I Dealt With my CSA box today. This included a painful purge of the veggies that went grotty last weekend while I was down with the stomach flu.

What I cooked today / recently:
-Basil pesto
-Italian sweet-and-sour cocktail onions-Cauliflower with Indian spices (heeng zeere ki gobi - Madhur Jaffrey's recipe ( Read more... )

Ancient Chinese form letter to apologize for one's public drunkenness
Here's a taste:
Getting hideously drunk at a dinner party and embarrassing yourself is certainly nothing new. As far back as the 9th Century, the beautifully named 'Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette' insisted that local officials use the following letter template (dated 856) when ( Read more... )

Possibly the most f*cked up Cake Wreck EVER:
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-suzy-needs-therapy.html
[Safe for work, if your workplace won't fire you for seeing a doll/baby baked into a cake]

Made me laugh - I just did a major wallet reorg and it was insane how thin it was after:


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Bento lunches - ( I'm stuck in a rut, but it's a very tasty rut. )

My (not) exciting weekend: ( some minutia summed up below the cut )

Did you read a bunch of science fiction novels growing up? I did, but I only recognize about 1/4 of the books in the following links. Still, I ROTFL'ed ( Read more... )

This made me laugh:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking [Ben and Jerry's] to begin using breast milk in its products instead of cow's milk, saying it would reduce the suffering of cows and calves and give ice cream lovers a healthier product.

... well, I WAS concerned about having too much milk in the freezer ... not

My mother commenting on Sarah Palin's speech at the RNC: "GAG ( Read more... )

This is the funniest thing I've seen in over a week:
Oops - wrong Walter Reed