Shapeling BlueRain points out that in my last post I was unfair to okara, the main ingredient in the Magical Diet Cookies. She notes: Okara (as well as Shirataki mentioned in someone’s comment upthread) is a traditional food item in Japanese cuisine, and having it appropriated as “low-fat/low-cal miracle diet food” is offensive enough, but … Continue reading »
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Miss Lucy had Friday Fluff
When a friend of my mom’s asked her about “that thing all women can do, and some men,” it turned out he meant hanging your sunglasses off the collar of your shirt. But when my husband talks about “that thing all girls know” he means hand jives (otherwise known as clapping games, hand games, handclaps, … Continue reading »
Friday Fluff: Roll your own fluff
Shapelings, it’s a busy week for us: deadlines hover, paid writing gigs dance seductively, academia bellows its call of war. In other words, have an open thread. Happy Friday!
Friday fluff: Unlikely roomies
FJ and I have been roommates twice, once at nerd camp and once at college. You’re probably not surprised to hear this, since we clearly have a lot in common (even if our sleep cycles differ). We did the usual college roomie things: swapped clothes, listened to music too loud, had midnight snacks, got the … Continue reading »
Friday Fluff: Open thread, plus The Guild
Happy weekend, Shapelings! Have an open thread. And have a hilarious video from the cast of The Guild, starring Felicia Day (from The Guild, natch, Dr. Horrible, and the last season of Buffy). If I’m gonna have that in my head all weekend, so will you. Behold the power of blogging!
Friday Fluff: BYOFF
Let’s face it: we need some fluff this week. It’s Friday, we’re more than halfway through 2009, and a lot of people are trying to make the world more miserable, as if it needed any help. I suggest a Bring Your Own Friday Fluff thread. Here are some things that make me laugh. Maru the … Continue reading »
Friday Fluff: A crazy box of crabs
As I mentioned the other day, this Talk of the Town column about Paul Giamatti is easily the best example of the genre I have ever read. People in the comments to this post are encouraging me to write a scathing letter to the New Yorker about Kolbert’s article; I’m more inclined to write them … Continue reading »
Friday Fluff: The Shapely Manor
Does anyone remember the episode of Family Ties where Elise and Stephen Keaton go out of town and leave Alex in charge? And he turns the place into a cozy little B&B called Keaton Manor, and rents out rooms? Yeah, so the other SP bloggers are living it up in Minneapolis this weekend, leaving me … Continue reading »
Friday Fluff: The Fatosphere’s Got Talent
DAVID HASSELHOFF: So this is your first time on the show, A Sarah. What are you going to do for us? A SARAH: Well, um, I’m actually singing a song parody that I wrote by request for this occasion. (All three judges look pained) PIERS MORGAN: You say it’s a song parody? A SARAH: Yes. … Continue reading »
Friday fluff: Amateur lexicography
Okay, I am in no way promising that this will happen soon, but it occured to me that, what with how hilarious y’all are, and how attention to The Book is getting us new readers, we might be in need of a blog lexicon for our shorthand, jokes, etc. Some of them are used all … Continue reading »
