Glad y’all had a good time SmartiePants. Even though I don’t get all that stuff it does sound like grandboy had a blast.
I played the Star Wars feud thus uppin’ my geek cred on the board.
I have [del]been roped into[/del] volunteered to teach an adult confirmation class. There are four adults at church (ol’ y’all know who is one of ‘em) who have stated they would like to be confirmed when the Bishop visits in November plus a couple of adults who said they’d like to participate in a class as a refresher. I have taught this class before and well, since ol’ y’all know who is one of the ones who wants it, what could I say, I guess. Ain’t a whole lot to it really. Just teaching The Catechism and talkin’ about what it all means. So once a week for an hour durin’ September and October it’ll keep me off the streets.
Your post made me want to join SCA, Smartie. One day I will. One day when I move west and convince my equally geeky friend to join with me.
I have a TV and a DVD player in my room now. I had to get an RF modulator to get the two to play nice together. When I tried to watch Nosferatu the picture got so pixellated I had to stop it before Jonathon made it back to Bremen. Betting is now open on how long it’ll take the high-pitched whine to drive me crazy and buy a new TV. My current one is so old the pawn shop won’t take it back.
Dunno Rosie. I get an ad that wants me to open my very own Quizno’s. I refuse to even eat at Quizno’s after seein’ that commercial they had a few years back that featured what looked like freeze dried rats singin’. :eek:
Every time y’all mention weird Google ads, I look down and see Houston attorneys… what’s up wit dat?
Tonights dinner is homemade hamburger helper.
Hamburger Hash
1 lb hamburger
1 onion, chopped
4 medium NOT, diced
salt and pepper
2 c beef stock
1 tbs cornstarch
Brown hamburger with onion. Drain grease , if necessary. Season with salt and pepper. Add diced potatoes and beef stock. Simmer, covered, 15-20 minutes until potatoes are tender. Thicken with a slurry of cornstarch and a little water. Serve with crusty bread.
Easier than Hamburger Helper!
Mr Rebo is working late, poor baby. They are having to make up for 2 rain-out days last week.
Earlier today I was reading the Unaboard. I read how Mr Rebo and I met, and our early dates and stuff. It was so sweet! I really love that man.
Heeellloooooo, Muuuuummmmmppppeeeerrrrrssss! Great to be back, though it was nice to chat with Haze on IRC. Sunday I went to the Booster Club summer picnic. Today I worked, it was a bit slow, which was good because all my ailments were acting up. I need a sugar mama. Or a winning Powerball ticket. Or both.
FCM, you’re a good mom to do that.
Welcome back, Sunspace(Lightbox?)!!! Did you have to spank Want Monkey?
Heck, I’m 37 and I do that every day! Aleq, sounds like a blast. I’ve always wanted to repress the peasants. I should buy a sword for Christmas.
Sorta of a tamer paper version of Room 304, huh? :eek:
rosie, hope you feel better tomorrow.
swampy, a refresher course? What do they do you don’t stay current, exile you to live with the heathens?
LiLi, I like onions. Leave Hornkboy with dad, and let’s have dinner.
Hey, don’t be dissin’ on the SpongMonkeys there, Swampy! They’re the tits!
Whoops, didn’t mean to be opaque there, yes that would be the Society for Creative Anachronism. Here’s a map, so y’all can find out what kingdom you never knew you belonged to! Here’s a pretty decent Wiki article that covers the basics. Basically, the SCA is a lot of fun, a great way to spend a weekend and the perfect place for those whose ethical/moral structure is endoskeletal. Great place to learn new stuff, great place to be weird in since weird is pretty much a given. Also a fabulous place for kids since everybody watches out for the little ones, there are a ton of activities for them to engage in and getting teenaged boys into combat is an excellent way to keep them out of trouble.
If it interests you, look up your local group! The intensity of your participation is entirely up to you–as long as you make an attempt at medieval period dress and don’t act like a jerk you’ll fit right in. Fair warning, though, it’s definitely habit forming if not outright addictive. I personally have served as a chronicler for two groups, deputy seneschal, chatelaine for two groups, autocrat for many events, bard of two groups, charter member of a principality Bardic Guild, marshal (heavy, light, tournament and war,) waterbearer, listkeeper, and general dogsbody. I also coedited a non-official publication called “The Interesting Times,” which got around a bit, back in the day. I’ve been an active brewer, cook and seamstress and have a few awards for those activities as well as my bardic efforts.
At one point it got a little too all-encompassing, which led to my falling away along with moving to another kingdom and being just too tired to reestablish in another kingdom. Now I have my second wind and a twelve year old bundle of impetus so I’m feeling much more capable about diving back in. It’s feeling like railroad time, in that both of my kids have been getting kinda nostalgic for the old days as well and have been making noises that I should lead the way back so they can follow…
I’d start an “Ask the SCAdian” thread but around here it’d be coals to Newcastle!
SmartiePants those freeze dried rat lookin’ things totally oogy me. :eek: Seriously, I have not eaten at Quizno’s since the first time I saw those things. I am afraid they’ll be there. :eek:
doggio I have no idea why they want to sit through confirmation class again. Religious fervor perhaps? I prefer to think it’s because of my brilliant teachin’. Ol’ y’all know who was baptized in the Methodist church but never confirmed. I am assuming, of course, that Methodists do confirmation. I have no idea. One of the other confirmees was baptized in the Southern Baptist church and I know they don’t confirm. Two others were actually recently baptized and want to go through confirmation. Confirmation is not a hard and fast requirement in the Episcopal Church but it is highly recommended. I think we have several kidlets to be confirmed also but that’s someone else’s class to teach. I’m strictly a teacher for grownups.
Bear_Nenno started the July 29er birthday thread already. He’s servin’ in Iraq right now so he lives in the future where it’s already Tuesday. He beat me to it again.
MCUNE, the book is Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander. I have to warn you, it’s only depraved in the 19th century, it’s pretty tame for the 21st. It does have a Magical Hoo-ha, so if those annoy you, you might want to pass.
I discovered Cake Wrecks this weekend. I love looking at food disasters. The censored cake (SFW) is uh, interesting. I ran into the pattern for the dolls the day after I saw the cake. The internet is a small place sometimes.
Hi Mumpers!!! Thanks for getting us started, Rebo! I’ll adjust my sig and move MamaT to next week (if she wants). I’ve skimmed and am quite sleepy, so I think I’d best dispense hugs and come back with something more substantial tomorrow.
I had a wonderful, crazy busy weekend, including visiting a very cool garden, visiting a friend’s estate (we’ll just call it that because it was so beyond beyond what we expected, and then seeing David Sanborn live at the local jazz festival. That was all Saturday. Yesterday was national errand-running day. That was about my only accomplishment.
I’m gonna pop in here early to sing. Everybody but Swampy, plug your ears!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SWAMPY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!
....AND MANY MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Papa Murphy’s made dinner tonight.
We’re mucking out the garage and then I have to pick my daughter up at 11:00.
I would sooooo like to relax, but we want to get the Beemer in the garage and of course, I want to be able to park my rig in the garage. Actually, the area where I park my rig is squared away, but now we need to rearrange the third bay so we can get the new car in there.
I do not comprehend these people. Then I remember how most people don’t understand my utter loathing of fresh tomatoes and the universal balance is re-established.
Those pictures made me homesick. Damn you, sir.
I freaked out an ex-boyfriend back when I was still Lutheran by taking his Methodist self to a Lutheran Communion service. He about passed out when he realized that the shot glasses had honest-to-God-and-Sonny-Jesus wine in them. I had to remind him that Lutherans are German and we must have our weekly dose of alcohol to keep us happy.
Glad Nat stopped puking, LiLi. Here’s hoping it’s not just a temporary reprieve.
rosie, in case no one answered this one yet… LARP = Live Action Role Playing. Basically, what happens if you mix SCA with a side of D&D. In the grand scheme of geekdom, LARPers fall slightly below SCAdians and role-players, given that they`re combining both into a single hobby.
Shadow, that Cake Wrecks site is AWESOME. I laughed so hard I cried when I found this one .
I made my own version of pasta aglio olio for din din tonight - bacon, pine nuts and garlic fried up in some good-quality olive oil, and then tossed with cooked spaghetti. `Twas yummy.
However, I now have a wicked bad craving for cake… wonder why?
Shadow, thanks for the link about the Cake Wrecks - that was bizarre yet funny at the same time.
And what’s this … a birthday for Swampy?! Happy birthday, Swampbear, a little early 'cause I might miss it in the AM. And good on you for teaching the adult confirmation class, btw. And on converting MrACBG too.
Did not make my foray into DC on Saturday, but did make it to Whole Foods on Sunday. Boy, that place is expensive! :eek: Tomorrow am headed to the local farmer’s market. Hopefully we’ll have fresh local grown veggies and fruits.
Only we weren’t like those D&D geeks with the wizard outfits. We were all dark ages and vamped out, and one girl even brought a pigs heart she’d bought at the butcher and made ‘blood’ out of corn syrup and red food dye and ‘read’ entrails at the meeting…
Happy Birthday Swampie!
I kinda skimmed but I’m too shaken to absorb much. I just found out my insurance was canceled last Monday, apparently by my request. I got a refund in the mail.
I’ve been driving all week, and very nearly got hit on Saturday by some chick in an SUV who wasn’t watching where she was going.
I’ll be going over to the insurance people (by bus) with all my paperwork and going WTF in my most politest manner. And if they say its because I didn’t turn in my inspection of the car, I’m going over the counter because I turned it in on the 12th, more than a week before it was due in or else my insurance would get canceled.
If it’s any other reason I still might go over the counter because that is NOT COOL to cancel someone’s insurance when they think everything is kosher.
Now I’m going to have a mug of tea, and try to calm down and get some sleep. If I can.
