this one's a doozy!

[bluestarliz]

George Bush is engaged in a reading battle with Karl Rove. Apparently, Dubya is at 60 books this year, while Rove lags with only 50. Did Rove fail to tell Bush that Little Golden Books don't count?

My paid account has expired. Boohoo

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[revjim]

What more could you want out of a bluestarliz entry?

Boobs... of course.

The reason that you don't like your pasta salad all that much is because you need to make it totally different...

Think Prosciutto, Kalamata Olives, and non-smoked Provolone cheese. Then, if you're really crazy, throw in a few tomatoes, maybe some garbanzo beans. Then... if you want to go NUTS... throw in some diced sweet pickles. A little olive oil... a touch of red wine vinegar if you must. DIVINE!

[bluestarliz]

Haha, I was waiting for you to say that! :-P

My coworkers are very un-gourmet; I simply don't care enough to make a good pasta salad for them. Sounds terrible, huh? For myself, yeah, I'd definitely go more your route: probably lemon and olive oil dressing, pine nuts, cannolini beans, parmesan... It's just lost on an office potluck though; we're talking tortilla rolls with cream cheese and salsa here.

[revjim]

Haha, I was waiting for you to say that! :-P

What do I look like, flirt on demand? I didn't know my buttons were that easy to push for you. Hmmm. Fine... I hereby refuse to flirt with you until you flirt first. And I mean good.

Ah... well.. if they aren't going to appreciate it, then there's no reason to splurge on them. Sounds perfectly acceptable if they're doing tortilla rolls.

And lemon in that salad... oooh... I hadn't thought of that. I don't usually add vinegar at all when I make it... but lemon might be JUUUUUUUUST right. Next time I'll try it.

[bluestarliz]

Aw...but I like flirting on demand! And yes, your buttons are kinda easy to push. :-P

Definitely try the lemon instead of vinegar with salads. A simple good salad is fresh baby spinach, artichoke hearts (water packed, not marinated), lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh grated parmesan.

[merita]

Pfft...he probably weasled the 0 in after the 6. His count is actually 06 Lil' Golden Books to date.

[bluestarliz]

Bwahahahah!

Good point!

[goddesschat]

Yea for Hank the Cowdog!!! My collection is currently sitting in the closet right now ::grins::

Bah. I know what you mean about roomies. After my stint in PA, never again. I still want to know how I was able to afford the entire apartment +bills on my paychecks, had two roomies who had jobs and yet.. we were always broke ::scritches head:: This does boggle my mind sometimes.

[bluestarliz]

Yeah, my roommate and I both scrape by. We're in a 3 bedroom house, but he's got two rooms (and all the closets except for 2/3rds of mine--yes, my roommate keeps stuff in my closet), and we split everything down the middle. And he eats my food. And his friends drink my beer. And he doesn't do any chores. To say nothing of his tampon-chewing dogs...

Definitely going it solo; I'm thinking I can move to Dallas proper at the beginning of November...

[goddesschat]

Awesome if you can! Gah.. male roommates are the worst ::shakes head:: My two beat the billigerant, alchie, female roomie, hands down.

Damn mooches ::grins::

[merita]

That stinks! Hate inconsiderate roomates. The 2 boys that I lived with (not counting the one I love) were always soo filthy. I'd find beyond dirty socks in couch cushions and the heartiest of smells always emerged from their rooms..And I mean hearty in a very bad way.