At first I mistakenly thought that poor shrift had been denied a bath for too long. ha!

Well, I did spend the entire weekend carefully not getting my hair wet because my stylist sprayed some sort of dry shampoo product in my hair on Friday night, but that's separate from my desire for people use antibacterial gel only if washing your hands with soap and water isn't available.

I came back to the final sentence (I'm hoping) of the junior varsity diatribe.

Just now. Check the timestamps.

§ ita § "Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This" Apr 28, 2014 12:13:46 pm PDT

I love cold artichoke! Possibly more than freshly cooked artichoke, but freshly cooked is also very good. Just plain, or drizzled with lemon, or dipping the leaves in mayo or butter. It's all good. Stuffd artichokes I don't understand, that seems like too much work. I do want to try roast artichokes, though, now that I am aware of how to make that happen, since roasting makes everything more delicious and artichokes are already so delicious.

Dang, that's like a filibuster.

I still don't understand why there is Purell in my work bathroom. Dudes, is Purell not for the times when you DON'T have soap and water available? Oy.

It is like that here, too, and I am in a medical center/nursing school! I think they should have them in the elevator or stairways.

Loser that I am, my power is shut off. Losers that my neighbors, I never got the letter notifying me of the date of shut off (we share mailbox and what few mail I get sits on their fridge for a bit -this doesn't relieve me if my own culpability, but it doesn't help either).

I love cold artichoke!

Now I know! I bought more to cook up for tonight's dinner too. I am hoping there will be leftovers again but I only bought 3 today. (As a side note, yay! for that time of year when the 99 cent artichokes appear in TJs!)

I don't even know how to cook an artichoke. And I'm not entirely sure I'd know how to eat one, either, unless it comes in a can as "artichoke hearts"

I know how to eat them but have never been brave enough to cook them.

They are easy to cook! Steam for 45 minutes to an hour, or microwave for 7 min/lb and let rest for a minute or two before eating. I've seen complicated instructions involving cutting off tips or removing outer leaves or even more wacky stuff that I didn't even register because none of that is necessary.

I'm not gonna tell you they are easy to eat. You do have to get the hang of it. But so delicious!