I can eat garlic without the nasty chickpea intervention.

Bacon smells...like heaven. And I can barely stand smells these days. Bacon, vanilla, bread, and chocolate. Best food smells ever. As well as those others I haven't thought of.

I can't decide which thread this belongs in, so here: JJ Abrams board game. I haven't watched enough Lost to get it all, but I've got enough Alias, Fringe, Star Trek, and Felicity to grok most of it.

I think the tech meeting from hell is done. Which just means there's stuff I haven't thought of yet.

Timelies all!

Hummus: Yum. I don't like bacon(just don't like the flavor). I've read Pride & Prejudice, but no other Austen. (I have seen the movie of Sense & Sensibility with Emma Thompson)

That cover it?

German family granted political asylum in the US. [link]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children was granted political asylum Tuesday by a U.S. immigration judge, according to the legal group that represented them.

The decision clears the way for Uwe Romeike (roh-MY-kee), his wife and five children to stay in Morristown, Tenn., where they have been living since 2008. Romeike says his family was persecuted for their evangelical Christian beliefs and for homeschooling their children in Germany, where school attendance is compulsory.

I think we can all agree that Persuasion is the best Jane Austen novel

I agree with you Dana.

I like Lizzie Bennett but I want to slap the shit out of Emma Woodhouse.

I also agree with Cash.

Ranking of Jane Austen novels:
Persuasion
Pride and Prejudice
Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park
Emma
Sense and Sensibility

Hey, did you know that the sun warms things up?? It's been flurrying on and off all afternoon, but nothing was sticking as of 5:30 when I ran an errand. But I just looked outside, and it's all white now! Magic.

I think I've got my work computer mostly set up. Still have to figure out how to do some things, like where in the hell to find a certain shared server and eventually, must figure out scripting since my unix account aliases don't translate and I'm really lazy, but other than that...

All the tickets I filed resulted in someone coming in to my office and throwing the gates wide. Just as planned.

Bacon, vanilla, bread, and chocolate. Best food smells ever.

Now there we are in agreement. I would add the smell of coffee brewing to the list, but that's just me.

Ahh--the smell of coffee is a lifesaver. I don't drink it much, but I carry a small tin of Blue Mountain in my purse at all times in case other smells get noxious.

I had a Coca Cola craving today and was glad to discover the vending machine sold the 12oz cans. But there's no way I can finish even that. Silly slick feeling on my teeth. Plus caffeine too late in the day. Whoops.

I like turkey bacon!

That's not bacon.

Bacos are disturbingly gratifying, however. They now come in "chip" as well as "bit" sizes.

But they're still not bacon.

I don't drink it much, but I carry a small tin of Blue Mountain in my purse at all times in case other smells get noxious.

Ground or beans?

I get my BiL half a pound of Blue Mountain every year for Christmas. It's the only gift I've found that he likes, and I think he'd be bummed if I changed on him.