Well, it’s Thursday. Yup - just had to re-verify with myself that it was Thursday. Almost said it was Wednesday, but it’s not.
And even though we are more than halfway through the week, I thought I’d post about my weekend. I had a good weekend. I had my cousins & my dad come to visit, and we went to see the Red Sox game on Sunday - my first Red Sox game! It was fun. Probably because we won. We also went to see Corpse Bride. I didn’t like it as much as I like the Nightmare Before Christmas. There were no vibrating pigs involved in any way this weekend.
I don’t have a vibrating pig, but I do have a vibrating rubber duck. It’s called I Rub My Duckie. He’s very entertaining at parties. He’s waterproof and swims in the tub, too.
I wonder if it will show up in the ads.
Tonight is our new office open house. Our spouses and other miscellaneous family members will be coming to ooh and ah over the new space and meet each other. There will be snacks and cake. It should be fun.
Turmeric (don’t ask me to say it, because it makes me sprain my lips) is part of curry powder. It’s very stainy, so don’t wear your good pants while you’re making it. I have yellow stains all over my kitchen now (but I’m amazingly messy when I cook). These are some addictive taters! And I haven’t even found Sichaun peppercorns yet.
I need to break my car more often. I took it in to get the window fixed this week, and there’s a new guy working there, and he’s really cute. It makes it just a little bit easier when I have to cough up the money to get my car back.
Vibrating pigs <snerk> Just thinking about vibrating pigs makes me giggle. I have a rubber ducky, but it doesn’t vibrate. It just squeaks. It’s hard to find rubber duckies that squeak nowadays.
All the ads are still for r-i-n-g-s. Better than mailing lists, but I’m ready for something new. I wonder why vibrating isn’t bringing up some different ads. We’ve certainly had a lot of vibrating in this thread. I should go get a big cup of coffee, and then I’ll be vibrating Magic.
Taters, I think I caught your cold. And tomorrow is my last day at work, so I don’t even get paid sick days. I had a lot of sick days saved up, and I’m very sad that I won’t ever get to use them.
picunurse, thanks so much for your kind offer, but alas, I too have a flat screen. Eventually, I’ll get a privacy guard, but the type I require is $160.00, and the folks out front need it more than me. Plus, I’m gunning for a second PC because the files I save are so large, and some of the programs I use are so large, that I’m running out of room.
Magic, I’m sorry you’re not feeling well. I’m pretty much over my cold. I swear to Og that I always washed my hands and did not germ up my keyboard.
Well, I better get to work. Lots to do, so little time…
Trust me, it’s tempting. In my mind (of course), I am screaming STFU at the top of my lungs and just throttling her neck. As far as physical violence, well, that’s not me, usually. Besides, she’s an Army officer, so that probably wouldn’t go over so well.
I found out yesterday that I will only have to endure another week of her. The bonus to that is that I may not be here because of jury duty.
I’m hungry. And sleepy. And grumpy. And grouchy. I’m all the evil dwarves. I have done next to no work today and don’t forsee it gettin’ any better. It’s one of those best to just let me stay in my office and don’t bug me days. I haven’t even been in the front building all morning just cause I don’t want to deal with anybody. Maybe I’ll go get somethin’ to eat.
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t mentioned Hell’s Wedding in a while. (Actually, probably nobody’s noticed, but I don’t blame you a bit–it’s not that interesting.) It will all be over a week from tomorrow, but we’ve hit one last stumbling block. The bride and bridesmaids are all going to get our nails done the day before the wedding. The bride would prefer that none of the maids get a french manicure, because she’s getting one. That is, by far, one of the least unreasonable demands she’s made–and she’s been almost eerily reasonable through this whole process. Naturally, the Recalcitrant Bridesmaid[sup]TM[/sup] is fighting over it.
Pardon my French, but it’s. fucking. nail. polish. If she pulled this shit with me, I’d tell her she’s wearing the same color as the other bridesmaids, or she’s wearing gloves. Gloves she’s not allowed to take off at the reception. Arrrrgh. She makes me so angry. And she’s done this since junior high. So thus far, she’s argued about the dress, the shoes, and now the nails.
And the bride will not allow me to take her out back and kick her ass.
Just eight more days … eight more days, and it will all be over.
MagicEyes, that recipe sounds great! I think we’ll have to try it when I’m at KeithT’s because he just got some of those Sichaun peppercorns.
Tupug, curry really isn’t one spice. It’s just a word for a mix of different spices. There’re different kinds of curry from different regions, like red curry from Thailand which is very different from the generic yellow stuff that comes from McCormick. I don’t know a lot about curry so maybe someone with more knowledge will come along and explain it more.
Man, I made one post about shiny stuff and the google ads have gotten hung up. Sorry ever’body!
I’m very middle-of-the-road feeling today. Tonight is the 2nd meeting of our Gay/Straight Alliance, which is exciting. Apparently, word has leaked to me from one of the pledges of a certain fraternity, who happens to be my best friend, that we’re going to have members of that fraternity outside protesting the fact that such an organization exists. I haven’t told anyone else in the group because I don’t want them to get spooked and never come back.
And then, after that, I’m planning on going to a frat party, held by the same fraternity that’s going to be protesting our existence. (What? I got invited. Shush you.)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh, now I see. Show’s I’m not a huge curry fan. I do have some curry powder in my reorganized spice cabinet which is now alphabatized. I can’t remember when was the last time I used it so I should probably throw it out. Come to think of it, I probably have some ancient Tumeric also. Heh.
I think swampy’s grumpiness is directly proportional to his lack of ACBG cuddling…or it could be a chocolate deficiency.
Puggy nailed it! <snerk> See I’ve been ACBGless since Monday. Thus grouchy and grumpy. I went outside for a bit and that got rid of sleepy. I just ate some chicken fingers (them chicken’s got some big fingers today!) and fries from Zaxby’s so that got rid of hungry. If I get to see ACBG tonight that’ll take care of grouchy and grumpy, but it ain’t lookin’ too good right now what with the short staffedness (it’s a word!) goin’ on with his work. Le Sigh! And he’s all tired cause of long hours. He’s also grouchy and grumpy cause we haven’t been able to see each other. Two grouchy, grumpy bears in the same town can’t be good. :eek:
donkeybear don’t let em get you down. Go do your meeting and then go to the party. If nothin’ else it’ll freak ‘em. I’m also willin’ to bet there will be no protest. Not when there’s kegs o’ beer to be drunk, drank, drinked, whatever.
Maybe no google advertised companies make vibrating pigs? You’d think there’d at least be sex toy ads or something, but no. It’s still all shiny ring ads.
TIme to do a big kitchen clean up. It’s so exciting. I might make bread pudding and scalloped potatoes, too, for the weekend. I’m putting it off. I’ve still got insomnia, and my brain’s not working too well. Ideally I shouldn’t be around sharp knives, hot water, or bleach today (as I’ll probably stab myself, set the kitchen on fire, and try to put it out with bleach), but the kitchen really needs cleaning. Argh.
I like curry. Maybe I can get Mr. Lissar to take me out for Indian food tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe- it’ll go into my recipe stash.
Yum! I love bread pudding. I haven’t made any for a long time. My favorite: Warm Cherry Bread Pudding. It’s even better if you throw in a handful of big chocolate chips. I want to try sprinkling the bottom of the pan with brown sugar to make a nice sugary crust, but I forget to do that every time I make bread pudding. Next time for sure! I’m going to bake oatmeal chocolate chip cookies tonight.
swampy, what are those poor chickens going to do without their fingers? It’s just plain cruel to eat chicken fingers. Next time, go for the buffalo wings.
My bread pudding will have croissants and heavy cream in it. I don’t have dried cherries right now, but I might put ground almonds and almond flavouring in it. Yum. That recipe looks good. I love cherries.
I just have to tell everyone I am a complete klutz before I have my coffee in the morning. Why?
There was *one * pot left to soak overnight in the sink this morning. Full of water. And…I dropped a brand-new English muffin into it. :smack: I just watched it bob gently, kind of confused as to why it chose to commit suicide instead of being eaten. And that left only one in the packet, for me, and I meant to leave the last one for the SO in the morning.
I want some ice cream. I can’t decide if I want Mayfield Turtle Tracks or Moose Tracks, but I know it’s one of 'em. I have to go buy it cause there ain’t none at home. I’m also thirsty. I’m gonna go get some water. Bye.
Somebody got it!!! It makes me happy when my stupid jokes work.
scout, savory bread pudding sounds faboo. I usually make the sweet kind, but any kind is good. Lissla, I’m going to try the almonds next time. That would go really well with cherries. I just found a bunch of new bread pudding recipes on Epicurious. It’s fall, time for bread pudding and apple butter (but not together).
Since the vibrating pigs obviously aren’t working, how about vibrating yaks? Or vibrating gnus? Vibrating hamsters?
I had a lot of sick days saved up, and I’m very sad that I won’t ever get to use them.
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