The Bar, Volume #4

[littleflower]

* peeks out of NEB *

mmm that coffee looks good! but ..... all this talk of heat, when we are looking at a big drop in temps here, and possible first frost! my poor garden will die in one day .... dang, i will enjoy the gardening break, but miss the flowers ....... !

oh, well ...... *sets out breakfast*

[Ugly Dougly]

Too bad, little flower, my backyard orchids are luxuriating in the California sun!

[MyDearFriend]

Good morning everyone and thanks for the breakfast (((LF))).

I am down in the country with my mother today; she was cold last night so I turned on the heat for her but this morning it's gray rain and 70+ degrees out. Muggy muggy muggy. Back to the AC!

If the skies brighten for 5 minutes I will go for a bike ride. Cross your fingers for me please!

[ygmir]

Good morning everyone and thanks for the breakfast (((LF))).

I am down in the country with my mother today; she was cold last night so I turned on the heat for her but this morning it's gray rain and 70+ degrees out. Muggy muggy muggy. Back to the AC!

If the skies brighten for 5 minutes I will go for a bike ride. Cross your fingers for me please!

*crosses fingers and toes*

[theCryptofishist]

*crosses fingers and toes*

Yeah. Get fancy on me...

[ygmir]

*crosses fingers and toes*

Yeah. Get fancy on me...

[VultureChow]

I just discovered my boss has a nickname for me that he's been using with some of our off-site people.

Burning Woman.

I love it.

I call him Chuckles with the same people, so it's all good.

[Savannah]

I just discovered my boss has a nickname for me that he's been using with some of our off-site people.

Burning Woman.

I love it.

I'm jealous.


But I did have a funny comment from my boss this morning.

I have a bandaid on my neck from a curling iron mishap, and my (very stoic, reserved, 50-something) boss said "Were you bitten by a vampire?"

I burst out laughing (and he started giggling himself).

"UNFORTUNATELY, I was not."

Still laughing, he says, "'Cause of all the people I know likely to be bitten by a vampire, it'd be you."

I put my hand to my heart, genuinely touched, and thanked him for it.

(He is so supportive of the fact that I'm a Burner.)

[VultureChow]

I just discovered my boss has a nickname for me that he's been using with some of our off-site people.

Burning Woman.

I love it.

I'm jealous.


But I did have a funny comment from my boss this morning.

I have a bandaid on my neck from a curling iron mishap, and my (very stoic, reserved, 50-something) boss said "Were you bitten by a vampire?"

I burst out laughing (and he started giggling himself).

"UNFORTUNATELY, I was not."

Still laughing, he says, "'Cause of all the people I know likely to be bitten by a vampire, it'd be you."

I put my hand to my heart, genuinely touched, and thanked him for it.

(He is so supportive of the fact that I'm a Burner.)

In all fairness, no one had heard of it before I went. It's just not part of the culture on the East Coast as it is out west. I'm constantly amazed by how many people have never even heard of it in the news or anywhere else.

And I may have been talking about it constantly since I got back. Usually prompted by a question.

I actually offered to take his daughter next year. She's finishing her last year or art school and has become quite a good welder. She'd probably fit in better than me.

[graidawg]

I just discovered my boss has a nickname for me that he's been using with some of our off-site people.

Burning Woman.

I love it.

I'm jealous.


But I did have a funny comment from my boss this morning.

I have a bandaid on my neck from a curling iron mishap, and my (very stoic, reserved, 50-something) boss said "Were you bitten by a vampire?"

I burst out laughing (and he started giggling himself).

"UNFORTUNATELY, I was not."

Still laughing, he says, "'Cause of all the people I know likely to be bitten by a vampire, it'd be you."

I put my hand to my heart, genuinely touched, and thanked him for it.

(He is so supportive of the fact that I'm a Burner.)

as well as being a unicorn I am a vampire. i have the marks to prove it and the fangs to do it. wanna be a vampire sav?

[MyDearFriend]

Bwahahahahahahahahaha, go Grai!

I got my bike ride today, thank you all, and got back to the city in time to find a sweeeeeeeeeet parking space within easy luggage-toting range.

Anybody else ready for a shot-na-beer yet?

[burner von braun]

*comes bounding in*

A shot and a beer sounds great!
Thanks (((MDF)))

Been overcast and rainy here the last few days. I'm still in the thick of a heavy workload, but things should finally level off before too much longer. Whew!

*squirrels away a few dollars for TTITD*

[MyDearFriend]

Ha, (((BVB))) good to see you. I am starting on Round Two.

And good for you, squirreling away the $$$ already. I tucked a token amount away this week, though I am still paying off the bills from 2012. Hope... hope and dreams keep me going.

Here's to us!

[trilobyte]

Shot & a beer? Count me in, MDF!

Weather's been unseasonably toasty around here for the last few days, though it's nothing compared to the roaster they've been getting down in LA. They say it'll be gone soon (before SF decom on Sunday), back to the usual nice-but-not-too-warm during the daytime dipping down to kind of chilly at night.

[burner von braun]

Cheers!! ..to hopes and dreams!

[theCryptofishist]

I'm having one of those dreaded profound moments:
The event is intense... We've got to get a year's worth of human misunderstanding into a week.

[Lassen Forge]

Cheers!! ..to hopes and dreams!

And more importantly, shots and beers!

I'm having one of those dreaded profound moments:
The event is intense... We've got to get a year's worth of human misunderstanding into a week.

If that line's not sig-worthy, I don't know what is!!!

Soooo... where's the shots and beers??? I brought some munchies...



Maple Bacon Caramel Corn
Diced bacon (home cured is best if you have it) . . . . . . . . . Roasted Spanish Peanuts. . . . . . . . Brown Sugar . . . . . Maple Syrup
Cayenne pepper . . . . . . . . .Baking Soda. . . . . . . . . .Butter. . . . . . . . . Sea Salt. . . . . . . . . Popcorn

Preheat the oven to 250. Cook the bacon till it’s just underdone and not quite crisp. Pour off and reserve the fat. If you’re using a stovetop popcorn popper, pop the corn with some of the bacon fat. In a sauce pan mix brown sugar, maple syrup and a mixture of butter and bacon fat in a 2:1:1 ratio, season liberally with Cayenne pepper. Once the mixture has begun to boil, whisk to be sure the sugar has completely dissolved and add a small pinch of baking soda. In a bowl toss the popcorn, bacon, peanuts and caramel together to coat everything evenly. Spread the mixture on a baking sheet and bake for about 30 minutes to take some of the stickiness out of the caramel. Taste for seasoning and sprinkle with a little sea salt if necessary. Open a beer and enjoy.

[ygmir]

Shots, beers, and a years worth of misunderstandings, in a week?
I'm in!
What could go wrong?

[MyDearFriend]

Aye yi yi, Fishy.

I'm having one of those dreaded profound moments:
The event is intense... We've got to get a year's worth of human misunderstanding into a week.

Repeat after me: "Other people's bullshit is not my problem."

Also repeat:

Cheers!! ..to hopes and dreams!

And more importantly, shots and beers!

At my advanced age, I figure anybody who has a problem with me can walk on by. I will cling like a baby monkey to any authentic human who gives me half a chance, of course, but people who pick fights/assume the worst/dramatize how disappointed they are at my imperfections, well... fuck 'em.

FUCK EM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE, as a dear old friend used to say.

Have a drink?

[theCryptofishist]

Okay! Pluot infused vodka shots! I've lined up a dozen!

[littleflower]

other people's bullshit is not my problem!!! (except when they pay me to care)(which is, unfortunately, the case these days) (actually, i only act like i care)(why do i keep writing this crap to myself?)

glad you got your bike ride, (((MDF)))!! sometimes that's just the thing, isn't it

of course i got toasted before dropping by, but one more won't hurt .... *shoots vodka*
what's Pluot?

[Lassen Forge]

Sounds like burning man!!!

By the way, I'm throwing a round of makers for the house - - This weekend, I am doing some rudimentary survey work (the old fashioned way unless I can find a transit, compass, level, and chain) to entertain the idea of a reinforced shop and pole barn for the vehicles... to suppliment the shop, of course. Looking at a departure sooner rather than later, and want to be ready to work on post-EMP vehicles for fun (and hopefully profit)...



(Damn, busy pouting shots and missed the Pluot. That's OK... I'll do one of those too!!! )

Pluot is Plum and Apricot. It makes a liquour that is... um... indescribably delicious.

[ygmir]

other people's bullshit is not my problem!!! (except when they pay me to care)(which is, unfortunately, the case these days) (actually, i only act like i care)(why do i keep writing this crap to myself?)

glad you got your bike ride, (((MDF)))!! sometimes that's just the thing, isn't it

of course i got toasted before dropping by, but one more won't hurt .... *shoots vodka*
what's Pluot?

now it's a planetoid, as told by my dyslexic friend.

[littleflower]

i originally wrote "who's pluot," thinking it sounded like some french philosopher or something. but i like the thought of a planetoid .... or perhaps a cartoon character .... ? somehow, yg, i think you would have thought of the dog before the sphere.....!

good luck on your new venture, comrade BBS ... ! Drinks shot of maker's ....

has it cooled down yet?

[MyDearFriend]

Woo hoo, BBS!!! And may I say I really like the way that TWENTY THIRTEEN looks in your sig line!

(((LF))) thanks, the bike ride was perfect.

I will take a shot of everything offered, thanks so much. I am feeling Homesick tonight.

[Elorrum]

erp

[ygmir]

* pours two Bushmills, slides them down bar to MDF and LF.*

[Lassen Forge]

What am I, chopped liver? What what what??? Oy Vey, have your sex idol become a pagan, what can ya do???

(Actually, I thik he was always a pagan - too cute not to be!!)

Stops coming! gotta run!!

[theCryptofishist]

Pluot is Plum and Apricot. It makes a liquour that is... um... indescribably delicious.

Well, I hope so. I think I'll bring what I have to decomp, but I don't know if I'd get in trouble giving some to people...

[littleflower]

you can't imagine how i admire you, elorrum, for the ability to peacefully contemplate confusion! *jealous*

idols are a pagan thing ...... he's mine too ... maybe we need to invent an ygmir blow-up doll, or better yet a life size statue!