They still haven't announced the contest winners!

Forget the last week in September. In a few hours (California time), it's going to be the last day!

I assume your hat is in the ring? @jolenealaska

Oh yeah. I gave it my all. I kind of assume I didn't win since no one has contacted me, but the fat lady hasn't sung yet.

For sure. You never know until you know!

Have you seen my entry?

Ooh. I had not. Yum

It was my best shot. I had two more that were close to being ready, but I couldn't get them in under the wire.

next year

@ElendilTheTall What about caraway?

(Haha, self pinged)

And lavash

And saffron

Whatever you use belongs to my country!

Praise the Lord

@ElendilTheTall You're a popular guy!

@Jolenealaska I am?

first time for everything

I was about to say ping me...

'cause I'm about to fall asleep.

I've had an axhausting/emotional evening

It's one thing to hate Jerry Prevo.'

I don't mind it, he's a very public figure and if I get to publicly shove a heel up his ass...YAY!

yay

but

I got an email from my brother tonight.

I don't think I knew you had a brother. Anyway, carry on

Are you there? Cause I have to delete this like a minute after I post it.

here

ok

lol

I am beside myself.

give yourself a hug

I want to break that facade.

:)

so what did she do?

Wanna see a lovely almost 70 year old woman? And the man that raised me? Again, I have to delete it quickly, but out of respect this time.

sure

got it

My heart swells :)

Unfortunately, Dad didn't (perhaps still doesn't) have a clue about how manipulative women can be.

He married that bitch shortly after my mom ran off to Mexico.

I was maybe 11.

I was the only other female in the house. (out of 7)

:/

she was systematic.

Every time I triumphed, in any way, she shoved it down my throat.

double :/

Every...Single...Time...

as a child, you can't get anyone to listen! "I'm not the problem here!! She's making it up!!

of course now, it's known.

well, that's something

I don't think she has stepped foot in Iowa in 25 years.

The man who I came to find out was her shrink for a while, looked at me, gulped back a sigh, said, "I bet you have some issues", and <under his breath> declared her the most pathologically narcissistic individual he has ever studied.

wow

so what did your brother have to say?

Wanna see what the bitch looks like these days?

why not

that what he said :)

ah

lol

FFS!

I take it that smile is more or less permanent

due to the staples in the back of her head?

it has to be

exactly

poor dog

the picture could be entitled 'Two Bitches'

:)

Yes! I'd accept one into my home.

well, if it's any consolation, you turned out alright despite her

i mean, I don't know if I could spend a whole weekend with you, but y'know, you're ok from a distance of 4000 miles

;)

What bugs me is the burning hate.:) thanks...

I want to let it go...

but just looking at her ties me into knots

well, that is of course not easy. It might be easier if you were the only person she affected, but it's hard to forgive someone hurting someone you love

me, my dad and my little brother

if anyone hurt my family they would earn my undying enmity for life

but then I am a stubborn git like that

She saw everyone around her as accessories. Including Dad. He provided for her, but he wasn't a stylish accessory. I certainly wasn't, nor was Kevin. Even her second son was barely serviceable. Only her oldest son, Bill, was movie-star handsome. HE was a proper accessory.

She sounds like a piece of work

One story says it all.

I was maybe 7th grade.

Things were getting bad.

I (as 12 year old girls tend to do)

wrote out a list of "pros" and "cons" regarding asking my mother to "please" let me come live with her.

I pondered for hours, then balled the sheet of paper up, and threw it away.

The next day, I came home form school.

The bitch was in my room, glaring, hissing (I kid you not), holding that sheet of paper.

O.o

She said, through gritted teeth that I had left it for her to find.

To be cruel, to her.

oh jeez

(narcissistic?)

one of those people that changes a lightbulb by holding it in place and letting the world revolve around her

definition of

at that point she grounded me for the rest of the semester, and removed me from all extra-curriculars, including the Thespian Society I had started.

sigh

I sympathise jojo

She also informed the school counselor that I was a thief, because I had a tape in my room that belonged to the library for which I cared (of course, I had just brought it home to familiarize myself with it, as a part of my duties, but see helplessness of child's word against adult's)

So anyway, I hatethe bitch.

I can believe that

The best revenge is living well, as they say

Yeah well, I suck at that :)

I don't know about that

you've seen the world

served your country

had fun

I would rather be me than her.

met dashing strangers on the internet

;)

absolutely:)!

Sorry about the vent...just seeing that picture today just brought it all to the forefront.

hey, what are friends for?

:)

what are you going to do, talk to your priest? ha!

;)

HA!

It's been a lifetime since my last confession...I'm curious about the dress.

say ten 'Fuck Hers' and have a shot of something. go in peace, my child

Actually the line is..ehem..."God damned fucking narcissistic bitch from holy hell"

now with staples in the back of her head

poor little dog

crap! Too late! I tried to delete that. :(

I wouldn't worry about it

most 70 year olds I know can barely work a zip, let alone a computer

The one person who ever mentioned being troubled by that kind of language doesn't come around anymore :(

who?

saj?

rfusca

oh

pff

he and I kind of went arounf 'bout it

he's not a big fan of evolution either

that too

trotted out the old 'macro vs micro evolution' nonsense

no arguing with cognotive dissonance

I said (in a statement that was repeatedly starred)

that we only give words power by being scared to say them

He didn't like that

the world is full of murder, rape, torture and general nastiness

yet the creator of the universe will be really upset if you say a naughty word

and words are bad??

what kind of an overgrown child is this god dude?

i have a friend who is 'born again'. He's constantly saying 'flip'. Fuck that noise.

it's a combination of letters

there's 26 letters in the alphabet

right

sure, we modify our language based on our situation and company

but we're all grown ups in here

I rarely tell children to fuck off

indeed

besides, fuck is an awesome word

so versatile!

Although...it was funny...

yes!

"Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off!"

I had occasion to watch Les Miserables with a little girl who loved it.

She was maybe 9.

What does that mean??

"Bargain prices up against the wall"

lol

Ah shit

what's the actual line?

that IS the line

From "Lovely Ladies"

Also:

Malcolm Tucker is the master of 'fuck'

'fuckity bye'! I challenge you to use that to end your next phone conversation

this show is mostly improvised by the way (though this is a movie based on the tv show)

There was was one line in the very beginning that had me rolling, but there have been so many good ones in the meantime that I've forgotten!

T minus 17 days until I see Les Mis live!!!!!!!!

ooo

the fuckity bye you twat needs the English accent.

or Scottish, in his case :)

Like I know the diff:)

It's not Iowan.

lol

It took me a while to realize that Tim Minchin isn't British.

good grief

Well...a while is like 1 minute...but you know...not Iowan

A shop assistant in Boston said to me "So, where you from? Australia?"

I nearly went Malcolm Tucker on him

see?

Not Iowan!

yet I can tell the difference at least between north and south US

Or Arkansan

and can differentiate between, say, a New England and an Iowan accent

One ya'll gives it away.

I would probably say I know the New York/Brooklyn accent, a generic New England 'Hahvahd Yahd' accent, a general Mid-Western accent, and a kind of Minnesotan/Wisconsin almost-Canadian accent

No tunneling through shit and no fucking redemption!!

but then I am probably exposed to a lot more US media than you are British

We see very little British, really.

We hear very little.

that's no one's fault but your own :P

Monty Python is pretty much the pinnacle.

Although...that's some funny shit! :)

The original and best Office:

hmmm...

I didn't find myself rolling at that. '

Just an occasional smirk.

no accounting for taste ;)

evidently there wasn't enough swearing in it for you :)

That must be it!

Ah...I'm toast

of you go then

I feel much better than I would have if the picture of the God damned fucking narcissistic bitch from holy hell was the last thing I encountered today.

good

:)

tomorrow, go out and buy a dartboard and a printer ;)

Gnight...maybe I'll see you in a few hours.

night hon

I don't know if you guys have seen this but it's dead on: the-toast.net/2014/09/04/…

@Yamikuronue Indeed, itös a veryz good list

the bloggers should be lucky that we exist and absorb some of the questions they would get instead

> “Could you please give the metric weight measurements, and sometime in the next twenty minutes; I’m making this for a dinner party and my guests are already here.”

a not unreasonable request...

@elendilthetall they did a great job localizing that show. I am unusually accepting of British comedy for an American and I have no idea why the British Office is supposed to be funny. It seems to go both ways.

Life of Brian is my favorite movie. Most things Python are gold to me. I even enjoy most of the non-Office Jervais stuff I've seen.

Gervais*

Any thoughts on what the Iron but not cast iron might be in this Q? Steel? cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/47511/…

@rumtscho I just read your comment on Ciabatta proofing. : "But if you forgot to do it, there is a good chance that your dough will nevertheless rise once it warms up. Time is not especially important in rising anyway, it only allows you to get better time management, but it will only stay invariable if you are working under controlled conditions".

What caught me was "Time is not especially important".

I think you are saying Volume described by Time, temperature and humidity. Time is dependent on in particularly temperature.

The reason I'm asking is that I am, as I type, using +time for + volume.

@CaptainGiraffe what I meant is that time is not an important indicator or goal

Youi don't have to wait 2 hours by the clock because your recipe said so

@rumtscho Could not agree more. My dough waited 1h40 instead of 1h00. Turned out beautiful