Also- for those in the rea, Half-Price Books is doing another warehouse sale this weekend, from (go figure) their warehouse location just two blocks away from here. Two days of luscious, cheap media right next door, and I'm not allowed to go grab any. Therefore, all the rest of you must do so.
Ok, obviously, I'm not going to be at Comic-con this year. However, for anyone who is, bring me a set of these, and my geeky heart may just explode in a fit of pure joy:
Yes. Lightsaber chopsticks. I am indeed that much of a geek.
Yes. Lightsaber chopsticks. I am indeed that much of a geek.
Happy birthday to Nikola Tesla, who, I'm sure, is currently holed up somewhere in Providence, Rhode Island, working on his latest plan for worldwide wireless power. (What? We know he made himself immortal back in '37.)
In the summer, I just let it all go. I am not taking showers every day. I re-wear clothes. I figure I'm getting dirty most of the time, why bother? Then I go swimming, so most of it washes off. Of course, a lot washes ON, but ... I can't make myself worry.
My nails are atrocious. Ewww. My hair just keeps getting bigger and wilder and wavier. Then I wash it and it gets all well-behaved again. My eyebrows are not unlike an untended lawn. Long, floppy, unkempt. Random weedy bits sprouting up here and there.
Should I worry? Should I take this as an indication of mental problems? You know, the kind that gets the entry "Personal Grooming lacking" in your medical file?
Normally I'd worry, but hey, I'm not depressed. I think. I believe I'm just relaxing. Lettin' it all hang out.
I still wear lipstick. That counts as grooming, right?
My nails are atrocious. Ewww. My hair just keeps getting bigger and wilder and wavier. Then I wash it and it gets all well-behaved again. My eyebrows are not unlike an untended lawn. Long, floppy, unkempt. Random weedy bits sprouting up here and there.
Should I worry? Should I take this as an indication of mental problems? You know, the kind that gets the entry "Personal Grooming lacking" in your medical file?
Normally I'd worry, but hey, I'm not depressed. I think. I believe I'm just relaxing. Lettin' it all hang out.
I still wear lipstick. That counts as grooming, right?
- Mood:
guilty
Cartoon for Today, Jul 10, 2009
It's not the same without having to whine for quarters: Long summers spent in arcades. That's nostalgia for glorious times past. So why are long summers spent playing console games a harbinger of the collapse of our society? OutZone. [Flash Warning] [Sound Warning] Thanks to Dave P. for the link!
Either take up your axe and strike
like Ali at the gates of Khaybar,
or join these thorns with a rose:
bring your fire to God's light in order that
your fire will disappear in His light,
and all your thorns become roses.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
-- Mathnawi II:1244-1246
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
like Ali at the gates of Khaybar,
or join these thorns with a rose:
bring your fire to God's light in order that
your fire will disappear in His light,
and all your thorns become roses.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
-- Mathnawi II:1244-1246
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"They all seem to know she is crazy and try to pay no attention."
The Book of Daniel, E. L. Doctorow
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"They all seem to know she is crazy and try to pay no attention."
The Book of Daniel, E. L. Doctorow
That aren't pickles? I just picked fifteen cucumbers from my garden, and right now, I have about 25 in my fridge, some smaller, some larger. I know you can cook with cucumbers, but I've never tried anything like that. Suggestions?
(Crossposted a bit.)
(Crossposted a bit.)
Man, they give some good stuff. Getting snow peas again this week reminded me of the bag we got last week as well. A side dish or a stir fry may be in order to use all those up.
+ 1 pint of blueberries
+ 2 green zucchini
+ dill plant
+ bunch of red chard
+ bunch of kale
+ bag of snow peas
+ 2 small heads of lettuce
+ bunch of scallions
+ bunch of turnips
The dill plant seems really weak at the roots so I just may use that in flat Turkish like turkey meatballs for dinner tonight. Accompanying the meat balls would be some couscous and a cucumber/radish/red onion salad from last night. Vaguely Mediterranean tonight. Oh yeah, and we have some turnips left over from a couple of weeks ago. Who has a good recipe for mashed turnips? I've never done that before.
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cooking
+ 1 pint of blueberries
+ 2 green zucchini
+ dill plant
+ bunch of red chard
+ bunch of kale
+ bag of snow peas
+ 2 small heads of lettuce
+ bunch of scallions
+ bunch of turnips
The dill plant seems really weak at the roots so I just may use that in flat Turkish like turkey meatballs for dinner tonight. Accompanying the meat balls would be some couscous and a cucumber/radish/red onion salad from last night. Vaguely Mediterranean tonight. Oh yeah, and we have some turnips left over from a couple of weeks ago. Who has a good recipe for mashed turnips? I've never done that before.
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cooking- Mood:
hungry
curiousPurple Peppers, Red Peppers...
So, hello...just joined...anyway. I have one purple bell pepper, purple beauty, I believe. I also have several green, a red, and a yellow. Most of the green bells are doing great. However, our red and yellow produced one pepper each. Neither of which turned to red or yellow, just stayed green. The plants were still young so we pulled the peppers early to help the plants grow as they were leaning profusely. It has now been several weeks, and they have grown bigger but show no signs of producing again. Also, our purple bell is a pretty good size, producing blooms just fine, but isn't producing peppers at all.
We also have a big jim that is doing the same as the purple bell. It is a good size and is not producing at all. Our gypsy pepper which is nearby is producing ok. Just the colored bells and the big jim.
This is our first time gardening and we are sort of learning as we go. Any suggestions? Do the purple bells just produce later or something? And is it likely that are red and yellow bells may not fruit anymore? Are there any hints that could get them producing, and how long does it take peppers to change from green to red and yellow?
- Location:Texas
- Mood:
confused
Brotherhood of the Sun flyer by =Winneganfake on deviantART
Bit of work done for
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mskoi's upcoming show. Which brings me to another point- if anyone needs a graphics freelancer for anything, dude, drop me a line, please.Saw this on a Weight Watchers message board this morning, and I thought people here might be interested. Good ideas!
This list was originally put together by Kippy2006 (from Core/Filling Foods board). It is not intended to function as a real snack list (although for some of the entries, it certainly is reasonable)
It's a *thought starter*, an illustration to show how much more REAL food you can get for 100 calories compared to a nutritionless 100 calorie pack.
1/4 of an avocado
1.75 cups apple slices
1 medium banana
1 cup grapes
2 cups berries
1.5 cups sliced peaches
1.25 cups orange sections
1.25 cups blueberries
2 cups diced watermelon
1 cup sliced pears
1.33 cup diced pineapple
1.5 cups raspberries
1 cup cherries
2 large kiwifruit
3 clementines
4 cups cherry tomatoes or 10 plum tomatoes or 3 large beefsteak tomatoes
1 medium baked sweet potato
1 small baked white potato
2 cups carrot strips or slices
12 cups torn lettuce
10 large broccoli spears
8 cups sliced cucumbers
5.5 cups sliced bell or sweet peppers
5 cups whole raw mushrooms
32 spears cooked asparagus
2.5 cups cooked green beans
80 snow or sugar snap pea pods
4.5 cups mixed vegetable salad (without dressing)
1/2 cup cooked grain/rice/pasta (most, bulgur is 3/4s cup)
1 jumbo hard boiled egg
20 large boiled or steamed shrimp
2 oz chicken breast meat (a little more than 2 oz)
2 oz sirloin steak (a little less than 2 oz)
0.75 cup plain fatfree yogurt
3 cups airpopped popcorn
compared to:
less than an ounce of some kind of packaged cookie crispy thing
This list was originally put together by Kippy2006 (from Core/Filling Foods board). It is not intended to function as a real snack list (although for some of the entries, it certainly is reasonable)
It's a *thought starter*, an illustration to show how much more REAL food you can get for 100 calories compared to a nutritionless 100 calorie pack.
1/4 of an avocado
1.75 cups apple slices
1 medium banana
1 cup grapes
2 cups berries
1.5 cups sliced peaches
1.25 cups orange sections
1.25 cups blueberries
2 cups diced watermelon
1 cup sliced pears
1.33 cup diced pineapple
1.5 cups raspberries
1 cup cherries
2 large kiwifruit
3 clementines
4 cups cherry tomatoes or 10 plum tomatoes or 3 large beefsteak tomatoes
1 medium baked sweet potato
1 small baked white potato
2 cups carrot strips or slices
12 cups torn lettuce
10 large broccoli spears
8 cups sliced cucumbers
5.5 cups sliced bell or sweet peppers
5 cups whole raw mushrooms
32 spears cooked asparagus
2.5 cups cooked green beans
80 snow or sugar snap pea pods
4.5 cups mixed vegetable salad (without dressing)
1/2 cup cooked grain/rice/pasta (most, bulgur is 3/4s cup)
1 jumbo hard boiled egg
20 large boiled or steamed shrimp
2 oz chicken breast meat (a little more than 2 oz)
2 oz sirloin steak (a little less than 2 oz)
0.75 cup plain fatfree yogurt
3 cups airpopped popcorn
compared to:
less than an ounce of some kind of packaged cookie crispy thing
My god, I am so fucking posting this. This is some truly delicious internets they've served up. Just so fucking delicious that I've got to shove it down every goddamn motherfucking data-hole I can find in this little series of fucking tubes. So delicious it has got me salivating like some kind of rabid hedgehog that's been fed nothing but a diet of pure steriods, paper shreds and hate, and then has a big plate of lovely greens shoved in front of it.
...um, yeah. It's good.
...um, yeah. It's good.
I promised Pictures but took longer than I expected to get them up.
They are behind the cut:
( Pictures )
Thanks again for all the help!
They are behind the cut:
( Pictures )
Thanks again for all the help!
Cartoon for Today, Jul 09, 2009
That looks just like the subway station by my house: A pleasant enough point-and-clicker where the big bad cash economy has been replaced by a more sensible barter system of you-scratch-my-back-I'll-kill-somebody-f
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