Cooked a ham in the crock-pot overnight, and now I’m trying to get up the enthusiasm to scrub the kitchen. But I have a new Sharon Shinn novel! And I’m in love with the main character! I went to our newly renovated (why the heck did they paint it pink?) and expanded library yesterday and came home with an armload of books.
So no work is actually going to be done today.
Mr. Lissar is working from 4 to midnight tonight, so he won’t be home until 1. a.m. or so, and then midnight to 8 on Thursday. He’ll be working 12 hours shifts all weekend. His first day off is next Thursday. This will be exciting.
No one has answered my lamb question yet- what cut should I get for pan-searing in little tiny pieces?
The only lamb I cook is either the whole leg or chops. Could you ring for the butcher at your market and ask them? If I were doing beef like that, I’d probably use either the sirloin or round cuts but on lamb, I dunno. If I were guessing, I’d see if I could find one of those boneless leg roasts and cut that up.
I just have to say, that is some serious caffeine you got going, there! I’d be vibrating if I drank that much!
OMG! Which one? I discovered Sharon only this last year, and have been reading things all out of order, which I hate, but even with inter-library loans, if the libraries don’t have it, I can’t borrow it, so I read what I can get. I read Angelica last year sometime, but resisted reading the initial trilogy until they had all the books. I just finished Arcangel, and have the next one (Jovah’s Angel? Or is that the third?) on order.
Sharon reminds me a little of Anne McCaffrey in her writing style.
Happy Ground Hog day all. I won’t be eating sausage at all today. Mostly because I generally don’t eat sausage all that often. I will be eating red beans, barley and chicken for dinner. I made the red beans & barley in the crockpot this weekend, but since my sweet adorable boyfriend is coming over, I’m adding in chicken. He’s somewhat more of a carnivore than I am.
We will likely watch My Neighbor Totoro tonight. Among other things.
When I first read your post I thought you meant that you had a copy of the Bear Cub Scout book. I used to have one of those too. But now I see that it might not be exactly the same book. Oh well.
Even if they are, somehow I don’t think it’d be the same.
I picked up a copy of her short stories last year, and loved them, and her writing style. Unfortunately, I’m not able to find anything of hers without going to a Big & Nasty or a WickedlyBrutal store.
I collected her books back when I had a little more money, but I can’t remember where I got them. Probably where ever I happened to be. (I’m sort of bad that way, I just bought two more manga at Barnes & Noble for $10 bucks a pop when I could get them for a lot less online, even with shipping charges. I really must be more concientious.)
Which anthology did you read? I’m a huge fan; my favorite book by her is To Say Nothing of the Dog, but you kind of have to read *The Doomsday Book * first. To Say Nothing of the Dog is not a sequel per se, but Connie has used some of the same locations and characters, and it helps to be familiar with the earlier book. Anyway, it’s a great book (won some sort of award), so you wouldn’t be wasting your time.
Her basic plot ideas can be a little…how to say it? Familiar? Especially if you read a lot of Science Fiction, as I do. I know I picked up *The Doomsday Book * and put it back down several times because I kept thinking, “Time travel? Please. Hasn’t this been done to death already?!” but it’s so much better than you might think. Her characterizations are some of the best I’ve ever come across, anywhere.
Scout, I haven’t seen My Neighbor Totoro, although my favorite movie ever is probably Sprited Away. Let me know what you think.
I have not, nor probably will I, eat ground hog today, as my sister will not eat hog in any form. (She raised a couple of pigs at one point. Put her right off it. Not that she ate it before - we were raised Seventh-Day Adventist.)
Thanks for directing me to a thread that could appreciate my masterful sense of humor, Rue. Not that it will prevent me from posting jokes, puns and whatnot in this thread. I gladly assume the duty of bringing you all joy and laughter.
Two men were out hunting in the woods. One of them was a fanatical huntsman: he went hunting as often as he could. The other was his friend: a peaceful nature loving fellow, who didn’t really want to hurt anything.
They had been out in the woods for some time, when they picked up the tracks of a deer. They soon caught up with it, and when they saw it, it was obvious why it had been so easy to catch up to: it had a terrible infection over it’s left eye, which it couldn’t even see out of.
The hunter started to take aim with his shotgun, but his friend begged him to stop.
He said, “Can’t you see that’s a bad eye deer?”
After a heavy day’s digging at the archeological site in Norway, the researchers uncovered a priceless statue of the ancient Norse thunder god.
It was a wondrous piece of artwork - He had bulging muscles, and imposing stance, and of course his famous giant hammer.
But most important of all, the eyes in his fierce-looking face were made of two giant rubies that glittered with a brilliant red colour.
Of course, the two leading archeologists on the dig were both determined that they should be the one to have their name listed against the discovery, and pretty soon the argument was intensifying to the point where the rest of the team, despite being exhausted after the day’s work, started to gather round to watch.
The two of them continued squabbling for some time, and they provided the others with a great source of amusement for the evening, and by the time they finally gave up and called a truce, everyone else was feeling quite refreshed by the entertainment.
As the crowd dispersed, one junior digger turned to his friend, and said:
Three explorers were trudging through the jungle in the Amazon Basin when they came to a clearing. Suddenly, this large bird appeared overhead, screamed "FOO! FOO!, and pooped all over one of the explorers. He jumped into the river to wash off, and was eaten alive by a school of piranhas.
The two remaining explorers trudged on. They reached another clearing, when the same large bird appeared, screamed “Foo! Foo!”, and pooped all over explorer #2 (bonus pun). She went to the river, jumped in to wash off, and immediately drowned.
The third explorer decided to turn back, and came to yet another clearing. You guessed it: large bird, “Foo! Foo!”, and poop everywhere. Only this explorer never tried to clean up, and lived to see the births of his great grandchildren.
The moral of the story: If the Foo shits, wear it.
I have a headache. I think it’s from caffeine withdrawal. I passed on my morning mega-gigantor Diet Coke because I’ve been having problems falling asleep at beddy-bye time. So my body is taking its revenge just above and behind my eyeballs. sigh
I didn’t eat sausage, nor will we have any for supper since there’s none in the house. The closest I can come is weenies, but they’re the all-beef variety, so that won’t do. Wonder if I can get my sweetie to take me out to dinner - then I don’t have to cook…
Nope Swampy, the one I found wasBear Lust (the cover is a bit racy, if you’re at work), but yours looks like more fun. Well, fun of a different kind, really. Also, just so you know, that’s what you look like in my head now. Congrats or sorry, whichever you feel is most appropriate.
My Neighbor Totoro is super cool, besides Spirited Away, are there any others as good?
Oooh! I had ground hog today; sausage and mushroom pasta, yummers. I also had fun explaining the whole thing to our foreign exchange student. FYI: I’m really, really bad at simulating ground hog noises and so there’s a German kid running around who thinks they sound like love sick whales.
Just borrowed Bellwether. I’ve read the Doomsday Book and Impossible Things.
The Shinn novel was Angel-Seeker. I’m in love with Obadiah, and I’m going to run off with him right after I run off with Samuel Vimes. I have a lot of elopements planned with imaginary men.
I think my boss would like it if I went to work. Off I go.
I think Mizikawa(?) also made Kiki’s Delivery Service*, Castle in the Sky, and probably a couple of others. Maybe Princess Mononoke as well. Of those, Kiki’s is the “cutest”, Castle is good but a little odd at first (a bit like Spirited) and Princess is the most likely to appeal to young boys (ironically, given the title).
The two you mention are probably the best of the bunch, IMO.
Hello. My trip got cancelled tomorrow, so I have time to post. And breathe!
My fridge is okay, but my parents have a large fridge, a large extra fridge, a small fridge, and a large freezer. All of which are usually full. Did I mention that it is just them?
We all take home leftovers a lot. We really don’t mind at all.
I had Groundhog pizza (on low-carb tortilla). It was great. I should have it again tonight, as a tribute to the movie.
Feh. The asterik was there for a purpose. The English dub in Kiki’s is done by Kirsten Dunst (Kiki) and Phil Hartman (her cat/familiar). If you check the credits there are often very familiar names.
Kiki’s is worth it. For me, Phil Hartman’s performance as the little cat was the best. I loved the sarcasm. I’m planning on covering the whole Miyazaki catalog at some point in my newly cultivated anime phase (which Wintermute has gotten involved with).
See, I think of these as more “movies I can watch with my kids” versus anime. Anime is dark and disturbing, these not so much, even if technically so. And my kids watch Totally Spies which is sort of anime, and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, which has anime.
