ARGH

ARGH I SMASHED MY SENCHA POT AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE LIKE $32 TO REPLACE IT ARGH WHY COULDN'T THE COCKTAIL GLASS HAVE SMASHED INSTEAD BUT NO, TWO IMMOVABLE BODIES COLLIDED AND THE FANCY SPECIAL TEAPOT LOST NO OFFENSE BBCADDICT THE COCKTAIL GLASSES ARE AWESOME BUT AT LEAST I HAD ANOTHER ONE IF THE FIRST ONE SMASHED ALSO I AM REALLY DEEPLY ASHAMED AND EMBARRASSED ABOUT MY UPPER-ARM FLAB

.... Nothing wrong with loving your country, but flag-waving and parades and all the rest of the pagentry of patriotism has very negative effects on me. 8. I'd really like to go to more concerts than we've been going to. and I tag... alsofine , bbcaddict , dkountz81 , alathia , hcoyote , moonlitrhapsody , stars2811 , and sam_otto

Recovering from Origins

... entire month of August? In the sweltering, sweaty American Midwest is where, and Origins is just the tip of the iceburg this year. Coming up in rapid succession I've got a brief trip with the family and bbcaddict to Whistler, a trip to Denver for my first ever World Con (I'm on some panels!), then off to Gen Con Indy (the mothership of gaming cons) and THEN I'm going to Gen Con UK to be...

hodge-podge

bbcaddict pointed me toward this article about culinary deal-breakers. I don't mind venturing into the time-consuming and obscure when I try out a recipe. I have spent three days on a single dish and was incredibly pleased with the results but on occasion there are recipes that seem to require that one be a member of Cirque de Soleil and have access to some arcane sort of cooking ...