| recipe time |
[Oct. 28th, 2009|10:35 pm] |
i postponed meat buying another day. here's what i ate in the interim:
let's say about 24 oz chicken broth (plain, unsalted, unanythinged). i'm never exact
about 2-3 tbsp deli mustard (with the grains in it)
chopped spinach (or, frozen and crushed, same effect since it's getting cooked anyway) - about 10-15 leaves or so.
normal portion of bowtie noodles (about 3-4 ounces dry)
and that was really it. i figured the mustard would add flavor. omg i never want to stop having this in my mouth. so many levels of good. i cooked the noodles in the soup so they'd soak up the flavor too. i made enough to have a lunch portion left over. :D |
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| Requiring Thought, or Darwin at Work |
[Oct. 13th, 2009|06:32 pm] |
"He told deputies that while he was sitting by the swimming pool, he was splashed with a flammable liquid and set ablaze. A neighbor heard his screams for help and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher, said Malissa Durkee, Brewer's sister. The teen then ripped off his shirt and jumped into the pool."
Now, the victim is expected to survive, but with some serious burns on his upper body. Imagine if he jumped straight into the pool as soon as he was "set ablaze". No neighbor needed. Guess what - water puts out flames! Maybe this post should be entitled "Lacking Instinct." |
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| Sunday Night Football |
[Sep. 13th, 2009|08:32 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | cheese | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Cheese | ] |
| [ | my aura is colored |
| |  Cheesy | ] |
| [ | tickling my ears |
| | Cheese | ] |
Listening to radio out of Kimberly, WI (outside Appleton, just south of Green Bay). There was an ad just before the game started for Bud Light. Go to (some Wisconsin store), buy a case of Bud Light and a BLOCK OF CHEESE. And what do you get? A SECOND BLOCK OF CHEESE. Wisconsin isn't just devoted to cheese, it's obsessive. |
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| I used to do this more. |
[Aug. 8th, 2009|09:07 pm] |
Tonight's dinner: Improvised Mexican stir fry: Cactus (1/4 jar), 1/2 purple pepper cut into strips (substitute green pepper and/or onions), sauerkraut (adds flavor!), two bread ends, cut into strips (I only got to use one, the other was buried), and chicken (1 breast, cut into strips). All strips are bite-size, say the approximate cross-section of a ziti noodle.
Stir fry in vegetable oil over medium to high heat. Add salsa (I have one that's too spicy to eat directly, perfect for a dish like this) to taste. Add oregano (or other leafy spice) and paprika. When everything is cooked together, serve on a plate covered in cheddar cheese.
I don't take as much time to cook anymore, but this dish is a 10/10 in my book, so thought I'd share. Look for cactus in your neighborhood groceria! |
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| Everything happens in threes... |
[Aug. 4th, 2009|09:45 pm] |
1) Keyboard got veal juice spilled on it. Slowly recovering. I HOPE.
2) A/C made a breaking noise and broke. Only fan works. Great.
3) Please tell me what else can go wROng. CAuse thiszc night is justzc tremendous so far.
(LEFt the marks of a vealy keyboard in #3) |
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| 3 entries for me... of interest to you? |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|07:28 pm] |
Thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) desayunoencama for this - I'm interested!
http://www.robertswartwood.com/?page_id=8
Hint Fiction
hint fiction (n) : a story of 25 words or less that suggests a larger, more complex story
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Anthology Guidelines
Tentatively scheduled for the fall of 2010, W.W. Norton will publish an anthology of Hint Fiction. What is Hint Fiction? It’s a story of 25 words or less that suggests a larger, more complex story. The thesis of the anthology is to prove that a story 25 words or less can have as much impact as a story 2,500 words or longer. The anthology will include between 100 and 150 stories. We want your best work.
It’s possible to write a complete story in 25 words or less — a beginning, middle, end — but that’s not Hint Fiction.
The very best Hint Fiction stories can be read many different ways.
We want stories we can read again and again and never tire of. Stories that don’t pull any punches. Stories that make us think, that evoke some kind of emotional response.
Take a look at the winners and honorable mentions of the Hint Fiction Contest for examples.
Payment is $25 per story for World and Audio rights.
Reprints? Sure, but unless you’re one hundred percent confident in the reprint, why not try to write an original piece?
For formatting purposes, you must include a title (which actually works in your benefit, as the title helps give a better “hint” of the overall story).
Writers can only submit up to two stories, both embedded in the same e-mail. Don’t worry about a cover letter. We don’t care where you’ve been published or what graduate program you’ve attended — all author identification will be stripped by a third party so we will only see the stories and nothing but the stories.
To make everyone’s lives easier, embed the stories like this:
TITLE
Story.
TITLE
Story.
Your name.
Submissions will open August 1 and close at midnight Eastern time August 31. A submissions e-mail address will appear on this page on August 1 — DO NOT SUBMIT TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS BEFORE THEN.
Please note that due to the expected volume of submissions, we will be forced to respond with form letters.
Thank you, and good luck.
***For a limited time, if you link to these guidelines on your blog or Twitter, you can submit a third story. These must be posted between July 1 and August 15. Include the link at the end of your e-mail. If you don’t include a link, the third story will be deleted unread.*** |
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| Office 2007 |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|08:29 pm] |
My workplace just installed Office 2007. I spent about 2 hours playing around with it. I spent another 2 hours later in the day trying to solve multi-level lists.
In short: awesome! I could forgo the stupid tab bar thingy on top, but it works almost as well as menus once I figure out where everything is. I also like the ease with which I can stick things like "Edit Header" right on top where it's easy to find with a single click, and not be stuck with annoying pop-up toolbars (thanks, Adobe). So I am thrilled with it and I have quickly regained the functionality I had with Office 2002/2003, and then some.
Other fun toys: Excel now goes out to column Xsomethingsomething and down to row 1,000,000. Where were you when I needed you?!?! FINALLY.
I wish you could customize the themes. Maybe that will come. For now, black is tolerable but a bit dark. Blue is too light and distracting, and if blue's bad, silver's worse.
I can only hope Windows 7 is as good as Office 2007. I'm sure I'll be wrong. But maybe it won't be more than a small step back from XP? |
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| Abstruse Goose (.com) |
[May. 8th, 2009|08:50 pm] |
| [ | my aura is colored |
| |  Why did I do this? | ] |
10*10 + 11*11 + 12*12 = 13*13 + 14*14
2^2*5^2 + 11^2 + 2^4*3^2 = 13^2 + 2^2*7^2
2^2* (5^2+6^2-7^2) = 13^2-11^2 = (x+1)^2 - (x-1)^2 = x^2 + 2x + 1 - x^2 + 2x - 1 = 4x = 4 * 12
4 * (25+36-49) = 4 * 12
5^2 + 6^2 - 7^2 = 2^2 * 3 = (x-1)^2 + x^2 - (x+1)^2 = x^2 - 2x + 1 + x^2 - x^2 - 2x - 1 = x^2 - 4x
6^2 - 2^2 * 6 = 2^2 * 3
6^2 = 2^2 * (3+6)
2^2 * 3^2 = 2^2 * (3+6)
3^2 = 3+6
3^2 - 3 = 6
x^2 - x = 2x
x^2 - 3x = 0
x = 3 or x = 0
Therefore 0. |
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| NBA |
[Mar. 14th, 2009|10:44 am] |
Because when I want to post something for people to read, where else would I go? Not since Michael Jordan has the Eastern Conference been competitive with the West. This year, the top teams have the same record, and the next two teams are both from the East! Granted, there are more Western teams above .500, but for the first time in over 10 years I can say the two conferences have some parity.
And it's all LeBron. Cleveland is now the best team in the league. Boston brought in a lot of top-name players just to get close. The East is learning that to fight for the title, they actually need to be winners.
I bet none of my readers are NBA fans. :P |
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| NFL Playoffs - Why not |
[Dec. 30th, 2008|06:45 pm] |
Hardly intended to be a meme, but feel free to debate.
This is slightly different than your usual tournament pick'em. Pick your winners each round in a standard bracket. Round 1 (wild card) = 1 pt per correct pick. Round 2 (divisional) = 2 pt. Round 3 (conference) = 5 pt, because I feel like it. Round 4 (Super Bowl) = 10 pt.
Now comes the twist, something I've always wanted to improve upon. Let's say all of your teams make it - except the one you had going all the way. In the second round, you get the chance to redo. You can make all new picks if you like. But for every game you reset, it also resets the point value. So if you pick a different Super Bowl winner in the 2nd round, you only get 5 pt instead of 10 - but that's a lot better than 0. This also helps if due to the 3-4-5-6 seeding, your two Round 2 winners suddenly face each other one round sooner.
So, on with the Week 1 picks. I'll keep track of the points from week to week assuming I remember to update. Feel free to join along.
ROUND 1 (WC)
IND@SDG: IND. San Diego is the sexy upset choice, but the Colts have also been hot in the second half, and they're better.
BAL@MIA: Very reluctantly, BAL. This game is going to be the best of Week 1. Both teams are 11-5, and while MIA has a high-flying offense, BAL has a smash-mouth defense. I expect to lose this point no matter which one I pick.
ATL@ARI: ATL. Arizona is the most overrated playoff team, moreso even than SDG. Both Wests are weak, but one game different in the West and you may have seen the 49ers in the playoffs. I've watched them play this year, and one game away is a scary thing.
PHL@MIN: PHL. The second-sexiest underdog to San Diego. Both teams have six losses, but the Eagles play in a much stronger division. They've had to fight their way back from the Bengals tie to stay in contention. They may have barely made it, but look at what they did to Dallas - this is a hungry team that knows how to win. Minnesota needs a refresher course still.
ROUND 2 (DIV)
BAL@TEN: TEN. Titans tend to do well at home. I am looking for an upset this week, but also, if MIA happens to beat BAL I don't want to have to redo too many picks.
IND@PIT: IND. Another very reluctant pick, and this will be the best game of Week 2. Pittsburgh is at home, but they look a little weaker this year. Big Ben is overcoming a concussion, and the whole team has a week off. IND has the playoff experience to barely make it by.
ATL@NYG: ATL. Surprise of the season? This 5 seed deserves to be the 3 seed, so it's much less of an upset when you look at it that way. Atlanta has struggled on the road, but so has everyone, and things change in the playoffs.
PHL@CAR: CAR. Panthers aren't all that, but PHL is less so.
ROUND 3 (CONF)
IND@TEN: TEN. I was going into these picks thinking I'd have the Titans upset somewhere along the way, but the more I think about it, the less I can pick a team to do it.
ATL@CAR: ATL. They split the season series with both home teams winning. The stadia are close enough that, especially for the playoffs, you'll get a good contingent of away fans. That should be enough for the Falcons. Besides, the trend in playoffs lately (in every sport) is for high-numbered seeds to go far.
ROUND 4 (BOWL)
ATL/TEN: Two warm-weather teams in a warm-weather stadium. TEN walks away 45-19. Not sure where the 19 comes from, but you pick a better tiebreaker. |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 17th, 2008|10:24 pm] |
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Now would be a bad time to go to Greece. |
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| You can't hide that Lancer pride! |
[Dec. 6th, 2008|07:40 pm] |
One by one, the snowflakes drifted down from the sky. The minutes ticked down from the clock. And a cheer rose up from the crowd. Louder and louder, the shouts of a town repressed for so many years, so many chances. A town that had a taste twice, and endured years so bad a single win was worth overwrought celebration.
Today, the day belongs to Livingston. Group IV, Section II State High School Football Champions! GO LANCERS! |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 26th, 2008|12:40 am] |
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taco bell is giving away a free taco tomorrow because a devil ray (i can't say "a ray", sorry) stole a base. i don't care if they pay me, this is one free food offer i'm not taking up. |
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| She's blinding me... with science! |
[Sep. 9th, 2008|05:14 pm] |
The shininess includes:
"The collider is designed to push the proton beam close to the speed of light, moving around the 17-mile tunnel at 11,000 times a second at full power."
"You can think of each experiment as a giant digital camera with around 150 million pixels taking snapshots 600 million times a second." |
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| How to pick a vice-president |
[Sep. 5th, 2008|04:24 pm] |
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Remove the middle letter of the last name. Palin will bring us pain. Biden? One word: bien. Works at least as well as trusting the people with a vote. |
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| math |
[Aug. 28th, 2008|10:07 pm] |
me: tan(hair)=sexy
me: no
me: tan(body)=sexy
me: so tan-1(sexy) = body
me: or tan-1(cancer) = body
me: so cancer=sexy
me: i love proofs. |
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| Oh LJ Genie, |
[Aug. 18th, 2008|07:29 pm] |
I receive from time to time short bursts of AIM spam for mynewhotcrush.com. I know it's spam, but I was curious to see how it was set up, what viruses were there, etc. The thing is, there's absolutely no Web research that was done about it that I could find.
A) Is there a site that catalogues all of these spam/virus sites that I could search?
B) Is there a website that allows people to safely open suspicious websites without being vulnerable to viruses?
I'm just a curious cat who doesn't want to be killed. Send me a scritch! |
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| most. vivid. dream. ever. |
[Jun. 15th, 2008|10:36 am] |
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all i feel like sharing is that i made it through two fully rhyming verses of a Broadway-style duet with someone i knew in college. it was amazing enough in the dream, considering the whole thing was basically improv. but now i'm utterly fascinated. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 22nd, 2008|11:16 pm] |
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twitter: livejournal for the ADD? discuss. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 15th, 2008|11:09 pm] |
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If they did it to each other, why is either of them getting charged? If I were the judge, I'd say "You both carried out the sentence on each other. Stop wasting my time, case dismissed." |
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| Olympic rings |
[May. 12th, 2008|10:37 pm] |
As originally conceived, the five Olympic rings (N. and S. America combined in one ring) were supposed to have five colors such that each color is represented in each world flag. (Red, yellow, blue, green, black.) The one exception that comes to mind is Qatar, which is brown and white. Perhaps it's time to add a sixth ring to distinguish between the Americas, and make it Qatari brown.
Why the post? Wondering if any of you can think of another flag without any of those five colors. (Translation note: "color" = colour for those of you not from this country. Which I think is zero of you.) |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 12th, 2008|01:14 am] |
Playing with a group of fellow blind veterans enrolled in a Veterans Affairs health care system program, Dunham's volunteer assistant lined him up with the ball, handed him a 9-iron and stepped back.
Dunham swung through the ball, hit it squarely and it landed softly on the green, taking one hop before nestling into the bottom of the cup.
Dunham's group erupted into a cacophony of cheers and high-fives.
Question: How would they know? (And also, how do blind people high-five?) |
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| it is not intentional that this works! but it does. |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|07:18 pm] |
nightrunner 11: three of the statements below are false.
nightrunner 11: the above statement is false.
nightrunner 11: the above statement is false.
nightrunner 11: the above statement is true
nightrunner 11: the above statement is true
nightrunner 11: (: now GO |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|10:09 pm] |
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it's past midnight GMT. behold, content! |
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| Dear Amazon |
[Mar. 16th, 2008|08:41 am] |
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Don't send me an e-mail on the 16th saying you weren't able to get payment from me when I can check my balance and see that on the 15th, the exact amount of the payment you require was deducted from the account. Something right criminal there. |
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| thanks arielle |
[Mar. 9th, 2008|03:48 am] |
rob "ok i wanna play guitar now"
ari "ok!" *gets off drums walks over to couch*
rob "whatre you doing"
ari "you said you wanted to play guitar"
rob "...those are drums"
My sister sure takes after me... |
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| dreams |
[Jan. 24th, 2008|12:07 am] |
dream moral #2: if you mispronounce a word as important as "route", i will be much more inclined to let the deranged sex predator catch you, and i'll just escape with my other friends through the window (because according to Clue, we had to break the window, not use the door, and second window from the left), and he and i will head outside and have some drinks and catch up with people from high school. (oh, and the police car right there didn't care i was breaking the window. as i said, Clue told me to do it. why Clue? who knows.)
p.s. this is yet another dream with a non-working elevator. (this one had six doors to close, and then was a manual chain pull - we were trying to hide in the women's restroom, which apparently required an elevator, and didn't take the other elevator into the hotel itself. the chain stopped pulling and the elevator sank back to the first floor, and we opened the door and got out just ahead of the predator.) i don't hate elevators. why do my dreams? and why do my dreams also seem to hate hotels? |
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