Anyone for a nightcap?

[midwestyankee]

Be my guest. I will inflate the air mattress in the guest room (which doubles as the family room.) Remember though, muni greens fees are cheap.

Bring lots of money if you want to play the TPC though. And then you're on your own. I'm poor this month. And next.



~LB

You're talking to someone who, if he gets the big contract that's rumored to be on the way, may be able to bring his estimated age at retirement down to 83. Muni courses are just fine, thank you.

Though there will come a day when I will let Pebble Beach kick my ass and I will smile all the way.

 

[the_pet]

Flurries? Where?

It was 80 degrees here today. I want a few flurries.

Really.

~LB

Richmond Virginia (well technically Chesterfield County)

pet

 

[LilyBart]

You're talking to someone who, if he gets the big contract that's rumored to be on the way, may be able to bring his estimated age at retirement down to 83. Muni courses are just fine, thank you.

Though there will come a day when I will let Pebble Beach kick my ass and I will smile all the way.

Crossing fingers for the contract MWY!

We want you to play Pebble Beach while you still know where you are, after all.

~LB

 

[midwestyankee]

Crossing fingers for the contract MWY!

We want you to play Pebble Beach while you still know where you are, after all.

~LB

Thanks. It would be nice to play before I turn 83.

 

[intothewoods]

I went to a bat mitzvah reception at Pebble Beach. True story!

 

[midwestyankee]

I went to a bat mitzvah reception at Pebble Beach. True story!

It's an absolutely gorgeous setting. Must have been quite a party.

I've been to the lodge there, and spent some time in the great lounge overlooking the 18th hole, but have not played the course.

 

[intothewoods]

It's an absolutely gorgeous setting. Must have been quite a party.

I've been to the lodge there, and spent some time in the great lounge overlooking the 18th hole, but have not played the course.

I thought it was obnoxious for a 13 year old. I recall monogrammed napkins. But I'm a judgmental bitch.

 

[midwestyankee]

I thought it was obnoxious for a 13 year old. I recall monogrammed napkins. But I'm a judgmental bitch.

Yikes. I agree that such things are vastly out of scale for a young teen.

 

[Netzach]

I am broke
busy
bewildered


I applied for a LARGE indie market in NYC. Horror, I'm in.

A week AFTER one in Madison.

And I had to beg to borrow the table fee. These things ALWAYS seem to happen when I'm completely tapped out.

 

[LilyBart]

I am broke
busy
bewildered


I applied for a LARGE indie market in NYC. Horror, I'm in.

A week AFTER one in Madison.

And I had to beg to borrow the table fee. These things ALWAYS seem to happen when I'm completely tapped out.

Despite being broke, busy and bewildered...can we take this as good news? I mean, intuitively, I am guessing that NOT being accepted into the NY show would be not so great. And if you were able to borrow the table fee all the better. (I hope you have a friend with room to let you sleep....there's the expense, otherwise.)

Anyway, I want to offer my congratulations...

And then complain because no one is around tonight to let me whine because I don't feel well. I have slept for most of the last 36 hours, and am now wide awake with no one to talk to. Everyone in my house is out, and my dogs, while sweet and attentive, do not make good conversational partners.

It appears I will be busying myself with online sudoko puzzles tonight.

~LB

(Oh, and sticking with the thread theme, I am drinking a vile, fermented Chinese tea proffered to me as a way to hasten my recovery. I would rather have wine. Or a Bud Light. Or anything else.)

 

[intothewoods]

Reading along...hope you make it work a la Tim Gunn, Netz. I am trying to regroup myself in these brokeass times.

And sorry you're not feeling well, Lily.

I just stopped by to mention I got the Omnivore's Dilemma in the mail.

 

[LilyBart]

Reading along...hope you make it work a la Tim Gunn, Netz. I am trying to regroup myself in these brokeass times.

And sorry you're not feeling well, Lily.

I just stopped by to mention I got the Omnivore's Dilemma in the mail.

Here I am...in the middle of the night, because my sleep is all wonky....

But, ITW, we need to do a little book discussion. I am still reading The Omnivore's Dilemma. I'd like to hear what you think as you read it. I am finding it to be a rather powerful read.

~LB

 

[Netzach]

Lilly - You guessed right. I would not have been infuriated not to get in 'cause it's very competitive - but it was a pleasant surprise. T has some website work for me to do, really truly, for which he said he'd pay me real cash, so it's not like I even have to beg so much as run on a few more fumes and get to NYC. My family's still there so I have a home base.

itw - thanks. I think I'll be able to. I've made it a lifestyle.

Hey, I have to say this selling crap you make thing is REALLY nice in lean times. If you make something and you think no one will pay for it, you're probably wrong, I'm serious...

And then I just have to sell enough so I may even come home ahead.


Can I just say, there were times I loved. Loved....being a prodomme.


That said, I have to say I'm GLAD not to be going on that kind of trip again.

 

[midwestyankee]

Dammit, I hate aspirating coffee. Well, to be candid, I dislike aspirating anything but it seems like a disproportionately wasteful thing to aspirate good black coffee.

LB, sorry to hear that your body broke the buck but maybe that Chinese tea scared it back into shape?

Netz, I'm pulling for you to have a great show in NYC.

ITW, these may be brokeass times but at least they're progressive brokeass times. Imagine the future of conservatism, if you will, after the country gets a decent taste of reasonably good health care for all.

Germane to absolutely nothing here, the best part of last night was witnessing Rachel Maddow reveal some of the depth of her Red Sox fanhood (or at least closehand knowledge thereof).

Now to go make it look like I work for a living.

ETA: Forty five years ago today I was just old enough to understand the horror and marvel at the complexity of the assassination of a President. I don't have time to reminisce but I have spent few days that were as profoundly sad and amazing as November 22, 1963.

 

[Netzach]

Dammit, I hate aspirating coffee. Well, to be candid, I dislike aspirating anything but it seems like a disproportionately wasteful thing to aspirate good black coffee.

LB, sorry to hear that your body broke the buck but maybe that Chinese tea scared it back into shape?

Netz, I'm pulling for you to have a great show in NYC.

ITW, these may be brokeass times but at least they're progressive brokeass times. Imagine the future of conservatism, if you will, after the country gets a decent taste of reasonably good health care for all.

Germane to absolutely nothing here, the best part of last night was witnessing Rachel Maddow reveal some of the depth of her Red Sox fanhood (or at least closehand knowledge thereof).

Now to go make it look like I work for a living.

ETA: Forty five years ago today I was just old enough to understand the horror and marvel at the complexity of the assassination of a President. I don't have time to reminisce but I have spent few days that were as profoundly sad and amazing as November 22, 1963.

I was watching a documentary about it - it's something I never lived through and it's also something I never really absorbed via my studies either - I was juggling latin french history and science and in such a way that US 1945-present never really got covered fully.

It's profound, even for those who didn't live through it. Footage of horrible events for me is always marked more by the reactions of the people than the horror of the event. If you watch these things unfolding, you can imagine, clearly, the dread and loss being felt, you see it in the way the crowd rushes, the reporters' voices. Maybe even more so, in a way, because for someone like me - you know what happens. You have context, timeline, you know what this is going to mean, versus the hairs on the back of your neck that stay up as you wonder what this is going to mean.

The doc was on American Experience and dealt with the various theories surrounding what happened. I'm actually very picky about my conspiracy theories. H and T who both were kids during had very different experiences - H was saying there were no alternate theories around him in DC, it wasn't really looked at like that for years. It was National Tragedy, the Warren commission explained it. Done.

T said no one in his town thought the single bullet theory could have been true and no one ever looked at the government the same way again. It was the beginning of a slide that culminated with Nixon.

 

[LilyBart]

One of the things I noticed today was the lack of remembrance of JFK. Nothing in my newspaper...nothing on Google News. OK, maybe it was somewhere else, but those are my first go-to places each day.

I was alive when it happened, although quite young (Caroline and I are contemporaries) and clearly not political at the time. But I do remember very vividly my father crying. And he was not a crier. It is a time, even at that young age, that is etched in my memory. In many ways, I think it was the beginning of the influence on my politics...I mean, I knew then what was important to my Dad, who's opinion I admired (and still do), and so began to shape my thoughts based on his. (My mother was not an American, so not discounting her thoughts...just different history.)

As far as the conspiracies, I never heard them until maybe 20 years later. But then, I grew up in DC and I think that news was never really taken seriously. At least back in the Dark Ages. Not sure about now.

Changing subjects. I am still sick. And no one is out to play.

The evil fermented tea has not yet worked.

And I will probably be awake at 2 am and still have no one to talk to. The dogs and I are not on the same page regarding our discussion of "The Omnivore's Dilemma."

Maybe I should see if Betticus is awake tonight? He's in my time zone.

~LB

 

[LilyBart]

Back to Mirassou being awful...
I will throw in the towel (or the flag, or whatever the hell one throws when surrendering).

I had a glass of Mirassou after having a glass of equally priced Smoking Loon.

The Mirassou lost in a big way. Although I still maintain that it has an edge over 2 buck, ummm, I mean 3 buck, Chuck.

I was wrong. You were right. grrr....

Off to sleep, now.


~LB

 

[CutieMouse]

I was watching a documentary about it - it's something I never lived through and it's also something I never really absorbed via my studies either - I was juggling latin french history and science and in such a way that US 1945-present never really got covered fully.

It's profound, even for those who didn't live through it. Footage of horrible events for me is always marked more by the reactions of the people than the horror of the event. If you watch these things unfolding, you can imagine, clearly, the dread and loss being felt, you see it in the way the crowd rushes, the reporters' voices. Maybe even more so, in a way, because for someone like me - you know what happens. You have context, timeline, you know what this is going to mean, versus the hairs on the back of your neck that stay up as you wonder what this is going to mean.

The doc was on American Experience and dealt with the various theories surrounding what happened. I'm actually very picky about my conspiracy theories. H and T who both were kids during had very different experiences - H was saying there were no alternate theories around him in DC, it wasn't really looked at like that for years. It was National Tragedy, the Warren commission explained it. Done.

T said no one in his town thought the single bullet theory could have been true and no one ever looked at the government the same way again. It was the beginning of a slide that culminated with Nixon.

Sipping a glass of Gnarly Head chard...

Kennedy's assassination is an odd thing for me. I grew up in Dallas; I have family who worked with the museum at one point in time... for a while I was a housekeeper for people who lived in a mid-century modern that was originally owned by the head of the Greek mafia, and regular hangout of Jack Ruby. I grew up driving the motorcade route, walking Dealy Plaza, visiting the eternal flame... Looking out the window of the 6th floor at the schoolbook depository, conspiracy theorists trying to con me out of pocket change for their guidebooks... walking the picket fence line at the top of the hill; watching film crews recreate the scene. I'm just old enough that I remember telling people I was from Dallas, and they'd comment on Kennedy's assassination. It's simply a part of life, here. Tragic and monumental, but not.

When I moved to Memphis, the difference in how the locals experienced the assassination of Dr. King vs Kennedy was shocking to me. I was used to things being viewed as "a great man's life was cut short here"; they kept going on about Elvis.

 

[Breaker_Morant]

One of the things I noticed today was the lack of remembrance of JFK. Nothing in my newspaper...nothing on Google News. OK, maybe it was somewhere else, but those are my first go-to places each day.

I was alive when it happened, although quite young (Caroline and I are contemporaries) and clearly not political at the time. But I do remember very vividly my father crying. And he was not a crier. It is a time, even at that young age, that is etched in my memory. In many ways, I think it was the beginning of the influence on my politics...I mean, I knew then what was important to my Dad, who's opinion I admired (and still do), and so began to shape my thoughts based on his. (My mother was not an American, so not discounting her thoughts...just different history.)

As far as the conspiracies, I never heard them until maybe 20 years later. But then, I grew up in DC and I think that news was never really taken seriously. At least back in the Dark Ages. Not sure about now.

I thought there was a conspicious absense of mentioning the assassination of JFK last week.

I wasn't even the gleam in my daddy's eye when it happened so I'm not emotionally invested in the event. However, I do have the impression that JFK wasn't universally loved as some people seem and my impression is that had JFK not been assassinated he would be as popular as he is now. In fact, most of his legislative agenda passed Congress after he was dead. It has been noted that JFK was the last Democratic President that was tough on communism.

 

[intothewoods]

Here I am...in the middle of the night, because my sleep is all wonky....

But, ITW, we need to do a little book discussion. I am still reading The Omnivore's Dilemma. I'd like to hear what you think as you read it. I am finding it to be a rather powerful read.

~LB

I promise to do more reading tonight, and start up that book club.

I bumped the divorce support thread and then discarded my post. Was kind of funny to see a post of mine from the summer. I went through a few tough times then in adjusting to some things, and expressed some nuttiness. I suppose I'm allowed though.

I'm feeling cranky at the moment. I have friends in town from the married days (who weren't local to me during the splitting up days) and I just feel super tense about the whole thing. Not really sure why either. Oh well, turkey brining begins tonight!

 

[midwestyankee]

I promise to do more reading tonight, and start up that book club.

I bumped the divorce support thread and then discarded my post. Was kind of funny to see a post of mine from the summer. I went through a few tough times then in adjusting to some things, and expressed some nuttiness. I suppose I'm allowed though.

I'm feeling cranky at the moment. I have friends in town from the married days (who weren't local to me during the splitting up days) and I just feel super tense about the whole thing. Not really sure why either. Oh well, turkey brining begins tonight!

I wish you well with the brining, the friends, and all. My turkey from Trader Joe's was already brined so I don't think it would make sense for me to do it a second time.

Since tonight's beef stew called for a half cup of red wine, I guess I know what we'll be drinking with supper.

 

[intothewoods]

I wish you well with the brining, the friends, and all. My turkey from Trader Joe's was already brined so I don't think it would make sense for me to do it a second time.

Since tonight's beef stew called for a half cup of red wine, I guess I know what we'll be drinking with supper.

Thank you. Damn TJs and their brined turkey! I had to go to Whole Paycheck!

 

[midwestyankee]

Thank you. Damn TJs and their brined turkey! I had to go to Whole Paycheck!

True, but think of how patriotic it is to be such a firm supporter of the American economy in our dire time of need.

 

[Windflower]

Inspired by bholderman's good morning thread...anyone want to check in and say good night? Share your mood...share what you're doing...have a drink with me.

..

Ok. Last line sums it up. I have more than one. I am now numb and none the less wiser. Bored and doing my best to hold out and keep my eyes open long enough to ward off the spins.

The spins are winning.

 

[midwestyankee]

3 Blind Moose Merlot. See how they run.