playground/flagpole

[karen, future RA queen]

this is where anything that isn't useful to our very serious readers' advisory work can be handled.

[Esteban]

I declare this my hangout.

[Dave]

I'm gonna go hang out by the tetherball pole.

[Eh?Eh!]

I will be asking! Yes! I love this group already! I already glean books from your reviews but this will be a better, more controlled way for you to do your experiments on us! I need to think about how to phrase my plebian tastes.

[Esteban]

NARC!

[karen, future RA queen]

i won't be the only one recommending - that's the point of teaching the basics - everyone can recommend. it will be very wide in range, i hope.

[Eh?Eh!]

Esteban wrote: "NARC!"

Why does everyone accuse me of this! This is maybe the 3rd time in my life...do I really come across as a narc?

[Greg]

Eh?Eh! wrote: "Esteban wrote: "NARC!"

Why does everyone accuse me of this! This is maybe the 3rd time in my life...do I really come across as a narc?"

You are a master at being undercover, look at the way you quickly went undercover as a bookseller when you came to visit.

[Dave]

Maybe it's the glasses.

[Eh?Eh!]

All future operatives will be instructed to step up their shelving speed (I was moving at about a quarter of the pace the others were), wear contacts, and swear.

[karen, future RA queen]

she was faster than a lot of our staff. my heart swelled with pride

[Greg]

That's true, Eh?! was probably one of the faster shelvers on the floor and she didn't make any noticeable mistakes with the alphabet. Quit being a bridge maker and join the sure to be rebounding soon big box bookstore industry!!

[karen, future RA queen]

here i am, eh!!

[Eh?Eh!]

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Eff this job! Imma join the bbb industry!

[Randy]

Since spring is in the air, shall we not call this "Frolicking Around the Maypole? (My only caveat would be to have all serious RA participants cover themselves in that brown lotion that makes one look tan as well as drive to the nearest department store and buy the first pair of short shorts encountered so we could strut proudly around our bedrooms masquerading as proper pagans!)

[karen, future RA queen]

i was thinking more of "meet me at the flagpole after school"- where kids go to fight. this thread is for fighting and lovemaking and everything else. but no booktalk please! not here!

[Mir]

Do kids really do that? At my school fights were spontaneous.

[Esteban]

I think you mean "bike rack," karen.

Geez. You ever even been in a fight?

[karen, future RA queen]

come over here and say that.

[karen, future RA queen]

and he never did.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Ooh! Ooh! Is this where I post amazingly successful recipes I tried?! Because I'm totally finishing off a glass of wine because I needed a quarter cup in one.

God do I sound like a boozehound...

[karen, future RA queen]

you can put anything you want here!

[whimsicalmeerkat]

As posted in another group.

Tonight's Menu:

Foccacia: recipe provided by my friend Dawn
Tilapia with Lemon Butter Sauce and Angel Hair Fresca

So, I cannot tell you how easy this meal was to make and it was soooo good! Definitely keepers.

(Also, I just finished off the bottle of pinot grigio I used in the recipe. It was surprisingly decent for being so damned cheap.)

[karen, future RA queen]

this might become the most useful thread in the group...

[whimsicalmeerkat]

That bread recipe was the easiest I've ever tried. I don't have a mixer with a dough hook right now, since mine is in storage, but this is liquid enough that it could be mixed with the regular beater. The fact that it rises over night is awesome too.