Red-Handed Jill

Biscotti and tea

My mum was a therapist, but she's retired now, so she's a silversmith. I was a marine pathologist, computer geek, college professor and now I'm a financial advisor. So even though we're very much alike, our paths have been very different.

The Black Death

My mum is also an uber-INTJ and there's a local woman with a red Miata with the license plate "INTJ". So, that makes four of us.

Another INTJ? I've taken Myers-Briggs before and am an Uber-INTJ. That is the rarest type of all; something like 2%.

A group of people fed up with the way the Pope was running the Catholic church held a thousand people hostage and sent a note to the Vatican. "We are tired of the Papacy Infallibility Clause. We know you are as human as the next person and it's time for the world to realise this as well. You must deflower a young maiden and allow it to be filmed as proof of this. If you don't, the consequences to our hostages will be considerable." The pope gathered his staff together to decide what to do. After debating, the pope bowed to the inevitable and decided that it was best to concede to their demands rather than let a thousand hostages be harmed. "I have three requests." the pope said, "First, she must be blindfolded, so she doesn't see what is happening to her and be traumatized by the sight." "It will be done." said his staff. "Second, she must be fitted with earplugs, so she can't hear what is happening to her." "It will be done." said his staff. "And third, she has to have big tits..."

Donkey Kong

An adult toys store was having a sale on dildoes. The manager had to step out to run a couple of errands, so she left the cashier in charge. A few minutes later, a brunette walked into the store and said, "I saw from your sign that you're having a sale on dildoes. How much?" The cashier replied, "Ten bucks each - every color." The brunette said, "I'll take a blue one. That's my favorite color." She paid for it and left. Then a redhead entered the store and asked about the sale. The cashier replied with the price and the redhead said, "Of course, it has to be red!" She paid for the dildo and left. A blonde entered the store and said, "A sale on dildoes? How much" The cashier replied, "Ten bucks. We've got all kinds of colors: red, blue, purple, green..." "How much for the plaid one?" the blonde asked. "Uh, that one is fifty bucks." replied the cashier. "It must be really special then," said the blonde, "I'll take it." She paid the fifty bucks and left. The manager got back to the store and asked the cashier how the morning went. The cashier reported, "I sold a blue one and a red one for ten bucks each and your thermos for fifty!"

Beijing eggplant, hot and sour soup and steamed rice.

fluffy

After some rain and gloomy weather, we've got some temporary sunshine. It's supposed to be sunny and crisp until next weekend, when we're supposed to get more rain. Silent - what if you have to step out of your car so that you can pour water on the windshield to help melt the ice??? I guess they want you to be as inefficient as possible.

Yep. I tried it with a few drops, which dissipated right away. Then a small stream of it, which immediately went to the bottom. Tasty drink, though.

blood

Haven't had it - it just sounds really cool (I have a soft spot for sharks.) And coincidentally enough, I happen to have the ingredients on hand and was planning to try it tonight.

Ooh - I like the Shark Bite!

horror film

Did you get your furnace fixed, Weasel????

torch song

Ya know, the reason you have health insurance through work and your children aren't forced to work in factories and your salary isn't $1 per hour is because of the "damn liberals". There are folks on both sides of the fence who are unrealistic about the way things are - this isn't the fault of just one side. I tend to be a pragmatic liberal. For me, this isn't a black and white issue. I know that there are people who are simply not able to be rehabilitated and don't belong on this planet (have dealt with some personally, in fact), but also don't want to run the risk of executing an innocent person. More than one person on death row has been proved innocent and later released and I'm sure more than one innocent person has been executed. I'm gratified that we have better technology to prove a case one way or the other, but our legal system is too flawed to make it even close to foolproof.

Teacups

Makes sense - both are about the miasma of rules that govern the Catholic faith. Dogma just points out in a humorous way how ridiculous they are.

Every once in awhile, I like to layer or mix colorful shots. One favorite is something called "Windex", which is coconut rum with a bit of blue curacao. Or grenadine (bottom), blue curacao (middle) and blackberry brandy (top). Or put Midori in the middle. I'll do a series of these kinds of drinks in assorted shot glasses and put them out on a tray. If you want to do something festive for the holidays, this works well.

It's fairly cold - in the 30's and 40's mostly, with rain. It's pretty much below freezing temps every night, so we'll get some snow in the hills. (Probably in lower elevations than we're used to in the SF Bay Area.) And before you call us in the Bay Area wimps, please remember that our houses aren't designed with cold weather in mind, so when we go inside, we don't really get any relief from the cold. Basically, we have to pretty much be sitting on our heaters to feel any warmth from them. Step three feet away and it's cold, cold, cold!

That be an easy one for an old Trekker like meself... Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Here's one: "All that matters is that after all these years, we've found a loophole. He can't keep us out anymore. And once we're back in, I'm sure he'll just forgive and forget."

I have my own version of Sex on the Beach (the drink, that is... ): Two parts Moana Lai guava juice One part Pina Colada mix One part rum Two parts sparkling water (to cut the sweetness) I tend to do this in large batches, as in a punch bowl.