Ben got some brownie points last night. Not only did he walk with me to Haagen Dazs so I can get my ice cream fix (he didn't get any ice cream), but when we got back, he immediately did the dishes for me without me even asking or appearing tired! The last time he did dishes without me asking was when I was looking exhausted.

I feel tired and low in sugar, but at the same time I feel stuffed. The same thing happened yesterday, and I ended up taking a nap while Ben cooked dinner for us.

I made egg custard tarts last night from a recipe from http://chinesefood.about.com/od/dimsumrecipes/r/eggcustard.htm. It was super easy, especially since I used frozen puff pastry instead of rolling my own. It turned out pretty well, although not as deep as I'd like. Next time I'll just have to make a bigger circle to make the tarts taller ( Read more... )

My new toys for the honeymoon ( Read more... )

So my mom came up Friday night for my bridal shower. It was great, lots of people showed up, including guys! The guys were supposed to be BBQing on the roof while their significant others attend the shower in the pub room. But the weather forecast was not looking so good for a rooftop gathering, so they gathered in the pub room instead and ( Read more... )

So I've always known in the back of my mind not to trust the ethnic food from company operated cafeterias, not that I've learned from experience. Today I was in the mood for soup (like the other 99% of the time), and the thought of something hot and sour is especially enticing lately. The soup of the day in the cafeteria is Hot and Sour Soup. I' ( Read more... )

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51558-2005Feb24.html

No encryption for new e-passports (RFID):
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66686,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

Attacks on RFID's:
http://rfidanalysis.org/

And the government is wasting time on this, it's a good idea only if they listen to the experts.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66695,00.html

Well, this week I've worked a total of 4 hours. I've had the flu since the weekend. Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so we had that day off. Tuesday I went in the morning, coughed up a storm in the office, then came home finally around 2, hope I didn't get any of my coworkers sick. Wednesday I still couldn't go in. Thursday we had off ( Read more... )

I don't usually comment, but that article enraged me. So I sent in the following comment to Wired.com:

Why are we annoyed by cell phone users but not by other strangers carrying on a conversation? Is the real purpose and motivation REALLY to curb noise? Or is it because we're nosy? If the real purpose is to curb noise, then there should be "No ( Read more... )