1 cup dry lentils (set to a boil, then a simmer with a hunk of red onion and clove of minced garlic and a few springs parsley/dry parsley ( Read more... )

Craving salty ( Read more... )

Website tells why http://www.shapefit.com/best-snacks.htmlRead more... )

I've put myself in a place where I feel like I've lost (or perhaps abandoned) the friendship of a number of people, all because there are some members of the group I don't care for. It's odd because it's not really one group, it's a number of intersecting groups of people ( Read more... )

So mom and dad got in to town Monday night, and we met up with my friends Mary and Neils and their daughter and went to an italian restaurant, Biaggi's. I tried something new this time, the grilled mahi-mahi with smashed potatoes and some sundried tomatoes and onion relish stuff. Delicious, I ate the whole thing ( Read more... )

http://www.bombingscience.com/

it's a website where you can look at pix of graffiti.

fun!

My boyfriend does not think that he can give me what I need emotionally. I made him sad ( Read more... )

There is an "association of professionals" devoted to curing homosexuality. Wow. Words can only begin to express how I feel about this. I guess some people don't believe their desires are right - their religions tell them so - and so turn to professionals like this ( Read more... )

we cannot control what other people do. We cannot control stupid bureaucracy at work (very quickly). We cannot control the weather. We cannot control interest rates, the stock market, or whether we win the lottery ( Read more... )

since none of you here at LJ do this, I'll rant here ( Read more... )