The Frying Pan

3:05 AM

Reading Transmetropolitan and doing first draft on a future blog post... this makes for angry food. It's like the opposite of the Bob Ross's happy trees.

Cerberus

Hello!

Boob Ross!

I mean Bob.

I'm drunk.

BobMcGee

Hi, drunk dog!

Cerberus

Hi!

BobMcGee

Hi, drunk dog!

What's your poison?

Cerberus

Beer, as always.

Yours?

BobMcGee

3:13 AM

Anything with alcohol.

Beer, wine, liquor, occasionally cocktails

Cerberus

I flirted with occupied, but didn't go through with it. Who knows, I might have been able to.

We did text afterwards.

@BobMcGee Yay!

BobMcGee

That was the guy you and jay talked about right?

with complicating issues?

Cerberus

@BobMcGee No, no, someone else entirely.

BobMcGee

what's the scoop?

Cerberus

Just has a boyfriend. But we flirt like every year.

BobMcGee

3:15 AM

spin me a story, drunkmeister

Cerberus

Hehe.

It involved touching.

But nothing outrageous.

BobMcGee

If it wasn't outrageous you're doing it wrong

Cerberus

Hehe.

I like your attitude.

But, you know.

"Would lick screen again"?

That's nice Ebay feedback!

Wish I got that.

BobMcGee

You should post more pictures, maybe you would

Cerberus

Hehehe.

I suppose.

You too!

desperately trying to manoeuvre around inappropriate remarks

BobMcGee

3:19 AM

@Cerberus Who's here to complain?

Cerberus

I don't know...

But, you know.

Etiquette and all.

BobMcGee

What, you feel bad flirting with the guy?

I get it, you are a gentlemen, don't kiss and tell, right?

Cerberus

Which one?

BobMcGee

The boyfriend too?

Well, never let it be said you're not ambitious!

Cerberus

There was no kissing! Let that be clear.

BobMcGee

3:22 AM

Hahahaha

Cerberus

Heh.

No, bf was at home.

BobMcGee

Ooooh la la!

They got an open deal going on there?

Cerberus

No.

So not much was allowed.

But flirting is allowed with most people.

BobMcGee

Eh, a little flirting never killed anyone

Cerberus

True, true.

It's funny, because we do this ever 6 months or so, when we bump into each other.

Somehow that "would lick screen again" hits the mark.

I chuckle every time I read it.

In a totally non-inappropriate way.

And I'm not even English!

BobMcGee

3:26 AM

@Cerberus You want it, he wants it, but you're at a distance, got it

Cerberus

Yup.

And that adds to the charm.

BobMcGee

That you can't have what you want?

Cerberus

It always looks better when you can't get it.

BobMcGee

Oops.

Cerberus

Ding!

Hehe.

I would be like all defensive under different circumstances.

BobMcGee

3:28 AM

Hey, as long as you're not planning on seducing the guy

unless it's into a menage a trois with his boyfriend

Cerberus

Naaaah.

I wouldn't.

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Q: My curry ended in disaster. Please help point out my mistake. I am crying right now

Here is how I made my curry. In my frying pan I did 1) Added olive oil (maybe one and a half teaspoon) 2) Added garlic (minced ones I got in jat) 3) Added about one teaspoon of turmeric ground, coriander ground, and cumin ground 4) Added veggies. I stirred for a while and after a while I notice...

curry

Somehow I find this title hilarious now.

BobMcGee

I'd say if you're crying, you probably got the curry just dead-on.

Cerberus

Heh.

You pepper lover.

BobMcGee

Guilty as charged, rabbit-breath.

Olive oil, in a curry... really?

I'd probably f*** a pepper if I though it would feel good.

Cerberus

@BobMcGee Yeah that was weird.

BobMcGee

3:33 AM

Peppers and I, we get along. It's like Family Values politicians and underaged hookers.

Cerberus

@BobMcGee I...don't think that would end well.

The hospital would ask awkward questions.

About what you fell into.

BobMcGee

"it was my better half, doctor... they wanted to try one of those 'warming lubes' for a frisky night! I swear!"

Wow, I'm salty today

Cerberus

Haha.

Do those brews even exist?

BobMcGee

Fraid so.

There are horror stories.

So anyway, you flirted with a guy you flirt with regularly and got a bit handsy

Cerberus

Really?

Yeah.

Flirted a bit with some other guy too (who also has a bf), but appropriate distance was maintained.

BobMcGee

3:40 AM

and you are... satisfied or unsatisfied by the result?

Cerberus

Fairly satisfied.

Except that they're trying to put me on this list to become a "member".

BobMcGee

Member?

wait, was it hands you were touching with?

Cerberus

Whereas I prefer to crash into their monthly parties whenever I like, no strings.

@BobMcGee Hahaha.

No, a legal member.

BobMcGee

What sort of parties are these exactly?

Cerberus

Not an illegal one.

@BobMcGee Just having drinks in a regular café.

BobMcGee

3:41 AM

Eyes Wide Shut?

Cerberus

They have dinner too.

@BobMcGee Haha, what foundation is that?

Am I missing out on something?

BobMcGee

@Cerberus It's a movie.

Cerberus

Ahh.

I should have guessed.

Damn, my hangover will be terrible. And I am supposed to go out again tomorrow.

BobMcGee

Drink lots of water?

Cerberus

Yeah.

BobMcGee

3:46 AM

Or have some hair of the dog tomorrow?

Cerberus

You have anything planned for the weekend?

Hair of the dog?

ponders expression

BobMcGee

Hair of the you.

Cerberus

I'm not going bald!

BobMcGee

Hair of the dog that bit you?

TO make you feel better?

It's a saying.

Cerberus

Oh, no, that canine lives in a different city.

Oh, wait, that dog.

Yes, absolutely.

I had to look it up.

BobMcGee

3:48 AM

Indeed.

Cerberus

I'm really not sensitive to alcohol addiction. Are you? I just drink whatever I am offered.

BobMcGee

I tend to have an addictive personality, but rarely drink to excess, so haven't really explored alcoholism

Cerberus

Hmmm.

Smoker?

Binge-eater?—I don't think so.

BobMcGee

Only hookah, but when I do, I plan on 3 hours or so

I do tend to overeat by inclination

Cerberus

Great.

BobMcGee

3:50 AM

But also burn it off by being very active one way or another

Cerberus

Rummy doesn't understand us.

Oh.

BobMcGee

?

Cerberus

@BobMcGee That's great.

@BobMcGee I once explained to Rummy the joys of gorging.

She remained sceptical.

BobMcGee

Robots don't gorge.

Cerberus

Yes.

She was talking about tasting the food, and whatnot.

BobMcGee

3:52 AM

Tasting is fun, but it's hard not to eat what's in front of you.

Cerberus

I know!!

BobMcGee

Buffets and I do not have a healthy relationship

Cerberus

Hehe.

BobMcGee

The food is so good... and you can just keep having more of everything!

Cerberus

Oh, man.

drooling

BobMcGee

3:53 AM

It's worse if you have a stocked kitchen

Cerberus

Look, you've wetted the chat room.

BobMcGee

Which is not quite the same thing as getting the chat room all wet

Tried that once

Partial success.

Cerberus

How?

@BobMcGee Rummy's shields activated?

Let's hope her moisture sensors didn't turn green.

As phones are wont to do.

BobMcGee

@Cerberus I'm pretty sure no warranty was voided

Cerberus

That's a relief.

Meanwhile, I'm still sort of hungry.

BobMcGee

3:56 AM

Make a sammich!

Cheese, meat, bread, plus whatever seasonings look fun.

Cerberus

But...

BobMcGee

hrhm, I wonder if sweet lime pickle would be good with mac 'n cheese?

Cerberus

Sweet lime pickle? dizzy

We don't have that.

But lime zest is great with pasta and cheese.

Add something like courgette.

And peppers.

And rucola, if you have it.

And some cream.

And an egg.

BobMcGee

@Cerberus Technically, we don't either. It's an Indian thing.

Cerberus

Oh?

BobMcGee

3:59 AM

It's a sort of chutney.

I had to look up rucola, because we lack that

Cerberus

Really?

Don't you call it rocket or something?

It is a bitter, salad-like plant.

BobMcGee

Wait, hold on

Rocket = arugala

We have that, it's tasty.

Cerberus

Yay!

BobMcGee

Damn differences in nomenclature!

Cerberus

I know.

Reading non-Dutch recipes is always a pain.

rfusca

4:04 AM

i'm irritated - google hasn't indicated my nexus has shipped or anything

Cerberus

slaps Google

But it will arrive.

Don't worry about it.

BobMcGee

@rfusca Even google can't ship instantly

That's Amazon's job.

rfusca

@BobMcGee amazon does

lol yup

BobMcGee

Are we on the same wavelength today, or something?

Cerberus

Haha.

rfusca

4:07 AM

i once ordered something from amazon with free 2 day shipping on a sunday night and I had it by 9am Monday

Cerberus

Wow.

BobMcGee

@rfusca Okay, that's just plain ridiculous

Are you next door to a distribution center, or something?

rfusca

@BobMcGee it came from somewhere in TN

BobMcGee

@rfusca To get any faster, amazon will actually have to use time travel.

rfusca

@BobMcGee you know they offer same day delivery in some cities

amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200105970

BobMcGee

4:13 AM

@rfusca I didn't know that. I know they'll overnight if you've got the right account t type or pay an arm and a leg

rfusca

@BobMcGee ya, i can get overnight for like 4 bucks an item

BobMcGee

@rfusca To Atlanta, right?

rfusca

anywhere

BobMcGee

What kind of account do you have again?

rfusca

benefit of being prime

BobMcGee

4:15 AM

I had prime, but didn't use overnight ever

rfusca

i do sometimes

BobMcGee

@rfusca on a side note, what are your thoughts on external HD enclosures?

I'm thinking about getting a USB3 one and a new TB drive

rfusca

@BobMcGee some are good, some are bad

BobMcGee

Trying to decide if I want to go for a fan or not

rfusca

so, so, so awesome: what-if.xkcd.com/8

BobMcGee

4:24 AM

I rather liked the following one

I'm trying to figure out if multiple-drive enclosures are a good or bad idea for data retention reasons

@rfusca What do the ones that have done well by you have in common?

Cerberus

@rfusca I like.

He analyses part of the question that wasn't meant to be relevant at all.

That's great.

BobMcGee

@Cerberus That is what makes him fun.

Cerberus

Yup.

What does he look like anyway?

I'm close to sober now btw.

rfusca

4:39 AM

@Cerberus what time is it there?

BobMcGee

Cerberus

@rfusca 6:42 am.

@BobMcGee Impressive.

His posture is almost like an apostle's in a painting by Michaelangelo or something.

BobMcGee

I'm starting to doze off... calling it a night before I pass out and get QWERTITIS

Night 'all

Cerberus

@BobMcGee Night!

I should be going too.

And good luck with your disease.

Do clean your hands before you start typing—we don't want to catch quertitis too.

Jay

7:33 AM

@BobMcGee Ohhhh rubber duckies!!!!!!

Whos that btw

I went through a rubber duck obession phase in like 7th grade

I had over 100 of them in different color and shapes

I had rubber duckie stickers all over my agenda lol

rfusca

1:16 PM

it shipped it shipped it shipped!

wax eagle

@rfusca applause

@rfusca they've just in the past year or so opened up Distribution centers here in chattanooga and one north of town in a place called Cleveland. My bro-in-law was a temp at the Chattanooga center for the holidays

rfusca

1:37 PM

@waxeagle nice

wax eagle

@rfusca yeah they are an excellent employer to have in the area, and they managed to cut a deal with the TN gov't to not have to charge sales tax

derobert

@rfusca what shipped?

rumtscho

1:53 PM

@rfusca congrats. The new Androids are amazing devices, I wish you lots of fun time with it.

BobMcGee

2:25 PM

@rfusca Oooh, let us know how it is so we may vicariously experience the new-gadget joys!

Jay

Hah, if I ever find myself bore, I come here and read the comments haha

I found this one particularly entertaining

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A: Why is lye used in some recipes for cookies?

First of all, lye is not "water boiled with ash". You might be thinking of potash, which used to be used as lye, but virtually all food-grade lye today is sodium hydroxide. In terms of its function, it largely raises the alkalinity (pH). Baking soda does too, but sodium hydroxide is far more p...

@rfusca Are you splurging because of the new job? How are things btw. I haven't been around lol When do you move

BobMcGee

@rfusca We're also thinking of going in on a Kindle or Nexus 7 as a household holiday buy, for something we can use for book reading and other things

Jay

@BobMcGee Which one are you thinking of getting

I have the Kindle touch

BobMcGee

@Jay Well, we're looking at options now, and will decide when it gets closer to the date, and we see what sales are out

Jay

Yea kindles are terrific. It allows me to do much more reading than would be possible at specific times

namely when i go visit home

I usually read one book per day when i go home because there is nothing else to do lol

and by home i meant my parents house

ElendilTheTall

2:31 PM

I like my kindle, but I wouldn't have bought one myself

it was a birthday present

Jay

I bought the kindle for myself on christmas haha

i cheated :(

ElendilTheTall

The best thing about them is the speed with which you can have a new book in your hand

and of course the screen is so much easier to read from than anything backlit

Jay

i know! and not having to carry like 10 books on me when i go on vacation

ElendilTheTall

that's rare in my case, alas

but yes, that's an occasional benefit

I'd like it more if ebooks were cheaper

Jay

but yea no need to wait 2 days for amazon to send me sequels and such

ElendilTheTall

2:33 PM

@BobMcGee My python knowledge is coming on apace - for and while loops in the bag

Jay

yea some of the ebooks are almost as much as the real books

but ebooks have books on sale a lot more often tho

ElendilTheTall

apparently the issue is because Amazon heavily discounts the paper versions

Jay

yea they do which is good before i got a kindle

ElendilTheTall

so ebooks would be dramatically cheaper compared to RRP, but Amazon never sells at RRP

Jay

but my groaning book shelf if a testament to that and the reason why i got a kindle

no more room in my bedroom for any more books

ElendilTheTall

2:34 PM

hehe, that's true

my wife despairs

I have one of those big square Ikea bookshelves

Jay

the woes of marrying a book geek ;)

ElendilTheTall

hey, I could be a gun nut or a tabletop gamer

Jay

if it gets too much for her and can get a flat together and get as many books as we want!!!

ElendilTheTall

oh, you'd like that

Jay

hahaha

ElendilTheTall

2:36 PM

get your claws out of me damn it!

Jay

i dont got claws :(

ElendilTheTall

or the ability to punctuate

right, I need to make my babeh some toast

later

Jay

toast?

isnt she a bit young for that

shes like what 7 months?

when do babies start teeething?

@ElendilTheTall wait do you mean the ability to puncture, or are you actually referring to my lack of punctuating my sentences. You don't seem to be doing it either.

BobMcGee

2:51 PM

@ElendilTheTall @Jay I feel you there on having a ridiculous amount of books

wax eagle

@Jay 4-12 mos depends on the baby

BobMcGee

I read almost exclusively on my phone now, because it limits the amount of booksplosion leaking all over my shelves

@waxeagle Or about the point when mommy starts going "OW, STOP BITING ME!"

Jay

@waxeagle oh ok. so a 7-9month old can eat toast?

actually now that i think about it, @ElendilTheTall might possibly mean his wife lol

since he made that comment after he thought i was flirting with him when i was actually just being nice

wax eagle

@Jay potentially

@ElendilTheTall don't knock us tabletopers :P

rfusca

3:10 PM

@derobert nexus 7

@rumtscho thanks

derobert

oooh, cool, are you anxiously awaiting the knock on the door?

rfusca

@Jay not really splurging - its only 199. Just getting something to make the commute livable

@derobert well it won't come in today

Jay

@rfusca oh so you moved already?

rfusca

@Jay not quite, i head out on the 16th

Jay

ih sweet! good luck!

rfusca

3:11 PM

thanks

Jay

did you scope out a new church yet

derobert

I think the right channel on my ER-6s has died. If indeed can't get it working again, I guess I get to be "unfortunate" enough to have to order HF5s.

rfusca

@Jay we've got a few to try

Jay

ah ok thats good

Cerberus

@derobert Motorcycle?

derobert

3:13 PM

@Cerberus headphones

Cerberus

Ahh.

I searched for the model number, got a motorcycle.

rfusca

these pistachios taste odd

derobert

Etymotic, that's the brand

@Cerberus what is the right channel on a motorcycle, I wonder?

We must invent one!

wax eagle

@rfusca did you change your chat ass'n on purpose?

(just noticed you weren't blue)

rfusca

oh..odd...no

wax eagle

3:18 PM

@rfusca there was server glitch yesterday

rfusca

i'm not sure how to change it back

wax eagle

@rfusca if you go to your profile there is a "change" link by the association, I can do it for you if you want

rfusca

should be done

hmm

wax eagle

@rfusca profile says it's right, probably have to refresh room to change your name text color

rfusca

yup

wax eagle

3:20 PM

yep, that fixes it

Cerberus

3:35 PM

@derobert I would know if I knew anything about motor cycles!

Cerberus

6:16 PM

@Jay arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/…

Jay

6:43 PM

@Cerberus yea i heard about that

scary stuff

Cerberus

7:10 PM

@Jay OK be on your guard.

Maybe purchase some more Shield scrolls.

Jay

lol stop it

Cerberus

Make me.

Use your spell.

Jay

oh you know how i blush when you start talking geek to me

Cerberus

Didn't know that was your thing.

Jay

haha now you know

Mien

7:55 PM

Hmm, I want to make cookies tomorrow. Any ideas?

wax eagle

@Mien oatmeal butterscotch? but only if you send me some

Mien

I'm not sure if I know butterscotch.

wax eagle

noms

Mien

caramel?

wax eagle

sort of, but not really, let me see if I can find a good description

naturally:

Butterscotch

Butterscotch is a type of confectionery whose primary ingredients are brown sugar and butter, although other ingredients such as corn syrup, cream, vanilla, and salt are part of some recipes. According to "Housewife's Corner" in an 1848 newspaper, the real recipe for "making Doncaster butterscotch is one pound of butter, one pound of sugar and a quarter of a pound of treacle, boiled together." Butterscotch is similar to toffee, but for butterscotch the sugar is boiled to the soft crack stage, and not hard crack as with toffee. Butterscotch sauce is often made into a syrup, which is u...

Mien

8:02 PM

If I translate it to Dutch (my mother tongue) I have a type of candy we have in some places.

wax eagle

@Mien yeah it's often sold as a hard candy, it's similar to toffee but different. the chips are made with hydrogenated oils so they are softer

Mien

We certainly don't have the chips.

We don't even have PB chips.

wax eagle

@Mien :( sad day

Mien

I think I'll make these: