AliThinks

A Few Random Things In Honor, And Apropos, Of Nothing

• Bullets is alls I got right now.
• I'm sitting at the dining room table.
• I got some books in the mail from another blogger. That's cool.
• It's time to take a break from Flickr.
• Sometimes, like right now, I can't think of what I want for my next meal.
• I'm going straight to hell.
• In my new stripey socks.
• Glitter glue is a fun thing to play with.
• I didn't make stripes on my socks with the glitter glue.
• There was this job I interviewed for, and I didn't get it.
• I'm okay with that.
• This is just getting boring now
• kthxbai

Next To Last Day

This is Day 29 of NaBloPoMo, and I've pretty much succeeded in posting every day. Was most of it fluff? Yes. Did I grit my teeth at the thought of this thing? Yes.

But here I am, Day 29, and I'd like to introduce you to my good friend. She's local, but we met through the innernets, via RadioParadise to be exact.

As I told someone the other day, she's a real kick in the pants. In a GOOD way. She makes me laugh and she has been a great friend these past 11 months.

She also started blogging a couple of weeks ago. So please go check out Grits, Tits, And Oven Mitts. Tell her I sent you.

Today's Secret Ingredient Is...

You have to listen to me rant before you can have the pie crust recipe.

We get a number of foodie-type catalogs: Dean & Deluca, Sur La Table, Williams-Sonoma, et al. The other day we got a new one called Cooking Enthusiast. I was flipping through it today when I saw the recipe wheel:

No longer do you have to scratch your head over simple fractions when you want to increase or decrease a recipe. Spin the wheel on this ingenious magnet and you can double, triple, half or third a recipe.

Just how hard is it to halve or double a recipe? I'll admit that thirding something might take a little more brain power, but who in their everloving mind thirds a recipe anyway?

And believe me, I'm no math whiz. I quit math after high school geometry and avoided the math requirement in college by taking science courses instead. (Don't ask me the logic of that, but I was damned if I was going to take remedial math in college, and that's what they wanted me to do.) But I can, um, figure out pretty easily that half of 1/2 cup is 1/4. I even know that a third of 1/2 cup is 1/6 cup.

This is a prime example of dumbing-down a process. But we're not stupid, we're lazy. On the other hand, if you don't use your muscles you lose them, and it's the same with brain cells. This is why I will never own a recipe wheel. This is why I still add, subtract, multiply, and divide on paper a lot of the time.

Okay. Rant over. The secret ingredient is VODKA, and the recipe is below the fold.

Good Tired

I'm knackered. Beat. Wiped. Dead on my feet (or my ass, I should say). Dog-tired. Done in. Fatigued. Weary. Bone-tired. Dragon ass.

Well, you get the picture. Bikram yoga strikes again. It was a tiny bit easier tonight. But just a tiny bit.

Time takes time, as a wise friend of mine says.

It. Kicked. My. Ass.

Whazzat?

Bikram yoga.

Allan and I just got back from our first class. I can't speak for him, but I am ready for bed. It was really hard, and we sat out for a number of the asanas. I did fairly well at the ones I knew from my yoga class four years ago, but the rest? Heh. And ouch. And yow. And jeebus.

But sometimes an ass-kicking is a good thing. I can't wait to go back tomorrow.

Pete and Repeat

I noticed that I've been doubling up on adjectives in my last three posts.

tasty, tasty

happy, happy,

very, very

Oy.

23 Years In A Row

That'd be Tennessee beating Kentucky at football.

Mike and Justine attended the game, while Allan, A., and I watched it on TV here. The second half was extremely exciting, with the game continuing into 4th overtime. Tennessee finally won, 52-50.

Once again, I can't believe that I am actually watching football on TV AND ENJOYING IT. I feel like Dominique Dunne in Poltergeist: "WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Friday

Right. It was a day!

Rasafrackin' NaBloPoMo.

Edit: Okay, so that was lame. It was a busy day, and I can't think of any one thing to blog about, except maybe my killer pie crust. Why that? Because I just ate some. Allan took a photo, which you can see here. The crust has a secret ingredient, and if you are very, very nice to me, I might just give you the recipe.

If You're in The United States...

...have a happy, happy Thanksgiving.

If you're not, have a wonderful day.

And no matter where you are, take a minute to reflect on the blessings and bounty in your life. Giving thanks needn't be just for one day, right?

Now, go visit Allan so you can listen to Alice's Restaurant.

Check!

I have:

• made a stock full of turkey and chicken goodness, for holiday cooking and beyond
• whipped up a tasty, tasty cheese ball
• made cranberry-orange relish
• prepared my world-famous stuffing (or dressing, if you call it that)

More tomorrow.