Yesterday was my revved-up "I'm gonna accomplish something!" day.  So I set out to pull the carpet from the third bedroom (which we use as an exercise room)... a job which required clearing up rest of house so there was room to put furniture from that room, moving said furniture, then starting the dusty, gross task of pulling out carpet that's got ( Read more... )

The hospital where I work has a large indoor atrium area, with a central fountain, big sunroof, scattered tables and chairs, guy playing the piano, etc.  A pleasant place to pause if I have a little time between meetings.

So today I was sitting at one of the tables, with my back to the fountain.  I hear a woman behind me, bitching at her kids:  "Don ( Read more... )

One of the dishes I make in advance and heat up during the week is this sort of florentine-ish stew - chunks of chicken, browned with some masala spices, then stewed with onion, mushroom, spinach, cream cheese, and chicken broth.  It all comes together into this savory, creamy sauce which is very tasty over a pile of egg noodles ( Read more... )

Looks like we'll be going to the Netherlands for Thanksgiving week.  Anyone know of any fun stuff to do in Groningen (the uni town) or in Amsterdam (in Winter)?  Would we need a vehicle?  How about good places to stay in Amsterdam?

Hey, I haven't posted in weeks.  This seemed like a conversation-starter.  Less boring than work, street reconstruction ( Read more... )

I dreamed last night that a strange cat had kittens in my bedroom closet.  They were really cute kittens.  I spent the entire dream scrambling around trying to find appropriate food and drink and so on for Momma-cat, who I figured must be starving to death if she'd been trapped in my closet having kittens without anyone knowing.

Oh, and nicoleallee  and johnbrandon  had ( Read more... )

Early this AM, someone at my employer emailed a solicitation to sign a political email petition.  To a large usergroup - not the whole institution but to a mailing list that included a fair number of directors and VPs ( Read more... )

Receipts I have sitting around for things I planted in the garden (as best I remember...)

( Documentation... boring )

Whew, I haven't posted in a while!  My thoughts these days seem to fit better into the one-line format that is twitter/facebook ( Read more... )

From ciaracat

If you saw me in a police car, what would you think I got arrested for? Answer, then if you want, post to your own journal and see how many crimes you get accused of.

(No fair looking at other comments first.)

By way of la_directors

1. Stop talking about politics for a moment.
2. Post a reasonably sized picture in your LJ, not under a cut tag, of something pleasant - something that has nothing to do with politics .
3. Include these instructions, and share the love.


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