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accidental pick-me-ups :D
Had a bit of leftover ratatouille. Thought "well, ratatouille is kind of the French edition of curry, right?" (...this is, by the way, the same thought process that has led me to invent Korean-Mexican-Iowan fusion food ( Read more... ) -
absolutely floored!
Turns out apparently the months of construction tearing up the entire street have unanticipated fringe benefits even beyond improving the sewage lines ( Read more... ) -
Today's randomosity: Biggest dog evar
strephon and juthwara? I'm afraid Carbon's been beat in the Enormous-est Dog category.
There was a guy jogging down the road. Reasonably tallish guy. Probably around 6 feet or 6'2".
The dog he had on a leash didn't come up to his hip. The dog came up past his elbow.It was built like a greyhound, all sleek and white, except it was the size of a pony. That dog had ( Read more... ) -
Bean & barley Italian wedding stew
This turned out an entire crock pot brimming full of stew so thick and stick-to-your-ribs-itive that one bowl was an entire meal, which is pretty rare in the soup realm. My estimate is that it's going to make about 8-10 meals out of one crockpot full, since 5 of us ate about half tonight and plan on eating the other half with some grilled cheese ( Read more... ) -
empirical evidence suggests: yes, cats do have a sense of dramatic irony
So for a couple weeks Bunter was going through this Phase where he'd get on top of his cat throne, spot the dangly toy, try some increasingly astonishing acrobatics to dangle himself upside down to get it, spot the end of his tail, and then the high-speed cat cirque du soleil stunts would start coming out of the woodwork ( Read more... ) -
It's like what happens when you crossbreed Frank Sinatra and Jaws
...I was amused by the thought, anyway. :D
Cooked dinner, finished cleaning for juthwara and longstrider's planned but unfortunately-snow-overridden visit, did the exercise routine, cleaned up, sacked out on the couch with the laptop, typetypetype ( Read more... ) -
Long distance tech support in reverse
So Dad always calls to ask me things about malfunctioning video-specific and music-specific software that he's got on his computer that I've never seen or heard of anywhere else? And I try to guess-blind talk him through stuff, which often doesn't work because most of the time these media software things have Kewl Uneeek Interfaces of Kewlness (aka ( Read more... ) -
Easy steel-cut oatmeal breakfasts for a week
'Cause I keep forgetting to write it down for Kath... AB's version is nice, but I hate that the oatmeal always scorches in the bottom of the crockpot and then takes forever to get out. This version is scorch-free and scour-free! And the great thing about this version for a single person is that from one night's prep you get most of a week's instant ( Read more... ) -
Wii balance board = new cat bed
So I have a Wii (wooooot!). My first ever gaming console -- purchased 75% for the purpose of getting exercise in a method that changes from session to session and is therefore less prone to "omg I have DONE THIS SAME THING SOOOO MANY TIMES NOW" than your standard static DVD ( Read more... ) -
Dangerously awesome foodie website
http://www.naturesflavors.com/I found them while looking for flower flavorings (violet, jasmine, etc) in a form that didn't come preloaded with sugar like Monin's flower syrups ( Read more... )