2,658 Forum Posts by "SkunkyFluffy"
Strawberry rhubarb pie in the kitchen, can't eat it until it cools down. It smells SO good. I think that's the only thing I hate about cooking - it smells edible way before it is!
At 12/6/09 04:11 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: =O
How did you do it?
If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Or give you a master's degree in English. Either way.
Once you've had to boil down a 30-page paper into a 1-page synopsis that covers EVERY major point, you no longer care about page guidelines.
Okay, seriously, WTF. The dark chocolate melted just fine, the milk chocolate melted just fine, the white chocolate...fucking didn't.
Ruined one whole bag of white chocolate chips, wound up with a big pile of slightly browned white chocolate from the other.
Fuck it. I don't even LIKE white chocolate, I just wanted some variety for my Christmas candy.
My family does Advent gifts every year. This year we decided not to do it as a stocking anymore, so that loosened up the size limits on the gifts. My first gift was a little green pen with fluffy feathers on it and a tiny tree at the top that lights up when you write with it.
It was on the coffee table for all of five minutes before the dog came over and picked it up in his mouth and tried to walk away with it :(
Steve and Andrew always get better Advent gifts than me because I put together theirs, while mine is put together by my mom. I realize that she has to do six of them every year and I only have to do two, but sometimes it's disappointing to open my gift for the day and be like "Oh, okay," while the boys are going "COOL!"
At 11/29/09 08:11 PM, SevenSeize wrote: My cat attacked my Christmas tree today. Broken bulbs everywhere
We bought shatterproof bulbs at Wal-mart. Steve went to demonstrate and threw one on the floor, and not only do they not break...they bounce.
I'm getting used to guarding my dinner from the dog when I eat in the living room, but I guess I let my guard down because I was snacking on cucumber slices. I've fed him one or two before and he ate them, but I didn't expect him to come by and steal any.
He ate five slices before I chased him away. Really, dog? Cucumber?
I think the last energy my body had to fight this cold went into entertaining my Thanksgiving guests. I feel like death warmed over right now. Bleh.
At 11/25/09 08:27 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: The speckles remind me of a Silent Hill creature...
Yeah, doesn't look appetizing at all. That's brown sugar. Once you put the plastic wrap on it starts to ooze a little and gives full coverage, but when you pat it in place at first it sticks unevenly.
Also complete: mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole. Mom's bringing the pie and spare chairs!
I pulled my turkey out of the fridge a couple of hours ago to refresh the rub and discovered that it was still quite frozen :( After a couple of hours in a warm water bath, it seems to be in good shape.
Am I alone in thinking it looks like a Rorschach test?
I just got probated until the 25th on Something Awful. If anyone here ever thinks the NG mods are unfair and arbitrary, sign yourself up for an account over there.
Somehow or other I've managed to post there since May of 07 without any mod action against me, but apparently posting pictures you think are funny in a funny pictures thread is probatable if other people don't agree that they're funny.
Oh well. Guess I'll go about my business.
I am really starting to hate my job and it doesn't look there's any alternative in the near future.
It's not really very special. Tastes mostly like cornbread with a bare hint of blueberry. Smells like blueberry muffins, though.
We picked up milk last night while we were out shopping, and somehow it managed to not come home with us. No idea how that happened.
So of course when I set out to make corn bread for dinner, I realized the absence of milk would be problematic. Steve's out getting a haircut, and I don't want to wait til he gets home...and I can't go myself, thanks to the half-accomplished dinner.
The interwebs tell me I can substitute yogurt. Awesome, I've got yogurt...except my plain yogurt is way too low for the recipe. Oh, here we go, blueberry yogurt!
The batter is super thick, more like a dough, even though I added some extra liquid. But if this works, I imagine blueberry cornbread will be tasty.
Huzzah for experimentation!
Oh, God, I broke him!
At 11/16/09 12:09 AM, SevenSeize wrote: Also, the AI fails. If I have condominiums set up with 0 for rent, why the hell are they still building shacks??????
It's those damn HOA fees they're trying to avoid.
At 11/14/09 12:56 AM, Proteas wrote: And you put reindeer antlers on him. For shame, woman. For shame.
Hey, I just took the pictures.
Oh, and apparently my dog DID in fact race, and won some races. They just reported his ear tattoo number incorrectly so he didn't show up in a search. Steve found his racing record and pedigree here, if you're curious.
Oh noes, what happened to mah legs?
Yeah, cats squint when they're happy. They're pretty weird like that.
I did put a collar on Charlie once, as a lark. I expected him to be upset and try to pull it off, but instead he pranced around the house like a dandy. He went up to Steve and sat in his lap and stretched his head back so Steve could see the collar. It was hilarious, really.
Husker would probably wear a costume if it was close-fitted. They're used to wearing colored vests at the track during races, and he has no issues wearing the little blanket-style coat we bought him. I just think a cape would scare him because it's flappy.
At 11/11/09 08:27 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Skunky ? ? ?
What your doing to that poor dog .... & I suppose the cat as well, is wrong !
It's my sister's cat. He loves his bowtie...That's his smug face.
I wonder what the dog would look like , running outside with a superman cape on ?
It would probably freak him out, unfortunately. We did joke about painting a lightning bolt on him and saying he's the Flash, though.
Greyhounds, like horses, do have points in their running stride where all four feet are off the ground, so there are some great photos of them "flying" out there. My husband picked up a copy of Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies and there's a full-color photo in there of a coursing greyhound with his front and back legs fully stretched out, at least a foot off the ground. Husker doesn't quite have the space to get that far into stride in the yard here, but he can still hit full speed in three strides. I pity the poor dumb squirrel that tries to eat my garden now!
At 11/10/09 08:52 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: You can get away with doing that to a dog, but not a cat. I still remember how angry my boss' cat was when she put her in a Halloween costume.
I beg to differ.
The shaming has already begun.
Why do pets always want to "help" you with whatever you're doing?
My husband got a nice warm wet dog tongue in the ear on our way back from Petco today. I laughed until the dog came over and put a cold damp nose right on my neck.
At 11/7/09 10:46 PM, stafffighter wrote: Actually he was just abandoned for sucking.
My guy has no races on file, so maybe he sucks too. They start racing at 18 months, and he's only three years old, so I'm guessing he just didn't pan out. That's okay - he tore ass around the back yard this morning, fast enough for me.
At 11/7/09 08:35 PM, Proteas wrote: Oh, so he is that big. I thought you were... uhm... short.
I'm just a hair shy of 5'8", actually.
He's so funny, figuring things out. Didn't seem to realize if he bumped an empty Arizona tea bottle with his nose, it would fall over. It made a lot of noise and scared him. He also keeps cracking his head on the coffee table. Just hard enough for me to laugh, but not hard enough to even faze him.
At 11/7/09 08:21 PM, fli wrote: biiiiiiig dog...
One of the rescue volunteers has a boy named General who is 92 lbs. He is the biggest greyhound anyone will probably ever see.
Husker was the second-largest of the dogs that went to new homes today. I don't have his exact weight, but I'd say he's probably 75 lbs or so.
I don't have to bend down to pet him ;)
