2nd date, woo! Solving for three variables in a finite discrete wardrobe sounds hard. It's like a boundary value problem.
Book ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
yay date!
yay 2nd date!!!
All this talk of healthy inspired me to put a few extra slices of bacon in brunch today. AIFG!Um. Follow up on that bacon. Ya. Trying to get dressed up for an afternoon wedding. Nice slacks no longer fit. Hmmm. Maybe I've been having too much bacon since I moved to TX. Opps.
Speaking of wedding. I think I need to say 'no' to church weddings. All the weddings I've gone to of late were outdoor things, or in secular establishments. This was my first time in a Church of Christ service. It was rather interesting. NO music. And the vows were making the feminists in the room crawl (we were talking about it at the 'reception' afterward). I counted (3) instances where the preacher said, in effect, forgive him when he cheats on you. One time was forgive for lust, I forget what the other two phrases were. He didn't have to promise any such forgiveness. Most interesting. To keep from crawling out of my skin, I played "find the hidden speakers". Plus, the only color in the room was the stained glass behind the "altar" area, and it reminded me of the popcorn scene in REAL GENIUS, so I sat there picturing the whole room filled with pop corn.
You can't fairly judge all church weddings by just one.
I'm really not good at Passover. It's day 3, and I'm craving pasta. (Also, I really need to go grocery shopping -- I have a feeling I'd be craving pasta less if I had something other than just matzo to eat. Matzo brei was fun to experiment with, and I think I've nearly got it right now. Matzo with peanut butter is filling, but boring. I think I might have some tangerines.)
omnis, that doesn't sound like any church wedding I have been to.
The rice pies look good. I hope they taste good. We're watching some of the game now before attempting to make the rice pies.
Hil, I would think Passover would be particularly hard on a vegan, it must really limit your options.
You can't fairly judge all church weddings by just one.
omnis, that doesn't sound like any church wedding I have been to.
Whew. I know I'm a 'heathen' and all, but o boy did I feel like a fish out of water this afternoon. Good to know this is atypical. I really hope when she gets back from her honeymoon, the wedding doesn't come up in conversation at the lunch room. Apparently it was his church, she's marrying into it.
Passover question. Cous-cous are wheat, but they contain no ingredien except wheat and cook in 5-7 minutes unlike most pastas. Does that make them Kosher for passover? (assuming the facility they are prepared in is OK).
Hil, I would think Passover would be particularly hard on a vegan, it must really limit your options.
Well, I'm not totally vegan -- I still eat dairy, and I'm not always quite as vigilant as I think I should be about eggs as ingredients -- which helps some. Also, I decided that eating beans during Passover is OK for me -- I grew up with, basically, "We don't eat beans during Passover because our ancestors didn't, even though we acknowledge that the rule doesn't actually make sense," but I found a bunch of rabbis who've published things saying that beans are fine during Passover, and many of them added that especially vegans should consider eating beans, so I decided to add them back into my Passover diet.
None of that really helps, though, when my kitchen basically contains a box of matzo, an onion, a jar of peanut butter, a jar of almond butter, and a tangerine that I just ate. Plus some canned and dry beans, and a few packages of tofu, and a bunch of spices. I'm not going to starve on this, but I'm not going to eat anything very interesting, either. I need to go grocery shopping tomorrow and get some fruits and vegetables.