the back burner

Blame the instant coffee, which is never good no matter how you take it. Soy is rather tasty I think.

Never listen a mexican.
Juanito no tienes razon.
Soy is of the devil. Anyone who tells you different is selling you something.

Carrie, you don't need to be so hard on yourself..

I SO didn't get that at first. :)

Blame both. Yuck. That's nasty.

And I will consent to the idea that I am weird, but I won't consent to the idea that you aren't. ;-)

Never underestimate the time that you and God have together...ALONE. I find that time to be pretty productive myself...not because of me though :)

Ev has a point..about weirdness...not about soy

OM has a weight room?!!?!?!?!?! Wow, another opportunity missed.

I SO still don't get it.

And just for the record, I think soy and instant coffee have their place in my life. Just not in the same cup.

ALONE? That word still makes me want to throw up. Another sign of my social dependency/idolatry. Good point, "Smokey."

Well, Carrie was using some pretty bad spanglish. "Soy" means "I am" in Spanish. So I read her sentence as "I am of the devil." I didn't think she needed to claim that anymore, since she is a renewed child of God.

Its funny because it could be interpreted as such, but I was saying "Soy" as in "soy milk".
I didn't catch the double meaning due to possible interpretation of the use of "soy" as spanglish.

I'm all about double meanings. It's the punster in me. :)

ok, carrie don't know if you will read this...but i didn't post that first comment, sorry. all of this confusion could have been avoided. do you really see me standing up for soy??? heck, no...give me my good ole glass of whole milk, and nothing less...no substitutes, no wannabees. anyway, if we want to get technical, which we do, even if you did use the spanglish interpretation it would translate to "i am is of the devil", which doesn't make sense. anywho...

does spanglish ever make sense?

John-juan: I was going to mention that to Sarah . . . but then she could start rattling off how spanglish has influenced some sort of latin-american indie band and how they've influenced the underground something or other is the depths of somewhere and how they are in some sort of left-wing conspiracy to take over the world.
And you DID say "Soy is rather tasty I think."
So, yes, I did see you standing up for soy (milk).

But that was otter-john, not juan-john, who endorsed soy milk. (No, I am not claiming to be a beverage.)

I think that was juan-john's point.

How do you know it was otter and not juanito?
He usually signs his name "otter".

And it John-Juan, not Juan-john. Think "Don Juan", but not. :)

I am helplessly confused now. I mean, the John who said "soy is very tasty" is Otter (I say this because clicking on his name directs you to Otter's blog). John G. the "Mexican" noted that he is a different John. I feel that this distinction is rather obvious, but somehow it is being missed in the conversation?

At least, this is what I got out of the exchange. Besides some pretty strong distaste for soy milk....

Oh..... I didn't know you could click on the name to be directed to a blog or website.

I am helplessly clueless now.

ACTUALLY, you're not clueless. You just got clued. In fact, you're (virtually) surrounded by people who are (apparently) FULL of clues! Hooray for people named John and people who speak Spanish! Ay-yi-yi! Fiesta! Break out the Tequila!

Anyway, horrible linguistic and racial stereotypes aside, I just wanted to say that my sister's boyfriend's last name is Sooy, but it's pronounced like soy. SO he, at least, can say:

"Soy Sooy. Sooy Soy."

...and that makes me very content with the world.

my reaction, upon following this discussion twofold:
"mmm. tequila..."
and
"I was so with you on the Soy Sooy thing. and with the subsequent contentment with the world."

Wonderful.
Great.
I SO wish this conversation wasn't virtual.

I love John Juan. I love whole milk.

Our children will thank us.

The results are in... Link-of-the-day award goes to EVAN! In case you didn't notice, the url Evan entered sheds a lot of light on the gravity of this whole soy issue.

It's important, people.

Click on his name.

"I love John Juan. . . .Our children will thank us."

Evan . . . ummm . . . I don't see how you loving John-Juan will be condusive (sp???) to child-bearing.

Was that a request for an encore? Ok, then...

it's more like their shared commitment to whole-milk products will be conducive to their future child-siring (is that a word)... with other people.

like, with wives.

wonder what caffeine does to people?

Y'all are a mess.

OF COURSE caffeine makes one both super fertile/virile AND highly attractive to the opposite sex. Of course. (Hence the push for caffeinated soap)

Sarah, you're exactly right! Fertile, virile, AND motile. But apparently only for men.

So, in conclusion, everyone... drink real coffee (NOT decaf!) with real whole milk.

ok, i gotta be honest- evan, when i read that last post and followed the link, i cracked up. as in laughed out loud, made people look, had to remember to sit up. Fair play.