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Hot dogs absolutely vary by brand/manufacturer and also HOW you eat them.
Plain with condiments? I'll pass unless I'm starving and there is nothing else but if I'm presented with REAL beef-heart coney sauce, cheese, with onion, and mustard I'll likely take four or five of those suckers even over burgers and pizza.
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My entire issue is the desire to replace meat at all. I have had many, many incredible vegetarian dishes. When we had our one meal ever at the French Laundry, I chose the vegetarian menu. It was one of the best meals I've ever had. Greens in San Francisco is run by Buddhist monks, and is incredible dining. I make a mean vegan lentil curry.
What do all those dishes have in common?
They don't try to pretend they're meat.
The vegetable kingdom has an amazing assortment of flavors, textures, and colors. Deciding, "Well, the only way we're going to get meat-eaters to go vegetarian is to replicate meat," is a losing battle, because no matter how hard they try, it will always be a meat replacement.
I'll never serve my guests nor my family meat replacement. I'll make a proper vegetarian meal that highlights the flavors of the vegetables. Not wannabe meat.
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Random question:
Would custom printed notecards with an image of an elegant Tiffany dinner fork and the words, "I killed the President of Paraguay with a fork. How have you been?" underneath it make a good stocking gift?I'm considering having them made for Eve and WW.
(It's a quote from Grosse Pointe Blank.)
1) Yes.
2) One of my all-time favorites.
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Random question:
Would custom printed notecards with an image of an elegant Tiffany dinner fork and the words, "I killed the President of Paraguay with a fork. How have you been?" underneath it make a good stocking gift?I'm considering having them made for Eve and WW.
(It's a quote from Grosse Pointe Blank.)
1) Yes.
2) One of my all-time favorites.
I did them. VistaPrint was having a 50% off sale, and I found the perfect fork photo and chose an art deco font.
It's one of my all-time favorites as well, mostly because it reminds me of my ex who died two years ago. It was our movie. But Eve and WW like it as well, for different reasons.
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My entire issue is the desire to replace meat at all. I have had many, many incredible vegetarian dishes. When we had our one meal ever at the French Laundry, I chose the vegetarian menu. It was one of the best meals I've ever had. Greens in San Francisco is run by Buddhist monks, and is incredible dining. I make a mean vegan lentil curry.
What do all those dishes have in common?
They don't try to pretend they're meat.
The vegetable kingdom has an amazing assortment of flavors, textures, and colors. Deciding, "Well, the only way we're going to get meat-eaters to go vegetarian is to replicate meat," is a losing battle, because no matter how hard they try, it will always be a meat replacement.
I'll never serve my guests nor my family meat replacement. I'll make a proper vegetarian meal that highlights the flavors of the vegetables. Not wannabe meat.
This.
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My entire issue is the desire to replace meat at all. I have had many, many incredible vegetarian dishes. When we had our one meal ever at the French Laundry, I chose the vegetarian menu. It was one of the best meals I've ever had. Greens in San Francisco is run by Buddhist monks, and is incredible dining. I make a mean vegan lentil curry.
What do all those dishes have in common?
They don't try to pretend they're meat.
The vegetable kingdom has an amazing assortment of flavors, textures, and colors. Deciding, "Well, the only way we're going to get meat-eaters to go vegetarian is to replicate meat," is a losing battle, because no matter how hard they try, it will always be a meat replacement.
I'll never serve my guests nor my family meat replacement. I'll make a proper vegetarian meal that highlights the flavors of the vegetables. Not wannabe meat.
Yes. And. When your husband is constantly haranguing you about the environmental and health issues surrounding meat AND AT THE SAME TIME your kids ask for things like burgers, sloppy joes, etc., you make the effing bargain with the faux meat demons out of exhaustion and necessity and Spock anyone who wants to say anything about it.
There are some decent faux meats out there, the only one I can't eat is faux chicken (which is entirely an issue with it's texture).
You make a LOT of compromises and obfuscation of food sources when kids are involved.
Crookshanks still won't eat a hamburger unless we refer to as a Krabby Patty, and she's 18!
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Yeah, I definitely fell off on hot dogs. Probably part of my moving away from pork entirely.
I only eat chicken or beef hot dogs, if I do go the meat route, as I don't eat pork either.
One surprise we had is when we tried plant-based doner 'meat', which tasted more like takeaway-bought kebabs than regular doner meat does when you cook it at home.
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So when I went to Doctor Who Day at the British grocery/gift store last month, I got invited to join the local Gallifreyan Cosplay group, and they've invited me to their annual costumed Christmas party, and because I can't really think of a good reason not to, I'm probably going.
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If you follow through with those that will only be two Whovian meetups away from joining the local sex club/orgy scene! (I'm only half joking, these scenes have a nearly 100% overlap in not only my hometown but also at LEAST two other nearby cities that cross-pollinate so to speak)
Ummm... you're serious.
We had friends in Berkeley who were part of the Vegan-Wiccan-Polyamorous scene, and we were always invited to two of their parties annually, because one of them was one of WW's aikido students. But we always left between the food and the later shenanigans.
This invitation only said to bring a dessert or side dish and a chair, did not mention toys or restraints.
Now I'm mildly nervous.
If you follow through with those that will only be two Whovian meetups away from joining the local sex club/orgy scene! (I'm only half joking, these scenes have a nearly 100% overlap in not only my hometown but also at LEAST two other nearby cities that cross-pollinate so to speak)Ummm... you're serious.
We had friends in Berkeley who were part of the Vegan-Wiccan-Polyamorous scene, and we were always invited to two of their parties annually, because one of them was one of WW's aikido students. But we always left between the food and the later shenanigans.
This invitation only said to bring a dessert or side dish and a chair, did not mention toys or restraints.
Now I'm mildly nervous.
You'll be fine as long as you make sure you're the dalek. Or the Doctor (I'm not very familiar with Who lore).
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You'll be fine as long as you make sure you're the dalek. Or the Doctor (I'm not very familiar with Who lore).If you follow through with those that will only be two Whovian meetups away from joining the local sex club/orgy scene! (I'm only half joking, these scenes have a nearly 100% overlap in not only my hometown but also at LEAST two other nearby cities that cross-pollinate so to speak)Ummm... you're serious.
We had friends in Berkeley who were part of the Vegan-Wiccan-Polyamorous scene, and we were always invited to two of their parties annually, because one of them was one of WW's aikido students. But we always left between the food and the later shenanigans.
This invitation only said to bring a dessert or side dish and a chair, did not mention toys or restraints.
Now I'm mildly nervous.
Let's just say that if anyone asks if I'd like to try out their sonic screwdriver, the answer will be no.
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Fantasy NPC: King Hoarfrost, Tyrant Of The Hoarfrost Vale.
Cold father to his children, even colder god to his subjects.
Important question:
Today marks the longest I've ever grown out my beard (three weeks). Should I shave it off?
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That all depends on how it makes you feel, your aesthetics, and how well it grows in.
In the last year, I took to a new "skincare" regime, which is probably too generous a term, simply consisting of some middle-of-the-road aftershave facial hair oil, an electric trimmer/razor, and some high-quality Australian soap. It hasn't done much to bring about respectable sideburn hair but around my mouth, chin, and thereabouts it has made a huge difference in terms of density and health of the facial hair plus I stopped getting nasty ingrown hairs and acne on my face since then too. I still can't grow much more than the Gordon Freeman at this phase.
All that to say, if you like the look or even just want to see how much of a beard you CAN grow I say go for it. Affectation or not, there is little in this life that has done more for my self-esteem in terms of how I feel about my looks than taking care of my facial hair so I would personally say give it a shot and work on simply trimming it once a week or so rather than chopping it off to see what you can come up with.
Important question:
Today marks the longest I've ever grown out my beard (three weeks). Should I shave it off?
Grow it out for the winter, it makes a surprising difference on keeping your face warm.
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No.
Shepard wouldn't shave.
Because he is a mouse.
Important question:
Today marks the longest I've ever grown out my beard (three weeks). Should I shave it off?
Looks like I'm going to be encouraging the boss to transition to working on the garden show exhibit (which is indoors) this week, because it looks like today will be the last warm day (above 40 degrees) of the season.
Aiymi is in the hospital for a routine procedure. Nothing to be concerned about.
We had to have her checked in by 7:15 this morning. She has spent the last week in prep, and the last 24 hours have been particularly unpleasant for her.
The doctor, for whatever reason, couldn't show up on time. Aiymi is not the first patient in line waiting on this guy.
The anasthesiologist ratted him out.
Sign on the wall: We respect your time.
In related news, Aiymi still hasn't been taken back for the procedure.
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And we're home.
As expected, everything went fine.
Damn glad to hear that.
Good stuff!
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Silly random though of today.
Between the two of them, Imps have about 10 or so years of combined experience more than me when it comes to using English language.
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Eleven more work days until Christmas vacation.
Tomorrow the high is 28 degrees (with 20-30 mph winds).
So of course, tomorrow is when everyone is coming out to the job site to look over everything and discuss next steps.
Also, today a 2 foot slab fell about a foot onto my finger, fortunately I was wearing extra padded gloves, otherwise I definitely would have broken it instead of being really, really painful.
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Tomorrow the high is 28 degrees (with 20-30 mph winds).
So of course, tomorrow is when everyone is coming out to the job site to look over everything and discuss next steps.
Also, today a 2 foot slab fell about a foot onto my finger, fortunately I was wearing extra padded gloves, otherwise I definitely would have broken it instead of being really, really painful.
Glad you aren't badly hurt.
Glad you aren't badly hurt.Tomorrow the high is 28 degrees (with 20-30 mph winds).
So of course, tomorrow is when everyone is coming out to the job site to look over everything and discuss next steps.
Also, today a 2 foot slab fell about a foot onto my finger, fortunately I was wearing extra padded gloves, otherwise I definitely would have broken it instead of being really, really painful.
So am I! Bruising is down substantially today.
It turns out the hillside I am working on has zero wind protection so I decided to call it a day rather early and spent my time inside at home.
Tomorrow is only going to be about 32 degrees but the wind is supposed to be gone and it's supposed to be sunny all day. Which are a lot better working conditions.
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It turns out one of the bonuses for not applying for unemployment for the winter (besides not having to deal with unemployment) is I get to tell Big Tyler "I don't do salt runs" every year.
We managed to run ourselves out of work about three or four weeks early this year. Today was the last day of the season, with little snow in the forecast. Might be going back to New York, at least for the winter.
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Due to a broken-down train, the Titan came back very late from fencing last night, just in time to thwart our raid on the food waste recycling bin. Thinking to stymie future attempts, he then put a tub full of soaking shirts on the top and left the room.
We knocked the whole thing over immediately, of course, meaning he had to come back in and mop the floor dry when he really, really wanted to go to bed.
Serves him right.
We managed to run ourselves out of work about three or four weeks early this year. Today was the last day of the season, with little snow in the forecast. Might be going back to New York, at least for the winter.
I told the boss at the beginning of this week I'd be running out of pavers for the current job at the end of the week, hoping to transition to something a bit more inside.
I found out last night a new pallet of pavers will be delivered tomorrow.
Looks like I won't be going inside any time soon.
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Since Saturday, the printer at the front desk at work hasn't worked. I was told, by two different coworkers, that it was "broken" and management "needed to order some parts for it." This afternoon, the assistant manager sent out a text saying it was fixed. When someone asked how they get the parts so fast, she replied "It was just out of toner." I would have checked it (I saw last week that it was running low), but since I was told that parts needed to be ordered, I didn't bother. Guess maybe I should have?
If your employment contract doesn't stipulate that you are responsible for the repair of the IT equipment, computers, or related accessories and/or are required to second guess your coworkers and/or supervisors judgement then you were just doing your job the correct way. For printers, especially some newer middle-of-the-road models (Brother I'm looking at you) fiddling around with it even if all you're doing is trying to swap out toner can EASILY damage it to the point where replacing the whole thing (plus fussing with getting the local network and computers to identify and use the printer) is cheaper and easier than hiring a tech or shipping it out for repairs.
You were told it was broken and if you aren't explicitly paid to troubleshoot, repair, or maintain that equipment you were 100% in the right to leave it tf alone.
Employment contract? I'm pretty sure most hotels (and employers in general) are at will.
Employment contract? I'm pretty sure most hotels (and employers in general) are at will.
Varies by state, company, and role.
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Back from Star Trek session, after two weeks of cancels.
It's nice change of pace from The One Ring (Monday group) with feeling competent again. Even if I messed up a few things. Like power management of the nearly non-operable derelict starship we, the away team, were on. We managed to survive and not get captured by green bastards Orionite pirates, unlike our captain and ship.
Back from Star Trek session, after two weeks of cancels.
It's nice change of pace from The One Ring (Monday group) with feeling competent again. Even if I messed up a few things. Like power management of the nearly non-operable derelict starship we, the away team, were on. We managed to survive and not get captured by green bastards Orionite pirates, unlike our captain and ship.
What system are you using? I've always liked the idea of playing in a Star Trek game, but most of the people I've gamed with have all been dead-set on D&D or Pathfinder.
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What system are you using? I've always liked the idea of playing in a Star Trek game, but most of the people I've gamed with have all been dead-set on D&D or Pathfinder.Back from Star Trek session, after two weeks of cancels.
It's nice change of pace from The One Ring (Monday group) with feeling competent again. Even if I messed up a few things. Like power management of the nearly non-operable derelict starship we, the away team, were on. We managed to survive and not get captured by green bastards Orionite pirates, unlike our captain and ship.
I'm guessing the newish Star Trek rpg from Modiphius.
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Indeed, it's Modiphius's Star Trek Adventures using their 2d20 system (which it shares, in more or less adjusted forms with Conan, Infinity, Achtung! Cthulhu, and Dune—the last one we haven't played yet).
Indeed, it's Modiphius's Star Trek Adventures using their 2d20 system (which it shares, in more or less adjusted forms with Conan, Infinity, Achtung! Cthulhu, and Dune—the last one we haven't played yet).
I have the core rulebook and the book on the Beta Quadrant but I haven't really had a chance to look at them very much yet. I was planning on doing that this winter during off time but I'm not sure if I'm going to have ANY off time this winter.
That said, it does look like fun and the artwork and writing appear to be top notch so I definitely recommend it if you're a Trek fan (I consider myself a casual fan).
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Fell asleep for a bit. Had a nightmare about spiders on my face. The beard has to go (no matter how much it makes me look like Will Riker).
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The beard is gone, yet I cannot sleep. Have I angered the gods?
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Fell asleep for a bit. Had a nightmare about spiders on my face. The beard has to go (no matter how much it makes me look like Will Riker).
I just saw not just Riker, but Thomas last night.