Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by barely_legal
He didn't actually catch the ball. That's what made it so funny. I mean, so tragic.

Right. An enterprising young attorney behind him got it, and auctioned it off to Harry Caray's Restaurant for a little over $100,000. At least the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation will get well over a $1 million donation from all the hoopla, but the whole spectacle was just embarassing.

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Right. An enterprising young attorney behind him got it, and auctioned it off to Harry Caray's Restaurant for a little over $100,000. At least the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation will get well over a $1 million donation from all the hoopla, but the whole spectacle was just embarassing.

sounds like the work of str8. wonder how the ephedrine auctions are going.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by leagleaze
We have an independent movie theatre here that has opened a little coffee shop. I have discovered the joys of the soy latte. I find it adds just a touch of sweetness to the coffee without having to add sugar.

How do they mix the soy and the drink? Special soy? I tried putting soy milk in my coffee and it curdled. They went together like lamb and tuna fish.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
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Actually, Flower's use is derivative of my previous use Mister-Early-Onset-Alzheimers.

Ahh.

You invented that?

Originally posted by bilmore
Ahh.

You invented that?

I popularized it.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
I too use it as a drug delivery system

Although I do not drink coffee, I use caffeine as a sports-and-fun-enhancing drug. People are always so surprised by this, as if I am some crazy drug fiend (which I am, but not because of this). People don't blink if you drink 18 cups of coffee in a day, but if you have a double-caffienated Power Gel before a mountain bike race, you are rolling the dice with your cardio health. I also enjoy the occasional Red Bull and vodka for those late late shows. Sue me.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I don't mind Starbucks' coffee -- though I go somewhere else habitually -- but their pastries taste like UN food-convoy lentils.

The new title of this board makes me think I'm signing up to join Sendero Luminoso every time I come in. Weird that.

That Sendero Luminoso thing is kinda creepy.

However, much as I appreciate your simile for the Starbucks pastry selection, I must disagree with you about their taste (although I think they are not "Starbucks brand" and may be regional.)

The crumb cake is totally addictive. I think crack figures prominently in the recipe. I haven't seen them at the Starbucks I have visited outside TCOTU though, hence my speculation that pastry selection is regionally based.

[ltl/fb]

I don't ever have coffee at Starbucks. Espresso drinks only. However, I never had an espresso drink until Starbucks. Therefore, I think I am conditioned to think that "latte" by definition tastes like a Starbucks latte, and other things taste wrong.

You may all commence to pity me now.

I do drink coffee other places but really only at actual restaurants where you get to sit down and a waiter brings you stuff. So that's a completely different drink with different standards.

Several of you seem to be having a nice case of the Fridays, and the contagion is spreading quickly. Assuming it is Friday, which I'm pretty sure it is.

Edited to add pastry comments: the chocolate cream cheese cupca -- I mean muffins are pretty good, if a little sweet. The cinnamon twist thing is good. The raspberry scone is pretty good but you need extra latte to get the dry lumpiness down. The peppermint brownies at Xmas were OK; the brownie was not that good but I liked the frosting and at least the brownie was chocolate so I would crave it and want it and then be disappointed by the brownie every single time. OK, on reflection, my experiences with the holiday peppermint brownies sucked.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

"The city deactivated most of the pedestrian buttons long ago with the emergence of computer-controlled traffic signals, even as an unwitting public continued to push on, according to city Department of Transportation officials. More than 2,500 of the 3,250 walk buttons that still exist function essentially as mechanical placebos, city figures show. Any benefit from them is only imagined."

NYT

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Although I do not drink coffee, I use caffeine as a sports-and-fun-enhancing drug. People are always so surprised by this, as if I am some crazy drug fiend (which I am, but not because of this). People don't blink if you drink 18 cups of coffee in a day, but if you have a double-caffienated Power Gel before a mountain bike race, you are rolling the dice with your cardio health. I also enjoy the occasional Red Bull and vodka for those late late shows. Sue me.

The scientific community generally agrees that caffeine can enhance performance in endurance activities, but it appears you already know that.

Regardless, Power Gel gives me the drive heaves.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Someone didn't have their Starbucks this morning.

Where are the timmies this morning? His. His Starbucks.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

cnn is reporting that the securities fraud charge against Martha has been dropped.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Where are the timmies this morning? His. His Starbucks.

Think "socks". The line between singular and plural has frayed.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
How do they mix the soy and the drink? Special soy? I tried putting soy milk in my coffee and it curdled. They went together like lamb and tuna fish.

He just seems to pour it in after he steams it.

If you put it in cold I think it would curdle. Try warming it.

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Where are the timmies this morning? His. His Starbucks.

Shape Shifter

Without the help of your accolytes, can you tell me the origin of the term "Timmy"?