My cat has gone missing again. I think that he must have run out when I checked my mail last night. Haven't seen him since. I went out and called him but got no response.
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Nov 30, 2009 2:29:28 am PST #21955 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Kathy A - Nov 30, 2009 2:39:10 am PST #21956 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Come home, sumi's cat!!! Vibing hard for his swift return.
You can always exchange a book!
B&N has changed its policy--you need either a regular or gift receipt to exchange anything (used to be you could bring in a book and we'd take it if it was an item we'd sold there recently).
sumi - Nov 30, 2009 2:42:42 am PST #21957 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I went out again and . ..nothing. The cover he was hiding in last time is gone. I have no idea where he could be.
Jesse - Nov 30, 2009 3:34:10 am PST #21958 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
B&N has changed its policy--you need either a regular or gift receipt to exchange anything (used to be you could bring in a book and we'd take it if it was an item we'd sold there recently).
Really! They were who I was basing my stance on. Then I take it back -- I guess you can't always exchange a book.
Kat - Nov 30, 2009 3:49:42 am PST #21959 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
javachick:
Sweet Potato Risotto
2 medium sweet potatoes
1⁄4 cup olive oil, divided
4 cups hot vegetable stock, divided
1⁄2 cup finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 1⁄2 cups arborio rice (12-ounce package)
3⁄4 cup white wine (white grape juice will suffice)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
1 1⁄2 teaspoons thyme leaves
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon salt
3⁄4 teaspoons black pepper
Preheat oven to 350o F. Peel sweet potatoes and cut in half. Cut half the sweet potatoes into 1⁄4-inch diced and set aside. Cut the remaining sweet potatoes into 1-inch chunks. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil and roast until soft about 30 minutes. Puree in a food processor with 1⁄4 cup chicken stock. Reserve.
In a large saucepan heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil, and sauté onion and small diced sweet potatoes over medium high heat. Cook about 3 minutes until softened but not browned. Add garlic and arborio rice and cook 2-3 minutes stirring frequently. Stir in wine or white grape juice. Cook, stirring until completely absorbed.
In the same manner add hot stock, 1⁄2 cup at a time, stirring until each addition is completely absorbed and stock is used up. Add sweet potato puree, rosemary, thyme, butter and Parmesan. Simmer on low for 10 minutes or until your risotto is soft and all liquid has been absorbed!
sarameg - Nov 30, 2009 3:49:53 am PST #21960 of 30001
Huh. So that extra money I was all freaked out about? It was definitely a special extra something. But the description? Isn't in the list of abbreviations. So maybe it was a bonus. Not sure how to ask my boss. Probably subtly check with HR, since I'm friends with a couple of them.
stirring
And stirring and stirring and stirring and...
Kat - Nov 30, 2009 3:50:50 am PST #21961 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Woot!! Extra money = good!
Theodosia - Nov 30, 2009 4:08:13 am PST #21962 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Speaking of extra money -- I'm getting a UPS shift this afternoon! (With a woman driver/supervisor, too!) Only for a couple hours, which is fine because I figure I have to build up my endurance anyway.
Plus it's in the Back Bay and the pickup point is only blocks away from the contracting firm long-shot interview I have two hours earlier, so I can go hang out in the library in Copley Square inbetween and be unruffled and unhurried.
Jesse - Nov 30, 2009 4:09:08 am PST #21963 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Or you can come to my house! Actually, I'm expecting UPS today, so maybe you can come to my house either way...
Lee - Nov 30, 2009 4:18:00 am PST #21964 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I want to go to Jesse's house!
Is it weird that I am actually looking forward to going back to work? It helps that this is going to be sort of a boondoogle day--I am going up to SF because the head librarian for the firm will be there, so I have a 20 minute meeting with her, then we get to go out to lunch at a really good restaurant (the Slanted door), then I get to meet JZ and megan walker for drinks after work.