Happily I've avoided major catastrophies today, though retrieving my pre-cooked turkey from Kroger ended up being being an episode of I Love Lucy:
• frozen pre-cooked turkeys did not arrive at the supermarket, so their deli staff had to cook 20 from scratch today - turkey ready 1 hour 45 minutes after I was supposed to pick it up
• sudden gust of wind blew up as I was leaving the store, making off with my receipt, the bag my roasting pan was in, and very nearly the roasting pan itself
• neighbor with hyper jumpy rotweiller and giant poodle choses the exact moment I'm getting the turkey out of my car to walk them in our parking lot, with predictable results
• apparently terrified of dogs, turkey lets loose with a stream of warmish liquid as I'm carrying it up the back stairs, soaking me to the skin (thank God I thought better of wearing a dress shirt today!)
• upon opening box I discover that turkey is wrapped in 4 layers of aluminum foil, 2 concentric plastic bags, 4 more layers of aluminum foil, 2 more concentric plastic bags, and a final 2 layers of foil, thus doubling its overall weight and volume. This thing must have been under pressure like Mt. Saint Helens to force any liquid out through all that swaddling!
• when core of actual turkey is finally revealed, it is not unlike a pasty boiled chicken in appearance, as multiple layers of protection apparently prevented it from rising much past room temperature despite being in a roaster oven all day. Plans amended from 90 minutes of extra cooking to 3 1/2 hours to achieve crispy brown skin.
Clearly the ghost of the shrimp is fucking with you. Impressive shrimp.
a) What do people want for Christmas this year?
For the universe to give the people I care about a frickin' break already. Failing that, I would really, really like a sizeable gift card to one of my favorite clothing stores. I'm in desperate need of pants that fit.
b) What is your favorite present that you bought for someone else?
The Old Farmer's Almanac Gardener's Calendar I got for my stepmother. It has gorgeous illustrations, and all sorts of neat tidbits of information. I seriously considered keeping it and getting her something else. I've decided instead to simply order another copy for myself.
Anybody have a PDF to JPG converter handy?
I need to convert a few files. (About 7.)
How many pages? Not that I have a converter -- I can't remember ever having seen such a thing. Just that if it's not too many, printing your screen (again and again) might be the simplest way out.
Clearly the ghost of the shrimp is fucking with you. Impressive shrimp.
This is war. Next to fall will be three pounds of his larger brethren, marinated, grilled and served on paparadelle alfredo. A dash of vengence shall be added too for spilling my blood.
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retrieving my pre-cooked turkey from Kroger ended up being being an episode of I Love Lucy
They've got some 'splaining to do...
did UPS ever stop being irritating?
It never does. IME... Waiting on them right now actually.
How many pages? Not that I have a converter -- I can't remember ever having seen such a thing. Just that if it's not too many, printing your screen (again and again) might be the simplest way out.
So if I do the print screen copy thing off the PDF I can paste it in an art format?
if I do the print screen copy thing off the PDF I can paste it in an art format?
Yup. You'll need to go via a graphics program to trim out the other crap, but once you've print-screened, you are a heartbeat away from JPG, GIF, BMP, whatever's your poison.
ita, did you get any info from the biofeedback person?
