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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

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

i still can't cook rice without the pan boiling over :(

and if they'd removed my appendix the 1st time i was in the ER, it wouldn't have EXPLODED about 4 months later


OMG YOU ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF BUFFY! !!!

[deza.livejournal.com]

Use a high-sided pot. The pot should be deep enough that after the rice and water are in, the sides that are dry are at least twice as tall as the side that's wet (preferably more). Does that make sense to anyone else but me? But yeah, I had rice boil-overs all the time until I got a pot that was tall enough.

The other thing you can try is to toast your dry rice in olive oil before putting the water in. It doesn't take much - a tablespoon is plenty for a cup of dry rice. The oil keeps the starch from building the super-mega-bubbles that end up boiling over. The toasting is also a great time to add any aromatics you may want in your rice (I like chopped shallots in mine).

[liminalia.livejournal.com]

Watch it. As soon as it boils, lower the heat to as low as you can get it and leave it alone. Turn the heat off 5 minutes before the package says and leave the lid on for 5 minutes. Open and fluff. Perfect rice.