Man, at one point last night I started to get a serious case of the pie sweats, but I’m better now.
Turkey and stuffing and potatoes and such are all great of course, but when it comes to Thanksgiving I am all about the pie. Last night’s selection at the Nurse Upgrade family table included pumpkin, pecan, banana cream, strawberry, three chocolate peanut butter, and apple. Yum! I’m going to have some more for breakfast.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
You can feel free to send me one of the chocolate peanut butter ones. Mrs. N’s families rely too heavily on store bought, so I made two pecan pies to take the edge off.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
I made a pumpkin pie from a new recipe and while I was making it I was thinking, “This is one complicated pumpkin pie recipe. It better be the best pumpkin pie ever.” It was.
Police said the suspect shot the pepper spray when the coverings over the items she wanted were removed. “Somehow she was trying to use it to gain an upper hand,” police Lt. Abel Parga told The Associated Press early Friday. He said she was apparently after some electronics and used the pepper spray to keep other shoppers at bay.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
I could go work for a growing company making about twice what I make now, except that I have to travel for weekdays for the first 4-6 months, after which they place me where there’s a need–or wait until my security clearance is all taken care of and get a state translation job that pays slightly worse to start than what I make now, but with killer benefits. I don’t even know what the long term earnings potential is there.
Right now, the plan is to do the gov’t translation gig part time at least–I figure it’d be a nice resume builder.
It’s tempting that the base salary at the first job is way higher than what I’d ever make with bonuses at the bank, and the bonus potential is very high.
az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
That sounds like a major step up. If you’re willing to bounce around, it’s usually easier to level down into something stable than to level up like that.
And yeah, professional translating experience would be great if you’re interested in doing that. Smart idea if you have the time.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
Depends on the meaning of “a yet undetermined place”. Is there a short list of places, any of which would be acceptable? Or could it include some Third World hellhole, or Detroit? A single guy could go for adventure and your kids are probably too young to care but I sense that you and your wife think Provo is a good place to raise a family so you’d better have her fully on board before proceeding.
It would be rad if he could wear “Chili” on the back of his uniform like he used to.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Two straight nights of feasting – Thanksgiving and then Lunar New Year – with entirely different menus and traditions. I’m stuffed and now have twice the leftovers of a typical Thanksgiving weekend.
Culturally it is required to serve 21 different dishes. Here is what I remember: kiwi, apple, orange, papaya, persimmon, pomegranate, melon, grapes, figs, dates, rice pudding, dhai barray, chicken, rice, burfi, eggplant, savory samosa, sweet samosa, another kind of rice, fish…I seem to be missing one.
It is, in principle, quite delicious as this photo from Flickr shows. The user’s comments indicate that the picture depicts an actual a new year’s meal.
However. You must eat out of a thaal, the large shallow dish shown above. Maybe 8 or 10 people sit round the thaal and bring the dishes sequentially to the middle. There are no utensils, so the communal bowls are dipped into with hands which regularly see the inside of mouths. It is therefore common for a single individual, usually a child, to infect an entire family. Everybody is sneezing within three days.
Mine is… but that’s because when I was a little kid, I was a gross little kid.
I’d eat dirt or gross things for money or just to disgust someone else. I think all the used gum and boogers must have boosted my immune system.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Ba’al likes to be thrassed. It’s kinda like petting his belly.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Nice win today, and outside of the Kelly scare, no injuries of note! That said, when a Caleb Hanie leads an attack that puts up upwards of 400 yards, that is a pretty bad. Granted Lito Shepard is probably the 4th string CB and Huff is clearly hobbled, but the secondary has gotta improve. Same with the pass rush…isn’t Chicago’s O-line supposed to suck? 7-4 is still pretty FK’in sweet!
Now a quasi-brutal two game trip at Miami, and at Green Bay coming up. Suffice to say, next week’s game is pretty huge.
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Is there any way you can set the Thursday game line on Tuesday and put the others up on Thursday?
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Another thing that would be cool if you’re going to market this thing to the masses would be to have the league stats update after every day of game action (maybe Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays at 11:59pm)
\"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
Man, at one point last night I started to get a serious case of the pie sweats, but I’m better now.
Turkey and stuffing and potatoes and such are all great of course, but when it comes to Thanksgiving I am all about the pie. Last night’s selection at the Nurse Upgrade family table included pumpkin, pecan, banana cream, strawberry, three chocolate peanut butter, and apple. Yum! I’m going to have some more for breakfast.
Holy cow that’s a lot of pie.
Our vegan pumpkin cake was a huge flop and I forgot to make my main course(wth!) The rest of the meal was a huge success.
You can feel free to send me one of the chocolate peanut butter ones. Mrs. N’s families rely too heavily on store bought, so I made two pecan pies to take the edge off.
I made a pumpkin pie from a new recipe and while I was making it I was thinking, “This is one complicated pumpkin pie recipe. It better be the best pumpkin pie ever.” It was.
Black pepper spray Friday.
Police said the suspect shot the pepper spray when the coverings over the items she wanted were removed. “Somehow she was trying to use it to gain an upper hand,” police Lt. Abel Parga told The Associated Press early Friday. He said she was apparently after some electronics and used the pepper spray to keep other shoppers at bay.
She must have thought she was at Best Buy.
Honestly, Best Buy’s markup is so high you’d need like 50% off just to get to normal online prices.
Does that mean that today we are all Red Ruffing?
I’m Red Bluffing tomorrow.
Whole family–children, parents, cousins, us–spent the night throwing up. I’m still not over it.
Ugh. Sorry to hear it. Bad turkey?
It was the vegan pumpkin cake
It’s happened to me when I’ve had too much Wild Turkey.
We’re thinking it was the yams. Those who didn’t eat them aren’t sick.
Dang. Hard to blame cooking skills, though; those tandem probably came from the store bad.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.
Thats so strange. Hard vegies aren’t likely to cause bacterial food poisoning
Yeah… but when someone infuses them with rat poison all bets are off.
notthatyouwouldknowanythingaboutthat
Hypothetically speaking, of course…
Yikes. We had one of those 2y ago when my mom visited fir Xmas. All 4 of us w violent pooping & ralphing. Hope you all get better fast.
Meesus Moonkeyball also ill — hope she doesn’t progress to an intestinal bug.
Happy to report, no core vibrations this morning.
That’s basically what’s going on here. I’m grateful for 2 bathrooms in our place.
#occupybathroom
The 1% is feeling pretty smug about skipping the yams.
NOoooooooooooo. The Yams Stole Thanksgiving! Call Dr. Seuss.
Moveacolypse: llama edition has commenced.
I’m considering applying for a job that will surely result in a move to a yet undetermined place. Am I crazy?
Yes.
I could go work for a growing company making about twice what I make now, except that I have to travel for weekdays for the first 4-6 months, after which they place me where there’s a need–or wait until my security clearance is all taken care of and get a state translation job that pays slightly worse to start than what I make now, but with killer benefits. I don’t even know what the long term earnings potential is there.
Right now, the plan is to do the gov’t translation gig part time at least–I figure it’d be a nice resume builder.
It’s tempting that the base salary at the first job is way higher than what I’d ever make with bonuses at the bank, and the bonus potential is very high.
That sounds like a major step up. If you’re willing to bounce around, it’s usually easier to level down into something stable than to level up like that.
And yeah, professional translating experience would be great if you’re interested in doing that. Smart idea if you have the time.
Depends on the meaning of “a yet undetermined place”. Is there a short list of places, any of which would be acceptable? Or could it include some Third World hellhole, or Detroit? A single guy could go for adventure and your kids are probably too young to care but I sense that you and your wife think Provo is a good place to raise a family so you’d better have her fully on board before proceeding.
Yeah, Cleveland was a non-starter for Mrs. Llama.
Cleveland should be a non-starter for anyone.
To where?
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Word in the twitterverse is that Chili Davis is the A’s new hitting coach.
I approve. Not because he’s a good coach, but because I loved getting Chili Davis baseball cards as a kid. Made up for all the Bip Robertses.
It would be rad if he could wear “Chili” on the back of his uniform like he used to.
Only if we bring in Lansford as IF coach
and sacrifice Mike Gallego to Ba’al
And David Cone, as pitching coach, to stand between them.
hee
Holy crap.
Two straight nights of feasting – Thanksgiving and then Lunar New Year – with entirely different menus and traditions. I’m stuffed and now have twice the leftovers of a typical Thanksgiving weekend.
Isn’t Lunar New Year in February?
Lunar/Islamic.
Culturally it is required to serve 21 different dishes. Here is what I remember: kiwi, apple, orange, papaya, persimmon, pomegranate, melon, grapes, figs, dates, rice pudding, dhai barray, chicken, rice, burfi, eggplant, savory samosa, sweet samosa, another kind of rice, fish…I seem to be missing one.
damn i wanna come over
It is, in principle, quite delicious as this photo from Flickr shows. The user’s comments indicate that the picture depicts an actual a new year’s meal.
However. You must eat out of a thaal, the large shallow dish shown above. Maybe 8 or 10 people sit round the thaal and bring the dishes sequentially to the middle. There are no utensils, so the communal bowls are dipped into with hands which regularly see the inside of mouths. It is therefore common for a single individual, usually a child, to infect an entire family. Everybody is sneezing within three days.
Ive eaten off of a thaal before, but luckily, I did not get sick.
I want your immune system.
there were no children, I don’t hink my immune system is that special
Mine is… but that’s because when I was a little kid, I was a gross little kid.
I’d eat dirt or gross things for money or just to disgust someone else. I think all the used gum and boogers must have boosted my immune system.
Mohammed, what a brass thaal
Thrass Ba’al?
Ba’al likes to be thrassed. It’s kinda like petting his belly.
NFOTD
An interesting piece on man-camps, which apparently have no problem banning firearms.
I’m going to be a grandpa!
Congrats! Now your progeny have caught up with the color of your hair (mine are still a generation behind).
This man, a grandpa? Congrats! Lily’s going to make a wonderful aunt.
That was then …
That’s a great pic, by the way.
A little bizarre that it is up on Smoot’s website.
16 years ago now … I was just reading the paper over breakfast one morning and there happened to be a photographer visiting the commune.
Unified theory of universities?
They’re all like that – he’s thrown up fake bio pages for everyone who has ever worked anywhere near his group!
Woohoo!
your own?
I adopted the father-to-be when he was 5 (and I was 22).
Ah! Now I understand the question.
congratulations non the less.
thanks
Also, we were at my parents house this weekend and my 5 year old began calling my dad “gramps” much to my delight.
I used to call my dad “pops”. back when he was alive. I guess I still do, though I’m not entirely certain he hears me.
Maybe you should talk louder
hmm. maybe? So we should yell all prayers?
Thats awesome.
Awesome!
Woooo!!!!!
Hurray for you and your family.
Congratulations, that is exciting news! Is this going to mean more trips down under, or am I remembering incorrectly?
Yup – looks like he’ll be staying in Sydney.
Congrats!!!
Congratulations!
Crap. Friggin Vegas.
Maybe you’ll swing upwards on today’s NFL slate.
I read this as “friggin vegans”
Yeah – friggin’ vegans. Banish ’em to the land of milk and honey, that’s what I say.
Figgins Vargas
Sorry, all I’ve got at work is a portable version of GIMP, which is nowhere near as powerful or useful as Photoshop.
Bwaha! I love how the JediLeroy Beacon was just a “given” there… ;)
RAIDERS!
Nice win today, and outside of the Kelly scare, no injuries of note! That said, when a Caleb Hanie leads an attack that puts up upwards of 400 yards, that is a pretty bad. Granted Lito Shepard is probably the 4th string CB and Huff is clearly hobbled, but the secondary has gotta improve. Same with the pass rush…isn’t Chicago’s O-line supposed to suck? 7-4 is still pretty FK’in sweet!
Now a quasi-brutal two game trip at Miami, and at Green Bay coming up. Suffice to say, next week’s game is pretty huge.
Hell, even I’ll root for ’em against GB.
Yay Raiders!
Yay Raiders not beating the spread!
5.5?! Who set that freakin line?
I saw somewhere that it had moved to Bears +3 as of this morning.
This is the problem with Thursday games: We need to set lines on Tuesday.
Is there any way you can set the Thursday game line on Tuesday and put the others up on Thursday?
Another thing that would be cool if you’re going to market this thing to the masses would be to have the league stats update after every day of game action (maybe Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays at 11:59pm)
Yeah. Both are possible, with the latter being higher priority than the former.
I have some backend changes I need to make to allow that, though.
TWHS