[originally posted on another network; I thought about editing, but that seems like work.]

Yesterday, I went up to the Sunday post office to mail a bunch of stuff on deadline, and once there took a wander near Union Station. I decided to go get myself a salami and egg sandwich, because it was lovely out, and Billy Goat had outdoor seating.

Much ( Read more... )

Dglenn's quote of the day was from this article about lobster; I just remembered that Mom could take a couple hours finishing one, and the economics of same is why she would always make them at home, not eat them at restaurants. That and wanting to take the time.

I brought her seafood salad a few times most recently. She would always tell me not to ( Read more... )

[crossposted from a comment on FB, then expanded]Interesting thing on the radio last night - they were taking about pressure cooker bombs, and that, to one person, implied not-local, as pressure cookers aren't much used in the US. Admittedly most of my memories of them involve artichokes, but I'd always thought pressure cookers were standard ( Read more... )

I'm wearing purple today, although I quite often wear purple anyway, because of the purple solidarity thing re bullying ( Read more... )

So it came to be that I spent about 4 hours yesterday Thursday opting to move about in the world with my eyes closed. A patch over one eye for unexciting reasons* made it much more comfortable to have both eyes closed anyway, and apparently served as somewhat of a signal to others ( Read more... )

It's 2am again!
I left Hollywood East at like 11:20. I got home before midnight. I sat down in my coat in front of the computer and vaguely did some work and then pretty much read LJ and the NYTimes. I did not do the work I'd thought about doing. I did not do anything to clean the apartment (I did put out the trash) I did not straighten. I did ( Read more... )