In one of the less harmful but more stupid things they have done, PETA suggests a new, not quite vegetarian, product - CloFu - Tofu mixed with George Clooney's sweat: http://environment.about.com/b/2009/03/13/

"The Vegetable-Industrial Complex" - the source of this post's title.

Also: a black cat crossed my path on the way to work today. Or maybe it was really charcoal...I think it was just running to get out of the rain as soon as possible, not to send my day swirling into the pits of hell. We'll find out, I guess ;)

Sometimes I have something I will call "olfactory hallucinations." Like right now, I am almost positively smelling spicy curly fries. How do I know they are curly? I just do.

Sometimes, even doing the things you want to be doing can seem like a really frustrating pain in the ass ( Read more... )

I've been thinking back on the month of December in the Netherlands sort of wistfully the past few days. I missed the Sinterklaas celebration (Dec. 5) and I miss the food, the decorations, the people and the traditions of the Christmas and New Year's holidays there. If I were there, having no car wouldn't be the pain it is here, and I probably ( Read more... )

My old boss stopped in front of my office door this afternoon. I looked up and greeted him with a "Hi." He looked more intensely at me, and said: "You have a cold, too." I had actually just realized that this was why I had been feeling so sluggish all day, and it was obviously physically apparent to others at this point as well ( Read more... )

Off to bed, but I have something to report first. I harvested today. Two red tomatoes, with more on the way!!!

I'm thrilled, really ;) Time to make fresh tomato, basil and mozzarella salad ;) Mmmm.

Although I'm trying to make this entry informative, I'll probably drift off on a few tangents before I'm done. Maybe subheadings will help.

Fennel An underused and underappreciated vegetable, in my opinion. I suppose it's an acquired taste. I need to eat more fennel. A few years ago I made...I believe it was tilapia with a sauce of fennel, tomato ( Read more... )

It's a rainy, gloomy day and I'm sitting here eating wasabi peas and rice crackers. Ooh, that was a strong one; had to jump up and down to shake it off. But yeah, I've been on the computer waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much. Not healthy, but fun sometimes. Especially if you're chatting with fun people. Of course, all of this makes me want to get cable ( Read more... )

Today was, all in all, not bad. I talked to a (new) friend of mine and the whole Saturday-fun-plan's being cancelled was explained. Still, he seemed a bit down, which was understandable, but I hope for him won't last too long ( Read more... )