because tomato seeds are nasty.

I need to trot down to the Civic Center Farmer's Market on Wednesday and get some of my favorite dry-farmed tomatoes there. They're small, firm, extremely flavorful and have very little jelly or seeds.

These recipes all would be better if you removed the actual egg from the equation.

This looks like a job for the buffistas!

I don't even know where to begin with that, but it looks amazing.

I'm not a big fan of dill, ordinarily, but Hec's recent experiments have been shockingly (like, lick-the-bowl) delicious.

All sorts of vibes to Barb's kids and HULK-SMASH~ma to whoever ends up speaking to Incompetent!Weaselly!Agent's boss and delivering total smiteage.

And migraine-and-period-coping~ma to Zen and Pix and anyone else who needs it, and eyeball~ma to Todd, and a million other ~mas to everyone else, and now I have to go again because the new job continues to kick my ass. In a good way, since I can't even remember how long it's been since I last used this much of my brain at work, but still in a massively timeconsuming way.

Leopard-print manicure.

Mom and I went shopping today because I wanted some things that would pack easily for going to the UK in the fall. I bought this

this

And this

And I didn't end up paying anywhere near full price for any them.

sj, I ADORE that plaid dress! Too cute!

Thanks, Barb! I have been drooling over it online for quite some time.

oomphectomy

Is that a thing, or just that you forgot what goes before "ectomy"?

I apologize for the TMI, y'all.

I posted pictures of the fibroids that had been removed from my body. I don't think that we recognize the concept. BTW, when I showed the pic to my PCP, his response was "OH MY GOD"

These recipes all would be better if you removed the actual egg from the equation.

Amen. I'm not a huge fan of eggs without a carpet of cheese, but runny eggs? shudder.

Hivemind, I'm emailing a guy that I interviewed with a few years ago who really liked me (enough to call me a year later when a position came open that he thought I'd be good for). I said this:

Hello [Contact]! I hope that you are well.

I'm writing because [University] has recently experienced a round of mandatory downsizing, and unfortunately, I was caught in it. I had just been brought in to the Law School to revitalize the LL.M. program when the RIF occurred. I am reaching out to all of my contacts for advice and any suggestions for possibilities in legal education.

If you would like, we could meet for coffee or lunch at your convenience.

Thanks in advance for any assistance that you might be able to offer.

Sincerely,

[Vortex]

Is the lunch/coffee suggestion too pushy? Also, what should the subject line of the email be? (I hate email subject lines, just open the damned thing)

I thought maybe the "oo" meant ovary? But I'm totally guessing.