This day officially sucks. 500 euros for inspection for my car. I was overdue so apparently I have to pay more. Because surely my car suddenly became extremely unsafe the very next day ( Read more... )

Proof that the world is a tiny marble: My Zumba instructor is from Peru and was very excited that I was there. I usually have class on Monday, but since I missed the last few times she took me along to another class of hers today. Then we had this conversation ( Read more... )

In true tradition of Sunday cooking, I've got chicken stock boiling right now. An actual whole chicken and vegetables cooking slowly for two hours, no cubes or powder. I've never made it like that from scratch, so wish me luck. I need it for making Carapulcra. The last time I was in Peru, I dragged back two kilos of dried potatoes for that.
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I try cooking something fancy each Sunday. And by that I do not mean putting a three course meal in the microwave, which some people seem to think qualifies as cooking. I cook during the week, too, but usually something quicker. On Saturday, one of the tv stations shows a mini marathon of Jamie Oliver's 30 minutes recipes show. I tried out some ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of getting an Oyster card for London. I don't know if it's worth it, though. I'm staying for two days after Camp where I expect I'll travel around a lot (plus the initial trip from the airport to the center at the beginning of Camp). Plus potential future trips, although none of those are planned yet. Does anyone have any experience ( Read more... )

Dear Apple: Please stop showing little children using your ipad to learn how to write in your commercials. I can imagine absolutely no reason why children should already be trained to stare at a computer screen all day ( Read more... )

Today I held the door open for a woman going in when I was going out. I even waited till she was through before I went. Not only did she not thank me, she didn't even look at me, just breezed by. Way to fail at basic etiquette. Reminds me of an incident a few weeks back. We have an open bookcase in town, where you can leave unwanted books and/or ( Read more... )

You know what I'd like? An archive where people can post their stories and offer them up to (or forbid them to) be translated to other languages to be posted on the same archive under the same author - with credit to the translator, of course. This way ultimate control would still be with the author; if they don't want their stories to be online ( Read more... )

Wow. I haven't posted in three weeks. Nothing much happens in my life, so I don't have much to write about. And if something did happen, I probably wouldn't have the time to post about it. Isn't it always like that ( Read more... )

Let me start by saying that a) I like my roommate. He's a nice guy, we get along fine. And b) I'm not exactly the queen of householding myself ( Read more... )