So, we had another round of layoffs. 17% of the company this time (109 people), most of them from the IT area. I survived another round (hopefully the last for a while). It's eerily quiet here now.

I feel gut punched, but not as bad as the last time (even though this one was a lot harsher in terms of who went). Thank god tomorrow is a holiday.

My mother was just telling me about something Giada made muffin-size, I think with penne and sausage or something?

mini mac and cheese "cupcakes". basically, pasta, veggies and cheese put into a muffin tin and baked. I thought that it would be a little flavorless because there was no sauce to hold it together, but YMuffinMV

Man, I must be sick, because the thought of macaroni and cheese cupcakes is making me kind of nauseated. Which is just not right, because they must be awesome. Even though I kind of hate her.

AD is up there with The Shield in terms of tight continuity.

Oh, that reminds me: I showed my mom the first episode of The Shield last weekend, because I'd been thinking she might like it.

The end of the pilot is still awfully effective. She was a little bit stunned by it. After she'd recovered, she decided that Vic was basically Little Bill from Unforgiven, which I liked a lot.

Yikes, Frank. Glad you still have a job, sorry you have to work in a place where that just happened.

Google and ye shall recieve:

Giada's macaroni and cheese cupcakes

There you go.

It doesn't sound appealing to me either, Dana.

Man, I must be sick, because the thought of macaroni and cheese cupcakes is making me kind of nauseated. Which is just not right, because they must be awesome. Even though I kind of hate her.

feels Dana's forehead.

I kind of hate her, too. First, I don't trust a skinny cook. Second, she looks like a ghoul when she smiles because her mouth is 20 feet wide.

however, her food is generally simple and good.

I use mini tart pans to make my gruyere mac and cheese, so it comes in little round individual portions for dinner parties. I tried using the muffin tin, but I found that in order to cook it enough that the bottom got done, it dried out. The moisture in the vegetables may take care of that in this case though.

Giada and Rachel are both FN personalities whose recipes I will use but cannot stand their shows. Giada's big head scares me, and Rachel, well, ZOMGWTFPERKY.

I'm am with you, Jess. The shows, NSM, but the recipes are good for me.

Oh, that reminds me: I showed my mom the first episode of The Shield last weekend, because I'd been thinking she might like it.

I was thinking about The Shield yesterday and wondering where it should fall on my "Shows I will eventually get around to watching maybe" list.