Open Thread (Song for Lily)
She can sing this to John.
Little dogs are experts at the oooooo choruses!
October 27, 2009 8:31 pm
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread
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142 Responses
DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal) - October 27, 2009 | 8:37 pm · Link
Just be sure to give that doggy the R-E-S-P-E-C-T she deserves!
I think Greyson went too far in calling that Fed lobbyist a “whore” and I hope everyone calls for him to apologize to whores for comparing them to a former Enron lobbyist.
That is just a bit too much Congressman, apologize!
MNPundit - October 27, 2009 | 8:42 pm · Link
Lilly is such a dog. What are the other dogs causes?
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 8:44 pm · Link
w00t. so early in the thread. I too am traveling again this weekend. Leaving tomorrow morning for a loooooonnnnnggg drive.
Cutest dog my ass! F Joe Lieberman! The helicopters aren’t joking, also. :) I am aware of all BJ traditions!
+4
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 8:45 pm · Link
Oh you love your doggie so much! It’s just adorable, I tell you!
The Bearded Blogger - October 27, 2009 | 8:45 pm · Link
If a democratic senator’s sole goal was to maximaly infuriate progressives and such a senator were extremely smart at achieving his goal, how would such a senator’s actions differ from those of Joe Lieberman?
Cat Lady - October 27, 2009 | 8:46 pm · Link
In case John wasn’t feeling bad enough:
So Lonely.
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 8:49 pm · Link
@ellaesther: Ok, so I’m kind of an idiot, and thought that this was posted BY John. And just now realized that no. Hmm.
Well, I’m guessing that Anne Laurie likely also loved Lily—for who could not?
Irrelevant,YetPoignant - October 27, 2009 | 8:52 pm · Link
@ellaesther:
If people stop loving Lily, the terrorists have won.
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 8:54 pm · Link
@Cat Lady:
Good one. For lonely, I usually go with the moody music. Bob Mould is always high on the list, but it’s mixed with anger.
For instance, I’m Sorry Baby.
There’s also Ani DiFranco’s You Had Time, or one of the ultimates, Kris Delmhorst, Since You Went Away.
Mark S. - October 27, 2009 | 8:55 pm · Link
I doubt anyone cares, but David Frum and Hugh Hewitt are having a spat. This rejoinder from Hewitt cracked me up:
I don’t know, but people who call their websites the Hughniverse probably are a bit narcissistic.
Anne Laurie - October 27, 2009 | 8:56 pm · Link
@ellaesther:
True fact!
I also love our own three rescue Papillons—Zevon, Sydney, and new girl Gloria—but I’ve yet to get a good enough photo/video of them to inspire me (or the Spousal Unit) to figure out WP’s embedding system. Someday.
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 8:56 pm · Link
@ellaesther: LOVES! LOVES Lily! Anne Laurie LOVES Lily!!
Sweet Moses in the bullrushes, what is wrong with me today?!
Other than that: @Irrelevant,YetPoignant: Indeed!
jeffreyw - October 27, 2009 | 8:56 pm · Link
Dogs will lie to you.
Demo Woman - October 27, 2009 | 8:58 pm · Link
The few times that Moxie has been farmed out before the howling incident, she would paw (touch) my face every hour during the night just to make sure I was there. Good luck to John on his return. After the howling incident, there are many friends that will take her.
Anne Laurie - October 27, 2009 | 8:59 pm · Link
@Mark S.:
Anything that makes either or both of those two miserable is a force for good in the Cosmos. Now if only some of the Cornerites at KLo’s House of Crazy could get sucked into the feud…
Anne Laurie - October 27, 2009 | 9:02 pm · Link
@jeffreyw: It’s not lying if they really, really believe it. If he had two dead chickens, he would totally give you one. Retrieve it right to your hand, even… (Love your redheads!)
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 9:02 pm · Link
@Mark S.:
Well, at least Hugh doesn’t refer to himself in the third person, which would mean his sentences would be all:
Demo Woman - October 27, 2009 | 9:03 pm · Link
@jeffreyw: lol.. Moxie thought I was cooking up goodies the other day and wanted some drippings. It was spinach and I thought well fine and poured the juice on her food, her reaction was different.
jeffreyw - October 27, 2009 | 9:05 pm · Link
@Anne Laurie: Yeah, and I’m such a softie.
RedKitten - October 27, 2009 | 9:05 pm · Link
Aww…poor sweet Lily-pad. I hope she’s doing okay. No news here, although I am excited for the Blondie concert on Friday.
Demo Woman - October 27, 2009 | 9:07 pm · Link
@RedKitten: You’ll have to at least post a pic of your boots…
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 9:11 pm · Link
@Demo Woman: May I tell you about one of my cat’s most favorite of all favorite additions to her dry cat food? I may? Thank you!
The liquid from a can of chickpeas. Hand to God.
Now, it had to be a particular brand of chickpeas—she wasn’t a chickpea whore, or anything—but still. She would go crazy over it.
And I once had a cat literally climb up my body to get to a piece of baklava. Again: Hand to God.
sloan - October 27, 2009 | 9:29 pm · Link
Love the Project Wonderful ad right now:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
demkat620 - October 27, 2009 | 9:31 pm · Link
@RedKitten: Blondie? Lucky woman. She will always be one of my favorites. I am old enough to remember the splash she made when Blondie hit it big with Heart of Glass.
Scared the old peoples down to their socks.
Anne Laurie - October 27, 2009 | 9:33 pm · Link
@ellaesther: I have known three different cats, in three different states, in three different decades, who would draw blood to get the jelly out of a jelly donut. Even though scientists assure us that cats can’t even taste sweet. Maybe it was something in the chemical additives?
There are also quite a few cats who like tomato sauce (and yeah, I know tomatoes aren’t good for cats), usually the kind of cheap chemical-laden stuff that gets put in canned spaghetti. And avocadoes… mostly they don’t eat avocadoes, but a lot of cats will do their best to steal a chunk, no matter how often they’ve been puzzled & disappointed. I think this lends credence to the theory that avocado trees survived post-ground-sloth and pre-human-cultivation because jaguars ate them for the fat content.
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 9:38 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts:
Comment in moderation with three good “moody” lonely songs. Damn.
Bob Mould’s “I’m Sorry Baby,” Ani DiFranco’s “You Had Time” and Kris Delmhorst’s “Since You Went Away.”
Demo Woman - October 27, 2009 | 9:45 pm · Link
@Anne Laurie: Not a cat or dog story but a squirrel story.. The little thieves started stealing my tomatoes which is pretty bad but then they had to sit on the fence and peel off the skin before taking their prize to their nest.
SiubhanDuinne - October 27, 2009 | 9:47 pm · Link
@ellaesther/9:11 pm
I once had a cat who passionately loved asparagus. He would steal stalks off our dinner plates, carry them off to a corner like a dead bird, and feast.
burnspbesq - October 27, 2009 | 9:49 pm · Link
My kid has revealed himself to be a hippie.
On his list of colleges he wants to check out are, among others, Hampshire, Bennington, and Manhattanville.
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 9:52 pm · Link
Earlier today, we were talking about earworms, and I allowed as how my earworm was (at the time) a Backstreet Boys song (suffice it to say that Israeli radio, which I listen to a lot, is a remarkably catholic listening experience).
However, that has changed in the course of the day, and right now I can’t escape is “The Question Song,” a very funny ditty sung by Tom Wilson, the guy who played Biff in Back to the Future (again I feel a need to say: Hand to God). “Very funny,” and dang catchy, too! It’s well and truly stuck.
demkat620 - October 27, 2009 | 9:52 pm · Link
@burnspbesq: Then you done good.
Congrats! Now where’s your wallet? The cost of kids never ends.
Demo Woman - October 27, 2009 | 9:54 pm · Link
@burnspbesq: That is so cool. Hampshire is located in a beautiful part of MA.
valdivia - October 27, 2009 | 9:55 pm · Link
@ellaesther:
your cats have middle eastern taste buds ;-)
good on them.
valdivia - October 27, 2009 | 9:59 pm · Link
ellaesther—maybe you can answer this for me (or maybe not!). I am looking for the israeli version of InTreatment with Gila Almagor. Is that even available on DVD. I loved the US version but want to see the original. Any ideas?
Linkmeister - October 27, 2009 | 10:10 pm · Link
@Anne Laurie: Sometimes we see mongoose in our back yard, and one of the funnier instances was the time one was flat on its back on the brick walkway, holding an avocado between its paws and burying its nose all the way inside the shell.
You know those cute pictures of otters cracking clamshells open on rocks they hold on their tummies? It looked just like that.
AhabTRuler - October 27, 2009 | 10:13 pm · Link
@burnspbesq: The old gray mare just ain’t what she used to be when it comes to the hippie credentials of Camp Hamp & Bennington. Sort of earnest, slightly odd yuppie larvae really. Still and all, you can get a really good education at either of those two if you put your mind to it.
Amherst is gorgeous (and Ithaca is gorges, but that’s a different story), as is Bennington. The latter is a little isolated, ‘tho. It’s in Vermont, but Albany (festering pimple) is really more accessible (w00t! Crossgates), and, frankly, is a little disappointing as a city. It actually reminds me of Allentown, PA, and not in the good times.
Ash Can - October 27, 2009 | 10:17 pm · Link
@Mark S.: LOL! That’s excellent!
Brick Oven Bill - October 27, 2009 | 10:18 pm · Link
Aretha Franklin should have ended her career when she dropped her apron at the soul food place after Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy dumped her.
People need to know when to quit.
gnomedad - October 27, 2009 | 10:23 pm · Link
You think Tunch’s tail is odd?
Comrade Kevin - October 27, 2009 | 10:28 pm · Link
I think I’ve found what Tunch does while John is out of the house here.
Ash Can - October 27, 2009 | 10:28 pm · Link
@ellaesther: “And I once had a cat literally climb up my body to get to a piece of baklava.”
LOL! It must have been the butter.
@Demo Woman: Little brats. Once in a while in the early to mid-fall I’ll walk out the front door and see a pile of walnut or chestnut rind fragments on the ledge next to the stairs. And I had to laugh a couple of years ago. One of my neighbor friends took her car to the mechanic because the front axle was making a funny noise. The mechanic checked it out and found a walnut wedged into the works, courtesy of one of the neighborhood squirrels. At least it was a cheap repair.
Anne Laurie - October 27, 2009 | 10:34 pm · Link
@Comrade Kevin:
Okaaaay, that’s one of the B.o.B. spooftrolls tagged!
Genine - October 27, 2009 | 10:36 pm · Link
@burnspbesq #27
Congrats! Oh, joy!
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 10:40 pm · Link
Eating cold french fries after a hairy, rain-soaked drive home. Waiting for the 3 to 6 to 12 inches (no one can decide) of snow to fall. Does anyone have any requests for Thursday Menu (this Thursday or future Thursdays?). I’m thinking of Garlic, Garlic Chicken this week, but I’m open.
Odd dog treat requests: one of my great danes would shell peanuts, eat the nut and spit out the shell, still almost whole. She also loved almond M & M’s – and would suck the chocolate shell off before eating the almond. These were limited treats, obviously, but boy was she happy whenever I let her have one.
Brick Oven Bill - October 27, 2009 | 10:42 pm · Link
Aritha was cool in the Blues Brothers. This is when she should have stopped. Here is Aritha-2008.
Why should taxpayers be compelled to pay for Aritha’s Liberty Medical diabetes packages, shipped free to her door, while she eats more Cheetos at the TV?
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 10:46 pm · Link
Yo, bitchez. What’s up?
@Bad Horse’s Filly: Where you at? I want snow! And, how about New England clam chowder? Or jambalaya.
@jeffreyw: Cute doggies! You still around? I see you had food pr0n for me, the one night I turn in early.
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 10:47 pm · Link
I’m going into the deep dark well. anyone care to pull me out? I feel like shit. I’m traveling tomorrow. I feel like grabbing a rope. Damn, I’m pitiful. Why? Why? Why? I don’t want to be this fucked up.
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 10:47 pm · Link
@valdivia: Well, actually, they were both Israeli cats! Mine was partial to a particular brand of Israeli chickpeas, and the other cat was a random cat on a kibbutz I stayed at one night. So indeed!
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 10:50 pm · Link
@Brick Oven Bill: Just wondering BoB, what do you do for a living? A general answer will suffice, nothing that would jeopardize your privacy.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 10:50 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: arguing, damn it. You are not going down. I don’t have a Lassie to come rescue you. Keep posting, hear me?
jeffreyw - October 27, 2009 | 10:51 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly:
Works for me.
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 10:51 pm · Link
@valdivia: Not sure, because Israeli TV and American TV broadcast on different, um, thingamajigies. Can’t remember what the technical phrase is, but America is NTSC and Israel is PAL.
You might look at Steimatsky online, they might have something (certain very popular movies/TV shows get DVDs produced in both systems).
jeffreyw - October 27, 2009 | 10:52 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN: why yes, yes, I do!
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 10:52 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
i was wondering where you were. noticed you weren’t here earlier.
Greetings. I wish I was in a better mood.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 10:52 pm · Link
@jeffreyw: DUMPLINGS! Show me your dumplings! Er….
Comrade Kevin - October 27, 2009 | 10:53 pm · Link
@Fulcanelli: He bites the heads of chickens in a circus side show.
Brick Oven Bill - October 27, 2009 | 10:53 pm · Link
I am a free lance engineer Fulcanlli.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 10:54 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: I turned in early last night, and I was moping around today. Don’t worry about being in a good mood. Just keep posting and holding on.
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 10:54 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN: So that’s what the tea baggers call ‘em these days. Just kidding…
Ash Can - October 27, 2009 | 10:56 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: For my bachelorette party years ago, my cousin made chicken marsala that was extra heavy on the garlic. It was out of this world. I don’t know the exact recipe, but it might give you some ideas, at least.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 10:56 pm · Link
@Fulcanelli: Eggsactly!
jeffreyw - October 27, 2009 | 10:56 pm · Link
Someone else wanted dumplins the other night, gave me a good reason to make some.
Got your click by click
And your slide show, because the pics seem nicer full screen
JGabriel - October 27, 2009 | 10:57 pm · Link
Brick Oven Bill:
Because she’s 69 and on Medicare, you freaking jackass.
.
Comrade Kevin - October 27, 2009 | 10:57 pm · Link
@Brick Oven Bill:
By any chance, do you consume narcotics, Bill?
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 10:58 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: Honey, you are grabbing something—you’ve just grabbed a lifeline, by writing that here. You are reaching out and holding on, and that is very, very good, and not in the least bit pitiful.
Hold on tight, all right?
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 10:59 pm · Link
@Brick Oven Bill: So you have a formal, secondary education. Correct?
Skepticat - October 27, 2009 | 10:59 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: My Great Dane did the same thing with peanuts. He’d do the patooie thing and spit the shell like a watermelon seed. He also would whack his head into the wall turning around quickly if you called him whilst he was walking down the (narrow) hall, and liked to sit in the rocker and rock whilst watching television. Okay, so I had a Mediocre Dane.
One of my cats has his very own (unsalted) butter supply, and considers it not a treat but a routine part of his menu. He’ll sit sit and stare fixedly at the dish until he’s served.
Violet - October 27, 2009 | 10:59 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts:
Keep posting. We’re here for you. You’re not going down.
I know you’ve been struggling for awhile, but it can, does, and will get better, really. The usual suspects – eat right, exercise, get enough sun, take your meds, go see a counselor, etc. – just keep doing them. One foot in front of the other. Some days are better than others, and there will be dips downward, but it does get better.
Hugs.
General Winfield Stuck - October 27, 2009 | 11:00 pm · Link
Watching Aeon Flux. Charlise Theron, oo chee waa waa. Bad news.
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 11:00 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
i’m tired. i’m wishing i was miles away from where i am, and yet wishing something stopped, like my heart, and i just ceased to exist. i think that would be easier but i know better. too hard to describe at the moment.
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 11:01 pm · Link
@JGabriel: I’m sure she’s pretty well off financially. Doesn’t income or assets factor in on whether or not you can be on Medicare?
Skepticat - October 27, 2009 | 11:01 pm · Link
@Brick Oven Bill: My dad was a paid mechanical engineer. Why would you engineer lances for free?
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 11:02 pm · Link
@Violet:
thanks, violet. just wanted to acknowledge. I don’t feel like there’s anyone I can talk to at work, so it’s funny that my little online community is where I can garner real strength.
valdivia - October 27, 2009 | 11:03 pm · Link
@ellaesther:
Thanks for the suggestion of Steimatsky. I will look into it and see if my DVD can handle the zoning difference thingy. I have used some of the music stores online from Israel to get some music directly from there (ie Shalom Hanoch, Mashiach Lo Ba and Gazoz) and had good results with the mailing and all so maybe the dvd thing will work well too.
Re your cats—the chickpeas were the dead giveaway I think.
:-)
gwangung - October 27, 2009 | 11:04 pm · Link
Cause he got fired from his last gig?
Brick Oven Bill - October 27, 2009 | 11:04 pm · Link
That is all, but be scared, be very scared.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:05 pm · Link
@jeffreyw: Oh. my. god. That slideshow is obscene! The cornbread, to die for! The dumplings, yummy. And the doggies? So cute!
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 11:05 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: Hook up with General Stuck and watch Charlize Theron. Watching her always makes me feel better.
Keep posting buddy, we’re here. This will pass. Also.
valdivia - October 27, 2009 | 11:05 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts:
yes we are all here for you, just keep doing it every day, doing the everyday things it will get better and we are always here for a dark night or a dark day.
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 11:06 pm · Link
@ellaesther:
thanks, ellaesther. I feel like I’ve let down the BJ community by dumping this shit in the comments. I really don’t want to be this way. I hate the way I feel.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:07 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: I do know what you mean. I have been there. Many times. For a long fucking time. I’m not going to lie and say it’s easy, but staying as you are is much much harder. Much.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:08 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: arguing, I, for one, would much rather have you get it out than have you keep it in. Anyone doesn’t like it, s/he doesn’t have to read it.
Comrade Kevin - October 27, 2009 | 11:09 pm · Link
@General Winfield Stuck:
I’m watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
General Winfield Stuck - October 27, 2009 | 11:10 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts:
Just remember, feelings are fleeting and this to shall pass,
Svensker - October 27, 2009 | 11:10 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts:
You are not pitiful. A habit of mind that you still need to work on. And did you get that inosotol?
You seem to get really down when you get tired—or is it the downness making you tired? If the first, that’s something concrete you can work on…work out ways not to get so tired and if you DO get tired and DO get down as a consequence, forgive yourself for having a brain reaction to fatigue.
Hang in, and get back out of that well, dammit.
valdivia - October 27, 2009 | 11:11 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
this.
jeffreyw - October 27, 2009 | 11:11 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
Thanks, I had a ball doin it, still learnin camera tricks, getting better day by day.
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 11:11 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
The really odd thing is I’m an “expert” in my field, and sought out for my thoughts on the “field,” and yet I feel like such a poser, like a fake. It’s hard to muster that “expertise” when I don’t feel well. I don’t know if that makes much sense, but that’s part of what’s going on.
General Winfield Stuck - October 27, 2009 | 11:13 pm · Link
@Comrade Kevin:
Charlie ain’t bad news, but he is a cool dude. :-)
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 11:13 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: You can stop there with the let down shit. Not necessary.
Now about that Charlize Theron movie…
You could try a little ritual (Buddhist, I believe) to purge the bad thoughts if you’re into it…
ellaesther - October 27, 2009 | 11:14 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: You know, I have known a lot of people with depression in my day—family, friends, myself after baby #1, internet pals—and the thing that strikes me is how powerfully people want something else, and just can’t seem to get it. Someone famous (maybe Dick Cavett?) once wrote in the NY Times about his depression, saying that when you’re really there, you could be sitting 8 feet from a table on which sits a bottle of anti-depressant magic that would cure you for all time—and it would feel too hard to get up and get it.
I think the fact that you “dump” (as you say) is a sign of your powerful urge to get up and get across the 8 feet, and that is a powerful, lifesaving urge. Are you getting help? Are you seeing someone/taking something?
Violet - October 27, 2009 | 11:15 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts:
I’m glad we can help. We’re here when you need us. Do you have anyone else around you in RL that you can talk to? A counselor is a good option, if you don’t have someone you can confide in. A lot of counselors will work on a sliding scale if money is an issue.
Don’t know if you are trying any meds for your depression, but they can work wonders. Someone I’m close to struggled with it forever, but finally found the right medication. Today this person is really doing well.
Oh, and I’m not sure if you have had your thyroid checked, but please do that. I’m a bit of a pain in the rear end about thyroid problems because I was misdiagnosed for what was probably years. Thyroid problems can lead to depression, or at least exacerbate it. The stereotype is that thyroid issues are more of a female problem, but they do affect men too. And women who have thyroid problems are often brushed aside with “it’s just your hormones – deal with it” when in fact it’s your untreated thyroid problem that is the source of your symptoms.
Let me know if you have any other questions about thyroid. I’ve become something of a lay expert on the subject out of necessity. It turns out that the multiple problems my doctor wanted to prescribe multiple drugs for were actually a thyroid problem. A person on the internet on a message board diagnosed me. I had to argue for half an hour with my doctor – just to get him to run the tests. He swore up and down I didn’t have a thyroid problem but finally caved because I refused to leave his office. My thyroid was so out of whack when the bloodwork came back I shouldn’t have been able to walk. Little wonder I was almost non-functional. So these days I always encourage people to get the bloodwork done for thyroid. It’s just a blood draw and your insurance, if you have any, should cover it.
Hang in there.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:16 pm · Link
@Skepticat: Oh, god, good thing I wasn’t drinking anything when I read your post or I’d be cleaning the computer right now. I miss my danes and cannot wait until I can have a house full again.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:16 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: I know that feeling, too. You know what, though? If that many people think you know something, they’re right.
And, I agree with Fulcanelli, actually. Watch a movie you really like (a comedy) with a hot babe. Anything to make you feel better.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:18 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN: I live a bit north of Denver. I’m still holding out for a nice long spell of Indian Summer. I think El Nino is going to kick our ass this winter. (and I’ll put your recipe requests in my queue)
gwangung - October 27, 2009 | 11:18 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: Hah. That sounds like “imposter syndrome.” Which afflicts the competent to uber-competent.
Hard to shake when the measuring sticks are fuzzy or not very prominent. In one area, I felt that way…until I realized I was the ONLY person in the whole country who was doing what I was doing.
Maybe talk with some peers and get some reinforcement?
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:18 pm · Link
@Violet: I second this. i have thyroid issues, and I know that contributes to my problems.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:20 pm · Link
@Ash Can: I am scanning for a good chicken marsala recipe, because at some point in my Food In Fiction series, I’m tackling Jennifer Crusie’s Bet Me, in which much of the plot line revolves around chicken marsala. I may have to test out a few first. Yummy.
gnomedad - October 27, 2009 | 11:21 pm · Link
@Brick Oven Bill:
Quoted without comment.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:24 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: I am ok with anything, actually. I just like food.
@gwangung: In addition, the truly incompetent rarely know they are.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:24 pm · Link
@jeffreyw: Would you possibly think of submitting a recipe for my Men Who Cook series?
arguingwithsignposts - October 27, 2009 | 11:27 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
hah! hot babe noted.
@gwangung:
I’m going to a conference this weekend where people will be extolling my expertise, but that’s when I will feel least “hero-like,” but the people at the conf. will look at me differently, like i know more than I do. W00t, right? But I’m dying inside.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:27 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts: You post whatever you need to. It’s obvious that there are many here who care deeply. I’m sending you good energy.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:32 pm · Link
Okay, just shoveled 3 inches of heavy wet snow. The meteorologist with 12” in the snow pool looks like a winner. Ugh.
sognforaday - October 27, 2009 | 11:33 pm · Link
I’m not a big fan or Arnold as governor of CA, but I thought this was pretty hilarious.
Arnold to SF: Fuck you
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:34 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: Woo-hoo! Um, I mean, so sorry. Send it my way, ok?
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 11:38 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: BHF, I’ve traveled around the US a bit in my time and there is no place like NYC and the North East for Italian food.
I’ve got about 5 restaurants within a 3 minute ride from Casa Fulcanelli that all serve a chicken Marsala to die for. The best one serves a piping hot mini loaf of fresh baked, Sicilian style thick crust Italian bread with their entrees that’s about the size of a large grapefruit that is almost better than sex. Well, almost.
And I wonder why I can’t lose weight. Le Sigh.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:38 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN: I like snow, really I do. I just kind of like it on the mountain peaks. Then I can cycle here or go up there and snow shoe. I haven’t had enough good cycling days this year, was hoping for a few more before the real cold arrived.
jeffreyw - October 27, 2009 | 11:40 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: Well, I don’t have any family recipes, or an interesting life story. I just enjoy doing the standard anyone can do em meals and taking pics of the operation. If you think I can contribute I’d be happy to, but I really can’t pass off any recipes as my own.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:43 pm · Link
@Fulcanelli: I got back to Boston this summer and spent some time in the North End. You are right, there is nothing like east coast Italian food. I’m not even sure where to begin with this recipe, because I don’t think I’ve ever had an authentic chicken marsala. Feel free to send tips.
Comrade Kevin - October 27, 2009 | 11:47 pm · Link
@sognforaday: It’s another example of how our state, and in particular our Governor, is a national laughing stock.
Fuck Him.
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 11:48 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: I like snow too! In those little things filled with water and a little landscape or miniature town that you shake up to make the flakes swim around.
I also like seeing the snow on the Weather channel when they do the regional reports on other parts of the country. Yup, I really like the snow.
The only problem is that I don’t get to stay home from school anymore.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:48 pm · Link
@jeffreyw: It’s not about being your own recipe as much as it is about enjoying cooking. Besides, I always feel once you’ve made a dish a couple of times, you usually put your own twist on it. That’s my way of saying, hell yes, come on over and contribute. If you click on the men who cook in that last comment, it will give you my email address.
asiangrrlMN - October 27, 2009 | 11:52 pm · Link
I want all the snow. That is all.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:53 pm · Link
@Fulcanelli: I know I shouldn’t complain, because the big secret here is that the weather is so nice most of the time. Everyone always says, don’t pack your shorts in the winter, because you’ll have days you can wear them in January. But still the idea of driving in this stuff tomorrow….ugh.
Betsy - October 27, 2009 | 11:54 pm · Link
@arguingwithsignposts:
Oh, that’s not odd. That is all-too-common. I struggle with it all the time. I always find reasons why people giving me compliments on my work (when it happens) are mistaken, don’t really understand, or are fooled.
I’m actually in that place now – I’m having a meeting tomorrow with a v. respected prof who writes about EXACTLY the same topic I do, and I’m terrified that he will see right through me. And/or think that I didn’t cite his work enough, or misunderstood it, or something. You see, no one on my committee specializes in exactly the same subject as me, so I’ve convinced myself that the only reason they like what I’ve produced so far is that they don’t know how much I’ve got wrong.
And I can even know that this is a common phenomenon, but that still doesn’t make me stop feeling it.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 27, 2009 | 11:55 pm · Link
@asiangrrlMN: I will do my best to convince it to leave quickly and move in your direction. Physics meet sheer intention.
Fulcanelli - October 27, 2009 | 11:56 pm · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: If you get back to Boston go to Trattoria Il Pannino. You won’t regret it.
Damn, now I’m hungry.
asiangrrlMN - October 28, 2009 | 12:00 am · Link
@Fulcanelli: I haven’t had supper yet, so I’m hungry, too.
@Betsy: Listen to Betsy, arguing. She is a wise woman.
jeffreyw - October 28, 2009 | 12:01 am · Link
@Bad Horse’s Filly: ok, sent ya an email
Betsy - October 28, 2009 | 12:03 am · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
Naw, I’m just faking it like the rest of us. :)
jeffreyw - October 28, 2009 | 12:04 am · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
some fried fish do ya?
Comrade Kevin - October 28, 2009 | 12:05 am · Link
@jeffreyw: Mmmm, fried fish.
I had fried fish for lunch today, at the awesome Barbara’s Fish Trap in Princeton, CA.
jeffreyw - October 28, 2009 | 12:08 am · Link
@Comrade Kevin: LOL
We had fish today at the awesome chez jeffrey
Betsy - October 28, 2009 | 12:08 am · Link
@Fulcanelli:
Dude, you are making me hungry. I just went and looked at their menu.
I do live in the greater Boston area, but I don’t often get to the North End. I will put this place on my list for the next time I do.
asiangrrlMN - October 28, 2009 | 12:09 am · Link
@jeffreyw: WANT! YUM! DROOL!
asiangrrlMN - October 28, 2009 | 12:10 am · Link
@jeffreyw: WANT! YUM! DROOL!
@Betsy: We do what we have to do.
asiangrrlMN - October 28, 2009 | 12:11 am · Link
Argh! Give me back my edit button, Cole!
Betsy - October 28, 2009 | 12:15 am · Link
@asiangrrlMN:
We do indeed. And often, it’s enough.
Sending good vibes and smiles your way. I should get to bed now, but have a lovely evening. I hope you get some good sleep.
jeffreyw - October 28, 2009 | 12:19 am · Link
No! Don’t edit that out! Jeez louise, I think it looks just fine.
asiangrrlMN - October 28, 2009 | 12:19 am · Link
@Betsy: Thanks, Betsy. Good vibes back atcha, and I hope your dreams are pleasant ones.
asiangrrlMN - October 28, 2009 | 12:20 am · Link
@jeffreyw: Yes, but I posted it twice. That’s what I want my edit button for.
Bad Horse's Filly - October 28, 2009 | 12:24 am · Link
@jeffreyw: Man, all I wanted today was Fish n Chips, and that makes me want it even more. Yum.
Ash Can - October 28, 2009 | 12:26 am · Link
Speaking of food, @Bad Horse’s Filly, I tried your crockpot beef stew recipe on Sunday. It was the first actual, standard beef stew recipe I tried in my brand new, er, well, estate-sale crock pot. (OK, it’s used, but it’s in excellent condition.) It turned out very tasty, and I’ll likely use it as my base recipe for years to come. But I’ll be doing a fair amount of tinkering—for example, I found that four cups of water, rather than six, were more than enough. It must be just the way my pot works. Also, I love potatoes, so I’ll be adding more next time around. Of course, this is what makes cooking fun—learning the basic techniques, learning what your own equipment can and can’t do, and reinventing recipes from there. Hooray for playing with food!
jeffreyw - October 28, 2009 | 12:37 am · Link
@Ash Can: Amen brother
Bad Horse's Filly - October 28, 2009 | 12:41 am · Link
@Ash Can: Absolutely! Unless I’m writing them for my clients, I rarely follow a recipe, I usually just have one in my head and go from there. That’s what makes it fun.
Oh, and thank you. Also.
Andrea - October 28, 2009 | 12:44 am · Link
Went there for lunch during a trip to Boston about 10 years ago. Soooo good.
gwangung - October 28, 2009 | 12:44 am · Link
@Ash Can: Um. I’m changing my mind on what I’m cooking this weekend.
But, right now. Hard at work on Act II of a play I’m writing. Woulda helped if this was 14 days ago, since I’m writing on a deadline….
asiangrrlMN - October 28, 2009 | 12:51 am · Link
@gwangung: Luck, bro. Night all!
Comrade Kevin - October 28, 2009 | 12:56 am · Link
If any of you like Alton Brown on Food Netowrk, here is an interesting read.
Mark S. - October 28, 2009 | 2:32 am · Link
@Comrade Kevin:
Geez, I kind of thought Alton Brown was gay.
Ash Can - October 28, 2009 | 7:46 am · Link
@Mark S.: Maybe he is, realized it and freaked out, and is overcompensating to the extreme.