PC, these kinds of things are good to keep in a file for a) the days when you're feeling shitty and incomptent, you can see where someone thinks that you're not and b) evaluation - helps you pinpoint the stuff you've done in the past year to remind your boss how great you are.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 1:58:35 pm PST #29948 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
omnis_audis - Nov 10, 2009 3:10:55 pm PST #29949 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Hil, I wonder if your lovely adviser would respond better to a non-electronic form of messaging. Are there inter-office memo's? Physical mailboxes? Does he check those? iirc, he's not great with phone messages, so that would be out. I dunno. Just an idea. I know there are some older artsy types that are flakey that hate e-mail/internet/voice mail types of things.
PC, that is awesome. Save it. I had a couple those in my e-mail at the old job. On the rough days, I'd look them over for a needed ego boost.
Omnis, I'm glad your "leaf on the wind" moment wasn't followed by a horizontal pile-driver rock.I dunno, that doesn't sound so bad right now. The ducks. They are mobilizing.
Hil R. - Nov 10, 2009 3:16:02 pm PST #29950 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Physical mailboxes? Does he check those?
There are, but I'm not sure how often he checks his, since he's not at the office every day.
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 4:17:15 pm PST #29951 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Made the applesauce tonight. One macintosh apple, one honeycrisp, about a tablespoon of brown sugar, and about an inch worth of grated ginger.
I was too impatient to wait until it cooked down totally for dinner (with pork, brussel sprouts and radishes). it was good.
-t - Nov 10, 2009 4:20:34 pm PST #29952 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds delicious, sauce and dinner both.
meara - Nov 10, 2009 4:21:14 pm PST #29953 of 30000
Yum, I want Vortex's dinner! I wasn't feeling well this morning and slept through the morning. I ate channa masala from Trader Joe's (which oddly doesn't come with rice) and frozen garlic naan. Which was yum.
Vortex - Nov 10, 2009 4:23:40 pm PST #29954 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I am totally going to the farmer's market, buying apples and making a big batch this weekend. so simple. I used my mini food processor, so it will take a little longer, but its worth it.
DavidS - Nov 10, 2009 4:41:39 pm PST #29955 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I made my new recipe hot and sour chicken soup tonight. It's so good and so simple! Lemony and garlicky with just a bit of burn. Plus chicken and noodles. I could totally sell this to people who had the cold and didn't have their mothers near by.
My Yellow Pages Ad: Got a head cold? Call me and I'll come make delicious soup for you in your house. I'll even swing by and pick up a video for you.
::smek smek::
Of course, you have to have a good bread to sop it up, and I got one of my two favorite breads in San Francisco: green onion & feta.
sj - Nov 10, 2009 4:51:05 pm PST #29956 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I made my new recipe hot and sour chicken soup tonight. It's so good and so simple! Lemony and garlicky with just a bit of burn. Plus chicken and noodles. I could totally sell this to people who had the cold and didn't have their mothers near by.
Taunter. You're not going to share this fantastic recipe with us?
DavidS - Nov 10, 2009 5:01:13 pm PST #29957 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Taunter. You're not going to share this fantastic recipe with us?
It's not complicated. Though it helps to have a roasted chicken in the fridge. If you're like me, and tend to pick up a supermarket roasted chicken at least once a week, then this is not an issue. Though I guess you could make it with fresh chicken, but then it would take more than ten minutes to cook.
Anyway...Chicken stock, 3 cups. Four cloves of garlic. Cut into chunks and crush it slightly with the flat of the blade. Toss in. Put in the noodles now. I use a fat Italian curvy noodle like Fusilli or Rotini. Use the bottom half of your chicken (the dark meat and stuff away from the breast meat). Toss it in making sure to include bones and skin. (Makes it richer.) Squeeze in half a large lemon. Liberally dose with Thai chili sauce (Srichacha). Let it cook ten minutes or so until the noodles are done. Fish out the chicken and remove the bones. Put the meat back in.
Serves two.
I usually skim it a couple times because you get a yucky froth when the citrus gets in there.
Serve with crusty Italian bread. (Pugiliese!)
So it has the virtues of Avgolemeno (a Greek chicken soup with lemon juice) and Asian hot and sour soups. But it's simpler with less ingredients. It's pretty much just chicken and noodles in a really satisfying broth that is easy on the stomach but good for clearing the sinuses and throat.