Sigh. I made the best bread of my life today, and I will never make it again because it was one of those "Oh, CRAP I forgot I was almost out of bread flour: throw every grain I can find in until it adds up to 500g" creations.

I've made this recipe for non-bread things.

But I can't recreate it.

I want that shrimp dip that is cocktail sauce with canned baby shrimp over cream cheese with Ritz crackers.

They had that at the NYE party I went to! I didn't know it was a thing. I wasn't so sure about the cream cheese (might have better if it had been smoother), but obviously the shrimp with cocktail sauce worked.

I went to the running store today with my roomie, and they had a cool system to video you running, and look at the pressure as you stood on a mat...and apparently I have like, the highest arches ever. So now I have fancy shoes, and spent a bundle (and why are fancy socks so expensive?!). This better help me run better.

and why are fancy socks so expensive?!

Because companies need to figure out how to make any sport, no matter how cheap in nature, really really really expensive?

signed,

Why is yoga crap so damned expensive? Shouldn't it be all zen and wabi sabi and non-commercial?

Pumpkin snores. Loudly. Wheezily. With snorts.

I'm amused, and tangentially concerned.

I might be permanently marked for having cared for a cat with a chronic condition.

It's a school night!! Off to bed young man. Hahahahaha. Oh wait, work. Blast. Time to drag my tush off to bed too.

The last time I went for a tooth cleaning they had a new guy filling in and he asked me if I ground my teeth at night. I told him not as far as I know, and asked if he was just seeing signs of wear in front of and above the new crown (where my regular dentist ground them down for some reason I can't fathom, since those last molars didn't meet naturally pre-crown). Aren't they supposed to look at charts or prior X-rays or something when consulting with a new-to-them patient who's been at the practice for a while?

Why is yoga crap so damned expensive? Shouldn't it be all zen and wabi sabi and non-commercial?

See also: composting supplies

See also: making your own clothes.

I am hiring a new student worker. They find the job descriptions (mine is long and detail) on a student job website which instructs them to fill out a student work spplication and resume and send it to me (this is the same for all student jobs). Am I wrong for rejecting out of hand anyone who a) asks me how to apply b) sends me their resume and asks if there is an application they should fill out or c) sends me nothing but asks me about the job? I feel they cannot follow instructions.

I am hiring a new student worker. They find the job descriptions (mine is long and detail) on a student job website which instructs them to fill out a student work spplication and resume and send it to me (this is the same for all student jobs). Am I wrong for rejecting out of hand anyone who a) asks me how to apply b) sends me their resume and asks if there is an application they should fill out or c) sends me nothing but asks me about the job? I feel they cannot follow instructions.

How hard up do you expect to be for decent applications that have been submitted per instructions? If you expect to have a wide choice, you'll be rejecting most of them for one reason or another. Being able to follow direction/show initiative/not make your life harder than it needs to be, may or may not be your biggest concern for the position; but regardless, it's probably a valid enough concern to allow you to narrow your options.