I wish I could work out how to get gungo peas overseas.

These? [link]

Left work early to get stuff done. Got stuff done. I'm going to have to figure out Tu/Th swims, cause we might be losing a lane for lessons. Might be a crapshoot.

Got my annual jury summons, which is for when I am in B'ham with the boys. Can't really change that. Gonna have a fun time calling up the courts to figure out how to get it deferred. I have no idea how this'll go.

Man, P-C, can I bribe you with foodstuffs to negotiate with a Comcast robot on our behalf? We just keep getting hosed, and every time I try to get the bill down a little I'm told there's nothing they can do, that we won't be eligible for a lower bill until we've established a 12-month solid record of paying the higher bill without a single late payment. I asked the person, "So you'll bill me at a lower rate as soon as I can prove it's no hardship for me to pay the higher rate, but as long as it's a struggle it will continue to stay high?" and he said, "Yup."

Possibly my mistake was in dealing with a human instead of a robot.

Suzi, I take Abilify. What would you be taking it for, if you don't mind me asking?

(I get samples from my doctor, thus circumventing the paying-for-it issue for now.)

These?

Those. But fresh.

My boss started to ding me for something, telling me I need to get on his every email about this project right away, why hadn't I, and I checked my email and he'd never sent me anything. Turns out he was thinking of a different employee on a different project. Yet, he'd been thinking I messed up all day. I want a refund on the residual bad thoughts.

Possibly my mistake was in dealing with a human instead of a robot.

The robots always have better deals. Comcast told me to call them proactively about getting a new promotion after my current one ends, and the first thing the guy did was try to upsell me on a phone line and a bigger cable package. And when I said I didn't want to add anything, he offered to lower my cable by $20 and my Internet by $10 for a year. The robot gave me $25 off cable and $15 off cable for six months, which actually isn't that much more fantastic, but there may be better offers available in six months that make it worth it.

Those. But fresh.

Indian grocery store?

Indian grocery store?

I might give that a try, thanks.

Buying an el cheapo rice cooker has saved me from many pots of burned rice.

Wallybee's parents stayed with us for a month before Ryan was born, during which time they got to know our rice cooker. When they came back for Ryan's first year, they brought back a Chinese "THIS R SRS BIZNESS" rice cooker for us. I regard myself as well-served in the rice department.

I boil pasta the way I make rice (put the pasta in with whatever water and then boil it down until the pasta is done). With brown rice, I just use an excess of water and I boil it for ~20ish minutes then I drain the rice. Perfect.

However, I also use a rice cooker. In fact, I just got a new one. I wanted a zojirushi but got a similar model from Oster for a fraction of the price.