The 4 Advil haven't done much more than take the edge off the back pain when I'm sitting. They have, however, given me a headache
That's completely unjust!
Beau is a complete and utter cutie bo bootie boy.
Go Kathy with the increasing strength and endurance! That's excellent news.
I like lentils and puffy bread and spices and yet I am not wild about Ethiopian food. But I feel I should give it another try or two.
Indian food, however... oh, oh, oh. Medium-spicy spinach with paneer, garlic naan, little bowls of savory dipping and dabbing and sprinkling sauces, and hot tea or cold beer. My One True non-mac'n'cheese comfort meal. So. Good.
Bleargh. I'm feeling not exactly sick, but throat-cruddy and droopy and like it would be irresponsible to go in to work for a bunch of pediatricians down the hall from the intensive care unit -- and, yet, not exactly sick. Just bleh. Matilda is coughing and sneezing and generally shooting fluids out of her fce at a tremendous rate, so she's home with me. She's very cheerful and lively, though; I'm gonna give us both a cold'n'flu aromatherapy bath, and maybe that'll conk us both out for a bit.
Hey, does anyone know -- was Knights of Prosperity canceled?
Not officially, but... yeah, probably. Earlier this week they pulled it from the schedule.
I've been able to eat Ethiopian in the past, but it's not one of my favorites because it's heavily stewed-- mushy vegetables and braised meats are not my thing. Indian food IME (it's hard to generalize since it's such a huge country) is not quite as stewed and mushy.
Yeah, I guess so, but the texture is more like a thicker crepe.
I initially had issues with injera because of this (I have Crepe Issues,) but managed to get over that. Its appearence sometimes gets a negative reaction, but not enough to not eat it.
Today's Dinosaur Comics was especially funny. To me, anyway: [link]
This also amused me:
March 8th 2007: Here is a treat! David Blankenbaker was kind enough to forward me an OPERA written by his friend Dr. McMuffin, which I pray is not a pseudonym. It is an opera based on Dinosaur Comics, specifically, this comic about sinister raccoons. It is so awesome. It is a short opera, a "prompt and business-like opera", as the Doctor describes it in his letter to me, but is nevertheless moving and firmly establishes me as both a comics author and a librettist. I think I may be beaten out by Too Much Coffee Man for the first opera based on a web comic, but this is definitely the first that has RACCOONS singing counterpoint to dinosaurs.
What have you already tried?
Uh...jerk stuff. That's about it. (Thinking back, I may not have ever had jerk goat as such. I've had jerk sauce, and I've had goat...)
Is there any word on the renewal of Supernatural yet?
I love Ethiopian and Indian cuisines. They're both stew-like, which I love. Anything in a saucy gravy is good to go for me. (Really the only cuisine I don't like very much - and I've had a lot of it - is Japanese. I really dislike a lot of the flavor palette [palate?]).
Ethiopian has some tangy sour flavors you don't get in Indian. I don't really think of them as similar since the flavors are different, but they do both probably have cumin in common, plus some similar stewed food textures.
As Jesse notes, the bread is kind of like a thick crepe. It's spongey, but I think it's very tasty, and it's perfect for the food.
Today's Dinosaur Comics was especially funny. To me, anyway: [link]
"What's he doing in space?"
"Character development."
I'm going to have to incorporate that answer to all the unanswerable questions.
I'm going to have to incorporate that answer to all the unanswerable questions.
I loved the "he pushes against the aether" thing. Aether was postulated in a theory that tried to explain some bizarre results when scientists measured the speed of light in various directions to see how fast the earth was moving. (IIRC this was in the late 19th century.) I think the aether theory was only around for a year or a few years before being disproved. The puzzling results were eventually explained by Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.
So it's a cool and obscure reference....
