Bistro Bijou

[Anschul]

Nods.

I watched Bugs and then some Ren & Stimpy. I'm such an adolescent. That stuff cracks me up.

But now I really am going to finish dinner (I sort of stopped in the middle to make some whole wheat bread and then well I came here...)

Here's a little Bistro gifty just for you

Hi Dollface, I sure do hope you're feelin' better. Hope the matzoh balls helped. I made some shrimp and crabmeat pasta salad today, and it just hit the spot. Not the best for someone with a bum tummy, though...lots of Old Bay...

When I'm laid up with a bummy tummy, it's time for my DVD collection of The Muppet Show.

For example...

or this...

or this

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

I actually used to enjoy cooking a great deal, but ever since we moved to the Shotgun Shack it's a lot more difficult. I'll still cook, but I whine the whole time about how we need to take some plastique to that hellhole of a kitchen and build a whole new one. So it promotes peace in the household for me to not go in there too much.

There was a time, when I lived in an actual house, that I often cooked dinner for whole groups of friends. Can ya imagine?

bj

I can imagine it well. What once both a trial and fun can be sorely missed.

Do we prefer to live to eat or eat to live?

 

[Homburg]

Missed this place.

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Editted this multiple times. It's too personal. And, wow, that is saying something for me.

Suffice to say that I have accepted my role. I can't fix this. I can't ever fix it. But I am okay with being there. Okay with standing by.

I won't turn my face away. Not a Bother. And I mean that.

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And I really think Leonard Cohen should stick to writing songs for other people.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Okay who pulled the plug out yesterday?

 

[champagne1982]

Okay who pulled the plug out yesterday?

Were you going through withdrawals too? I was concerned that all of the writing I've got squirrelled away on this forum would be lost but thankfully, I still have time to protect it by moving it to my msn group (that's hidden and private so the only members are Michael and myself). I'll likely copy them all to disks as well. I could publish them to the web like Anschul did with his lovely sonnets. That way they can be shared with people I care to have them.

Anyway, I'm really rambling on. ...

 

[UnderYourSpell]

OMG That didn't even cross my mind about losing my stuff!! Though it should have done as only the other week I rescued a load of my stuff from the original website that's changing hands, but that was only a matter of copy pasting straight down the page into an email, I would have no idea of how to save this lot apart from laboriously going to each and copy pasting in the same way. I thought for a while was just me that couldn't get on Lit (yes paranoid I know!) so I annoyed Leon with emails to enquire ... I must get round to dragging him into the back room to thank him (hey Leon stop screaming!)

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I live the secret.
Through sunlight filtered fragile leaves
a flower opens.
Waves crash to shore
creatures flee my stormy blast.
Mountains erupting
spewing fire
then crumble to the sea.
Fly my sky see my mighty eagle soar
and tremble at my power,
my deserts drain you dry.
Waterfalls cascade to a dream world
in caverns deep
a secret world
I am the secret
I am earth.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Was it the prick of the needle that sent me to sleep?
Abstinence and withdrawal
I am not addicted, I survived
Didn't I?

Signed...
Sleeping Beauty

P.S. Watch out for a guy named Rumpelstiltskin

 

[unpredictablebijou]

I Am Not An Addict

2 pm
o shit lit's down. meh, okay, I'll just get some work done. It says it'll only be a few minutes


2:03
hm. still down


2:06
still down. wtf? okay I'll just get some work done.

*makes 2 dozen beaded keychains *


2:23
lit still down. maybe it's just my connection
* calls geek, makes him check; he points out that if there's an announcement on the board it's probably not just that they hate me personally *

2:28
agh! what'll I do?
* reorganizes 6 shelves, makes new tags for beads*


2:37
still down. Is that a snake over there in the corner? nah. I'm just seeing things. I'll have more coffee. I'll be fine.

2:42
omigod. Lit's never coming back. How will I live? What will I do? What's happening? I'm all itchy!

* spends 20 minutes trying to get into forum through every possible link, at least three times *

3:01
I'm fine. Just fine. I can go without the forum for a day. I'm just fine. I'll just dust the bead trays.

3:04
I'm too distracted to do anything. What if I have a message? Would it come through on Yahoo?
* checks Yahoo eight times *

3:11
Why do I itch all over? What's happening? My teeth feel funny.

3:16
I need to calm down. I'll just drink more coffee and have a snack.
* no appetite. has 5 more cups of coffee *

3:67
AGH! MOTHS! EVERYWHERE! GET EM OFF ME!


3:788888888
thsm brt th ghrin g r vpti smy smyesu yjrtd s s gptyimr pg


i'M FINE. i'M FINE NOW. REALLY. JUST FINE. AND i CAN GIVE THIS PLACE UP ANY TIME i WANT.

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[Gaia_Lorraine]

i'M FINE. i'M FINE NOW. REALLY. JUST FINE. AND i CAN GIVE THIS PLACE UP ANY TIME i WANT.

8

We are both now purged from online addiction, honestly sis!

 

[eagleyez]

2 pm
o shit lit's down. meh, okay, I'll just get some work done. It says it'll only be a few minutes


2:03
hm. still down


2:06
still down. wtf? okay I'll just get some work done.

*makes 2 dozen beaded keychains *


2:23
lit still down. maybe it's just my connection
* calls geek, makes him check; he points out that if there's an announcement on the board it's probably not just that they hate me personally *

2:28
agh! what'll I do?
* reorganizes 6 shelves, makes new tags for beads*


2:37
still down. Is that a snake over there in the corner? nah. I'm just seeing things. I'll have more coffee. I'll be fine.

2:42
omigod. Lit's never coming back. How will I live? What will I do? What's happening? I'm all itchy!

* spends 20 minutes trying to get into forum through every possible link, at least three times *

3:01
I'm fine. Just fine. I can go without the forum for a day. I'm just fine. I'll just dust the bead trays.

3:04
I'm too distracted to do anything. What if I have a message? Would it come through on Yahoo?
* checks Yahoo eight times *

3:11
Why do I itch all over? What's happening? My teeth feel funny.

3:16
I need to calm down. I'll just drink more coffee and have a snack.
* no appetite. has 5 more cups of coffee *

3:67
AGH! MOTHS! EVERYWHERE! GET EM OFF ME!


3:788888888
thsm brt th ghrin g r vpti smy smyesu yjrtd s s gptyimr pg


i'M FINE. i'M FINE NOW. REALLY. JUST FINE. AND i CAN GIVE THIS PLACE UP ANY TIME i WANT.

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At least you're in.

Angie here on ee's computer. My computer is still giving me the "We're being naughty message, so I can't get in as me--well I could log ee out and come in as me but I hate this computer!

I even rebooted and that didn't help. Maybe if I clear my browsing history and cookies I can get back in. Grumble grumble.....

 

[UnderYourSpell]

The key is under the mat but failing that the password is *whisper whisper Cheffies shorts*
Wonder how Champ got on today and if she's still stressed?

 

[Etainne]

Sweet Bijou -- just so you know that I can take instructions -- I am lurking -- just lurking

 

[Angeline]

The key is under the mat but failing that the password is *whisper whisper Cheffies shorts*
Wonder how Champ got on today and if she's still stressed?

I got back in. I had to clear my internet browser history and cookies and that did the trick. I'll email Cheffy and see if he needs to do the same. We were emailing yesterday, and he couldn't get on late last night either...

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Sweet Bijou -- just so you know that I can take instructions -- I am lurking -- just lurking

Some of my best friends in here are lurkers usually to be found doing just that in the back room or as in the old adage 'poker in the front and craps out the back' oops did I really say that it must be the company I am keeping in here

 

[LeBroz]

I got back in. I had to clear my internet browser history and cookies and that did the trick. I'll email Cheffy and see if he needs to do the same. We were emailing yesterday, and he couldn't get on late last night either...

Oh these crawlee thingies are making me nutty ... err, nuttier than usual.

Still can't get in with my usual AOL. Still getting that naughty message. Using AOL for internet access and Firefox just to get on the forum. missed you guys. 48 hours is a looooong time.

Will try some of what you did Ange - clearing history is easy; it's not that important. But I will not clear cookies; restoring them takes too much time, I'll just delete the Lit cookies and see if that helps.

And maybe tomorrow I can get back to the archives and post a couple more haiku (poetboy has a gift with haiku).

EDIT ~ cleared history & deleted Lit cookies. Logged back into Lit but still no forum. Will try again and this time try a reboot. If that still doesn't work I may have to try and just delete all cookies then reboot. If that works, fine. If not, I'll have to give Manu a holler.

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[Anschul]

Sis, all that backroom maintenance on your computer is mostly wasted energy, other than to make your computer run a little smoother and quicker. The problem, apparently was in the Lit servers, and whatever you did didn't make a difference. Merely a coincidence that you got in after that. Glad you're feeling better.
A

Were you going through withdrawals too? I was concerned that all of the writing I've got squirrelled away on this forum would be lost but thankfully, I still have time to protect it by moving it to my msn group (that's hidden and private so the only members are Michael and myself). I'll likely copy them all to disks as well. I could publish them to the web like Anschul did with his lovely sonnets. That way they can be shared with people I care to have them.

Anyway, I'm really rambling on. ...

Champie, Thanks.

The key is under the mat but failing that the password is *whisper whisper Cheffies shorts*
Wonder how Champ got on today and if she's still stressed?

Was that YOU in my shorts? Yum!

 

[LeBroz]

I got back in. I had to clear my internet browser history and cookies and that did the trick. I'll email Cheffy and see if he needs to do the same. We were emailing yesterday, and he couldn't get on late last night either...

Oh these crawlee thingies are making me nutty ... err, nuttier than usual.

Still can't get in with my usual AOL. Still getting that naughty message. Using AOL for internet access and Firefox just to get on the forum. missed you guys. 48 hours is a looooong time.

Will try some of what you did Ange - clearing history is easy; it's not that important. But I will not clear cookies; restoring them takes too much time, I'll just delete the Lit cookies and see if that helps.

And maybe tomorrow I can get back to the archives and post a couple more haiku (poetboy has a gift with haiku).

EDIT ~ cleared history & deleted Lit cookies. Logged back into Lit but still no forum. Will try again and this time try a reboot. If that still doesn't work I may have to try and just delete all cookies then reboot. If that works, fine. If not, I'll have to give Manu a holler.

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After it seemed that nothing was going to work, scrubbed history & temp internet files, manually deleted Lit temp files & cookies and rebooting and still, when trying to get to the Bulletin Board from the Content page I still kept getting the 'naughty' message.

Was I to be stuck going the extra step with Firefox just for the Forums?

Then, from out in left field, a really crazy idea. I went to Google, typed in my name and got some links to the Forum. I saw that and thought this is too easy. So I tried it and...

I'm in!

This is too easy, too good to be true. I exited the newly opened Forum and all other windows and then tried accessing everything in a normal fashion, using my regular shortcuts. Got to Lit and this time, when I clicked on the Buletin Board link on the Content page, instead of the usual 'naughty' message, I'm back to the hoped for Forum.

Go figure...

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[UnderYourSpell]

I must have just have been lucky then I left it over night and got straight back in the next day mind you I do do a clear out of temp internet files n cookies every other day or so and all I have to do is log back in. Not quite sure why you have bother with that Leon although you explained a while back

 

[champagne1982]

Good morning, everyone. Well, I'm back and have been cleared to cardiovascular myself into exhaustion. My heart performed wonderfully without a single pvc flutter to stir the pot. upbj's song must have worked a great magick along with all of your well wishes and bothers. I adore you all.

It doesn't mean there won't be spells of arryhthmia and gasping, it just means that with diligent monitoring, I can rev the engine and not be afraid that the fuel pump will fail. Good news!

UYS are you still rolling around in Cheffington's shorts? Looks more like a mouse... or heaven forbid, a hamster .

 

[LeBroz]

Good morning, everyone. Well, I'm back and have been cleared to cardiovascular myself into exhaustion. My heart performed wonderfully without a single pvc flutter to stir the pot. upbj's song must have worked a great magick along with all of your well wishes and bothers. I adore you all.

It doesn't mean there won't be spells of arryhthmia and gasping, it just means that with diligent monitoring, I can rev the engine and not be afraid that the fuel pump will fail. Good news!

UYS are you still rolling around in Cheffington's shorts? Looks more like a mouse... or heaven forbid, a hamster .

Great news. There's too much life left to live in this century to have that fuel pump acting up. Just keep on living life big!



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[UnderYourSpell]

Good morning, everyone. Well, I'm back and have been cleared to cardiovascular myself into exhaustion. My heart performed wonderfully without a single pvc flutter to stir the pot. upbj's song must have worked a great magick along with all of your well wishes and bothers. I adore you all.

It doesn't mean there won't be spells of arryhthmia and gasping, it just means that with diligent monitoring, I can rev the engine and not be afraid that the fuel pump will fail. Good news!

UYS are you still rolling around in Cheffington's shorts? Looks more like a mouse... or heaven forbid, a hamster .

Should I vacate the back room for you then? I think Leon has stopped screaming ..... Erm what looks like a hamster in Cheffie's shorts? Don't think he will be thrilled at that discription lol

 

[LeBroz]

Should I vacate the back room for you then? I think Leon has stopped screaming ..... Erm what looks like a hamster in Cheffie's shorts? Don't think he will be thrilled at that discription lol

What's in Cheffie's shorts? I won't go there, though you ladies can explore that all you want. But I would think he'd rather have y'all describe that motion there as being from a hamster rather than from a mouse!

We could let this degenerate into a boxers vs briefs discussion. I think I'll switch over to boxers ~ gives the wildlife more space in which to roam.

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[UnderYourSpell]

What's in Cheffie's shorts? I won't go there, though you ladies can explore that all you want. But I would think he'd rather have y'all describe that motion there as being from a hamster rather than from a mouse!

We could let this degenerate into a boxers vs briefs discussion. I think I'll switch over to boxers ~ gives the wildlife more space in which to roam.

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Given the choice you would be permanently 'commando'

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Given the choice you would be permanently 'commando'

I made a commando convert last night at the bar. See, with the event of the "enormous shorts" phenomenon in menswear, I've invented something called a "reverse wedgie." It's very easy to reach up into the legs of the enormous shorts, grab hold of the grunders, and pull them all the way down.

So last night, Binky's shorts were so absolutely huge I had to go there. Usually, the response is some very understandable complaining, followed by a lot of fruitless adjustment and finally a trip to the men's room to get everything back in order. Binky, however, stood there for a minute and said, 'say, this is actually really comfortable.'

Shortly thereafter his shorts were hanging outside the bar, on one of the nearby signs.

Binky is a god.

bj

bj