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morning juxtaposition
1. I read that a friend of mine is enjoying Alexa (Amazon Echo) and leaving her in "always listening" mode.
2. http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1186 -
winter is coming
We've once again reached the time of year where I'm acceptably warm with the heat on, two sweaters, a mug of tea, and my laptop warming my legs, and a certain husband from Ottawa is glaring at the thermostat and shedding clothing. -
old.
There is a 30th Anniversary re-mastered (digital) version of Ghostbusters playing in Toronto right now. I...think this was the first movie I saw in an actual movie theatre? Also it was on the schedule of the best LSC sci-fi marathon ever. Checked my mail archives, and I believe I projected The Matrix and Aliens for that one. -
draft submitted
Brought to you by the words "Ritter" and "Sport." Oh, and probably also "Starbucks." Now I get to go catch up on errands and pay some ginormous library fines. -
argh
If I ever utter the words, "open-plan workspaces sound like a great idea!" please bonk me on the head. -
frivolous things
Last night I made a favorite recipe, Israeli couscous with roasted tomato sauce. There's something about it (probably the roasted garlic/tomatoes) that pretty much immediately triggers a pleasure response that precludes all rational thought. Since it's not nice to be selfish, here is the recipe. The only change I make is to cook the couscous ( Read more... ) -
cookies, chocolate, and sony reader
This weekend I will be celebrating the upcoming holidays in my manner of preference: baking things. D wants either ginger-molasses cookies or gingerbread men (which in our case means either Ninjabread Men or airplanes given our cutter selection), so he will likely be in charge of those, and I found a very interesting recipe for clementine rum ( Read more... ) -
medical fun + museum trouble
Last year I had some stomach problems for a few months that I figured out were probably symptoms of lactose intolerance, so I quit eating dairy, aside from the special lactaid stuff. I mentioned this to my doctor at my yearly checkup a few weeks ago, and she suggested I take an "easy test" to confirm that lactose was the problem. I went in to the ( Read more... )