For years I've been corresponding with people from Furrin Parts--Australia, Europe, Cananada, Back East (between the Miss. river and the eastern seaboard), Texas (warrants a mention all its own), New York (ditto)...and most of those places, come wintertime, have it far worse than us. We have occasional snow, once a winter or so. We have rain (well ( Read more... )

...the "six mini myths" episode that aired recently. In it is a test of whether people actually DO know the back of their hands like, well, the back of their hands. Fine, good scientific technique (as far as I paid attention), good sample size, etc ( Read more... )

The guy who does this comic HERE (NSFW if your coworkers are fast readers) included a kind of editorial the other day that echoed a lot of my own beliefs. I'll quote it here (WITH permission, natch):

TL;DR version: I’m a liberal moderate who likes guns. I support some social services, and oppose others. I’m anti-war at this time, although I do ( Read more... )

They took ours away years ago, and I miss them ( Read more... )

The Walmart ad I'm looking at features an appeal to make a difference for hungry families. Fighting hunger together. One in six Americans struggle with hunger. You can help other families. Working together for hunger relief ( Read more... )

Nor the veep debate, nor the debate before that. I've read accounts that called last night a draw, accounts that (while clearly partisan) proclaimed O won, and accounts that expressed disbelief at the unprofessional conduct of everyone down to the tech crew ( Read more... )

It is RAINING! Fill the mead cup and drain the barrel, wassail, wassail! Huzzah!

...that regular, red tomatoes are too orangey-red inside to really carry off the "bloody" theme, but mix a few purple heirloom tomatoes into it and the sink starts looking like a gory mess.

Last weekend Grey and I got into the car and drove into town JUST to buy a fast-food meal from a burger stand.

Yesterday I actually paid MONEY for zucchini, compounding it. I feel so...dirty(We did plant zucchini but harvested not a single squash ( Read more... )

Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don’t use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of.

pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers, sandwich makers, pastry brushes, cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam ( Read more... )