, Johnny. A person has to "lie down". You "lay" an object on the bed but you "lie" on it. Unless you are now off the bed, where in the past tense "She lay on the bed for 2 hours, then smoothed the sheets where she "had lain." #yepIwenttothatkindofhighschool
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
No, you can lay your hands on something but you gotta"lie" down (recline). And you say "lie beside me" if you wanna do it all proper. I swear. It's The Rules.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
rules are meant to be broken.
- Friar Will (:^)
Never said you hadda follow the Rules.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Now I'm thinkin of my favorite English Major joke where the homesick Bostonian says "I've just got to have scrod."
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
But I'm telling you guys, she's laying an egg! It's the correct usage for that scenario :P
- Lo the Baker
from Android
GUESS WHAT GUYS. I'm going to get SCUBA certified. I have desperately wanted to for 18 years, and I realized I am out of excuses. I do publicly & solemnly swear that I will be Open Water Certified by the end of 2012. #JustDoIt
Tamara, Micah, Joe The Sausage and 24 other people liked this
Diving the Great Barrier Reef is on my bucket list, and I also hope to do that before we have completely destroyed it.
- Lo the Baker
Awesome. Other cool places to check out: the Blue Hole in Belize, the Wall in the Turks & Caicos.
- The original Kevin
Having researched what's involved, I can't believe how easy it is. It has seemed like the most far-off pipe dream for so long.
- Lo the Baker
Sweet. thank for the tip Mark :)
- Lo the Baker
Lake Superier and the wrecks. BTW, check out camera pictures would be teh AWESOME
- WarLord
People... what a bunch of bastards! (http://www.youtube.com/watch...)
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Yep. (Bunch of awesome, too, though sometimes that's really, really hard to see.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Mostly I like people, but even awesome people are lame sometimes, and now that always brings this IT Crowd quote to mind. Somehow, it makes me feel better about the reality that everyone is a bastard at some point, and my uncanny ability to get in front of bastardizing.
- Lo the Baker
I do think YOU'RE awesome, JD :)
- Lo the Baker
This is pretty much my motto.
- SteVe C
You're awesome too, Lo! I love The IT Crowd so much :)
- Jennifer Dittrich
GROUP HUG
- Lo the Baker
If I may vent about what prompted this today, there's this girl who works upstairs from the kitchen. We're on the employee council together, and she seems cool. Sometimes I take her cupcakes & banana bread. One day I garnered my courage & asked her if we could hang out sometime. I invited her to a party I was having, gave her my phone # and address. She didn't come, but asked me to...
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- Lo the Baker
Sorry about that. The good news is, I love my team to death, even if everyone else in the company is ultra-cliquish and refuses to socialize with the kitchen underclass. So maybe it's "people who aren't bakers... what a bunch of bastards!"
- Lo the Baker
Aww, Lo ((hugs)). Believe me - it's her, not you. As hard as it is you are right, it's time to cut your losses and move on. It's her loss.
- WoH: Minding her Botts
Thanks :-) I know it's her loss, that's part of why it's frustrating... but that's life. At least I don't have to work with her directly.
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Survived my first major disagreement/awkward getting in trouble with my boss' boss, AND he came away from it with greater respect for my intelligence/abilities BUT he still believes that I admire & respect his practices and intelligence. HA HA!
Kelli H., Heather, Bird-botts and NotdaBOTTurlokin4 liked this
My direct boss is awesome, but this guy is a legendary jerk. His name brings forth so many horror stories from anyone who works with food in this city. He was the first person I met at the job fair; I knew immediately that he was going to be tricky to deal with. If any of y'all remember my horrible last boss, you'll be glad to know that what I learned there is actually paying off. WOOHOO
- Lo the Baker
Red Tails - GO SEE THIS MOVIE OPENING WEEKEND. Please. It's about the Tuskegee airmen. If you are too broke, DM me & I'll buy you a ticket. Pretty please! (If you're wondering why, see comments.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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George Lucas started pre-production on this movie in 1988, for release in 1992. No studio would finance a movie with an all-black cast. Ultimately Lucas paid for the film & distribution from his own pocket. He said on the Daily Show that there's much more to the story; if opening weekend box office numbers are good, it will be a trilogy with prequel & sequel.
- Lo the Baker
from Bookmarklet
The only thing sadder than this story not being more frequently told is that attempts to tell it are still hampered by discrimination. So let us send a message with our dollars, yes?
- Lo the Baker
Plus, it looks badass. Expensive special effects + WWII air battles? Hell yeah.
- Lo the Baker
I'll go see it.
- Eric - Temp Giants Fan
Yay! Thank you, Eric.
- Lo the Baker
This looks great! I will try to see it ASAP!
- Kelli H.
Woohoo!
- Lo the Baker
Bonus: the screenplay is co-authored by Aaron McGruder, famed creator of The Boondocks
- Lo the Baker
For the record, I am serious about subsidizing folks going if needed :)
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Can't DM you, Lo.
- Spidra Webster
Sorry about that! :)
- Lo the Baker
from Android
I wanted to see this even before your plea. Can't wait!
- Bubba Botts
Woohoo!
- Lo the Baker
I'm going to see if my dad wants to go with me. I got chills watching the trailer.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I sent the trailer link to my dad. He's a big fan of vintage airplanes. He griped a bit about the CGI (not by name but saying that it didn't look like actual combat footage). I had to tell him that even George Lucas probably couldn't talk vintage airplane owners into shooting up and crashing their planes...
- Spidra Webster
Awesome! I'm going with my dad, too :-)
- Lo the Baker
from Android
I'll go see it because I want to. You don't have to beg or bribe me. George Lucas spends a little bit of his own dough and now he's going on the Daily Show to beg people to see it? Oh brother.
- chrisofspades
My son has seen the previews and really wants to see it. We typically don't go to the movies, so we will likely see it on DVD at some point.
- Alan
Nope, GL didn't beg, he was just a guest like the Daily Show has every day. I think the main point is to get the word out there, since there doesn't seem to be much (if any) advertising. I am asking because racial discrimination is an issue that's important to me, and I don't think having a black cast (rather than altering history to include major white roles) is really so radical, and should be an acceptable feature of mainstream entertainment.
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Also, I don't think I'm bribing anyone to do anything. Are college scholarships bribery? LOL!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Yay! I get to see it in three hours! My folks saw it twice already :-P
- Lo the Baker
from Android
It was awesome! And the theater was at least half full. In Wisconsin! I particularly enjoyed seeing so many old white folks watch all those previews for Tyler Perry movies.
- Lo the Baker
Haha! They showed Tyler Perry previews here, too.
- Spidra Webster
Up past 4 last night working on a birthday crossword for Mr. Lo... where's the coffee...
chaz2b, SteVe C, WoH: Minding her Botts and 8 other people liked this
Up past 4 again; making crosswords is even hard than I thought! It's finished, but I think I broke every single rule of crossword construction.
- Lo the Baker
from Android
And I do mean *every*
- Lo the Baker
Oh no, wait! I do have only 1/6 black squares, and a standard grid size (15x15). But I did break ALL the other rules. Even put the same word in there twice! Man, I hope this gets me laid :P
- Lo the Baker
I know this will sound ridiculous, but... is it Monday?
chaz2b, SteVe C, Kelli H. and 5 other people liked this
Argh, I just googled it, and the top two results disagree! It's Sunday or Monday for sure...
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Yes, it is. At least at my house.
- Just your basic LB
I'm 85% sure it's Monday, but why is my roommate singing & playing the piano? Instead of working? This is some sort of conspiracy to take advantage of my confusion at having my schedule radically changed. And you're all probably in on it, too!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Whew, this is the most intense debate I've ever had on ff... good thing there are no witnesses. I'm laughing so hard I'm crying now.
- Lo the Baker
from Android
My roommate confirmed both that it's Monday & that he's part of a vast conspiracy to mess with me. But the real story here is that state employees on WI get MLK day off! Even with Scott Walker in charge! I'm stunned!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Isn't it already Tuesday in some parts of the world?
- Friar Will (:^)
LOL, your response didn't show up on my phone until now LB! Even my phone is in on it... Will, it can be Tuesday, just as long as it's not Sunday!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
I can say for sure that it is not Sunday.
- Friar Will (:^)
And if it is, I have missed church. :^)
- Friar Will (:^)
Nakachi, it probably can, but all I could find was the date in my befuddled state. That's why it's funny, all this technology and I don't know what day it is. This is my 7th day working in a row, it's all running together.
- Lo the Baker
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - when I first saw it, I thought "that was odd, not bad but weak for Wes Anderson." How blind I was! Now it's one of my favorites. - https://www.google.com/search...
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At first it seemed so unrealistic. But it's actually more true to life - in terms of how people think & perceive life - than any other movie I can recall. And the music! The Portuguese David Bowie! And the use of color... so good.
- Lo the Baker
Every character says *what they are actually thinking/feeling* at every moment. It's not realistic to how people actually speak, but it's so refreshing. The notion of such honesty is so radical it took me years to realize that's what was happening. My then-boyfriend didn't care much for it either, and I begged him to watch it again with me. He, too, came to love it, and that's when I knew I could marry him :P He got me the soundtrack for Christmas!
- Lo the Baker
The Filipino pirates sealed the deal for me.
- Victor Ganata
"Are they hijackers?" "Well, out here we call them pirates."
- Lo the Baker
loved this movie. my wife was hot and cold on it.
- Joe The Sausage
Something about the snow makes the cars driving by on the street sound like jets flying past the house. Oh yeah, did I mention all of December's snow showed up today?
Heather, Derrick, Bird-botts and 3 other people liked this
Kelli, if you want to shovel feel free to come over! :P
- Lo the Baker
If "acrophobia" is the word for fear of heights, what would be the word for "fear of taking the high road"? Best I could come up with was road-induced acrophobia, but y'all are witty librarians and cunning linguists & stuff.
Eivind, Tinfoil 2.0, Kelli H. and 6 other people liked this
Whatever it is, I can haz it.
- Lo the Baker
Aw man, nobody has ideas? I still can't think of a word.
- Lo the Baker
Don't know enough Latin.
- Spidra Webster
Acroviaphobia, maybe?
- Curdy G
I'm not sure how "high road" would translate into Greek. "Acro-" means "high" in the sense of being on a peak or mountaintop. It can also mean the tip of something, like a fingertip. So "high road" would probably use a different root. There might be an equivalent along the lines of "fear of doing the right thing."
- Bird-botts
I wasn't actually looking for legit Latin (or Greek), just a good name for the concept. It's not fear of doing the right thing so much as a fear of trying to be better than someone else and the hairy self-righteousness that frequently results. Somehow I am a nicer, more popular person when I'm deliberately *not* trying to be nice. It's weird.
- Lo the Baker
My husband & I just discovered Cleverbot. He asked it, "Tell me a story." It answered, "In West Philadelphia, born and raised, in the playground was where I spent most of my days."
Jimminy, CoG of FF, Bird-botts, Starmama and 7 other people liked this
:D
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I love my job. LOVE IT. If you don't love your job, don't despair. I thought I'd never figure out what I'd enjoy doing for pay, but kept doing different stuff the best I could. By the time I found it, I had lots of different skills - not obvious things - that contributed to make me good at my dream job. I frequently think things like...
Kelli H., ☆彡Jazzy-B, caj and 19 other people liked this
"I've been preparing my whole life for this, who knew?"
- Lo the Baker
and "I can't wait to go to work tomorrow!"
- Lo the Baker
and "This is so fun. I'd definitely do this for free." Not every day is like that, but a bunch are, and that still boggles my mind.
- Lo the Baker
Some people work with me and don't love it. I want to say, "it's okay, this just isn't for you. What else might be better?" But their journeys are theirs.
- Lo the Baker
<3 soooooo good to hear this, Lo!!! :)
- WoH: Minding her Botts
Are you still a baker, Lo?
- Eivind
Yep! I am now the supervisor of the bakery dept, actually. I have received four raises & one promotion (to a job that didn't exist before) in my first year, which is why I am assuming I'm good at it. My team is so talented & awesome, though. We hang out after work, because 8 hours a day isn't enough... surreal, strange, but wonderful.
- Lo the Baker
from Android
This looks like the Enterprise, doo-dah, doo-dah, and it's on its way to me, all the doo dah day! *excited dance* - http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen...
Kelli H., ☆彡Jazzy-B, vicster and 16 other people liked this
I LOVE SHINY THINGS.
- Lo the Baker
I *LOVE* mine. :)
- Derrick
Wow thats a damn good price!
- Chris Topher
It's supposed to come today, you guys! My very first stand mixer! My whole life, this is the only reason I ever wanted to get married. But I never dreamed it would be... SO SHINY!!!!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
YAY! My KitchenAid is the first thing I bought when I found out I'd been approved for my very first apartment. Everyone thought I was nuts, but 16 years later it is still one of the most-used appliances in my kitchen.
- Hookuh Tinypants
That's a heart-warming story, Tiny! *wipes away single tear*
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Wow, I think we are already done making Thanksgiving pies! My manager told me to make lots of pies, but then last night (as we were stacking a PALLET of pumpkin pies), he kept saying "Wow. This is a lot of pies." and "Holy crap, we have a lot of pies." What doesn't sell is being donated to Second Harvest. I have a very satisfied feeling :)
Kelli H., Andrew C (✓), Cristal Botts and 24 other people liked this
Manager: "We're already done the Monday before Thanksgiving? This year is the smoothest holiday ever."
- Lo the Baker
*takes a small bow*
- Lo the Baker
Take-home lesson: Don't ever ask me to do a lot of anything, without knowing what you're getting into. Like Oscar Wilde, moderation is not really my thing.
- Lo the Baker
Sorry I keep babbling about pies, but it's so exciting to finally be good at something.
- Lo the Baker
Awesome!
- Heather
Heather!!!! *applies hugs*
- Lo the Baker
If I had one complaint about my life these days, it's that we don't talk all day like we used to. *more hugs*
- Lo the Baker
I miss you and your wisdom/humor, but I'm so happy for you having a such a great time offline. *huggles*
- Heather
My enthusiasm was so premature... Tuesday & Wednesday were so bad, it took me the whole three day weekend to recover. Yay, three-day weekend!
- Lo the Baker
very cool good work
- WarLord
GUESS HOW MANY PIES I MADE YESTERDAY?!?!?!
Nakachi, Just Katie, Anne Bouey and 7 other people liked this
ELVENTY???
- MoTO Bott
Hint: I am 12.
- Lo the Baker
from Android
In that case... 69?
- Webgoddess Needs A Drink
Yes. 69 PIES!!!!
- Lo the Baker
Damn!
- SteVe C
*laughs like The Count from Sesame Street*
- Lo the Baker
At first I made 68, but then I just had to squeeze out one more.
- Lo the Baker
(That's what she said)
- Lo the Baker
I don't think I could love you more than I do right now. You make Papa proud.
- MoTO Bott
Aw, shucks!
- Lo the Baker
Fun fact: Thanksgiving, not Christmas, is the busy time for bakers. Christmas is the one time when most people bake for themselves. If you want to please the baker in your life, don't ask him/her to bring a pie to Thanksgiving! Say "just bring wine, don't do any work at all." It charms the pants off me :P
- Lo the Baker
It's snowing :-( I just stood at the window for three minutes with my jaw hanging open. Not ready!
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It's not a nice Hollywood-Christmas first snow like last year. It's an early morning gray blustery gale shedding ice on everything. Ugh. *goes to basement for long underwear*
- Lo the Baker
from Android
I am ready for snow to deliver me from this hell that goes by the name of autumn.
- Eivind
Really? I like autumn okay, usually there's a little extra warm weather, and the leaves are pretty. Just yesterday I was admiring the yellow leaves in my neighborhood, but they are gone now!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
What the heck, FF?!? My last tomato of the season was a small green thing that I put on a shelf and forgot. After a month, maybe six weeks, it oh so gradually started to turn red. It blushed and softened like a tomato on the vine, until it's turned completely red. Is that normal? IS THIS A ZOMBIE TOMATO?
Starmama, ☆彡Jazzy-B, hosein.x6 and 15 other people liked this
*attaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack of the zombie tomaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatoooo*
- Lo the Baker
The stem is still in it. Might that have helped?
- Julian
KILLIT!
- Eric - Temp Giants Fan
Well, I was about to eat it.
- Lo the Baker
If you eat a zombie, do you become a zombie? Think about that.
- Eric - Temp Giants Fan
It's normal, if the shelf was in the sun. You can stick them in a cold dark place, and they won't continue to ripen as fast. Amazing fruit, though I don't like them. Edit: Just realized the time period, so I'm going to guess it was in a cold dark place.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Yes, it's normal. Even in a cold dark place, they'll eventually ripen. Particularly if they're near anything that gives off ethylene gas like apples or bananas.
- Spidra Webster
*watches tomato shamble off in search of Captain Rhodes*
- Joe The Sausage
Attack of the killer tomatoes
- Valz 4 Botts
poor thing, it just wants to ketchup.
- Lnorigb
they say that if you pick your tomatoes green at the end of the summer, they will ripen. Nice to know that is true.
- amelia arapoff
The World's Most Unsympathetic Sympathy Card | It's wrong how much I laughed at this. - http://www.happyplace.com/11960...
Just your basic LB, Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart and Hookuh Tinypants liked this
I have some nice brandywine tomatoes. Who among you has a kickass salsa recipe to go with them?
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Me. I'll type it up when I get home.
- Tiddy Bott
from Android
I typed it up but it deleted. Touchy touch screen and all that. I'll get you a nice one when I get to the desktop.
- Adrian
Hey!
- Adrian
Roast the tomatoes, an onion and desired amount and variety of peppers under the broiler.
- Adrian
Once blackened, remove and let cool. Skin the tomatoes and peppers.
- Adrian
Puree with blender or food processor using quick pulses, taking care not to make the mix too smooth, lest it turn into tomato sauce.
- Adrian
Pour into a bowl. Add salt, lime or lemon juice, additional chipped fresh onion, tomato, peppers And cilantro as desired.
- Adrian
You can also add water at this point to give it whatever consistency you want, and adjust the salt level to your liking.
- Adrian
Cover your salsa and refrigerate it for at least an hour, preferably 3-6, but hey who wants to wait that long, right? Enjoy. :)
- Adrian
Oh, I also add some Tapatio to mix in as well prior to refrigeration. Seems to round out the flavors.
- Adrian
Thanks! So I like salsas with fruit (and basically any kind) - pineapple, peaches, raspberries, etc. I am wondering: butternut squash salsa - yummy fall treat, or terrible idea?
- Lo the Baker
from Android
Sure, try it! Let me know how it turns out. That would make it more of a Caribbean or Tex-Mex sort of thing. Test small batches to see what works.
- Adrian
Belated follow up, I didn't use squash but made salsa as suggested. It was delicious. Will do again next year.
- Lo the Baker
I hate Facebook. I always hated the company, but now I hate the content. No one's traveling to cool countries anymore, just talking about their careers, having babies... every time I go there, it's like reading Death of a Salesman 14 times in five minutes. Ugh.
Eric - Temp Giants Fan, Bruce Lewis, Anil Tortop and 13 other people liked this
Time to 'friend' your friends' kids. They're the ones doing cool stuff now ;)
- Eivind
For me, it's like everyone BUT me is traveling to cool countries.
- Yvonne
Good call Eivind!
- Lo the Baker
It's good to see you again, Lo.
- Friar Will (:^)
ff is the best I think..
- tasavvufokulu
True dat. I was bemoaning FB and then I thought, "why not drop by dear old friendfeed?"
- Lo the Baker
Yep, nobody talks about their careers or has babbies here ;o)
- Melly Botts
Touche, Melly. For some reason it's just not as depressing here.
- Lo the Baker
I always feel like Facebook is talking at each other, here it feels like we talk with each other. I like hearing the little details of people's lives because we share and chat about the other stuff too.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Good point.
- Lo the Baker
The people whose posts were about nothing other than their kids or careers were the first ones I started unfriending on FB. The teabaggers went next, followed by the critical asswipes. Now my FB is a glorious conglomerate of interesting people that I'm happy to be able to keep tabs on and chat with. Right now I'm getting to read updates from one of my gay boyfriends who is 58, got laid off last year, moved to Brazil to live with his 24yr old boyfriend, and opened a school to teach English. LOVE IT. :D
- Hookuh Tinypants
Man, can I friend him too? #hero
- Lo the Baker
INORITE? This was all after he spent several years mourning the death of his partner of 33 years. Rowland's life makes me want to write a book about him. :)
- Hookuh Tinypants
I am preordering that book on Amazon right now.
- Lo the Baker
But, I think FB is neccesary for our sites and blogs..I' ve a blog,do you have? http://ihyaca.wordpress.com... :)
- tasavvufokulu
We often listen to oldies at work, and I find myself really listening for the first time to songs I've known since childhood. Most of them are really disturbing. My favorite "Whoa, that is wrong!" discovery this month is "Big Girls Don't Cry." The poor girl's ex is egotistical and possibly a stalker, and her mother is just plain evil.
Yolanda, Anne Bouey, Rachel Lea Fox and 9 other people liked this
She has every reason to cry. I hope she graduated soon after and went to college far from home.
- Lo the Baker
First the guy dumps her. He doesn't want to break up, but he wants to see her get all upset over him. She, probably stunned and hurt, tries to preserve her dignity and accept it stoically. He cannot stand the idea that she is okay without him, so he contacts her mother, who tells him that she is, in fact, devastated. So then he shames her for lying. WTF? I'm trying to imagine how I would react if a friend came to me in this situation.
- Lo the Baker
I'd put on my steel-toed boots and go kick the guy in the balls repeatedly until he lost consciousness.
- Hookuh Tinypants
But would you CRY, Tiny? That's all that matters. :P
- Lo the Baker
Yes, but only because those boots hurt after a while. :P
- Hookuh Tinypants
Moral: Never, ever, ever pay attention to song lyrics.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
the police's "Every Breath You Take" is the catchiest stalker theme song ever.
- tiffany
But if we don't listen to song lyrics, then we'll end up like Andie at the end of Pretty in Pink, picking Blane over Duckie because Blane manipulated her with some totally bogus guilt trip that made her think it was all her fault. AND she wore an ugly dress!
- Hookuh Tinypants
I remember recoiling in horror when I first realized that Kenny Rogers was singing about a gang rape.
- Victor Ganata
Recently I ate caramel sauce, and thought "this is the best caramel I've tasted in my life." Guess who made it? BOOYAH.
Tinfoil 2.0, Eric - Temp Giants Fan, Katy S and 9 other people liked this
I used brown sugar, browned butter, and fresh cream. Incredible depth of flavor. The only problem is deciding what to put it on, because eating it plain always leads to me feeling sick but still wanting to eat more :P
- Lo the Baker
I need to go to work, but it's TOO COLD to get out of bed. I need a suit made out of this down comforter. WTF SEPTEMBER?!? This is going to be a long winter :(
Eric - Temp Giants Fan, Amir, Just your basic LB and 4 other people liked this
Don't blame this on Winter. This is fucking Fall :(
- Eivind
No, THIS is fall. It got really nice again. It's surreal, walking in 78F sunshine looking at the leaves falling, but I like it! I've also started baking pumpkin pies which seems weird and wrong. Too soon!
- Lo the Baker
Finally, a comic strip of my life! This happens almost every evening, anytime I am packing half-sheet bars. Plastic wrap is my enemy. - http://macromeme.com/dog...
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Every. Time.
- caj
Hi, Lo! *waves*
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
How're you doing, Lo?
- Anne Bouey
I'm good! Avoiding the plastic wrap :-P
- Lo the Baker
from Android
:)
- Anne Bouey
Is there a polite way to tell someone you want to end your friendship? It's not that you're angry about something particular, but you don't want to spend time with or have this person in your life, and quietly ignoring was too subtle a strategy.
Jennifer Dittrich liked this
I'm in this situation with more than one friend, and I don't want to cause drama, but nor do I want their continued negativity in my life. We're just not a good match.
- Lo the Baker
from Android
IME, confrontation is seldom constructive. i just stop calling and stop involving them in my life. if they try to initiate something, i consistently beg off. they get the idea eventually.
- Joe The Sausage
That's what I figured. This one chick literally said "Not good enough! I want you!" when I declined to attend her party. And my old college roommate contacted me with a snarky comment when she heard I got married. I thought months of religiously ignoring both of them had done the trick, but... *sigh* Thanks Big S
- Lo the Baker
Today I made a cake so rich I'm afraid it might actually injure or kill someone.
Jimminy, CoG of FF, Bird-botts, Jennifer Dittrich and 8 other people liked this
Can it pay my tuition? :D
- Lix
Did it up and register Republican?
- Spidra Webster
Let's just say it pays a lower overall tax rate than anyone on FF :-P You guys crack me up!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
I PAID OFF MY STUDENT LOAN, DOO-DAH, DOO-DAH! And all my credit cards, debt free baby. Finally!
Amit Patel, Dario Gomez, moltogatto and 58 other people liked this
KICKAZZ
- Joe The Sausage
The student loan was the worst, stuck around after the bankruptcy, and it was a bite in the ass paying every month since I never graduated. $100 a month for ten years for NOTHING.
- Lo the Baker
I will miss my grandma very much, but I am so touched that she is helping me get on a solid financial footing after the difficulties of the last couple years.
- Lo the Baker
Hurray!!!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Congrats. That's a big accomplishment.
- Spidra Webster
Seriously, Spidra, it is more gratifying than actually attending college.
- Lo the Baker
Thats Awesome.. especially in these times.. keep debt free .. !!
- Peter Dawson
Congrats! #sighofrelief!
- CarlC
Congratulations! That is a very significant achievement!
- Vicarbott
YAY!
- Joe "Looptid" Pierce
yay!
- imabonehead
Congrats! I'm a few decades away from that, myself LOL
- Brent
Congratulations!
- rowlikeagirl
Congratulations, Lo-that's wonderful!
- Harold Cabezas
Thanks everybody :D
- Lo the Baker
Nice!
- Anne Bouey
Must be a great feeling!
- Son of Groucho
Having my lover out of town has been a great growing experience, forcing me to take time alone, connect more with friends, read books... until now. I WOULD LIKE SOME CUDDLES NOW. One week to go.
Lix, The real Tam Shady, Heather and 2 other people liked this
My eye hurts, not the eyeball itself around the outside edge. It hurts to blink and is very sensitive to pressure. I woke up like this; kinda feels like someone punched me in my sleep. Not that I'd know what that feels like. This is the third time this has happened, does anyone have any idea what's up with this?
Tinfoil 2.0, Bird-botts and Lix liked this
I'm not really worried, since nothing bad came of it when this happened before, but now I'm getting really curious as to WTF leads to early morning eye pain, since I'm pretty sure I was not punched in my sleep. It usually lasts a few days. Hm.
- Lo the Baker
Maybe you were bitten by a spider or other bug while you were sleeping.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Maybe you have a sty? That sounds like how my eye feels when I get one
- Tamara
Man, this is totally manageable, but it's crazy how much it hurts considering nothing appears to be wrong. I need to stop having sleep fights!
- Lo the Baker
from Android
I think you got it, Tamara... my lower eyelid got a bit swollen the next day. I can't believe how much it hurt for how tiny it is!
- Lo the Baker
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