experiment 626

coffee and ink

Let the whole world crumble, so long as I can read another page. And then another after that. And then a hundred more.

--Michael Dirda, Readings

Happy birthday, [personal profile] cofax7!

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[personal profile] wrdnrd/[info]wrdnrd is looking for good blogs about class.

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Dear anonymice,

Thank you so much for the snowflake cookies! I think I discovered them somewhere between the forty-third and forty-forth consecutive reinstall of Ubuntu, and they vastly improved my outlook on Linux, netbooks, and life.

Love,

--m.

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Yesterday, in a bookstore, I picked up Yuki Yoshihara's Butterflies and Flowers, the new Shojo Beat series Viz has been pushing as a "gateway to josei" for shojo readers. It opens with the protagonist in a job interview, being questioned by the man who will clearly become the love interest.

"Are you a virgin?" he asks her.

She stammers and blushes and thinks, "That's not the kind of question you expect in a job interview," and she answers and I think the interview may proceed on its intrusive way from there, but I don't know for sure, because I closed the book and put it back on the shelf and walked away.

TIP 1: Sexual harassment is not an optimal route to romance.

TIP 2: Sexual harassment as a precursor to romance is not an enticing subject for light reading.

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I need an Olivia icon )

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You can read these spoilers because you'll forget them in twenty minutes )

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Happy birthday, [info]truepenny and [info - personal] ellen_fremedon!

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Yesterday there were purple cauliflower and purple broccoli at the farmers' market. (The broccoli is darker. The cauliflower is really lavender.) I still have orange cauliflower from last week, though, so I only bought bread and apples.

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These are two of the easiest recipes I know which still involve enough chopping and application of heat to qualify as recipes.

Roasted Garlic Soup )


Sort-of Hashbrowns )

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  • Red leaf lettuce
  • Yellow cherry tomatoes
  • Purple potatoes
    (I love these. They look like they've been stained with ink. I cook them with orange and yellow vegetables and feel festive.)
  • Orange, white, and Japanese sweet potatoes
  • A branch of brussel sprouts
  • Peasant bread, brownies, and cider donuts
  • Orange and white cauliflower
  • Parsley, rosemary, and thyme (no sage)
  • Kabocha and delicata
  • Honey and pumpkin butter
  • Leeks
  • Carrots and parsnips
  • Garlic


Then I staggered into Barnes & Noble, straight past the signs that say "NO OUTSIDE FOOD IN STORE" and up to the cafe where I deposited my bags, bought some coffee, and did some actual work before taking advantage of the free wireless.

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Happy birthday, [info]rachelmanija!

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