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DML: Asked my sis what's for dinner (wife is vegetarian) and if there would be food for her. Response - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:26 54
- Eat meat -- nm - Bacon on a droid Dec 22, 12:36
- jello? JELLO??!! -- nm - Diva Dec 22, 12:34 5
  - Staple for us. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 12:43
  - Jello is rad. :) Esp, with stuff floating in it and whipped cream on top. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:35
  - we *always* have jello. The kind with the whipped cream inside it (ambrosia?) It's awesome -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:34
  - but it's lime jello!! -- nm - Don Homer Dec 22, 12:34
  - hee! -- nm - kare Dec 22, 12:34
- hell, it ain't the holidays if my sister doesn't say something bitchy to me -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 12:33 11
  - I am constantly amazed by ST. My family... is not like this. It has been ten years since the last time we disagreed on something, and voiced it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:35 10
    - Pretty much the same here. I have one cousin who is feuding with another one, but I pretty much ignore those two dinkles. - musubi Dec 22, 12:41
    - My dad and I had a tiff over a relatively minor babysitting thing with Jacen that resulted in me raising my voice this summer. - TFox Dec 22, 12:38
    - I have never had a disagreement with any of my siblings since we were kids. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:38
    - It's been ten hours since my family voiced something disagreeable. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 12:36 4
      - I honestly do not get this stuff. A family is a team. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:40 1
        
        Our team has a drunk coach, a brain-addled GM and Albert Haynesworth on the roster. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 12:47
      - was it "Good morning!"? :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:38
      - LOL! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 22, 12:37
    - I know...my brothers and I get along great. *shrugs* -- nm - Jim Dec 22, 12:36 1
      - yeah, the worst i ever get is a semi two-faced comment that gets back to me or something very vaguely passive aggressive, it least with my family of - kare Dec 22, 12:38
- Honestly...if I'm shelling out the food and doing all the work...someone who doesn't want what I'm making probably should bring their own. - Jim Dec 22, 12:33 7
  - I think if you're hosting, you also have to be considerate to some degree to what your guests want. At least provide a salad or something. -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:40
  - I pretty much agree. I mean, maybe you can say it more tactfully, but for the most part, I agree with the notion. (nm) - musubi Dec 22, 12:36 2
    - Right...I would have been much nicer about it that his sister, but the intention would have been the same. -- nm - Jim Dec 22, 12:38 1
      - Kind of a "Here's what we're having...does any of that work?" or something. -- nm - Jim Dec 22, 12:38
  - you could have left the last two words out of your IM - lee-ah Dec 22, 12:34 2
    - Maybe that's how I should have ended my Survivor video! -- nm - Jim Dec 22, 12:35 1
      - This guy is ratings gold! -- nm - what the producers would have thought Dec 22, 12:36
- I can't decide - most Vegetarians are use to bringing their own stuff - but me personally - Epiphany Dec 22, 12:32
- No way. Not everyone is stellar at making vegetarian things. When you have people over for dinner, you want to make food *you're* good at making. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:32
- I'd make do with whatever anyone was making for dinner if I was going to someone else's place. -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:31
- people are weird about what they choose to eat and what vegetarians bring to the table (no pun intended) - kare Dec 22, 12:29 1
  - We have vegetarians in our family and at holiday meals there is is always plenty of non meat stuff to eat. It has never been an issue -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:32
- I'd be kinda annoyed. you've been married for years, they can't do better than that? -- nm - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:28
- "I'm sorry, I thought we were invited. We will mail you your presents. Happy Holidays." -- nm - Response Dec 22, 12:28
- It's worded in a less generous fashion than I'd address my own family with. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:27 19
  - yeah, if my guy's family said that to him, i'd probably only make dishes with tofu and seitan the next time i host -- nm - kare Dec 22, 12:31
  - What he said. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:28
  - technically my question was: Do you want us to bring something and is she covered for food - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:28 15
    - It might not be perfectly gracious, but it's not worth getting offended over. - musubi Dec 22, 12:32 7
      - It's a sore subject. Along the lines of "See, they don't care at all to even bother providing food for me" - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:35 2
        
        tell her it's much better than the other direction. multiple emails, calls, obsessing over providing something for the outcast vegetarian to eat - kare Dec 22, 12:42
        
        There's no entree, but I assume the potatoes, corn, etc are ok? - musubi Dec 22, 12:40
      - what if it's an allergy? gluten intolerance? - kare Dec 22, 12:35 3
        
        Then you let it be known in advance. If the cook won't or can't accomodate the dietary restriction either don't go or bring something you can eat. - musubi Dec 22, 12:38 2
        
        for family, i can't imagine not cooking a meal that family members couldn't eat. - TFox Dec 22, 12:40 1
        
        This is a very convincing argument. I am reconsidering my position. - musubi Dec 22, 12:43
    - That lessens the blow, then. Most people do not even know what a vegetarian will or will not eat. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:29 2
      - I should see about making something nice for my wife I think and bringing that. I wonder if there's a blog or something where I can get a good - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:31 1
        
        i'm trying to start up a new blog all about flexible recipes for the mixed veggie/meat eating household - kare Dec 22, 12:32
    - that makes it a little different. -- nm - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:28 3
      - Although I wasn't really asking "Do you want me to bring our own food to eat?" - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:29 2
        
        yeah, but, in context of your question, it's a less obnoxiously worded answer. - TFox Dec 22, 12:30 1
        
        i'm perfectly happy with side dishes at holiday dinners. it's not like there isn't still way too much to eat, even w/o the meaty options - kare Dec 22, 12:33
  - Agreed. -- nm - MDH Dec 22, 12:28
jenbro poll: top concert you've attended in person (book of love at 9:30 was definitely the most fun live show i've ever seen) -- nm - pixmas Dec 22, 12:21 31
- Top: NIN. I also have some notables: Def Leppard - Hysteria, George Strait, and U2 - JaxSean Dec 22, 12:50
- Visually, probably Roger Waters (The Wall), though David Bowie's Sound and Vision tour was amazing and way ahead of its time. Other categories . . . - pmb Dec 22, 12:38
- Pearl Jam on their 2006 Canadian tour is my favorite. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 12:35
- Pearl Jam, April 4 (I think) 1992. - Mel Profit Dec 22, 12:34
- I've been to a lot, but NIN a couple years ago is up there - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:28
- P!nk, The Funhouse Tour at Patriot Center - MDH Dec 22, 12:28
- Probably Pearl Jam in Pittsburgh, Sept 2000. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 22, 12:28
- Def Leppard 1st leg of Hysteria Tour - in the round - Epiphany Dec 22, 12:27 4
  - I went to a show on the Hysteria tour too. It was a blast. -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 12:30 3
    - Hence below. Saw that tour twice including Detroit. *Awesome* -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:31 2
      - I saw it twice - both were good - but the 1st was memorable ( better) -- nm - Epiphany Dec 22, 12:37
      - I have an inordinate fondness for that band -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 12:35
- I haven't attended many so i'd say first would be my first, Aerosmith and Skid Row, followed by Metallica (the concert to support the Black album), - Stephen Dec 22, 12:27
- Rolling Stones at RFK in 1997. I wasn't necessarily eager to go, but there was a huge screen and pyro you could feel across the stadium. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 12:26 4
  - i saw them that tour as well, but i was 17 and didn't appreciate what i was seeing at the time. - TFox Dec 22, 12:28 2
    - The Stones has preliminary plans for a 2011 World Tour apparently - MDH Dec 22, 12:29 1
      - Afetr Keith's book, I would not bet on it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:30
  - first Lolapalooza festival at lake fairfax might also be up there for me -- nm - pixmas Dec 22, 12:28
- visually- a Peter Gabriel show, fanboywise - Bruce Springsteen, most fun - Jimmy Buffet, overall - The Who -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 12:25 1
  - Yeah, that is a better way. Roger Waters, Def Leppard, The Bodeans and U2. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:26
- Guiness Fleadh concert. Randall's Island '95 -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:25 1
  - There have been saome really cool concerts out in Montauk back in the day. Simon, Joel, Highwaymen, Elton, etc -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:26
- Paul Simon at Brooklyn Academy of Music -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:23
- The most notorious was the Guns n Roses riot. Best...probably one of the Van Halens. -- nm - Jim Dec 22, 12:23 4
  - Which Guns n Roses riot? - Will Hunting Dec 22, 12:24 3
    - Um, the one in St. Louis where concert goers basically tore the venue apart. - Jim Dec 22, 12:26
    - The one where Axyl said somethign stupid and walked off the stage. - Spawn Dec 22, 12:25 1
      - I remember the riot in Montreal when Axl somehow managed to take Hetfield's impersonation of the Human Torch off the top page. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 22, 12:25
- Hmm. I really enjoyed Pearl Jam at Soldier FIeld - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:22
- Zoo TV might top the list. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:22 1
  - Stones Steel Wheels, Whitesnake/Motley Crue and the Synchronicity tour would be contenders, as well. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:24
My mother put the manger scene underneath the tree. odd -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:21 2
- It must be someone's gift. -- nm - Spawn Dec 22, 12:22
- "Follow a star? Hell no, we just walked towards that ridiculously tall tree for a month." -- nm - the three kings Dec 22, 12:22
Must sees on Oahu: Waikiki beach (the iconic pic of diamond head), Arizona memorial. Ala Moana Shopping Center (no seriously). - musubi Dec 22, 12:15 18
- any suggestions on which area/side to stay? -- nm - kare Dec 22, 12:24 3
  - If you've got the dough, I *highly* recommend the Ihilani Resort on the west side of Oahu. It's extremely pricey though. - musubi Dec 22, 12:27
  - note: we're looking for chill, relaxed, but the option of at least somewhat of a nightlife close by. - kare Dec 22, 12:25 1
    - Nightlife is less my forte, but Waikiki will definitely have you covered in some fashion on that front. (nm) - musubi Dec 22, 12:34
- There's the North Shore, Dole Plantation, Polynesian Cultural Center, some nut/almond plant. I second Diamondhead and Ala Moana. - MDH Dec 22, 12:20 1
  - Dole Plantation yes! PCC is kinda expensive, but worthwhile, too. Jermaine's Luau is suppose to be fun.(nm) - musubi Dec 22, 12:22
- I'd like to do that sunrise at some peak and bicycle the way down after. -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:19
- Oh, if you're historically inclined, a visit to The National Cemetary of The Pacific at Punchbowl is quite moving. (nm) - musubi Dec 22, 12:18 2
  - Ooh, Aloha Tower Marketplace is good and has a bunch of good places to eat too. - musubi Dec 22, 12:19 1
    - Ooh, you can go to the Paradise Cove Luau, I got married there! (link) - musubi Dec 22, 12:24
- thank ye! -- nm - kare Dec 22, 12:16
- Concur. note: I was rather shocked at the number of homeless on waikiki. - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:16 6
  - if i had to be homeless, i could do worse than waikiki. way harder to freeze to death. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:19 5
    - apparently a lot of mainlanders think the same way. It's a huge problem. -- nm - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:21 3
      - homeless people freezing to death is also a huge problem,. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:24 2
        
        great! ship em off. -- nm - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:28
        
        problem . . . solution. tomato, tomatah -- nm - pixmas Dec 22, 12:27
    - Yeah, but you'd get crabs for sure -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:20
JenBro: Oh, you definitely made it in time. The image dimensions are a bit small, though. Do you have a larger original copy? - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:14 1
- shoot ... we just haven't had really GREAT pretty snow yet ... I'll try again later :D -- nm - JenBro Dec 22, 12:54
nmbJackDawson - znufrii Dec 22, 12:13 14
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  - you were bitching about not meeting my family, they're going to be hosting a wedding celebration for us in Oregon sometime this summer. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:16 12
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      - *sigh* the champagne brunch was official too... - znufrii Dec 22, 12:21 4
        
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        I'm glad *someone* appreciates it. - znufrii Dec 22, 12:34 2
        
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        you being obnoxiously obtuse, of course. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:40
    - You and Jack are getting married? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 22, 12:17 1
      - That's an unusual amount of faith from Jack in Obama -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:17
    - Nice. - Spawn Dec 22, 12:17 3
      - she doesn't have to come if she doesn't want to. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:18 2
        
        That's what I always say -- nm - groiny si Dec 22, 12:18 1
        
        Did your wife tell you that? (And for the record, she did. Twice). -- nm - groiny Dec 22, 12:20
Zeit, if I had even the remotest of mechanical skills, I would consider it but I don't :( -- nm - peglegpete Dec 22, 12:13 2
- a. neither am I but its easy enough b. try sears, not the store but their repair/parts returned goods outlet, there's one in most towns -- nm - nine zeitgeists a slacking Dec 22, 12:16 1
  - OTOH, they are cheap enough to buy a new one, too bad it didn't die earlier as they usually have them on clearance in the late summer/fall -- nm - nine zeitgeists a slacking Dec 22, 12:19
LYC: My little bro says the guy quoted in the Denisovians article is his boss' husband and the supervisor to some of his work friends -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:13 8
- it's an ... interesting discipline. :) -- nm - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:15 2
  - You studied anthro in school, right (IIRC)? Bro was an anthro major. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:19 1
    - yes, one of my advisors was a physical anthropologists. I met a couple of the big name authors on the Denisovan paper. - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:20
- the plot thickens -- nm - pixmas Dec 22, 12:15 4
  - He actually fights to get on projects like the one in the article. He is a newbie, though, and last I heard he was sequencing meerkat DNA or somesuch -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:17 3
    - it's highly political, everyone wants it. best wishes to him. -- nm - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:17 2
      - ps. If I were going to do that now I'd pick out a corner where no one else wants to do the work, no scramble for the big name stuff. :) -- nm - santa loosia Dec 22, 12:21 1
        
        Noted, but honestly, he's such a smart kid. He probably has this figured out, and ten steps ahead of that one. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:34
thanks for getting musubi started on hawaiian food, kare - pixmas Dec 22, 12:13 12
- he's like the forest gump of hawaii for spam dishes! -- nm - kare Dec 22, 12:18 1
  - *decides this is a funny musubi shiv, at which he can laugh* -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:20
- You don't even know. I'm so frickin' hungry right now. (nm) - musubi Dec 22, 12:16
- I'm fairly certain musubi's mom had more to do with that than kare -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 12:13 8
  - To be fair, not today. - musubi Dec 22, 12:16 7
    - I'm fairly certain that you didn't start on Hawaiian food today. -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 12:18 6
      - I'm also fairly certain my mom doesn't post here. - musubi Dec 22, 12:20 5
        
        I believe you got started on Hawaiian food before there was an internet to post on. - crash davis Dec 22, 12:23 2
        
        But I haven't had any *today*. That sucks. - musubi Dec 22, 12:29 1
        
        lunch break! -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 12:32
        
        she probably posts under the name "ML" -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:22 1
        
        This would explain why ML is always asking me if I'm wearing clean underwear, but little else. (nm) - musubi Dec 22, 12:28
Florida OC Steve Addazio reportedly is the new Temple head football coach... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 22, 12:12
Pinch's first Christmas present, heh -- (link) - CQ Dec 22, 12:12 [flickr] 3
- kid has been smokin the stickiest purp out there. ~ laid back, with my mind on my money and my money on my mind ~ -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:18
- heh -- nm - Don Homer Dec 22, 12:17
- cute as pie -- nm - Epiphany Dec 22, 12:17
TFox is right -- (link) - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:10 [Backboard] 4
- I missed this post but I agree. - Mel Profit Dec 22, 12:13 1
  - Me too. All the praise it gets is justified, IMO. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 22, 12:14
- Seeing them live at Grand Circus Theatre in Detroit has to be one of my top 5 concerts ever. -- nm - JenBro Dec 22, 12:12 1
  - *jealous* (what could even top it for top 5? now i want to know how JenBro gets down for concerts.) -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:17

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