And? Did anybody explode from all the food?

[MissHoneychurch]

Hope ya'll had a great time with your family and loved ones :hi:

[NMMNG]

1. No, though I fell dead asleep during the movie from all of the booze

:boring:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. you sure it wasn't the movie

and not the booze? :D

[NMMNG]

3. I'll admit the movie was a bit of a disappointment

But I'm sure the four Black Russians were the culprit.

[MissHoneychurch]

4. what are Black Russians made with?

never had those

[NMMNG]

5. Kahlua and Vodka

:9

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Kahlua?

and why is it called Black Russian?

[NMMNG]

7. Beats me

:shrug:

My speculation has something to do with it having Vodka, which is known for being the "official" Russian liquor, and when you add Kahlua it is very dark in color. "Dark Brown Russian" would sound silly, so perhaps that's why they call it a Black Russian.


If you add milk to it it's called a White Russian.

[Omphaloskepsis]

8. Nope..

No explosion -- I have only consumed a few pieces of pizza today..

No family, No loved ones -- My sister decided to cancel dinner. I was supposed to go to her house..

But, she did come over around 9 PM to drop off some food for me. I now have massive amounts of turkey and mashed potatoes, 24 rolls, and a huge bowl of spinach salad. And a whole pumpkin pie and cherry cheesecake.

She Rules....

[MissHoneychurch]

10. some food?????

hey if it is too much you are welcome to come over. I am willing to help you kill it :)

[Omphaloskepsis]

19. The Atlantic is in the way...

I could try sending a cheesecake with my slingshot. I doubt it would make it all the way over there. If it does please send back the tupperware. My sister will kick my ass if she doesn't get it back.

[MissHoneychurch]

23. darn

I keep forgetting about this little lake ....

and I understand your sister about the tupperware. That shit is holy :)

[Swamp Rat]

9. "Would Monsieur care for a wafer-thin dinner mint?"

:D



"It's only wafer thin!"

[MissHoneychurch]

11. ya know

that scene is what makes me hate Monty Pythons "Meaning of Life"

How you doing? Haven't seen you in a while :hi:

[Swamp Rat]

15. Oi MissHoneychurch!

:hi:

OK, I was going to post the photo of Mr. Creosote exploding, but I don't want to make you sick. :shrug:

I'm OK. I miss New Orleans... I go back in about 3 weeks. I don't look forward to all the clean up work I have to do for the next year or so, but at least (according to my brother who is there now) you can't smell dead bodies anymore (unless one goes deep into the 9th Ward, for ex.). I'm glad the garbage trucks came and picked up my two refrigerators. When I drug them out of the house a month ago, they smelled as bad as rotting human remains... that was the salmon steaks I suppose. My nose will never be the same. :puke:

[MissHoneychurch]

17. you have a lot of work in front of you for sure

but I am glad you are able to go back to New Orleans.
How many people have returned already? One isn't hearing anything anymore in the news.

[Swamp Rat]

25. Yes, we fell off the media radar, like Indonesia, and other disasters, etc

There are about 100,000 people living there now, but many will be leaving due to lack of housing for the wealthy. Of course, others will move in, but they will NOT be original residents. The population in New Orleans now is about the same as it was around 1850.

Yes, most of the poor to middle income residents will not be able to afford to live in their home town because Tulane and Loyola University need housing for rich students from Connecticut, New York, Monaco etc. They are going to try to turn New Orleans into a playground for the rich and famous, what I call "McNew OrleansLand." There's not much we can do to stop it because so many Americans don't give a fuck about our city (notwithstanding all the great DUers here), and we are too tired from just trying to survive to fight Donald Trump et al, from transforming our city into a casino paradiso.

[MissHoneychurch]

28. that is bad and sad

I was two times in New Orleans (ok, only in the French Quarter) but both times I enjoyed your city very much and was fascinated by the life within.

It really sucks that a city is turned into a Disneyworld and that (almost) nobody is thinking of the families who lost so much and more and who are trying to survive and want to move back to the city they love.

[Swamp Rat]

34. New Orleans may not survive.

Republicans do not want to fund a rebuilding of our levee and canal system - our Homeland Defense. Go figure? :eyes: We need Dutch, German, French and Italian, et al, engineers to come to our rescue! ... sehr schnell, bitte.

I tell you this: Mardi Gras 2006 may be the last Mardi Gras ever, or at least that's how I'm lookin' at it. So, I will party my ass off and play in every carnival krewe that wants our samba band. I expect to play in at least three parades and/or Mardi Gras balls.



If you can, I suggest you come to New Orleans for this momentous Mardi Gras! Le bon temps roule! :smoke:

[MissHoneychurch]

36. your pictures ain't showing

:cry:

I don't understand that. They want the rich people to come to live in NO. Now why wouldn't they want to rebuild the levee and canal system when there is the danger that the same thing happens again but to "their" people?

[Swamp Rat]

40. Bushler cut our funding by 44% on June 8th, 2004

Federal money for levee renovation etc. (we do not have enough in our local budget to pay for it). It was over 71 million dollars that was cut. Actually, we had been BEGGING for more! But what do they do? CUT our funding... then give no-bid contracts to halliburton to rebuild, just in case there was a disaster... does this start to sound fishy to you yet? (hint: I am a grad student in a department associated with city planning, mapping, engineering, maritime, etc.)

Btw, why did you say my pictures ain't showing?

Can you see this? :)

[MissHoneychurch]

42. it sounds more than fishy, it is fishy

like Halliburton ain't making enough money out of the Iraq yet.

Yes I see the Swamp Rat. But in the post before it just shows red crosses for me.

[Swamp Rat]

44. Können Sie jetzt es sehen?

It's a pic I made of a photo I took during Mardi Gras 2002. She was very kind enough to pose for me. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

45. yes I see it now

thanks. Great pic

[southlandshari]

12. Forget Thanksgiving....

HOW WAS YOUR DATE?!!!!

:D

[MissHoneychurch]

13. it is tonight

I will tell you all about it Monday :D

[southlandshari]

14. Damned holidays!

They always throw off my sense of time!

MONDAY? No computer access over the weekend? You're killing me, girl! I want details on tonight ASAP!!!

:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

16. you mean

while having my fun with this guy I should excuse me for five minutes and log on the computer and tell you about it? Hmmmm ....

[southlandshari]

18. Nooooooooooo!

I'm just teasing you, girlfriend!

You shouldn't log on during OR after your date for the purpose of telling us about it here.

Real women don't kiss and tell. You go and have a great time - I'll be thinking of you!

:D

[MissHoneychurch]

20. I know you were teasing me

so no need to explain. And believe me I WILL have a great time. If you see me beaming all over my face Monday you know why :7

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. And if you see me with green all over my face

it means I'm insanely jealous. :grr:

[MissHoneychurch]

22. awwww honey

no need to be jealous. I love you no matter what :loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. Oh, sure... you say that *now*

But what about on Monday, hmmmm? :grr:

[MissHoneychurch]

26. honey, I will say the same thing Monday

(just with a big grin on my face :rofl: )

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Okay, I'll just pretend I put it there

Allow me my pathetic fantasies, please. :nopity:

[MissHoneychurch]

29. The thoughts are free

and those aren't pathetic fantasies. You are way too sweet to be pathetic

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Awww....

You just sucked all the snark right outa me. :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

31. see, you make me smile .....

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Oh... I was gonna tell you

We had a kind of German fruitcake today... and I can't remember the name of it. All I can remember is it had a ö in it.

[MissHoneychurch]

33. can't think of a name either

esp. not with an "Ö", Are you sure it wasn't an "Ü" or "Ä"??? because fruitcake in German is Früchtekuchen

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. It was definitely an ö

And the first letter might've been a K.

I remember the ö because it's one of two letters with umlauts I can pronounce. And it's the most fun one because it's like you're kissing someone. :*

[MissHoneychurch]

37. no that is th ü

I jsut tried it. With the ü you push your lips out like kissing. With the ö you kinda suck them in ... :*

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Huh

Maybe I need kissing lessons. :blush:

[MissHoneychurch]

39. ....

in theory or practice? :7

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. Well, since this is the internets

I'll have to settle for theory. :-(

[MissHoneychurch]

43. sorry

no webcam at work :evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

46. Please

I'm far too much the gentleman to be a voyeur. O8)









I could be led astray, though...

[MissHoneychurch]

47. oh you mean

I should behave?

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. I think this is what they call a 'dilemma'

MissHoneychurch behaving — :loveya:

vs.

MissHoneychurch being naughty — :evilgrin:



What to do, what to do? :dilemma:

[MissHoneychurch]

51. I am good at both

... does that help? :evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

52. No

Because I was already very aware of that. :evilgrin:

[MissHoneychurch]

53. somehow I feared something like that

:dilemma:

[Oeditpus Rex]

55. Feared?

It's the combination every man dreams of. :loveya:

[Jamastiene]

48. No, but I almost got into a fight with my cat.

I'm a bottomless pit when it comes to food. So, no, I can glutton myself and get away with it.

I did something different this year.

My aunt and I had a good old fashioned fish fry in place of turkey this year. My cat, Sunday Girl, is worse than I am over fish. Her eyes cross. She gets bossy. She counts mouthfuls of food. No kidding. She does. I feel around in the fish to remove the bones and take a bite, then I get some for her and the other two patient polite cats, Yogi and Domino. I eat another bite and then scoop some slaw and pork and beans onto my fork and repeat the process. Well, if I try to take two bites of fish, she gets all irriated and screams at me and tries to take it out of my mouth. It's funny in a way. I'm so thankful for my aunt and my cats. That's what I gave thanks for more than anything this year. And the good eatin'.

[MissHoneychurch]

50. LOL

I can see it like I was there. With my last cat we were lucky enough that she didn't care what was on the table. She only went once on the table. My mom had bought salmon and you could see how our cat followed the smell. It was like she was in trance. It was hilarious. Other than that she didn't eat fish. Like me :)

I am happy for you that you had a peaceful day with your aunt and cats.

[Jamastiene]

54. My aunt and I eat in the living room.

The kitchen and living room are sort of one big room. We can't have a table, per se, because my aunt needs the room to maneuver her scooter around. She can't walk. Anyhow, Sunday Girl is very much human according to Sunday Girl. She actually doesn't like cats even though she is one. She was hand raised by me so she doesn't understand the concept of "cat" in association with herself. To her, she is my daughter. She is very much like a human child right down to her temper tantrums. She is so funny.

[In_The_Wind]

56. Not that I know of ...

:hi: My day was peaceful. I'm always grateful for that.