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She's got a new thing where she sits in her room and watches YouTube videos on it with her headphones on and tunes EVERYTHING else out.

I just don't want Tiny T-Rex tearing the place down while she sits, oblivious to the destruction.

We reached an agreement that texting friends is okay, just no headphones.


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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

I treasure animals and believe them to be super important - but not more important than humans. Not even equal. It's a weird position for someone who was a vegetarian for so long to have, and even a vegan for a couple years, but...it's like my position on large corporate chains.

If the little store can even come close to Walmart's prices, I'm going to avoid that horrid mega-store (g%%+@&nit I hate walking in that place), but if it's literally twice the savings, well, sorry mom and pop, but I got bills to pay.

Similarly, if I can get nice clothes without leather, I will, but damnit, some jobs require leather.

Pretty much This. Well except the vehemence toward superstores. I'm more annoyed by the size of the crowd than the venue. Otherwise Apathy Elemental reigns uncaringly.

Doubly so since more and more of them hsve installed self-checkout lanes. Get in and get out without speaking to another soul other than perhaps the greeter? Yes Please!


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Orthos wrote:
The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

I treasure animals and believe them to be super important - but not more important than humans. Not even equal. It's a weird position for someone who was a vegetarian for so long to have, and even a vegan for a couple years, but...it's like my position on large corporate chains.

If the little store can even come close to Walmart's prices, I'm going to avoid that horrid mega-store (g%%+@&nit I hate walking in that place), but if it's literally twice the savings, well, sorry mom and pop, but I got bills to pay.

Similarly, if I can get nice clothes without leather, I will, but damnit, some jobs require leather.

Pretty much This. Well except the vehemence toward superstores. I'm more annoyed by the size of the crowd than the venue. Otherwise Apathy Elemental reigns uncaringly.

Doubly so since more and more of them hsve installed self-checkout lanes. Get in and get out without speaking to another soul other than perhaps the greeter? Yes Please!

there is a creature in one of my favorite richard lee Byers books that reminds me a lot of you. Was it a gravewight or something like that? I don't know, but i remember reading it and going, "hey, orthos made it into a book!"


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Huh, that's not an author I'm super familiar with. Let me know if you remember any more details.


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Orthos wrote:
The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

I treasure animals and believe them to be super important - but not more important than humans. Not even equal. It's a weird position for someone who was a vegetarian for so long to have, and even a vegan for a couple years, but...it's like my position on large corporate chains.

If the little store can even come close to Walmart's prices, I'm going to avoid that horrid mega-store (g%%+@&nit I hate walking in that place), but if it's literally twice the savings, well, sorry mom and pop, but I got bills to pay.

Similarly, if I can get nice clothes without leather, I will, but damnit, some jobs require leather.

Pretty much This. Well except the vehemence toward superstores. I'm more annoyed by the size of the crowd than the venue. Otherwise Apathy Elemental reigns uncaringly.

Doubly so since more and more of them hsve installed self-checkout lanes. Get in and get out without speaking to another soul other than perhaps the greeter? Yes Please!

But they ALWAYS break down, and take even longer if you're buying anything that could maybe, possibly be used to make meth. If I'm sick I don't want to spend two hours waiting for the one person manning 27 self-check stations to affirm that my one bottle of NyQuil will not be used to tweak out all of the county.


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List says.

8-12 apples (various colors and varieties).

She must not realize how obnoxious apple growers have been getting with hybrid apples.

Nor remember how literal I get when it comes to lists.


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gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
4 Out of 10 Doctors wrote:

Have you considered closing your eyes again, and thinking of something relaxing.

Like Captain Yesterday's wife in this Thomas The Train T-shirt sized for a six year old.

That is an odd statement to see first thing.
Personally, I was wondering why thinking of an attractive woman in a much-too-small shirt would make him fall asleep.
That was my first thought too. maybe he has some sort of weird sleeping disorder like narcolepsy.. sexolepsy if you will.
Sexolepsy would be a terrible thing to have. But not as bad as sexleprosy, which is what I thought you had typed at first.

Can't spell necromancer without romance...

Grand Lodge

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At least I get cinnamon rolls tomorrow.


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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
Orthos wrote:
The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

I treasure animals and believe them to be super important - but not more important than humans. Not even equal. It's a weird position for someone who was a vegetarian for so long to have, and even a vegan for a couple years, but...it's like my position on large corporate chains.

If the little store can even come close to Walmart's prices, I'm going to avoid that horrid mega-store (g%%+@&nit I hate walking in that place), but if it's literally twice the savings, well, sorry mom and pop, but I got bills to pay.

Similarly, if I can get nice clothes without leather, I will, but damnit, some jobs require leather.

Pretty much This. Well except the vehemence toward superstores. I'm more annoyed by the size of the crowd than the venue. Otherwise Apathy Elemental reigns uncaringly.

Doubly so since more and more of them hsve installed self-checkout lanes. Get in and get out without speaking to another soul other than perhaps the greeter? Yes Please!

But they ALWAYS break down, and take even longer if you're buying anything that could maybe, possibly be used to make meth. If I'm sick I don't want to spend two hours waiting for the one person manning 27 self-check stations to affirm that my one bottle of NyQuil will not be used to tweak out all of the county.

I've never had that problem, and I buy medication (mostly omeprazole aka Nexium/Prilosec) all the time. Also breakdowns have been pretty minimal here.

I've seen them stop people for alcohol, but that's not a problem former as I don't drink, and it's not exceptionally common.


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TriOmegaZero wrote:
At least I get cinnamon rolls tomorrow.

Mmmmmmm......


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Scintillae wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
4 Out of 10 Doctors wrote:

Have you considered closing your eyes again, and thinking of something relaxing.

Like Captain Yesterday's wife in this Thomas The Train T-shirt sized for a six year old.

That is an odd statement to see first thing.
Personally, I was wondering why thinking of an attractive woman in a much-too-small shirt would make him fall asleep.
That was my first thought too. maybe he has some sort of weird sleeping disorder like narcolepsy.. sexolepsy if you will.
Sexolepsy would be a terrible thing to have. But not as bad as sexleprosy, which is what I thought you had typed at first.
Can't spell necromancer without romance...

Necromance if you want to

You can bring your friends to life
But your friends ain't dead
and if they're not dead
Then they're no friends of mine!


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Almost 11 and working on my second pot of tea. Brought enough today for three pots, but I have more here at work (from when I drank water instead).


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The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
Scintillae wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
gran rey de los mono wrote:
Vidmaster7 wrote:
4 Out of 10 Doctors wrote:

Have you considered closing your eyes again, and thinking of something relaxing.

Like Captain Yesterday's wife in this Thomas The Train T-shirt sized for a six year old.

That is an odd statement to see first thing.
Personally, I was wondering why thinking of an attractive woman in a much-too-small shirt would make him fall asleep.
That was my first thought too. maybe he has some sort of weird sleeping disorder like narcolepsy.. sexolepsy if you will.
Sexolepsy would be a terrible thing to have. But not as bad as sexleprosy, which is what I thought you had typed at first.
Can't spell necromancer without romance...

Necromance if you want to

You can bring your friends to life
But your friends ain't dead
and if they're not dead
Then they're no friends of mine!

We NeCro Where We Want To
To A Crypt They Will NeVer Find
And We Can Act Like We Come From AfTer This Life
Leave The Bright World Far BeHind
NeCroMance


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captain yesterday wrote:

She's got a new thing where she sits in her room and watches YouTube videos on it with her headphones on and tunes EVERYTHING else out.

I just don't want Tiny T-Rex tearing the place down while she sits, oblivious to the destruction.

We reached an agreement that texting friends is okay, just no headphones.

you may want to talk to her about texting naked...


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So, my "chore" for today should be "interesting: Our favorite-ever baker retired to become an accountant (go figure), our second-favorite baker turns out to make really crappy pumpkin pies, and by the time we learned this it was too late to order pies from FatApple's. It's Wednesday, meaning NobodysWife is off to Fremont for her game, meaning... I get to make pumpkin pie from scratch! Woo hoo?

Notable Notes about NobodysHome's baking:

  • When my older brother and I were wee, our mother would help us turn the Halloween pumpkins into pies. I was in charge of the filling, while my brother was in charge of the crust. I remember the pies being very tasty, but I was also all of 8 years old.
  • I have never managed to make a decent crust, bread, or other baked good involving flour. I make excellent pancakes and waffles, but those hardly count, being "griddled" rather than "baked".
  • My baking is (in)famous for being hideous but tasty.
  • All in all, I am looking forward to the catastrophe I shall wreak.

    Well, off to the store to see whether they have any fresh pumpkins left. Gee... it's too bad I don't know anyone at all who grows their own pumpkins...


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    This is why I need to extend the abscondi-cave tunnels to connect our houses.


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    I've made it to the checkout line without any blood on my hands.

    Or anywhere else.


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    Captain yesterday's crust.

    2 sticks of butter
    2 cups of flour
    Cold, cold water (about a third a cup)
    1 teaspoon of salt
    1 tablespoon of sugar.

    Cut up butter into tiny pieces, dump in the flour and shit, incorporate it with the butter, slowly add the cold, cold water until it turns into dough, store it in the fridge or roll it out right away, it makes no difference.


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    For anyone who might be interested in NWN


    Happy Thanksgiving! Even those of you who hate it, I hope it's happy for you!


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    I now know why the train is late. All those hungry pilgrims on the line.

    Have a good time, American FaWlties!
    :)

    Sovereign Court

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    gran rey de los mono wrote:
    When it comes to novels, I'm a fan of David Weber's Honor Harrington series. Also John Ringo's Paladin of Shadows (the first 5 anyways, I didn't think the 6th one was anywhere as good as the others).

    Ringo can be pretty fun. I enjoyed the zombie apocalypse and the series that started with Live Free or Die.


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    The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
    Orthos wrote:
    The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

    I treasure animals and believe them to be super important - but not more important than humans. Not even equal. It's a weird position for someone who was a vegetarian for so long to have, and even a vegan for a couple years, but...it's like my position on large corporate chains.

    If the little store can even come close to Walmart's prices, I'm going to avoid that horrid mega-store (g%%+@&nit I hate walking in that place), but if it's literally twice the savings, well, sorry mom and pop, but I got bills to pay.

    Similarly, if I can get nice clothes without leather, I will, but damnit, some jobs require leather.

    Pretty much This. Well except the vehemence toward superstores. I'm more annoyed by the size of the crowd than the venue. Otherwise Apathy Elemental reigns uncaringly.

    Doubly so since more and more of them hsve installed self-checkout lanes. Get in and get out without speaking to another soul other than perhaps the greeter? Yes Please!

    But they ALWAYS break down, and take even longer if you're buying anything that could maybe, possibly be used to make meth. If I'm sick I don't want to spend two hours waiting for the one person manning 27 self-check stations to affirm that my one bottle of NyQuil will not be used to tweak out all of the county.

    Personally I look forward to the day we live in a mechanized utopia of ease and hassle-free grocery shopping. But until politics gets out of the way and we decide how to integrate increasingly efficient robotics with our economy without causing mass misery, I will prefer to support a cashier's job over the self-checkout robot who took her coworker's.

    Spoiler:
    Not that I'm fanatical about it; if the self-checkout is ten heaping-full grocery carts shorter than the shortest staffed checkout, I'll take it in a heartbeat. But I will happily give up a minor convenience to support someone's job.


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    To each their own. It's been a godsend to me, and unless the checkout lanes are completely empty and there's a backup at the self-checkout lanes - which literally never happens at the same time - I'll always choose the latter. It's just so much more convenient and less stressful, cutting out just one more person I'm forced to interact with in the process of the things that I'm required to do between "being at my house" and "being at my house again".

    Maybe that makes me a jackass for not caring about people enough. I'm used to that.


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    Meh.


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    Orthos wrote:
    The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
    Orthos wrote:
    The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

    I treasure animals and believe them to be super important - but not more important than humans. Not even equal. It's a weird position for someone who was a vegetarian for so long to have, and even a vegan for a couple years, but...it's like my position on large corporate chains.

    If the little store can even come close to Walmart's prices, I'm going to avoid that horrid mega-store (g%%+@&nit I hate walking in that place), but if it's literally twice the savings, well, sorry mom and pop, but I got bills to pay.

    Similarly, if I can get nice clothes without leather, I will, but damnit, some jobs require leather.

    Pretty much This. Well except the vehemence toward superstores. I'm more annoyed by the size of the crowd than the venue. Otherwise Apathy Elemental reigns uncaringly.

    Doubly so since more and more of them hsve installed self-checkout lanes. Get in and get out without speaking to another soul other than perhaps the greeter? Yes Please!

    But they ALWAYS break down, and take even longer if you're buying anything that could maybe, possibly be used to make meth. If I'm sick I don't want to spend two hours waiting for the one person manning 27 self-check stations to affirm that my one bottle of NyQuil will not be used to tweak out all of the county.

    I've never had that problem, and I buy medication (mostly omeprazole aka Nexium/Prilosec) all the time. Also breakdowns have been pretty minimal here.

    I've seen them stop people for alcohol, but that's not a problem former as I don't drink, and it's not exceptionally common.

    I work at yonder Superstore now (not the Mart of Walls, though), and those self checkouts seem both blessing and curse. When I'm on break and just want a drink or quick snack, they can get me my desires with a minimum of fuss. They seem a pain in the rear for the self checkout clerk to constantly repair, though, and they are responsible for a gigantic amount of shoplifting. Alcohol is an issue, too. California state law forbids the purchase of age restricted items at self checkout machines, especially alcohol, and our store gets a heavy tourist traffic that doesn't know this and doesn't read the signs posted at the beginning of the lane and every register, then occasionally get crappy with the attendant who tells them they need to go to a human cashier. Happens in my department occasionally, too. I'm electronics, and if you buy, well, almost anything in my area, I have to unlock it for you. Unless it's, like, $10, I'm ringing it up at one of the registers in electronics, not letting you walk around the store before buying it. That's how $300 game consoles get stolen. You're welcome to keep shopping after I ring you up (security/loss prevention knows we ring up electronics in electronics, so they aren't going to get on you for going through the front check out with a set of headphones and HDMI cables you've paid for and a bunch of stuff you haven't).

    Often, people want the rest of their purchase rung up here, too. Unless it's a giant cart of stuff (rare, since my store doesn't have a parking lot), I can do that. However, Corporate, in their almighty wisdom, has disabled the function to sell alcohol on electronics registers. Which is weird, because everyone in electronics has completed the mandatory alcohol sales training, our alcoholic beverage sale license doesn't restrict points of sale or merchandising locations, and we don't have any 16 or 17 year olds working in electronics (California allows 18 year olds to sell alcohol as long as they never handle open containers). Usually people understand, but every now and then someone gets all pissy that I can't ring up their wine with that Switch.

    All that said, I actually prefer the Superstore to my old job. They pay me, like, $1.25 an hour more (which honestly floored me when they told me my wage), they don't schedule me so bad I can't keep up with school, I don't get a bunch of calls on my days off, I don't have to make merchandising or purchasing decisions, I don't have to deal directly with Corporate, management here is shockingly sane and reasonable, and the rude customers are just different, not better or worse.


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    Speaking of Superstore, I have to work tomorrow. Which honestly isn't that huge a problem. My Grandma (who's basically the Mom role in my life) leaves town every Thanksgiving, so she's three states away, my Dad has to work, I neither know nor want to know where birth Mom even is in the country right now, and my Sister and I need some serious distance from each other because we're feuding again. All my friends either left town or have too much to do to have a Friendsgiving. And Superstore actually pays time and a half for Thanksgiving labor. Might as well get some extra money, because I wasn't seeing any family or friends, anyway. Also, I'm taking New Years Eve and New Years Day off (I'm getting on an airplane bound for Paris on the 31st), and the agreement I had with HR was that if I had those two days guaranteed free, I'd promise to be available Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, and the day after Christmas. Pretty sure I lost any complaining privileges the second I made that agreement. I don't have to work until, like, 5:30, though, so I can cook, and I realized something.

    I just don't want any form of turkey. I've generally not been a huge fan of the bird, anyway, and my attempt at a mostly vegetarian diet has actually stuck far better than could ever be reasonably expected. I still eat meat once or twice a week, but it's really easy to keep it limited to that, and I might even cut down further (my meat consumption now is mainly "I went to Burger King or Carls before or after work and grabbed something quick to eat in a rush", and McDonalds is making noises about vegetarian options). I haven't cooked or eaten meat at home in over a month. For Thanksgiving, though, I was going to cook meat, and I looked for a turkey leg at Safeway (I bought just the leg my first Thanksgiving away from home, so it's doable). No dice, just breasts and full birds, neither of which I want.

    But, say I get a turkey leg. Those are okay (unless you buy them at the Renaissance Faire and you're 10, in which case they're the best goddamn thing ever), but not really great. And I almost never cook or eat meat at home. On the rare occasion I do, do I really want to waste that allowance for meat on a bird I'm at best ambivalent about? Especially when I'll be alone in my apartment and nobody knows I didn't eat turkey for Thanksgiving? So why not stop off at Trader Joe's today and get the finest steak on offer for under $20, and eat that instead? If I'm going to allow myself meat for Thanksgiving, why not allow myself a delicious sizzling hunk of red meat that I love and rarely ate even when I wasn't mostly vegetarian? If I'm not even cooking meat every month, might well go all the way and eat the good stuff when I do, since I can afford it if it's so rare (heh).

    I think this a winning proposition. Thanksgiving Steak it is.


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    The Vagrant Erudite wrote:
    Limeylongears wrote:
    Just got back from lunch date. She likes Jane Austen a lot. I ate halloumi fries.

    Run. Run long, and run fast.

    Every Jane Austin book ever: "I'm more woman than the box you can put me in, in this Victorian England setting. Ha. Look at me. I exhibit signs of tomboy-ism. Aren't I special?"

    Ugh. So cliche. Step outside your f@@~ing wheelhouse for a minute.

    Maybe I'm bitter 'cause I saw the BBC Pride and Prejudice one too many times with my ex. The only redeemable character in that mask of fluff and bullcrap is the dad. He's cool as hell. Talks s+** to his wife day and night.

    Seriously, the men swim fully dressed in order to avoid scandal, while every single woman is walking around in a push-up nighty with her t%+! displayed as prominently as possible to obtain any man with money. It's literally a book about how to be a gold digger. Unless you're Liz. Then it's how to be independent (but end up with the richest man ANYWAY, by SUCH a coincidence...yeah, right...)

    I don't limit my disdain of cliche too JA, though. I, for example, long to see Kelsey Grammar play more than Frasier. Let's be honest, even The Beast is just Frasier with blue hair and skin. I long to see him play a moonshine-guzzling, wife-beating, meth-smoking, trailer park piece of human garbage, rather than his usual "oh look at me, I'm so classy" wheelhouse.

    The BBC Pride and Prejudice makes me want to put my eyes out and I like Austen. The actual books are sarcastic as hell. Jane has lots of biting wit and I love that about her writing. Also I think Elinor Dashwood is the most relatable character I've come across in literature. It's not often you find a female character who believes that one shouldn't get so emotional about their feelings without being the least bit tomboyish. (She doesn't have to be masculine to not be an emotional mess....have I mentioned yet that she's my absolute favorite?)


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    Twelve hours done, seven to go. And my mother is still doing well today.


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    Jess Door wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:
    Everyone has their "the holiday season is upon us, ergo I must watch this" film. Or set of films.

    My Christmas movies are Die Hard and The Long Kiss Goodnight.

    BAM.

    Nice choices!

    My holiday movies of choice are The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Lion in Winter ("Shall we hang the holly or each other?")


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    Rosita the Riveter wrote:

    II work at yonder Superstore now (not the Mart of Walls, though), and those self checkouts seem both blessing and curse. When I'm on break and just want a drink or quick snack, they can get me my desires with a minimum of fuss. They seem a pain in the rear for the self checkout clerk to constantly repair, though, and they are responsible for a gigantic amount of shoplifting. Alcohol is an issue, too. California state law forbids the purchase of age restricted items at self checkout machines, especially alcohol, and our store gets a heavy tourist traffic that doesn't know this and doesn't read the signs posted at the beginning of the lane and every register, then occasionally get crappy with the attendant who tells them they need to go to a human cashier. Happens in my department occasionally, too. I'm electronics, and if you buy, well, almost anything in my area, I have to unlock it for you. Unless it's, like, $10, I'm ringing it up at one of the registers in electronics, not letting you walk around the store before buying it. That's how $300 game consoles get stolen. You're welcome to keep shopping after I ring you up (security/loss prevention knows we ring up electronics in electronics, so they aren't going to get on you for going through the front check out with a set of headphones and HDMI cables you've paid for and a bunch of stuff you haven't).

    Often, people want the rest of their purchase rung up here, too. Unless it's a giant cart of stuff (rare, since my store doesn't have a parking lot), I can do that. However, Corporate, in their almighty wisdom, has disabled the function to sell alcohol on electronics registers. Which is weird, because everyone in electronics has completed the mandatory alcohol sales training, our alcoholic beverage sale license doesn't restrict points of sale or merchandising locations, and we don't have any 16 or 17 year olds working in electronics (California allows 18 year olds to sell alcohol as long as they never handle open containers). Usually people understand, but every now and then someone gets all pissy that I can't ring up their wine with that Switch.

    All that said, I actually prefer the Superstore to my old job. They pay me, like, $1.25 an hour more (which honestly floored me when they told me my wage), they don't schedule me so bad I can't keep up with school, I don't get a bunch of calls on my days off, I don't have to make merchandising or purchasing decisions, I don't have to deal directly with Corporate, management here is shockingly sane and reasonable, and the rude customers are just different, not better or worse.

    This makes me happy because of your last post on working retail -- this is how retail is supposed to work: The customers are jerks, there are silly managerial decisions and the customers are rude to you about it, but management is sane and reasonable towards you, and doesn't fire you for taking a sick day or not coming in at the last minute because someone else bailed. I'm glad you found a better place to work!


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    NobodysHome wrote:

    So, my "chore" for today should be "interesting: Our favorite-ever baker retired to become an accountant (go figure), our second-favorite baker turns out to make really crappy pumpkin pies, and by the time we learned this it was too late to order pies from FatApple's. It's Wednesday, meaning NobodysWife is off to Fremont for her game, meaning... I get to make pumpkin pie from scratch! Woo hoo?

    Notable Notes about NobodysHome's baking:

  • When my older brother and I were wee, our mother would help us turn the Halloween pumpkins into pies. I was in charge of the filling, while my brother was in charge of the crust. I remember the pies being very tasty, but I was also all of 8 years old.
  • I have never managed to make a decent crust, bread, or other baked good involving flour. I make excellent pancakes and waffles, but those hardly count, being "griddled" rather than "baked".
  • My baking is (in)famous for being hideous but tasty.
  • All in all, I am looking forward to the catastrophe I shall wreak.

    Well, off to the store to see whether they have any fresh pumpkins left. Gee... it's too bad I don't know anyone at all who grows their own pumpkins...

    Heh. I used to make fabulous crusts, but then allergy (boo!) hit and gluten free pie crust is...not happening. I've tried. I've given up. So I just make the pumpkin pie filling in the pie plate with no crust. The filling is what everybody likes anyways. Works beautifully. ^.^


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    lynora wrote:
    Jess Door wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:
    Everyone has their "the holiday season is upon us, ergo I must watch this" film. Or set of films.

    My Christmas movies are Die Hard and The Long Kiss Goodnight.

    BAM.

    Nice choices!

    My holiday movies of choice are The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Lion in Winter ("Shall we hang the holly or each other?")

    We do "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and, at Impus Major's insistence, "A Christmas Story".


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    lynora wrote:
    Heh. I used to make fabulous crusts, but then allergy (boo!) hit and gluten free pie crust is...not happening. I've tried. I've given up. So I just make the pumpkin pie filling in the pie plate with no crust. The filling is what everybody likes anyways. Works beautifully. ^.^

    Well, I thought I'd totally messed up the crust, as the instructions are "pulse it until it resembles a coarse meal, then pull it out and push down on it." I did, and it immediately smooshed into something smooth and beautiful, and I know that imperfections are what make pie crusts perfect.

    But NobodysWife was still home when it came out of the fridge, and she said that it looked just fine, and was kind enough to roll it out and line the pie plates for me.

    Then I made the filling, and unfortunately I'm really worried about that now. The recipe calls for 4 cups of liquid, 3 cups of pureed pumpkin, and 1 cup of sugar, so I'm sure it's supposed to look like soup. But man... it was pure liquid.

    Will it solidify over the next half hour?

    Only time will tell!

    Ba dum dum TISH!


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    Tired of adulting today. Went to the doctor this morning. Got several new prescriptions. Actually managed to get them all filled at the pharmacy. (This is an achievement. We basically have pharmacy bingo for which excuse they'll trot out for why they can't get you your medicine. I hit all the squares last time I needed to fill my son's asthma meds.) I cooked many things in preparation for tomorrow because I make all the things from scratch which takes three days of cooking. And now I'm supposed to be writing my words and am....not. At all. >.<
    This means I will not be getting much of the sleep tonight. Again. I so hate NaNo write now. Hates it I do!!!


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    NobodysHome wrote:
    lynora wrote:
    Heh. I used to make fabulous crusts, but then allergy (boo!) hit and gluten free pie crust is...not happening. I've tried. I've given up. So I just make the pumpkin pie filling in the pie plate with no crust. The filling is what everybody likes anyways. Works beautifully. ^.^

    Well, I thought I'd totally messed up the crust, as the instructions are "pulse it until it resembles a coarse meal, then pull it out and push down on it." I did, and it immediately smooshed into something smooth and beautiful, and I know that imperfections are what make pie crusts perfect.

    But NobodysWife was still home when it came out of the fridge, and she said that it looked just fine, and was kind enough to roll it out and line the pie plates for me.

    Then I made the filling, and unfortunately I'm really worried about that now. The recipe calls for 4 cups of liquid, 3 cups of pureed pumpkin, and 1 cup of sugar, so I'm sure it's supposed to look like soup. But man... it was pure liquid.

    Will it solidify over the next half hour?

    Only time will tell!

    Ba dum dum TISH!

    Heh. And that right there is why I use sweetened condensed milk to make my pumpkin pie. It solved my runny filling problem for good. Hope your pie thickens like it's supposed to and/or tastes delicious. :)


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    The recipe used 3 cups of evaporated milk, but so far not good enough -- hit time and the centers are still pure liquid. Fortunately, the edges have solidified, so I'm going for another 15 minutes.

    It's only at 300 degrees, so the crusts can endure quite a bit longer...


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    NobodysHome wrote:

    The recipe used 3 cups of evaporated milk, but so far not good enough -- hit time and the centers are still pure liquid. Fortunately, the edges have solidified, so I'm going for another 15 minutes.

    It's only at 300 degrees, so the crusts can endure quite a bit longer...

    i suggest you adjust your deflectors and watch for enemy fighters, that has been the downfall of many a pie.


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    NobodysHome wrote:

    The recipe used 3 cups of evaporated milk, but so far not good enough -- hit time and the centers are still pure liquid. Fortunately, the edges have solidified, so I'm going for another 15 minutes.

    It's only at 300 degrees, so the crusts can endure quite a bit longer...

    Put strips of aluminum foil on the edges of the crust if they look like they're browning too much. And yeah, this is a common problem with the evaporated milk recipe. I totally freaked out the first time it happened to me. Especially since my husband is crazy picky about pumpkin pie. Always with the critiques of the texture of it. *rolls eyes*


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    gran rey de los mono wrote:
    "It's like a really violent game of chess."

    Sounds like late stages of my games where the board is often cleaned of most figures...


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    lynora wrote:
    NobodysHome wrote:

    The recipe used 3 cups of evaporated milk, but so far not good enough -- hit time and the centers are still pure liquid. Fortunately, the edges have solidified, so I'm going for another 15 minutes.

    It's only at 300 degrees, so the crusts can endure quite a bit longer...

    Put strips of aluminum foil on the edges of the crust if they look like they're browning too much. And yeah, this is a common problem with the evaporated milk recipe. I totally freaked out the first time it happened to me. Especially since my husband is crazy picky about pumpkin pie. Always with the critiques of the texture of it. *rolls eyes*

    LOL. Well, my guess is that it's going to be double the printed length - 10 minutes at 425 at the start just to seal it, then 45 minutes at 300 for the long set-in.

    One of the crusts is already protected; thanks for reminding me to check/protect the other.

    It's on its second 15-minute extension, and the good news is that progress is clear. It's just protecting the crust at this point...


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    If a recipe suggests 300 it's wrong.

    425 to start and then 350 afterwards.


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    The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

    On another subject, I almost named my ferret "Wingman", because he has a 100% swoon rate with women who meet him. Seriously, he's garnered more "awwww"s than an amalgamation of a cute baby, a puppy, and a diamond ring. He is, quite literally, the cutest creature on this planet.

    He's an unusual color. He's not sable, he's not red, he's not black, and he's not albino. He's kinda...sable-ish, but with a white undercoat, and red eyes. It looks like someone with white hair dyed it light brown and then it grew out. I think maybe one of his parents was an albino. He's also f@@!ing HUGE. When he stretches out he's 3/4 the size of my entire arm, fingertip to shoulder.

    He's super friendly, and enjoys nuzzling in breasts, because he clearly is my pet and learned well from daddy.

    Sounds like a my weasel familiar character in a Forgotten Realms game.


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    captain yesterday wrote:

    A simple choice it was.

    The kids can go with to the megagrocery store.

    Or stay home, and Crookshanks gets to babysit, and get paid money, but she can't use her phone, at all.

    20 minutes later and she's still undecided.

    What use are money when you can't spend them...


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    captain yesterday wrote:

    If a recipe suggests 300 it's wrong.

    425 to start and then 350 afterwards.

    That's what I do for most of my roasts, but some of them (lamb shoulder comes to mind) want longer and cooler, so I figured pies were the same.

    But that would explain the loooooong wait.

    Good news is that they're now almost 100% solid, and the crusts look fine...


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    Also every pie recipe ever is full of shit when it comes to cooking times, always add at least an extra ten minutes, at least.


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    captain yesterday wrote:
    Also every pie recipe ever is full of s#@! when it comes to cooking times, always add at least an extra ten minutes, at least.

    Hey, it's me. If the pies come out edible, I win.

    As I told NobodysWife just before she left, my expectation is that we all take one bite each, spit them out, throw out the pies, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving memory and the well-founded knowledge that NobodysHome should not bake. Ever.

    EDIT: The pies are OUT, and they look SOLID! Amusingly enough, after all my fretting about the crusts, my ONE mistake was to forget to remove the crust protector from one of them early enough, so its crust is a bit underdone.

    So all that's left is to wait 'til tomorrow, then attempt to eat them...


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    Best Thanksgiving ever. Can't visit family because I'm sick enough that I don't trust my ability to drive.


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    Scintillae wrote:
    Best Thanksgiving ever. Can't visit family because I'm sick enough that I don't trust my ability to drive.

    Since lisamarlene already mentioned my dad, I think our best Thanksgiving was when we chose to stay in Davis and have turkey burritos rather than deal with his inevitable, "What are you doing here? You're going to flunk out of grad school!" he always gave me whenever I visited.

    And he was serious. He constantly acted like I was on the brink of flunking out. (I think my final GPA was 3.88 or something.) So I didn't come. And at the table he asked out loud, "Why isn't NobodysHome here? Why did he stay home and have burritos?", to which younger brother (eternally blessed) replied, "Maybe because he's going to flunk out of grad school."

    I got an apology and a promise to NEVER mention flunking out again.

    And, for once in his life, it was a promise he kept...


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    I'm not great at family get-togethers (mostly extraverts who are only just kind of coming around to the idea of me being an introvert), but I was looking forward to seeing them.

    Then I got whammied with the flu...and since my grandpa's been in and out of the hospital...yeah, better to not risk it.

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