I have a bunch of assorted things that must be done today, so I certainly should stay busy. Let's see if I really do.

I can't imagine paying $200 for adult shoes, unless they came with a guarantee that they would be the most comfortable shoes I had ever worn.

Up too damned early. DH brought the cat inside last night. First night since "the incident". She decided to spent the night sleeping with me. Oh yeah, I slept well. At about 4pm she decided that kneeding the blanket near my shoulder was THE thing to do. Ummmm, TOO close to my head, thank you very much. So now she has the blanket to herself and I'm out here.

Oh, and Hec, wasn't Liz Phair singing for Game 2? I'm trying to figure out Game 1. Mom says it was a dude.

I actually got out of bed early and am sitting in front of the lightbox and, courtesy of FX, am watching Buffy kick the shit out of Faith in "Graduation Day pt. 1." Good times.

Also? Not enough coffee or 10,000-lux light in the WORLD today.

Wooo! Two of my three sections are entered in the survey software. This thing is going to be tested and online by the end of the week. I'm so excited!

Let me do a quick little poll. This thing has about 60 questions. Not all of them are required, and most of them are multiple choice or a rating scale. I think it's going to take about 20 minutes to fill it out. Will you guys be willing to fill this out? Do you think people in general will be willing to fill it out since it's kind of long?

I never do those LJ meme things uf they have more than 25 questions. However, I would answer more question sif I was doing it for someone I know or something that had been presented to me as mattering for something.

This is a survey for a research study I'm doing on the Buffistas and the Bronze. I think it's kind of fun, but it won't be so fun if no one wants to fill the thing out. I just don't know what to cut :).

What Stephanie said.

These may be the Ugly Shoes of the Week. But in case they aren't, the site suggests that you also buy legwarmers.

I'm with Stephanie, vw. Usually I don't like things that are too long, but I don't mind when it's a survey for a school project. Count me in!

Timelies. I was supposed to take the baby to a playgroup this morning, and it is so chilly, and this weekend was so busy, I can't make myself get motivated. Nothing that involves getting a toddler fed and dressed should start at 9:15 a.m.

Sail, the recipe was in The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition with 1,000 Recipes which was put together by the Cook's Illustated peeps. We got it from the library. I don't have it with me at the office, but as I can recall, here's the gist:

Season up and brown 2.5 lbs lamb (with 1 tbsp olive oil per browning session, you'll likely need to do in batches) and dutch oven type thing (stovetop and oven safe). The lamb recommended was boneless cubed shoulder meat. I don't know what we got at the store, but it was boness and cut up and lamb and said "stew meat" which probably was shoulder.

remove lamb, add a Tbsp of olive oil to pan, cook a couple diced onions till soft. add a few minced cloves of garlic, for like 30 seconds.

Add a mixture of three Tbsp tablespoons of flour (to make a roux), and spices- cumin (1.5 tsp), 1 tsp coriander, 1 tsp cinnamon, .5 tsp ground ginger powder, and a shake o' cayenne if you're saucy like that.

After that gets worked in a bit, add a 2 and a quarter cups of broth slowly.

Then throw in a can of diced tomatos, a cup of rough chopped dried apricots, and the lamb with all its juices and stir in and makes sure lamb is covered by liquid. pop in the oven, which you have preheated to 300 degrees.

After an hour and a quarter, stir a can of drained/rinsed chick peas in there, cook another 15 minutes. Makes some couscous and enjoy.

It was Teh Yum. We halved the above recipe, and it made 2 good servings.