Catching Ducks

From the Red vs. Blue Christmas Special "Old Annoyance Be Forgot":

Tucker: Hey, Church, I'm still trying to figure out what to get Caboose.
Church: Christmas is in seven hours, moron.
Tucker: I know. If you wait until the last minute, you get all the good deals.
Church: Ah, just get everybody the same thing. That's what I did.
Tucker: Let me guess: Everyone's getting a lump of coal.
Church: Fuck no! Do you know how much coal costs? It's like five bucks a ton. I'm not spending that much on you losers. You're all getting a lump of Smoal.
Tucker: What's Smoal?
Church: It's a knock-off, synthetic coal. It's just as good as the real thing. Except when you burn it, it doesn't make any heat, it just makes smoke.
Tucker: What? How does it make smoke with no heat?
Church: How the fuck do I know? Ask the fine makers of Smoal.

Labels: Red vs. Blue

1/8" doesn't sound like much snow. But it's an impressive amount to be at my back door -- five feet from the edge of my covered deck.

Labels: weather

Today I:

Walked to the store (in the pretty, pretty snow) to buy one last Christmas present.

Made a list of holiday-themed episodes from my favorite TV shows.

Wrapped Christmas presents while I watched shows from the list.


It was super fun!


Here's what I watched today:

1) Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3.10 "Amends"
2) Due South 1.10 "Gift of the Wheelman"
3) Due South 4.8 "Good for the Soul"
4) My Name Is Earl 1.10 "White Lie Christmas"
5) Supernatural 3.8 "A Very Supernatural Chrismas"
6) The O.C. 1.13 "The Best Chrismukkah Ever"
7) The O.C. 2.6 "The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn't"
8) The O.C. 3.10 "The Chrismukkah Bar Mitz-vahkkah"
9) The O.C. 4.7 "The Chrismukk-huh?"

I had watched Roswell's "A Roswell Christmas Carol" last night. I've still got Roswell's "Samuel Rising", Farscape's "Terra Firma", Veronica Mars' "An Echolls Family Christmas", and all three Doctor Who Christmas specials ("The Christmas Invasion", "The Runaway Bride", and "Voyage of the Damned") left to go.

Whee!!!

Labels: holidays, TV

In recent winters, I would complain that my fingers were cold, even though I had gloves on. My friend-who-grew-up-in-Minnesota recommended mittens. She promised that they were warmer than gloves.

I finally heeded her advice, and I am a mitten convert! It's been (literally) freezing here lately, and my hands have stayed nice and warm!


In related winter news, the current 10 day forecast says:

12/19: partly cloudy
12/20: partly cloudy
12/21: snow
12/22: snow shower
12/23: snow shower
12/24: rain/snow
12/25: showers
12/26: rain/snow showers
12/27: rain/snow

So, we should have snow every day.... except Christmas.

Labels: holidays, weather

Sometimes I wonder if the people who write cookbooks actually try out their recipes before they put them in the book. Or, if they do try them, can they count? Do they, for instance, understand how much a "dozen" is?

Last week I used a recipe that claimed to make 7-8 dozen. When I was done (and I was using a cookies press, so my cookies were all the same size) I had over fourteen dozen cookies.

This week's recipe claimed to make eight dozen. I got five and half. What's worse is that it said to prepare two cookie sheets, and then told me to make 1" balls and place them 2" apart.

Maybe they just have GIANT cookies sheets. And GIANT ovens. In a GIANT kitchen....

Labels: food

Oh Due South, you never stop being awesome...


[The detectives are trying to figure out the motives of the people involved in a crime they observed.]

Thatcher: She [the suspect] is involved with the older man. Perhaps even married to him. Maybe loves him. But let's say he's cold and unfeeling. He treats her badly. Probably abuses her.

Ray: Wait a minute -- what are you basing this on?

Thatcher: From what I heard, and what I saw!

Ray: "What I heard and what I saw." Who are you, Sherlock Holmes?

Thatcher: You're a laugh riot, Detective. But if you looked, you would have seen that she wore Cartier earrings, mounted in rose gold, and [a necklace of] uncultured black pearls, exactly the kind of gift an older man might give to buy affection and excuse his guilty conscience.

Ray: Wow. That is one talkative necklace.

Labels: Due South

I seem to have hit a TV dry spell. I can't remember the last time I had so few shows on my must-watch schedule. All I've got right now is: Heroes, House, Fringe, Pushing Daisies, My Name is Earl, and Supernatural.

Pushing Daisies has been canceled (sob!), so I'll lose another one soon. Of course, in 2009 I'll get Lost and Battlestar Galactica back.

But still! For me, this is a drought.

Oh well. More time to watch my DVD sets and old videotapes. :)

Labels: TV

An oldie but a goodie!

Labels: random silliness