So, random discovery...I was checking my local Goodwill for their Sunday donation hours, and I happened upon their donation guidelines, including a list of what NOT to donate. Which is basically firearms, large appliances, mattresses and box springs, any item with a Consumer Product Safety Commission recall on it...and animals.

Animals.

Which I figure wouldn't be on the list unless enough people had tried it that they realized it needed to be stated. So people were really showing up at Goodwill with litters of puppies, or fish tanks full of live fish? Craziness.

I got my cat Clio because some family showed up at the farmers market with a litter of kittens and were literally just handing them out, so I can see it.

This cold is a stubborn bastard. I can't get over how congested I am still.

At Crate and Barrel the other day, I could not resist buying a tiny springform pan, and it is the perfect size for a quarter-recipe of cheesecake! (The recipe on the cream cheese package, which I picked because it called for four things of cream cheese and four eggs.)

Oh {{Consuela}}. So sorry to hear it.

Correction - it's a little small, as it puffed up over the top while cooking. But nothing spilled over or anything, so I'm going to call it good.

Plus now you have cheescake, so that's better than good

Timelies all!

In the main room, listening to a group do sound check.

I just spent way too much at TJs. Among my purchases: sriracha potato chips, beet hummus, cheddar corn puffs, and two different kinds of fancy cheeses.

to be fair, some of this is for chorus snacks tomorrow, and some is for watching the Warriors game tonight (go go go Splash Bros!), but really I was just in the mood to overindulge. Argh.

That's excellent, Jesse. IME, cheesecake will puff up while cooking and then shrink back down when chilled, your pan is probably Just Right.

I'm sorry, Consuela.

Congratulations on the house, Jess!

Waiting to board the flight home. Conference went well. Boss is so pleased with how I handled Difficult EIC she let me have the next two days off with no argument. I'm glad because I'm seriously tired.

But I got to see EpicTangent! Twice! Mini F2F FTW! Good company over good food, there's nothing better.