I think the thing about e-coli is that it likes to live on the surface of meat. So if you're cooking a steak rare, it's fine, because the putside and all the nasties are getting sizzled. With a burger though, stuff that used to be on the outside gets all mixed into the middle, so if you dont cook it right through then the bacteria can still be thriving in the middle.

Hey, Nilly! I got the package! They opened it, which was rude, but assuming you sent four, it arrived perfectly intact. Thank you so much.

if you dont cook it right through then the bacteria can still be thriving in the middle.

There is this place in Detroit that served these raw burgers that were creamy rare. So delicious. I miss that...stupid bacteria and stupid lawsuits.

I wouldn't be surprised if most steak tartare is hand-ground at the restaurant from a beef cut the chef knows comes from the Organic Hygienic Kosher Ranch, where the steers wandered around with little booties on their hooves and diapers.

I only wish I could order a rare hamburger. I think it's been over ten years since I had a real one. SIGH

On to other, better things, such as the day ahead of me!

They opened it, which was rude

They opened my suitcase when I was in the USA, on the local flight and on the flight back to Israel. I didn't even need their note in order to know that they did, because there was a problem with the zipper, and they ruined it completely.

assuming you sent four

Yup, I did. Yay, I'm so glad they arrived! I hope they're still OK for you to eat, what with your dietary changes and all.

If Zaphod has an headache in both heads, and he bumps them one into each other, does it help, or does he lose consciousness completely?

Also, I just found The Meaning of Liff recently, so playing with it is still fresh fun for me.

I wouldn't be surprised if most steak tartare is hand-ground at the restaurant from a beef cut the chef knows comes from the Organic Hygienic Kosher Ranch, where the steers wandered around with little booties on their hooves and diapers.

I'd pay for the analogous burger. Do you hear me, restauranteurs?

they ruined it completely

Ugh.

No worries about the dietary changes. I'm not actually making any of the recommended ones, certainly not until I get back the ten pounds I lost.

The meaning of Liff is a thing of beauty, especially if you don't know the place names. I still use the word abilene, if only in my head.

In counterpoint with the tacky lamp searching the other day, I have now fallen in love with a vase WAY too expensive to justify buying: Goebbels Mucha vase

certainly not until I get back the ten pounds I lost.

So the eating goes better by now? t /Jewish mommy

especially if you don't know the place names

I was told that it's supposed to have a name of an Israeli city, but I didn't find it. Other than that, I know non of the names, and the meaning of the words are usally things that the language actually needs, so I'm having a great time with it.

[Edited to wave to the rest of the morning shift]

Hi all!

I need some Buffista brainstorming help. I just found out I have to teach a class at 1 pm (and I am at work until 12. I am supposed to do a costume introduction, but my handouts are missing-- so I can wing part of it. The other thing I want to do, both to demonstrate that picking out costumes is more than picking out clothes AND to demonstrate all the different things a costume can say about the person is to have the students break up into teams and give them character descriptions and have them either create some sort of costume collage with magazine pictures, scraps of fabric, etc OR actually go into stock and pick some stuff out to dress the person. This is a general theatre intro class.

My Buffista Brainstorming thing is that I have to come up with about 10 character descriptions which might lead to interesting costumes and include things like age, social status, occupation, time period, weather, activity, etc etc.-- any ideas where I might be able to find this already done in some way?

Nilly's Jewish mommy made me happy.

Timelies! Does anyone else luuurrrurve My Name Is Earl?

dang that's some funny, FUNNY-ass TV.

Crab Man is my new fictional TV boyfriend. Even though now he's married .

Timelies! Does anyone else luuurrrurve My Name Is Earl?

ABSOLUTELY! It also has the BEST music. It's my new favorite show--because I sit down for a half an hour, laugh my ass off and feel better when it's over.