I think I've found the episode where the GBBO people lost their collective minds. "Make a fancy cake! 3D! From vegetables! And no dairy!"

Oh mac. On the bright side, he's doing homework good enough to sell! Now he just needs to figure out that the more sustainable business plan is the grind, rather than the flashier route to riches. (Donald Trump is NOT a role model, mac!)

I left work early mostly because fuck that, and I am pretty pleased with my decision.

So much this. I was in training for the last three days, and then at 8 am I got a crown. So I have no shame about leaving the office at 3:30, and taking a nice long nap when I got home.

Now I need to do laundry. Possibly drink a beer while reading on the porch; it's supposed to be really warm this weekend.

I left work a little early myself, although I was almost the last one in the office when I bailed. Have redonned muumuu #1 which I only wore for about half an hour yesterday and felt deserved more wearing time and am enjoying a glass of wine and the October Asimov's on the patio. I even took my Fitbit off, that's how dedicated I am to kicking back for a while.

I forgot my closet light deglobed when I was rushing around for neighbor night weds. I just found the globe in front of the bathroom. I guess one of the cats got really bored? (And frankly, pretty impressive. Not cat toylike at all.)

So, I'm using my good crystal, because I can, and I always thought these wine glasses were huge, but when I put one on the scale and measure how much I pour in by weight, because that's how I roll, 5 ounces looks very reasonable in it. Huh.

I took a stemless telescope-event-monogrammed wineglass to the neighborhood wine night this week. Three less-than-half-glasses later,I'd demolished 1.5 L of vihno verde. I had no idea. And I was only mildly tipsy.

Dang. That's a big-ass glass.

At least it was a vinho verde and not a fruit-bomb zinfandel. You'd be staggering.

I'm not in the mood for beer, so I opened a cheap bottle of rose and I'm drinking it with an ice-cube in it (oh the horrors). Next up: GBBO -- pastry week!

Dunno if y'all heard, but the cast moving on with the show is down to Paul Hollywood: Mary Berry just announced she's staying with the BBC.

Own that ice cube!

I wrote a poem that included the line "we order our sushi with wine on the rocks" when I was in high school, and I remain proprietarily fond of the concept.

I'm drinking a cab, btw. It's kind of meh - not bad, but not terrific.

Base was deceptively wide. And I have a pretty high tolerance (which is weird in its own way. VV is lower alcohol, but even twice that, I mighta graduated to tipsy. Maybe.)