sundries

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I did not wake up with any bizarreness in the middle of the night last night. I also had rice with terriyaki sauce for dinner, which Patty had to make because I have not yet mastered rice, because anything else seemed too challenging. On the other hand, now I am cured.

Yay, thing that was fucked up with new lease is now unfucked up. Although management company person on speaker phone, with music playing, filing your nails (yes, I could hear the emery board), you completely suck.

There was also an incident this morning involving city inspectors and a caulking gun.

Stanley Fish on plagiarism. It is, of course, Stanley Fish, which is to say, argue amongst yourselves.

The Ebell Club, a woman's social club in Los Angeles was founded at the end of the 19th century to provide a substitute for university education to women who were usually denied such opportunities because of school policies and family financial priorities. Keeping the club going in a time of broader opportunities, however, is a challenge.

Diagnosing appendicitis.

Fed up flight attendant makes one hell of an exit. Who wants to bet his story gets optioned for a movie deal?

Oyster battle: they can help clean polluted waters, but gov't agencies worry that means tainted seafood will reach consumers.

In the weirdest, least comprehensible event in the saga of the downtown Islamic cultural center is the proposal by an anti-gay media personality of opening a gay bar catering to Muslims next to it.

Meanwhile, the MTA has approved this really offensive ad with images of the planes flying into the WTC that opposes said Islamic cultural center.

Everything I hear about Torchwood S4 is making me so excited. Yesterday's big news, at least in my book, is that it will be taking place 2 years after the events of CoE. We're not sure if that means Ianto and Steven's deaths, or when Jack takes off from earth six months later. But it's a really compelling amount of time to me either way, in terms of where Jack's head is going to be, and is really a random piece of info I've felt those of us who want to be writing speculative S4 fic really, really need. I am all over this detail. ALL OVER IT.

Last night on Buffy: It's the apocalypse sex episode! Hey, own your tropes. Also, jeez, how is Spike the only grownup around? And really, King ARthur? The sword in the stone, really? What's most ridiculous is the degree to which it works, at least in the moment of watching.

Tonight, White Collar and Covert Affairs.

Comments

[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

I have two words for you regarding the rice issue.

Rice. Cooker.

SRSLY, Rice goes in, water goes in, press button. That's IT! Perfect rice every time.

I've done various types of rice -- basmati, jasmine, brown -- and never had a problem.

[matthewwdaly.livejournal.com]

And and and it makes a lot of steam, so you can cook vegetables at the same time in the basket that it comes with. Changed the way I eat, it did.

[bare-bear.livejournal.com]

*gasps* You. Are. BRILLIANT!! I never ever considered steaming the veggies at the same time! *hugs you in food-tastic delight*

[azurelunatic]

I got a rice cooker for either my 18th or 19th birthday, before moving out on my own. To me it was a rite of adulthood. Get own computer. Get own rice cooker. (I had a microwave from college.) Get own car. OK! Ready to live independently!

Though I have compiled a list of ways in which it can be screwed up.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Yes! See also : Neuro Fuzzy rice cooker. Makes other rice based items too.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=neuro+fuzzy+rice+cooker&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=14693172915225236006&ei=sqNhTLPOH43msQOXuvWXCA&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEYQ8wIwAw#

[graene.livejournal.com]

We had one. Cleaning it was a nightmare. I will take a non-stick pot, measuring cup and small splash of olive oil every time.