I'm sitting out at the table in the yard again, and my right ear is hearing the non-freaked boxer dog snoring on his dog bed, and my left ear is hearing D doing science class with the kids* and if there's something *I* envy it's grapefruits on the tree in back and oranges on the tree in front and cripes fresh grapefruits might as well be made of ( Read more... )

Not that it makes much difference to me, working outside the beltway and all, but the last day of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is not Sunday but in fact Monday ( Read more... )

1) Resolved: That in a committed relationship one has responsibility /to one’s mate/ to take care of oneself as best as one can, in order to lessen the risk one’s mate will be left alone due to an otherwise preventable death.(Obviously people still get hit by buses, and the debate resolution as written above attempts to differentiate between the ( Read more... )

1) (just now) Italian sausage, especially from work cafe? Not worth the calories. I think I like vegetables far better than meat, and would have been happier with the lean cuisine in the freezer than with this load of fat and starch and overcooked sortagreen.

2) That said, the masala potato chips badmagic gave me were great, as was last night' dinner of ( Read more... )

Or something like that. Er.
Actually more in lieu of content.

But I have no idea how I came across this analysis of One Day at a Time and its theme song, but I found it fascinating.

In other news, had a very late lunch with madbodger, who was in the area for reasons obscure. We went to Silver Diner, which I am happy to say has revamped their menu and ( Read more... )

Healthy Choice Portabella Parmesan Risotto ( ingredients, almost all of which one would find in a kitchen )

Signalboost: Remember how I went up to Bostonish back at Thanksgiving for-to join my friend Mary for a vegan/gluten-free/soy&peanut-free Tday feast? I don't remember how much I wrote about it, but beyond not having seen Mary for several years and hence being wonderful just on that count, the food was Gorgeous. And some of it I'd never have ( Read more... )

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How can it already be Wednesday? And most of 2p?

Too much to write, but stuff is so often overtaken by events.

For want of other inspiration (as I am so very tired), I'm going to post those pics from thisiswhyyourefat.com


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1) further to The elderly frappuccino story, I foraged in the front of the florida fridge (this is where they live and found some veggie sushi. Ate a carrot sushi. Wondered why it tasted fermented. Best before 8/10. Brought it over to show Dad, who decided he liked the fermenty taste (admittedly, so had I before I realized its cause), ate a ( Read more... )