Or that involve a lot of cooking–the baked Ziti really is the end and the beginning

Posted by Lizzie on 02/09/05

Last night, the BOOG 1) helped assemble an enormous IKEA entertainment center we’d liberated from our friends, then 2) replaced the interior liquid crystal screen on our laptop all by his lonesome in something like 47 minutes. (We’d kicked it on the floor, apparently a no-no.) The BOOG desPISES Macs, because you need a “Mac Tool” to replace iPods, whereas for IBM you can apparently just order shit on eBay and replace it with directions posted by some techie in Sweden or something. It really was easier than assembling the entertainment center, which threatened to dowel us into oblivion. Our point is, we’re not sure what we can possibly offer in return….baked Ziti? A carton of Marlboros? Our skills are limited. Feel free to suggest ideas that don’t make us seem like a big whore.

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  1. the “friends” link doesn’t work.

    Comment by Anonymous — 2/9/2005 @ 2:00 pm

  2. I usually get my husband roses and a six-pack of his favorite fancy beer. (Of course, what he wants is a Ducati. Sadly he is loved by a woman of limited means.)

    So roses and a carton of Marbies?

    Also, I don’t know how geeky the BOOG is but I have found good gifts on http://www.thinkgeek.com.

    Comment by CAAF — 2/9/2005 @ 2:09 pm

  3. So, I’m assuming you can’t offer them sex? In that case, a bottle of booze– perhaps tequila with a couple of fresh limes . .?

    Comment by bluepoppy — 2/9/2005 @ 2:15 pm

  4. i vote for cookies. not homemade cookies of any sort because that’s a lot of work, but maybe some Nutter Butters, because who doesn’t love nutter butters?

    Comment by jodi — 2/9/2005 @ 2:18 pm

  5. Ahhhhh…cookies and gadgets!!!!!! I’m going to have to use Froogle to find the absolute LOWEST PRICE lest I earn scorn fore’er, but that glowing keyboard looks AWESOME.

    Comment by Old Hag — 2/9/2005 @ 3:08 pm

  6. my husband, who believes that he doesn’t deserve me anyway — and i can only assume that the BOOG feels the same way about you, ms. hag — just about plotzed when i made him a cheesecake, which is much easier than you might think as long as you own a springform pan.

    of course, it’s not as easy as oral gratification — which is totally not whorish in the context of a loving, committed relationship.

    take your pick.

    Comment by jessica — 2/9/2005 @ 4:02 pm

  7. Well, of course I read that as “Take your….”

    Comment by Old Hag — 2/9/2005 @ 4:27 pm

  8. Inquiring minds would like to know. . . what in the hell is a springform pan? because i think i might need to get me one, just to say i have one.

    Comment by jodi — 2/9/2005 @ 5:03 pm

  9. springform pan.
    I am repressing the blancmange joke.

    Comment by max — 2/9/2005 @ 5:53 pm

  10. candlesticks, chip’n'dip set, potpourri, gift certificate to the Body Shop…the possibilities are endless.

    Comment by Jimmy Beck — 2/10/2005 @ 11:08 am

  11. Food.

    Really, I’ve never known a man to be anything less than gushingly appreciative when food is presented his way. Particularly if it appeals to base carnivorous instinct.

    Comment by Ed — 2/10/2005 @ 2:55 pm

  12. So baked ziti with a dripping leg of lamb?

    Comment by CAAF (yet again) — 2/10/2005 @ 3:20 pm

  13. As long as it’s Linux, I think I can serve it.

    Comment by Old Hag — 2/10/2005 @ 3:25 pm

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