A friend has asked me to recommend a prosecco for her son's wedding. I tend to buy prosecco by whim, and I only remember a few names. Any suggestions?
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Apr 30, 2008 6:31:22 pm PDT #4420 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Kat - Apr 30, 2008 6:40:43 pm PDT #4421 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Got a copy of Cook's Country magazine in the mail. I'm not sure what its mission statement is, as opposed to Cook's Illustrated. So far "more colour pictures" is all I'm noticing.
Easier recipes. More homey foods -- casseroles aren't eschewed.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2008 6:47:14 pm PDT #4422 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Easier recipes. More homey foods -- casseroles aren't eschewed
The proof of the pudding, as they say.
I'm in a bind. I'm not sure if I took tonight's meds yet. I have to decide if doubling is worse than missing. Having missed, I don't believe it can be, but I couldn't have predicted the impact of missing before doing it for the first time.
I guess I'll wait until right before I go to bed and take the important meds then. Hmmph. I have no idea what knocked me off my rhythm.
Burrell - Apr 30, 2008 7:42:36 pm PDT #4423 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have no idea how many calories I eat in a day. I'm guessing more than 1200 and less than 2000. 1600? Not sure.
We had family fiesta day at daycare today--the parents bring a pot luck lunch with the kids. DH came too. It was so nice except it sapped my will to do much else today. Hrm. With luck, I'll have the will to work tomorrow.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2008 8:00:02 pm PDT #4424 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Having read the issue of Cook's Country I have to say the tone falls flat for me. The recipes may be very good--there are more of them than in an issue of Cook's Illustrated, and the thirty minute dinners are a goldmine if they're tasty, but the personality of it doesn't click. The page of kitchen outtakes was just a list of stupid things people copped to having done in the kitchen. Whoope de doo.
Off to take a potentially redundant medication. I can't believe I'm allowed to take care of me.
Burrell - Apr 30, 2008 8:03:06 pm PDT #4425 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Are they still sending out that same issue of Cooks Country? The one with the red checkered table cloth on the cover and the brownie recipe inside?
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2008 8:20:22 pm PDT #4426 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't remember brownies. It's way in the other room. It had a low-fat chocolate chip cookie recipe that I kinda want to make into an oatmeal cookie recipe once I can eat wheat again. There was also...pasta primavera, freezer lasagna, and then I don't remember exactly.
lori - Apr 30, 2008 9:45:32 pm PDT #4427 of 10001
Gratuitous baby picspam:
Noah likes to remove and eat his socks and vogue and stand and gnaw on things and show off the world's greatest bellybutton.
And make funny noises and do aerobics.
Shir - Apr 30, 2008 10:23:58 pm PDT #4428 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Dear vice president co-worker:
Please LEARN how the system works before asking me to do things that are completly different from the system's purpose, especially after I spent last night until 23:00 doing my best to understand what do you want from me and do a hell lot of overtime to help you out with it.
Also? "Oh, no, so you just worked for nothing"? Isn't the best way to say "I'm really sorry I wasn't clear about what I wanted you to do from the start, so you won't have to work so much helping me out".
Plus? Trust me, you can figure out what you wanted from the data I already sent, if you give it 5 minutes of thought.
FYI.
Fucking AAAAARRRRRGGGG!
Edit: it's worse than I thought. Not. Enough. Hate. In the world.
Theodosia - May 01, 2008 2:01:32 am PDT #4429 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Shir, fwiw, I've found that one of my most important functions as a developer is to save the users from themselves. Keep pushing back at them just enough to make sure that they have clarified exactly what they want and that they'll get it in a form they understand.
It was a day of empowerment when I realized I could screw over users I didn't like by giving them EXACTLY what they asked for. Not that I use this power for evil, but knowing I have it is something of a comfort.