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Travel plans
I'm finally taking a vacation, my first this year ( Read more... ) -
TV, Writing and Relationships
I admit it: I like the show Castle on ABC. I won't stay home for it, but I will leave the TV on after Dancing with the Stars for it. I think it's because I'm in the literary field and it's nice to see my profession on TV ( Read more... ) -
Why the telephone is still a useful object
I have been trying for the past two years to participate in the local power company's (NV Energy) Cool Share program. I call, they come out, and every time I learn a new thing about my heating system. First they tell me the AC's broken. Then it's the heating. Then they don't have the right thermostat. Then it's the White Roger thermostat ( ( Read more... ) -
Random stuff
I made another Indian dish the other day, came out ok, but need to use stick cinnamon next time. Here's a pic:
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I have joined the collective
I have created a World of Warcraft character ( Read more... ) -
Cooking!
I was inspired by danae and redcoat668 to post my newest cooking experiment: Indian!
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New month, new employee!
So our new employee, Ethan, started today. I got to train him, and the three of us (me, Jan my boss, and Ethan went to lunch together. It was nice. We may have to translate our office interface, I'll be talking with our programmer about it ( Read more... ) -
Gazpacho
I made gazpacho yesterday and used the herbs from my garden! Ok, not quite that successfully: the recipe called for 1 TBS, I had maybe 1 tsbp of fresh chives. Still tasted good, though.
We hired a new proofreader, who starts tomorrow and will help us reduce our backlog of articles to review. Yay! Now I'm a manager both in title and function.
