2014 NaBloPoMo: Tuesday Nov 11
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Roasted the last of the tomatoes, hot peppers and tomatillos from the garden, added onions, bell peppers, garlic and spices, prepared and canned (okay, glass jarred) three large bottles of roasted vegetable salsa (more or less this recipe, except for the not paying too much attenion to how much of everything I use) before 11 a.m. Boo yah! I deserve a medal or a vacation or a massage or something. I will have to settle for salsa, I guess.
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The internet asks, "Could you live in tiny 8 sqm (86 sq ft) flat in Paris?"
I reply, "No, no I could not." Cool what they've done with the place, though. I admire clever design, but I think I'd like, at minimum, a chair with a back, you know? When the toilet is the most inviting piece of furniture in a home, you have to ask yourself some serious questions about form and function.
And the maids for whom those rooms wre designed: what must their lives have been like?
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Did some accidental research re: what did trick-or-treaters get at Halloween during The Depression. Apparently, there were no trick-or-treaters back then. Trick-or-treating the way we think of it didn't become a 'universal' North American thing until after the 1920's. The more you know, kids.
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Tomorrow, after a ten year lead-up, The Rosetta Space Craft is scheduled to land on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. I am torn between 'really cool' and 'collosal waste of resources.' Oh science, you are a conflicting mistress.
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It was 17C here today. Lovely day for November. :D
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Roasted the last of the tomatoes, hot peppers and tomatillos from the garden, added onions, bell peppers, garlic and spices, prepared and canned (okay, glass jarred) three large bottles of roasted vegetable salsa (more or less this recipe, except for the not paying too much attenion to how much of everything I use) before 11 a.m. Boo yah! I deserve a medal or a vacation or a massage or something. I will have to settle for salsa, I guess.
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The internet asks, "Could you live in tiny 8 sqm (86 sq ft) flat in Paris?"
I reply, "No, no I could not." Cool what they've done with the place, though. I admire clever design, but I think I'd like, at minimum, a chair with a back, you know? When the toilet is the most inviting piece of furniture in a home, you have to ask yourself some serious questions about form and function.
And the maids for whom those rooms wre designed: what must their lives have been like?
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Did some accidental research re: what did trick-or-treaters get at Halloween during The Depression. Apparently, there were no trick-or-treaters back then. Trick-or-treating the way we think of it didn't become a 'universal' North American thing until after the 1920's. The more you know, kids.
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Tomorrow, after a ten year lead-up, The Rosetta Space Craft is scheduled to land on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. I am torn between 'really cool' and 'collosal waste of resources.' Oh science, you are a conflicting mistress.
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It was 17C here today. Lovely day for November. :D
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