*Dear Penthouse forum:
I never thought it would happen to me, but…*
It’s up to you whether it’s rabbit writing it or the internet guy.
And no, of course I don’t read any of those. Why, the very idea! :halo:
What’s so different? I snark you every chance I can get, and you flame me seven times before breakfast on a regular basis.
I can honestly say I don’t eat Hamburger Helper.
Urgh. My best friend and her husband are both gluten-intolerant, and allergic to dairy, beef, and some nuts. Let me tell you about cooking for them.
Before they found out they were celiac I managed a dairy-free chocolate cake with chocolate ganache that had no cream or butter. It was an achievement.
So it’s true! There really are writers who will not read what they wrote! 
:eek: No comment!
ETA:Except maybe - HEY! I write better than that crap!
oops…
Okay, that letter would possibly be really creepy, because when I opened the door just enough to see who the heck was out there he asked me if my mom was home. I opened it a bit more and he realized I wasn’t a kid, but still…shudder
Is that a challenge?
I’ve been meaning to ask, what’s your academic specialty? I can overlook someone’s non-engineer status if their specialty is uber-cool. And I still owe you a ::wolf whistle:: for that pic you posted of yourself.
ETA: Spicey, you need to post a sign outside your window:
Knock on this window to see my shotgun.
Muzzle first.
Meeks- you, I like!
Personally, I’d like to plot against the mundane. We can take down MPSIMS first!
After that, we can read Penthouse forum. It’ll be just like college!
ETA:** Bobbio**- (crosses fingers, hopes I’m cool enough) I am a geneticist who specialized in epigenetic DNA regulation. In other words, other aspects of your DNA and intracellular environment that affects which and how genes are expressed. There are some genes, in which the copy from mom is shut down, but the one from dad is active. So if you have a mutant copy from mom, you’re ok, but if from dad, you’re affected.
Well, I think it’s cool!
All right, Tower! I’m with ya!
OVERTHROW MPSIMS!
What are we replacing it with? Or is this just anarchy for the sake of itself?
Works for me, 99.44%.
OK, I’ve got to ask… what did you put in the ganache without butter or cream??
And what in the world do you cook for them without dairy, beef, nuts, and gluten? I guess maybe I’d do grilled fish, rice or quinoa or polenta, and vegetables. Or a tofu stir fry. OK, I guess I could manage. But we use an awful lot of dairy and wheat and stuff so it’d be a challenge!
Lard
It worked! I was tasty! Um, and some coconut cream, I think.
Mahna, next time I see you remind me that I need to lend you Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail. It’s fricking gorgeous, and you’re the only person I know IRL who would really appreciate it. Well, beside Attacks Husband, but he’s just interested in anything historical and detailed.
They are also allergic to lamb, and Best Friend’s husband needs a huge amount of protein at every meal. He has Marfan’s Syndrome.
You make ices, apparently.
LiLi, there is but one word to describe a situation like that: Oy.
Though… my old university roomie is also in the category of Allergic to All Foodstuffs (you remember M, right? The amazonian opera singer?). I remember well the challenge that is baking a non-dairy, gluten-free, naturally-sweetened cake… I’ve warned her, the day she goes vegetarian is the day our friendship is over. 
Mind you, I go through the same challenge once a year while trying to figure out what kind of dessert to make for passover, so I guess it’s not really as scary as it once was.
In other news, I despise Excel, and more specifically, VLOOKUP functions. My formula won’t work, I can’t figure out why, and the dang Help function is giving me an error. AAAAAAAaaaaaaargh.
Ugh. Lots of sympathy on that front. I hate VLOOKUP. And array formulas. And Excel’s “help” is far less than helpful. Bleh.
LiLi, that’s certainly a cooking challenge. I think that might be the point where I say “Let’s all go out for dinner” or possibly even “Why don’t you come over after dinner for coffee?” I’d feel really bad for them too… I can’t imagine missing out on all that good food! No cheese?! I’m not sure life would be worth living without cheese! :eek:
Hi.
Tired.
No a/c.
Third estimate tomorrow.
Bye.
You might take mundane away but you’ll have to pry pointless out of my cold dead hands. 
I finished up work stuff, got it back to da workplace and was asked if I wanted another batch to do from home. I said sure. Hey, I can work from home the rest of the week no prob! As far as the underwriting quality check stuff goes it’s better cause of no interruptions.
Ok, I cooked the ham for tomorrow already. I’ve got N.O.T. coolin’ to make N.O.T. sallit. Tonight is the visitation so we need to go there for a bit. My black suit and tie are clean even so I can funeralize all proper like. I’m thinkin’ since I will dash back to da cave to pick up food tomorrow I’ll change out of that and into a shirt and slacks. That won’t be tacky will it? I mean it’s not like I plan on showin’ up to serve lunch to the bereaved in a tanktop, cutoffs and flipflops.
Yays, boos, hugs, congrats, trout slaps as needed.
whew…glad to be home. We’ve had a number of water main breaks - old pipes, really old pipes (the infastructure in the DC Metro area is pretty bad, at least pipe-wise, unfortunately) - and they lead to re-routed buses. One they’re still working on repairing affects about 8 different bus lines in Prince George’s county - it’s at a major intersection, and is affecting people driving cars, etc. as well. A huge mess!
Thanks for the commisseration, folks! I gotta share, though, that I loved BBBBobbio’s suggestion the most - and I’m actually considering it. Only I don’t think they’d be able to see the sign in the middle of the night! 
Still, it brought a big grin to me, thanks.
I was searching on Kraft’s website for something different for dessert and I saw a spicy gingerbread recipe, which sounded like it might be good so I clicked on it. And found that they want me to put Miracle Whip in it!! :eek: I mean I’ve heard of sour cream in cakes or cookies. Even mayonnaise I could see. But Miracle Whip?! That’s just wrong.
Here’s the recipe just in case anyone needs proof of this abomination.
Meeks! Anarchy all the way!