Timelies all!

Happy Birthday, Hec!

I'm sorry, Dana.

The first because it turns out a cuisinart blade doesn't go low enough to actually engage with one egg yolk

Yeah, I've run into that. Super frustrating, because making mayo seems like something the cuisinart really ought to be good for! And I know some people have gotten really good (and easily achieved) results with stick blenders, but I have not, so I can't help with that one.

There's a movie about the hysteria and the lady parts.

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OMG, all the talk about lady parts in here! I feel all dirty and gross now! Even code words and innuendo aren't enough!

There's a movie about the hysteria and the lady parts.

It's at the theater in my old neighborhood (which is 5 minutes away from where we are now), and we really need to get out to see that before it leaves.

(Maggie Gyllenhaal + vibrators = there is no bad there.)

flea, put a tablespoon of mustard in a bowl and pour in the broken mayonnaise slowly while beating. The immersion blender should be fine. eta: A narrow bowl is best.

The cuisinart *should* be perfect since it has a hole in the top just for dripping oil to emulsify.

Jilli, do you think the average American woman cares about pockets? It seems like there's more to do than just making them available--entire silhouettes have to change, and I can't see even an sizable minority of women digging that.

I dunno, they might? Because there is so much of women's clothing that has faux-pockets (either "decorative" pocket flaps or tiny pockets that won't hold anything), that I can't see silhouettes changing that drastically with addition of a few real pockets.

I mean, I wish I had more useful pockets, but only a few of my clothes has anywhere to put a pocket or three that would do more than lighten my bag.

The quote I reblogged on Tumblr really struck me because I realized that a lot of the stuff I carry in my purse isn't an absolute necessity for me; it's stuff I might need at some point. But since I'm committed to carrying a purse anyway, I might as well lug it along?

I may try paring everything down into a little vintage bag on a waist cord for a few days, and see if I'm okay with not carrying EVERYTHING.

Well, Kraft has saved dinner.

Casper is at a birthday party, and mr. flea was talking to the parents, and they moved here last July from Colorado so he could take a job as a VP at a major communications company. And then 2 months ago the company got bought out and the entire executive team was laid off. Man, I would be so pissed off. (They seem to be doing okay, since, you know, VP salary, but move a family across the country to get laid off 9 months later? GRRR!)

Cashmere: the whole Victorian vibrator thing was much less common than the movie (and the play) lead us to believe. [link]

It is impossible to say with any definiteness that something never occurred, but it is possible to argue that this particular treatment for 'hysteria' was rare and fell outside mainstream accepted medical practice in Victorian England. Things may have been different in North America.