The savings bond is a really good idea, Jesse. Hee, living in the future.

And I'm sorry about your friends, Scrappy. Something like that is like a time bomb. Sometimes it never goes off at all. And most times, one never sees the trigger coming.

ETA:Ow. Tortured metaphor. Moar coffee, STAT.

I've cleaned and washed the greens for dinner. My vague plan right now is green soup -- make soup with pretty much all the cooking greens in my fridge, onions, garlic, vegetable broth, maybe potatoes, maybe beans, and puree it. I'm probably going to improvise as I go along, though -- I'm not sure about the pureeing step, so I'll see how it looks then. This also kind of seems like it needs something lemony, but I'm not sure if I'll just put in some lemon juice or make some kind of lemony creamy thing to drizzle on top.

That sounds yum. Some acid would probably be a nice note.

I also have a lot of greens to do something with but I made soup a couple of weeks ago and I'm really not such a huge soup person right now.

brenda, I would still love your Revised Theory Of Eating, when/if you ever write it down. Or put pixels on screen. You know.

But if you don't, that's cool too; no pressure implied.

That actually sounds like a project I could tackle today. I was grappling with some med side effects (that actually I might want to pick your brain about in return) that was making me struggle a bit so I didn't really get what I wanted out.

I just started some cashews soaking to make a lemon cashew cream to drizzle on top of the soup, which I think now means that I'll have to puree it, because I can't really see drizzling something on top of a non-pureed soup. Hmm. I've got some thyme -- that'll probably be good in this soup.

I was grappling with some med side effects (that actually I might want to pick your brain about in return)

I love side effects!

...not really. But some are weirder than hell.

Relatedly, I'm editing an article about how a drug that's used primarily for nausea (it started as a drug for chemotherapy-related nausea) has been found to be beneficial in schizophrenia. I mean, what a huge difference in medical conditions, right? And one drug works for both! (Well, theoretically, in the schizophrenia; it's only recently been reported, so it's not an FDA-approved treatment or anything.) But still: drugs are neat.

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That is the size of the weeds in my yard.

and I have just put up a very undignified picture of new cat Nathaniel on face book.

Relatedly, I'm editing an article about how a drug that's used primarily for nausea (it started as a drug for chemotherapy-related nausea) has been found to be beneficial in schizophrenia.

Those discoveries fascinate me. I always figure that must be how they come up with drugs like Latisse, the one advertised for eyelash growth.

In the vegetable vein, what's a good thing to do with kale? This should be pretty mild (mostly from my garden and picked small) - I'm thinking saute with garlic and olive oil? But I am open to suggestions.