DH walks into the LR and sees Trinity on the couch, and Scully on the next cushion, both snoozing peacefully. They don't get along at all as dog wants to play and cat doesn't, resulting in much hissing and barking. It was the same with Zoe, but they just ignored each other after a couple days so I expect the same here. DH says something about me giving up on keeping Trinity off the couch, and I had the first opportunity of my life to respond:
This is a case where I am going to let sleeping dogs lie.
Forgive me if I have asked this before and just don't remember the answer. Do we still have a nail polish box being sent around? I have a bunch of nail polishes that I absolutely never use, and I'd hate to just throw them out.
Serious Eats is cracking me up today. First the Toasted Salt, now the improved recipe format. A highlight:
When storing leftovers, bear in mind that after baking, the only natural course for any cake is to stale; this is an inevitable result of entropy acting on starches in a universe hurtling toward oblivion. With every passing hour, the cake will inevitably taste less fresh, because it will be less fresh. It will be old, and continue to grow older, and thus suffer the effects of old age, like any of us, with every passing second. To deny this is to deny our own mortality. The cake itself may still be enjoyable on some level after three days, but this is akin to the enjoyment of an old woman sitting atop a mountain watching the world burn: bittersweet and beautiful in its own way, yet lacking the vibrancy of youth. Which is not to say that we should fetishize youth or scorn age, but it would be folly not to recognize the different qualities associated with each phase of life. Unlike humans, who may gain experience, insight, and gentle wisdom with age, cake lacks the capacity for metacognition, and the qualities it has to impart when shoved into our gaping mouths can only, by their nature, diminish over time.
I love the LA vs NYTimes one, that's great!
Storycorps says this is an April Fool's post, but where is the joke? [link]
I agree that sleeping dogs should be let lie in this case.
I am now investigating the philosophical and practical difference between joints, spliffs and blunts. This being the age of the Internet, there are instructional videos.
I saw something where a person was talking about how great it was that YouTube had origami videos - previously, they'd had to rely on books, with solid and dotted lines, which weren't all that helpful. Now you get someone actually showing how to fold ... often with nice music playing in the background.
No box anymore, sj, as far as I know. I have some contributions to add, too, if there is one.
