Just a note, if anyone's in Scotland at the moment (and why WOULDN'T they be?)

My best friend's one man show is playing at the Fringe right now:

Submissive Barbi.

If you are near it or know anyone who is near it, it must be seen.

There has been some interest expressed for a Buffistas Cookbook. I have created a poll to see if it would be worth exploring further. Please take a moment to answer the poll so we can see if it is worthwhile to proceed.

Poll: Buffistas Cookbook

Results: Results: Buffistas Cookbook

The poll will be open until Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at noon board time.

If you get a message in email that a friend has sent you a ecard, I suggest you delete it unopened. Virii are around.

Book Club announcement and Spoiler warning

Using classic Buffista tested and approved techniques for swift decision-making, and in an attempt to dewhitefontify Literary, it was decided that the next selection for the Book Club thread is Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling, with full fontal discussion beginning immediately. Those who don't want to be spoiled, you may want to avoid the thread until you've read the book, or until discussion has ended.

Watch this space for more exciting announcements about upcoming selections, including a popular graphic novel, and a possible Project Gutenberg classic available online as well as at your local library or bookstore.

Not that big of a deal, but - I've earned two free song downloads from the Connect Music Store. I have no need of two free music downloads. Anybody want 'em? If so, e me at profile addy, I'll forward the code and whatnot.

This is something I've been meaning to post, but not until I saw it actually hit store shelves.

For diabetic people, and those who think they might be:

A1C Home Test

I found it at Wal-Mart, near the testing kits, for around $18. I found a coupon elsewhere for another $3 off via mail-in rebate.

A year ago, a month out of the hospital, I was part of a test group for this product and it was very accurate in my A1c results.

The Buffistas Cookbook is a go! With 50 voters, 79% said they would like a Buffistas Cookbook. So, off we go!

It’s time to start collecting recipes. Please send recipes to buffistascookbook at gmail dot com. Please include as much of the following information as you can:

Recipe Name
Recipe Description
Source (your Buffista name and also where you got the recipe…handed down from grandma, cookbook, etc.)
Which Meal?
Food Category (Main Dish, Vegetable, Side Dish, Dessert, etc.)
Vegetarian or Vegan?
Time to Prepare
Number of Servings
Calories Per Serving (if known)
Nutritional Information (if known)
Ingredients
Instructions (numbered)
Notes
Utensils Needed

We will be collecting recipes until Monday, September 12. I will post a few reminders between now and then.

Feel free to send as many recipes as you would like to include. We want this to be a great resource for everyone. But, if you don’t have time to send many, consider sending just one of your favorites. We’d love to see as many people as possible be involved in this project.

I have a goal to have this ready with plenty of time to make it a great Secret Santa gift. It looks like the cost will probably be around $10, but that will be confirmed when we know the cost of printing, etc.

Pull out those recipe cards and get typing!

ETA: If you have a picture of the recipe made, send that along too. It will probably be printed in B&W, but it would still be nice to have some pictures of recipes in the book.

More Australian screenings of Serenity

Attn L.A.-istas!

Y'know how Pete and I are going to be in town over Halloween weekend? Well, I just found out that Goth legends Bauhaus are going to be playing at the The Wiltern LG on Oct. 28th, 29th, and 30th. So! Who wants to go see Bauhaus with me? Drop me a line at my profile addy so we can figure out what night.

(x-posted to F2F)

Joss fanboys over Veronica Mars.

so if you just needed one more reason to watch this show, there you go.