tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post2418850240789052994..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Name Your PoisonLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-2251457862151358832009-05-13T01:10:00.000-04:002009-05-13T01:10:00.000-04:00Thanks everyone, for dishing on ice cream with me!...Thanks everyone, for dishing on ice cream with me! What a great day in the lair. The cabana boys look tired....and Joanie's just starting a garden party.<br /><br />Ha. No rest for the weary cabana boy!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-58425683501299363932009-05-13T01:09:00.000-04:002009-05-13T01:09:00.000-04:00Tawny said:
and thank you!!!!! (btw, Beth's book ...Tawny said:<br /><br /><I>and thank you!!!!! (btw, Beth's book is to blame for a month of Christmas cookie cravings.)<br /></I>...<br /><br />You're welcome. Your book is great. And Christmas Cookies? Oh, LORD!<br /><br />Okay, note to self. Eat a big meal of healthy food before reading Beth's book. And drink LOTS of water so you'll be FULL!<br />/note to selfCassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-89706689663805347492009-05-13T00:52:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:52:00.000-04:00Cassondra wrote: Clearly, subtlety has gone comple...Cassondra wrote: <I>Clearly, subtlety has gone completely out the window. Hey. I can live with that. They don't call the line Blaze for nothing. </I>...<br /><br />LOL - I've never been able to pull off subtle anyway. Which means I fit in so well with the Banditas, yes? LOLOLOL<br /><br />and thank you!!!!! (btw, Beth's book is to blame for a month of Christmas cookie cravings.)Tawnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076851566613018105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-88256591213504303302009-05-13T00:50:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:50:00.000-04:00P226 wrote: Ok, Nancy. After reading this page o...P226 wrote: <I> Ok, Nancy. After reading this page of comments, it is clear to me that the Banditas require ZERO encouragement in this department.<br /><br />The Bandita Buddies stand blameless. </I> <br />...<br /><br />Hey now... <br /><br />Oh wait. Its true, why even try to deny it. Except the blameless part. You are all just as bad as we are... admit it!!!<br /><br />(btw, thanks for the ... clue!!)Tawnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076851566613018105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-1399648449758312462009-05-13T00:42:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:42:00.000-04:00Joanie said:
And I'm doing the blog for tomorrow....Joanie said:<br /><br /><I>And I'm doing the blog for tomorrow....what do ya'll think about bread? :-)<br /></I>AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!<br /><br />We're all going to be HUGE! I'm going to have to diet for the next ten YEARS!!!!! I can take ice cream and deal with the cravings sometimes. But BREAD? I. could. eat. raw. dough. I'm like Claudia & her ice cream, but with Bread. Bread is my crack.<br /><br />Good lord I can't keep up with y'all and these comments! I'm starting to not care if I don't punctuate!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-25562633606659430022009-05-13T00:38:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:38:00.000-04:00Nancy said:
Going Down Hard is great fun, and I l...Nancy said:<br /><br /><I>Going Down Hard is great fun, and I love the hero's hat thing and the Batman reference, and the way Tawny used photography and computers in the plot. The sparring between the hero and heroine was fabulous!<br /></I>...<br /><br />I can't wait to see how Tawny redeems this guy. She made him edgy in the first book. I don't have the second one yet. It's waiting at B&N for me to pick it up. Along with Beth's latest, <I>A Not So Perfect Past</I>, which they were about a month late getting for me. (frowny face).<br /><br />Hey, Beth's book is about food too! The heroine owns a bakery, right? Yummmm...pastries......and for our next blog.....PASTRIES..<br /><br />Just kidding. I have no idea what the next blog is about. That's part of the fun of being a Bandit. You. Just. Never. Know.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-19335332327040891332009-05-13T00:34:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:34:00.000-04:00Regarding Tawny's comment, Jeanne wrote:
Snork. T...Regarding Tawny's comment, Jeanne wrote:<br /><br /><I>Snork. This from a woman who evidently wrote about peaches, ice cream and bathtubs?<br /><br />I cannot WAIT to get done with this Mess in Progress so I can read the two newest<br /><br /></I>Yup. That was in <I>Coming On Strong</I>. And it's a really good scene.<br /><br />And what do you expect from books titled <I>Coming on Strong</I> and <I>Going Down Hard</I>?<br /><br />Clearly, subtlety has gone completely out the window. Hey. I can live with that. They don't call the line <I>Blaze</I> for nothing.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-90451275398785387542009-05-13T00:30:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:30:00.000-04:00Nancy said:
I hope that bird does not make it to ...Nancy said:<br /><br /><I>I hope that bird does not make it to National. He has gotten way too big for his nonexistent britches lately. Locking him up didn't stop him last year, so I'm not sure what we should try this time.<br /></I>Obviously P226 has taught him to pick locks. Hmmmm...Maybe we should consider some sort of debriefing--or perhaps reprogramming--when he comes back from his visits with P226.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-7358941371663918332009-05-13T00:28:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:28:00.000-04:00Tawny wrote: oh. wait. I should have included whi...Tawny wrote: <I>oh. wait. I should have included whipped cream, huh? I'll do that in this next book.</I> . . . <br /><br />Sounds great!<br /><br />And you're welcome. :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-54669304146558043162009-05-13T00:26:00.001-04:002009-05-13T00:26:00.001-04:00Joan, bread tomorrow? Really?
I once knew, long...Joan, bread tomorrow? Really?<br /><br />I once knew, long, long ago, how to make biscuits with Crisco. But a recipe that makes two dozen is kinda overkill for one or two people.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-30806655647614430932009-05-13T00:26:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:26:00.000-04:00Cassondra wrote:
I'm so sorry you never were a D...Cassondra wrote:<br /><br /><I> I'm so sorry you never were a DQ kid. WE can make you a DQ adult though. Just hang around. The way this crowd likes ices cream, we're all bound to end up at a DQ at some point. </I>...<br /><br /><br />And Pissenlit answered:<I>I'm willing to be converted as long as taste testing is involved ;)</I>..<br /><br />Oh, taste-testing will certainly be involved. I'm sure we can arrange something.....Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-87164137077970465802009-05-13T00:24:00.001-04:002009-05-13T00:24:00.001-04:00Cassondra, anytime you want Gaffney peaches, come ...Cassondra, anytime you want Gaffney peaches, come on. I'll take you there.<br /><br />All this talk is making me want them now.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-55543209904115809532009-05-13T00:24:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:24:00.000-04:00Babies should get ice cream. I believe this. To ...Babies should get ice cream. I believe this. To deny babies ice cream is just...<br /><br />Wrong. <br /><br />Wrong I say.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-2395091570596260762009-05-13T00:23:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:23:00.000-04:00Jeanne said:
The only one of those "rules&qu...Jeanne said:<br /><br /><I>The only one of those "rules" I followed was the honey one. I didn't give the kids honey till after 2 years old. But the thing about Strawberries and Kiwi and ice cream? Ignored 'em. :><br /></I>Oh, thank GOD. Somebody with sense. One of these days they're going to figure out that strawberries form brain cells in babies or something and we'll all smack our heads and go "duh"--well--some of us will. I'm certain some people will wail that the scientists ruined their babies. Ah well...ya gotta have someone to tell you how to keep your baby alive. I guess. If I were a parent I'd be worried to death too. I guess.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-48847833675945774852009-05-13T00:22:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:22:00.000-04:00p226, maybe we don't need encouragement, but that ...p226, maybe we don't <I>need</I> encouragement, but that doesn't mean y'all don't supply it. *g*<br /><br />As Jeanne said, you're aiders and abetters, all of you! Which just adds to the fun.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-13156602059064618552009-05-13T00:21:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:21:00.000-04:00Jeanne said:
Cassondra's going to howl when she r...Jeanne said:<br /><br /><I>Cassondra's going to howl when she reads that and realizes how it sounds out of context. <br /></I>Actually, I realized it when I wrote it. Ha! But if I were worried about everything sounding pristine, I'd never write ya know? On this blog, one of us is gonna go there. We just are. I quit worrying about it a while ago. Tryin hard to not attract a p*rn spammer and maintain a PG-13 rating and that's about it.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-90606148264237192222009-05-13T00:18:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:18:00.000-04:00Jo said:
I love the holiday flavors of Baskin Rob...Jo said:<br /><br /><I>I love the holiday flavors of Baskin Robbins too, especially the pumpkin at Thanksgiving!<br /></I>Ummmm...Pumkin. I forgot about the pumkin ice cream. Yummmm.<br /><br />And I'm with you Jo. I'm thinkin "allergic" is one of the new trendy things to diagnose. I look kinda squinty eyed when they tell people they can't feed their babies anything but stuff made in a lab. (frowny face) Once again, there I go, trusting cows more than chemists.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-49624796605510870002009-05-13T00:15:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:15:00.000-04:00P226 said:
You Banditas are BAD.
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You just no...P226 said:<br /><br /><I>You Banditas are BAD.<br /></I>...<br /><br />You just now noticin' that? ;0)Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-44478575368900220692009-05-13T00:14:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:14:00.000-04:00Jo said:
we always stopped at the Woolworth halfw...Jo said:<br /><br /><I>we always stopped at the Woolworth halfway home and indulged in a scoop of ice cream. I still remember the fun of sitting on those stools up at the counter. Everything tasted better from that spot!<br /></I>OH, the Woolworth counter! I haven't thought of that in YEARS! Those were the BEST ice cream counters. Has anyone ever heard the Nancy Griffith song (also recorded by Kathy Mattea) <I>Love at the Five & Dime</I>?<br /><br />It's a great song, and she wrote it about a girl who worked in a Woolworth's store...<br /><br /><I>Rita was fifteen years<br />Hazel eyes and chestnut hair<br />She made the Woolworth counter shine<br /><br />Eddie was a sweet romancer<br />And a darn good dancer<br />They'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime....</I>GREAT song. I miss those old soda fountains.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-39339217643098915282009-05-13T00:10:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:10:00.000-04:00JoMama said:
Yummmmy, ice cream. I'm the plaid, d...JoMama said:<br /><br /><I>Yummmmy, ice cream. I'm the plaid, dyed in the wool vanilla freak ice cream lover. And of course, I must mix it with my favorite PEPSI to make a delish float.<br /></I>... <br /><br />Nuthin wrong with vanilla Jo. Nuthin ahtall. PEPSI? Well..okay...I concede that Pepsi MIGHT make an acceptable float. ;0pCassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-69928152928404792009-05-13T00:07:00.000-04:002009-05-13T00:07:00.000-04:00Jeanne said:
Hey Becke! Rocky Road, eh? Good stuf...Jeanne said:<br /><br /><I>Hey Becke! Rocky Road, eh? Good stuff. I know Cassondra's keeping a tally. :> <br /></I>Ha! Cassondra has lost count. Cassondra did not count on the overwhelming response to the subject of ice cream!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-59657663151656147812009-05-12T23:59:00.000-04:002009-05-12T23:59:00.000-04:00Treethyme said:
My son and his girlfriend introd...Treethyme said:<br /><br /><I> My son and his girlfriend introduced me to Cold Stone Creamery a few months ago. That place is currently my sin of choice (well, one of them).</I>Oh yes, the Sin of Choice. The SOC. Oh, yes. I like this new acronym. Indeed I do.<br /><br />And I like your Sin of Choice. Indeed. I don't like the price of the ice cream, but I do like eating it. <br /><br />Sin Of Choice. I'm going to find a way to use that in normal conversation. That's a good one.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-46298154266979005462009-05-12T23:56:00.000-04:002009-05-12T23:56:00.000-04:00Pink Peony said:
The reefer temps were at +3 abov...Pink Peony said:<br /><br /><I>The reefer temps were at +3 above zero. B&J quality control folks said we couldn't deliver it because it was 3 degrees higher than they deemed "safe"...they sent men out in lab coats and stuck thermometers in some of the ice cream and decided that they didn't want to chance it.</I>...<br /><br />No WAY! Three degrees above zero was not cold enough? No WAY! They threw it away? OMG! <br /><br />Well, I guess if you're in the food business, safety is important, but three above is really cold. This, I do not understand. <br /><br />So Pink Peony, are you in the trucking business? I don't think I ever knew that.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-63045679257714169952009-05-12T23:51:00.000-04:002009-05-12T23:51:00.000-04:00Virginia said:
Those Brownie Earthquakes from DQ ...Virginia said:<br /><br /><I>Those Brownie Earthquakes from DQ are pretty great. Just a soft serve cone is good to if the soft serve has some flavor some of it doesn't have a good vanilla flavor.<br /></I>...<br /><br />OH. My. Gosh. I've never seen a Brownie Earthquake. But with a name like that, it's got to be good. <br /><br />And you are so right. Fast food cones are sub-standard. Sometimes mealy, and sometimes just sweet, but with no actual flavor. Flavor is required. It just is.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-16557482791097593842009-05-12T23:45:00.000-04:002009-05-12T23:45:00.000-04:00Jeanne said:
I want Gaffney, SC peaches, like RI...Jeanne said:<br /><br /><I> I want Gaffney, SC peaches, like RIGHT NOW. You can't come up that mountain road from Greenville to Asheville w/o stopping and buying. If you drive with the windows down through Traveller's Rest you can smell them...ahhhhhhhh. <br /></I>Oh, MAN! I want to experience this. Fresh peaches are one of the most amazing things in the universe. It might come very close to being my favorite food. I wouldn't say it IS my favorite, but it would come close.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.com