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Slack is down!
Revive all the old social media technologies!
Also hi, I still exist. Things are good! Find me on facebook if you know my real name. Hugs! -
Hello, I still exist
Hey look at that, it's been almost exactly a year since I last posted anything here. Hi internet! I do most of my internetting on facebook now. I do kind of miss longer-form rambling, though.
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food fun followup!
Also, did you know that Brussels sprouts in their natural state look like some kind of terrifying alien egg pod? It's true! I did not know this until I was at Trader Joe's and there were stacks of them, pulsating slightly and calling to me on the specific frequency at which I make novelty-based vegetable-purchasing decisions ( Read more... ) -
lentils, wot wot?
I made lentils and they came out right tasty. They are sort of Ethiopian-style, except that they're green rather than red or yellow lentils, and I'm eating them over rice instead of injera. It hinges on a spice mix called berbere, which normally comes in paste form; I got mine at Market Spice in Pike Place, where it was in powder form. Knowing ( Read more... ) -
Ballot initiatives: NO on 1033! and approve R71
So there's a lot of noise being made to approve Referendum 71, WA's domestic partnership deal ( Read more... ) -
nummies renummnos
Mostly for my own future reference, here's what we just put into our chiles rellenos. It came about because my New Mexican friend was excited about the presence at the supermarket of Hatch Chilis, so I bought some without a clear idea of what to do with them. Several recipes for rellenos later, here's what we ended up with ( Read more... ) -
signs
So since my brush with fundie craziness last weekend I've been thinking about what sign I would have wanted to bring if I'd had time to make one. Mostly I was thinking in terms of puns - GOD HATES SHAG with a raggedy sample of shag carpeting; GOD HATES HAGFISH which is probably why he made them so ugly. But this morning I got a better one: GOD ( Read more... ) -
One Bitch Burger, Medium-Rare: Counter-Protesting Westboro Baptist
So this morning I was wasting some time on the internet before I was going to go to Meeting, when I saw that Westboro Baptist, of "godhatesfags.com" fame, was going to be picketing a couple of churches, and some other folks had put together a counter-protest . "OMFG!" I said, "Sorry Meeting, this is way more interesting", grabbed my pride flag, ( Read more... )
