November 24, 2006

Memo to the Blogosphere:

Please, please learn to spell. Please. It's a brave new world out there, and people like me really suffer in it.

See what you can do.

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On Cars

Attila and I continue to squabble about who in the family gets the next new car. I say he should get it; he says I should. It's the spending plan of the Magi, here. If I cannot get my way, here are the parameters. Please advise.

1) As cheap as humanly possible.
2) Good gas mileage, without performance that's too sucky. Must be able to take hills.
3) Decent stereo (but not audiophile-level).
4) If I can get a sunroof out of it, I'll be a happy camper. That would seem to nix a Prius, which may be just as well. Have you noticed they look like tiny sperm whales?

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My Cousin Attila

. . . in Maryland puts to rest my doubts about Thanksgiving as a holiday. It turns out it isn't simply a day of gluttony after all.

I have to set aside my Methodist side and affirm that a feast is a celebration of life itself.

There is nothing as worthy as this. "This is the day that the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad."

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The Market Says "Hi" . . .

to our favorite murdering media whore.

I mean, I wasn't going to comment on the current Butcher of Brentwood eruption, but this was intensely satisfying.


Thanks to Agent Bedhead.

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To Tell You the Truth . . .

there is something deeply neurotic about someone who persists in cleaning off her glasses, and then pouring another gin and tonic, so the fizzy water jumps back up onto the lenses.

I have, um. An acquaintance. She does this sort of thing. Sisyphean, no?

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Okay, I Lied.

I got more on Turkey Day. This chick quite literally wrote the book on roasting.

For a few years I was devoutly Kafkaesque in my approach, but now I synthesize her system with traditional roasting in order to seal in juices—yet still not turn the cleanup into a nightmare.

And yet I use her method for making turkey stock. Every single year. She rawks.

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It's Still Thanksgiving Weekend

. . . for two more days, but I think Harrell gets the last word on the topic.

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Great News

. . . for those who live with picky eaters.

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She's Baaaaaaccckk!

Did you miss me?

I missed you.

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November 22, 2006

Give Thanks

For all the things that really matter

h/t Wild Thing

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If the shoe glove fits

Presented without further comment:

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November 21, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow morning I'm off to my aunt's place. I'm not sure she even has an internet connection in her home, much less hot and cold running WiFi. No skin off my husband's nose; he only needs the word processor.

I, on the other hand, will be Jonesing.

However, Cal Tech Girl will be checking in here from time to time, and I'll be back on Friday night, before your Tryptophan high even wears off.

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Darleen Is Asking

for your favorite Thx-day recipes and tips.

Here's my tip: even if you happen to make a bitchin' pumpkin pie—and, believe me, I do—it turns out it's easier just to buy one.

So that's what I do: I may be stupid, but I'm not a complete freakin' idiot.

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On the Steps of Central Asia

At a DA meeting tonight a friend of mine who is also in one of the "chemical programs" (those that deal with physical addiction to mind-altering substances) discussed the reason he can can't drink too much coffee, or eat too many carbs or sweets.

"Because sooner or later, the thought crosses my mind that I shouldn't be messing around, and sort of running away. Because I really know how to do it right. I can run away like a champ.

"The next day, I'm smoking weed again."

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November 20, 2006

Fundraising

It's a long story, but K is hot on the trail of a functional scooter. There is a chance that she may have to get a car with a larger trunk in order to carry it around, so let's keep hitting her PayPal button.

She sent Attila the Hub a thank you note for our contribution, and asked how she could repay us. He replied: "there's only one way: get a speeding ticket in the new scooter."

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Capitalism vs. Cockroaches

Two very different approaches to improving healthcare in this country.

I love the quote from Gratzer: "The problem and the predicament of American health care can be stated in a single, paradoxical sentence: Everyone agrees that it's the best in the world, but nobody really likes it."

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Hey, Guys.

Here you go. Make your wives happy.

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November 19, 2006

Officially Under the Weather.

Yesterday I got a couple of headaches during the day, but I didn't think much of it: I figured it was dehydration. Got light-headed a few times as we were setting up for the big monthly meetings. And my runny nose I chalked up to being in a meeting room with too many donated/dusty couches. Got chills though, late last night: my teeth chattered.

I slept 17 hours, and I'm still sniffly, dehydrated, and tired. So it's either some sort of little bug, or post-stress exhaustion. Yet tomorrow and Tuesday will be crunch days, so I'm "power-resting" right now. I need to get a lot done before we drive up to the Bay Area on Tuesday.

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November 18, 2006

Join the Fun!

Insty is running a poll on which of the two main political parties is going to blow it worse during the course of the coming "two-year dumb-off."

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November 17, 2006

Calling All Christians

A woman from my writer's group asks how those who live a religious life reconcile taking a vow of poverty with the relationships all Catholics have with Rome, and its concentration of wealth.

I'd also put the same question to Protestants whose denominations are particularly prosperous: hwo do you process the Lord's admonitions about how dangerous wealth is, and justapose that with some members of the clergy living large? What about the pastor who ministers in a poor neighborhood, and lives as his congregation does, versus the minister in a wealthier area, whose fundraising activities demand that he eat at nice restaurants, etc.?

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