Brendhan Behan was an Irish poet, playwright and author. Conversation turned to him elsewhere than on this board (actually in a twitter exchange with Ken M). And yes, self-deprecation is common. What I think is less common is self-deprecation that is not self-hating on the one hand and is not "Isn't charming that I'm such a jackass" on the other. Though I think the examples given are great ones.

Fireworks in Olympia were illegal this year, after being legal for a long time. Did not eliminate them, but it made people a bit more discreet.

Happy half-price fireworks day!

I was in bed before the town fireworks began, but not asleep, so the bangs kept me awake. The are set off about 5 blocks from our house, so very loud.

After sleeping half the day yesterday and getting another almost 8 hours last night, I feel better. I think part of my exhaustion is that I do not get enough people time and that mac is being a slug about doing anything around the house to help me.

It is going to be a very slow day. drivers will be done with loads by noon and the other two guys in the office will probably leave. I guess I should take it as an opportunity to get everything off my desk.

Thanks, Hec. Bouffant is the key word I needed there.

What I think is less common is self-deprecation that is not self-hating on the one hand and is not "Isn't charming that I'm such a jackass" on the other.

I can't tell if any comedian's self-deprecation is also self-hate unless I have some insight into their personal life--what are you using to determine this? And why did you come to the conclusion Americans can't/don't do it?

It feels weird to go do work today.

It also feels weird that I've slacked off drawing. I'm doing linocutting, but I'm shit at that and don't know if there will be a picture at the end of it, so it's a weird sensation.

Oh, Consuela--what sweetener is used in those low glycemic load cookies, and what sort of oats?

Oh, Consuela--what sweetener is used in those low glycemic load cookies, and what sort of oats?

Balls, ita, I was kind of hyperbolic, for which I apologize. It's just my regular oatmeal cookie recipe, but with white whole wheat instead of regular flour. I used brown and white sugar, and regular rolled oats. I'm not sure how to make a low-glycemic cookie that is at all appealing, because you still need a sweetener.

I feel really bad for misleading you! Wasn't intentional.

It strikes me that there must be people out there solving this problem, though. And now I wonder if my whole-wheat rasberry bars that I buy at the local health food coop have a lower glycemic load.

I currently make my oatmeal cookies with agave sweetener and 2 cups of slow cooking oats and one of fast oats, so that lightens the load already. I have seen recipes that call for steel cut, but I wonder if they require a soaking step.

I've never tried any of the other low glycemic sweeteners (well, enough stevia to know I can't tolerate it), though I do hear good things about coconut palm sugar.

So I'm going to try changing my flour and all of the oats to slow cooking for starters, and then investigate incorporating steel cut.

Speaking of steel cut, I am in my happy place--I made *so* much in my initial WTF? that I need to eat fast before it goes bad. No breakfast prep required for ages! Yay!

Also cooked up a bunch of brown rice, but I have no memory of decanting and refrigerating, unfortunately. Ah, well. Still need to find my groove with that recipe. I have whole wheat couscous to do in a pinch.

The Ezekiel low glycemic raisin bread isn't the total saviour I'd hoped for--it's not as moist as I like, and the slices are too thin. But it's still doable to grab as a snack. I wonder if "normal" whole wheat raisin bread is low glycemic index? Maybe I'll have that intermittently, instead of inhaling it like I normally do.

I'm not doing this to lose weight, but if my boobs should happen to get smaller, that would not be upsetting. They are upsetting in too much of my clothes right now.

you might try brown rice syrup, I liked it when I used it.