I have a stick blender, or I did I think I tossed it because it didn't work that great and it was kinda cheap. I need to get a replacement and I love it. But I have a bunch of recipes I'd love to try but for a variety of reasons they need a food processor.

But I need to replace the stick blender, it was great for pureeing soups and things.

Stick blenders are great, but dangerous. I discovered that I could make fresh whipped cream with one in under 30 seconds. My consumption of fresh whipped cream went up dramatically.

I have a stick blender, but it doesn't work very well. The blades aren't really sharp at all, and they don't blend anything unless it was really mushy to begin with.

Yeah, I used to have a stick blender and loved it, but I killed it with a batch of split pea soup.

Of which I really want some now. Except it's 90 freakin' degrees. Can it be November already?

S's truck is blowing oil smoke like crazy, and had been making a nasty rattling noise on the trip. I think she's got a blown gasket.

Sean, if you need to borrow the Diablo Sound truck for a few days to get around, you are welcome to. Just let me know and I'll let our housesitter know to not worry that it's gone. The gas mileage on the truck sucks, but it's reliable.

Happy Birthday Aims!

Thanks, Drew.

IOnotsomuchabout*me*N.... This Russia/Georgia thing is really freaking me out. It's kind of bad news. The Russians are using a huge show of force, and that stretch of land that Georgia occupies? Go look at a globe. You know what lies on the other side of that? Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Isreal, and the rest of the Arabian peninsula.

Not to be too alarmist or anything....

Hippo Birdies, Aims!

Happy Birthday Aims

glad you are safe Sean

Happy Birthday, Aims!!!

Glad you got home safe, Sean. That sounded like scary shit.