The thing about this message board is that everybody is walking on eggnog.

We just slammed some nog.
Saw the crappier all-american corn syrup version at the store.
Couldn't help it.

Gary would totally call himself a candy-slammer! Many jokes are made about it in our home!
I would call myself a chip slammer
there's no shame in slamming, it's just gross (<--joke)
Or like one time I came in from the store, like Joey describes, and I turned around to put the cereal in the cupboard, and when I turned back around Gary had the soy nog carton open and was just chugging it.
CHUGGING IT. Like it was a glass of water and he'd just been on a run.
I screamed, and he was just like "what?"
Now when I bring nog home I remind him not to chug it because other people want some
I don't think it is something a person is ashamed of, is it? It's a different style of enjoying food, and some of us can scream in horror and others of us can indulge in it

Special report:
I went to the store and they didn't even have Skor bars.
Only had Heath bars and also the ice cream mentioned above.
Oh well.
No nog either.
I am pretty sure we didn't have Heath bars when I was a kid. Only Skor. There were some Hershey products but not many. Not super popular. I remember Halloween bags with all the Hershey stuff left over at the bottom uneaten. Most of the candy we ate was Cadbury (Chunchie! Caramilk! Aero, in original, mint and orange flavor!) and Nestlé products (Coffee Crisp! Smarties!).
I didn't know Skor was a Hershey product until today.
When I was a kid I thought Hershey chocolate tasted like barf and one day I read that the reason why the taste seems off to some people is because they basically burn the milk when they make their milk chocolate. The European way of making milk chocolate involves using milk powder, it is added in such a way that you don't taste it as much.
Better explanation here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_chocolate

Crossing thread lines...
http://www.grassfedrecipes.com/eggnog-recipe.html
http://www.food.com/recipe/eggnog-peanut-butter-cookies-402376
I think I'm going to give the cookies a shot tomorrow if I can find some nog. I'll let you know.

god a bourbony nog would go down smooth right now
wee sprinkle of nutmeg
toasty fireplace fire
you know what i prefer to nog though is MULLED WINE
total Game of Thrones style beverage!!!

Dude!
That's easy! You don't need eggnog for that, I can basically make that for you right now.

mornings of egg nog french toast will happen.

I am pretty sure we get nog in October here.
"Golden Glenn Creamery" or something.
Really thick and nutmeg-y.
(not that good)

Who let the nogs out.

Pumpkin spice lattes are here. They are a harbinger of nog.

No way, I bet nog doesn't show up until at least November. MY CALL

Summer is officially over. The only time you can't eat nog.
I bet nog is coming soon because I see all the weird gross pumpkin beer everywhere. The pumpkin beer is upon us!
This brewery in Brooklyn went to CASCADIA to get some wet hops for their pumpkin beer. (I have not tried).

Oh, thanks Joey! That is very thoughtful of you. But I think I'm finally ready.
Can't wait for that nog.

DAMN Y'ALL
where my nog at??
"Where my soy nog."
SOY NOG WITH BOURBON I'M LOOKING FOR YOU

YES YES YES
You beat me to it!
I really wanted to start this thread again asap but I didn't want to upset Alex who seemed to be enjoying the summer a lot.
NO NOG YET.

Traditions.
I haven't seen any yet.

The group Wild Flag (Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, Mary Timony, and Rebecca from The Minders) are making a music video in Portland this weekend.
It will be directed by Tom Scharpling of The Best Show on WFMU (the greatest radio show/podcast on planet earth). He has directed some pretty great videos for Ted Leo, The New Pornographers, and Titus Andronicus in the last year.
They are looking for some folks to be in the video.
They will be filming on Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd.
Email wildflagvideo@gmail.com

We called our Denny's "The Fourth Dimension", but I can't remember why.
I think hallucinogens were involved?

Everything in modern society seems to cause cancer. But it also doesn't. But also it does. http://www.jonbarron.org/alternative-cancer/historic-growth-rates-of-cancer
"We also know quite convincingly, and all nonsensical prehistoric arguments aside, that the incidence of cancer has increased dramatically over the last century."
I mean, it's probably wise to do most things in moderation rather than in excess. Obviously using cell phones less will most likely be better for you than using them more. I hate talking on the phone anyway, so I only have it next to my head for a couple of minutes max every day. I would hate to have a landline. I prefer texting and "online chatting" to phone talking.
However, the WHO study says "possibly carcinogenic to humans." Which is much different than saying "cell phones give you hella cancer".
Here's a couple of dissenting viewpoints:
http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN11/wn052011.html
"Caller: do you use a wired earphone? BP: No. Caller: would it be too much trouble? BP: No. Caller: Wouldnt you be safer? BP: No. Caller: How do you know? BP: Quantum physics; all cancers are caused by mutant strands of DNA. Electromagnetic radiation can't create mutant strands of DNA unless the frequency is at or higher than the blue limit of the visible spectrum the near-ultraviolet. The frequency of cell phone radiation is about 1 million times too low."
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/06/01/why-im-still-not-worried-about-my-cell-phone-hurting-my-brain/
"You may also wish to note what other things are categorized as Group 2B possible carcinogens, including gasoline, pickled vegetables, and (GASP!) coffee."
Also, some people who smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day live to be 100, while some people who live super healthy lifestyles die randomly and unexpectedly in their 40s. UNFAIR!
I guess the moral of my story is:
1) We will all die, sooner or later.
2) Hopefully we won't get cancer.
3) Try to live a healthy lifestyle as much as possible, but don't have any less fun because of it.
4) I don't like talking on the phone very much anyway.