Heat equal parts butter and olive oil over low heat. Add garlic, crushed red chile pepper to taste, and bruscetta seasoning (or, you know, actual sun-dried tomatoes and basil). Bring heat up to medium-high, cook shrimp in butter and oil mixture until almost done. Add cooked sausage (I had leftover cooked Italian sausage in the fridge). Add ( Read more... )

I'm kinda proud of myself. On the way back from the gym, I was tempted to stop and buy something I could eat quick. But I remembered I still had some of that chicken stock I made last week in the fridge, as well as all the chicken meat. I needed to use the stock soon anyway, since it's been almost a week since I made it. (Most of it went in the ( Read more... )

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Dear Tammy the masseuse,

I love you. That is all.

Signed, scathachdhu

Once again, no measurements...I'll learn one day, I swear.

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Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest, has been hit by the global credit crunch so badly that it has issued a memorandum to senior executives telling them that brothel visits and adult channels in hotel rooms cannot be claimed on expenses ( Read more... )

No, I'm not off work yet, but soon. SOON.

In the meantime, I saw this meme around:

Give me a subject and I'll tell you my five favorites of it.

Ripley: "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure ( Read more... )

I officially love bevmo.com.

I want rum. I don't want to spend more than $20 on it. So what do I do?

I go to the site. Click on rum. Click on $10-$20. Click on Club Bev for the stuff that's on special.

Bacardi Limón for $10.99? SOLD.

And since I've specified the store near my house, I can see whether or not it's in stock. Unf.

I managed to limit myself to 3 kinds--Sour Cherry Berry, Mango Passionfruit and Caribbean Jazz (papaya, black and red currants, raisins, bilberries, elderberries, raspberries and strawberries). I've had two already; I'm letting some mango passionfruit steep now. It's loose tea, so I need to be careful not to use too much at a time. They sell ( Read more... )