I made tacos for dinner last night out of leftovers in the fridge: chopped grilled chicken breast ('twas organic and still tender, 4 days later), black beans, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, and garlic on a low-fat flour tortilla with hatch chile salsa and shredded colby cheese. Total cost of ingredients: ~$7.50 for the whole meal (5 tacos).

Happy birthday, Kat!

I hate being told how to make any kind of food authentically. I'll make it how I like it with stuff I have on hand, that's how food works.

Though I do have a bit of an urge to go find out how good the tacos from the truck by the tire store down the street are. Probably pretty good.

this air-powered tampon gun turns your feminine hygiene products into high-flying projectiles.

Hee. I knew a guy in college who thought all feminine hygiene products were horrible, unclean things. Not used ones (I'd understand the squick in that case), but a plastic-wrapped, unopened tampon was horribly untouchable. One fell out of my purse once and he jumped back 3 feet. And he wasn't kidding.

I'd so like to get into a wargame scenario with him and this weapon.

Shocked? Are these relatives that have never met him or seen him on television?

I'm sure he kept the fact that he was an N'Sync member pretty secret from his family. That's not the sort of thing you want your family to find out. I think any family would be shocked to find out a relative was a member of vapid boy band

Happy Birthday Kat!

My motivation has so flown the coop this morning. Even the promise of tacos cannot inspire me.

One fell out of my purse once and he jumped back 3 feet.

Hold on, are you saying they don't explode if touched by a boy?

I have an on-line book proposal up:

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I open with the pull quotes from experts I nagged into reading the book and giving reviews. I have them in a two column format, because I thought they would be easier to read that way than stretched across the page.

But someone told that looks jarring, and they would be better in a single column layout. I have lousy taste in that sort of thing, so was hoping for buffista feedback on this point.

a fun alternative to paintball.

Okay, paintball marks you. I'm scared to read that article and find out they're putting paint on the tampons, because that's just...yeah, no.

NSYNC's on hiatus? Isn't there an expiry date on that? Especially since Justin's an actor now (heh), and at least one of the members is nearing 40?

Separately, Happy Birthday Kat!

I think I would prefer single column, but I have no claim of layout skills.

Does Mark Bittman not know there are taco trucks in New York too?

I'm on a torta craze lately. Tonight will be milaneza and a jamica.