I made it to the end! WhooHOoo!!!!

First off... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MM! The GM extraordinaire! The man of the Office Sherpas stories. And the awesome CS article. Alas, I could not rate it, but I thought it was well done! Reminds me of the time I called to complain about something, and I said to the very nice gal on the line (paraphrase) "OK, now, as you might guess, I'm kinda peeved by this. So the NY'er in me insists on yelling and thrashing about. Please don't take it personal. And mentally redirect the yelling to the people that it should be directed to that came up with the problem... OK, rar rar rar..." which gave her a nice chuckle, and immediately she came up with an interesting work around. I'm not sure if it was the mock yelling, or the preface that won her over, but either way, it worked.

OK, not here. I'm working. Really.

Blessed Natal Day, Man of Miracles. Please to work on transporter mor, kthx.

I feel like printing out your article and spreading it among my compadres. I'd send the link out on the email, but I don't feel comfortable spamming the corporate email system when I don't know if the guys in the executive office--or the HR office!--will snicker.

Sorry Daisy, off to a suck start. Dude ran fast.

Nora I am insanely jealous of your fried chicken in the house. That's something I've never dared to make myself. Deep frying scares me.

Pan frying, baybee! [link]

It's an Alton Brown recipe and it's suprisingly simple. AND SO DELICIOUS.

We also made collard greens (cooked with onion and bacon). Nom nom nom.

I've found that if I try to fry anything in the house the place ends up smelling like a fast food joint for days.

Mmm, food. I am so hungry!

I'm also wasting time. Well, sort of. I need to do more paperwork and then head to the laundromat. Good times.

Thanks for the comments, too! I resisted blogging/lj for a long time, but figured this was a good way to keep some people like my mother informed about my training exploits without having to remember to write and email everyone everytime. Also, it's a good way to keep me accountable to myself.

Usually if we make sure the oil doesn't get too hot and we run the ventilation over the stove we do OK for the odor.

I can't help wondering if Pete, Jilli, Kristin and ND had something to do with this.

lisah, that is very tempting! I think I need to get a new bike first though;

Well, you could always train on your regular bike and rent a fancy road bike for the Ride. That's what I'm planning to do! (My bike is a heavy ass mountain bike so I'm hoping that actually will work in my favor.)

It is a crazy fun event. If a little torturous.

Nora, I have marked your post! That sounds divine.

I should make being patient with my father a NY resolution. seriously.

I can't help wondering if Pete, Jilli, Kristin and ND had something to do with this.

Hahahahahahahaha! No, we had nothing to do with it. And you will all note that there were no news stories of someone moving in at the Haunted Mansion, which means you can safely assume my clever plans came to naught.