Ymm, pretend baking! I wish real cookies only had pretend calories...
Speaking of crazy weather, it's supposed to snow here in Seattle tomorrow. Can you say madness on the roads?
Of course, snow down here means loads of snow on the ski slopes (predicting 1-3 feet, which they need desparately, to get a base going) so that's a good thing.
Just wanted to throw out that I'm not going to look at JasonEvans' thread, "do not watch this movie." Why, because Jason wrote not to watch the movie. I tend to follow the advise of people I trust.
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I spent a semester of college in France. When I came home that December, I left France with almost a foot of snow on the ground and I was dressed in wool, tights, and a heavy coat. I flew into Atlanta where everyone was in shorts and t-shirts. I couldn't get layers off fast enough.
Dang, I wish I was there - I enjoy those kinds of conversations with the young'uns and am curious about what was the most often cited.
Here's five that I think of as "90's music" and that I'll enjoy on the radio (or play my ownself...)
Cranberries - "Everybody's Doing It etc"
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Let's Face It"
Beck - "Odelay"
Nirvana - "In Utero"
Dave Matthews - "Crash"
Of course, U2 and REM put out good records in the 90's but they don't count...
Many moons ago, we the family gathered in Florida for Christmas. Some of us flew in from Seoul, where it was cold. We had winter coats and then beach attire. I left FL for Kansas City, where the temperature was well below 0, with windchills of -50 the night before I flew out of KC (-15 on the way to the airport). I then went to Houston where it was in the 30's. Everyone else was running around in fur coats and I was in short sleeve shirts. It's amazing what an 80 degree temperature shift will do.
One of Duke's rites of passage always tickled me: all the yankee kids coming down to Durham and wearing shorts and tees all winter (ok, maybe a pullover), while the deep south kids are complaining of frostbite during the Annual Snow in January. It's all relative...
I just noticed that I'm getting perilously close to post 1000. What's the protocol for such a milestone post and how does one celebrate?
Of course, the congratulatory posts are sincere but also a shameless way to PW and get our own counts up.