A special dinner here the other day:
steak au poivre
asparagus risotto
spinach salad
pain perdu w/ a coconut-pistachio crust
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If I could make one kitchen recommendation that I've found very useful, it's: roast some hazlenuts, peel them (by rubbing them between two towels), and grind them in a food processor, blender, coffee grinder, or mortar, and put them in the refrigerator. It is...
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steak au poivre
asparagus risotto
spinach salad
pain perdu w/ a coconut-pistachio crust
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If I could make one kitchen recommendation that I've found very useful, it's: roast some hazlenuts, peel them (by rubbing them between two towels), and grind them in a food processor, blender, coffee grinder, or mortar, and put them in the refrigerator. It is...
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So many people I know are taking vacations! I'll just be here working. If I could go anywhere, I'd probably be:
1. Santorini
2. Provence
3. Walking Hadrian's Wall
4. Vienna
5. Japan
Or, really, I'd just settle for getting into Manhattan once in a while!
1. Santorini
2. Provence
3. Walking Hadrian's Wall
4. Vienna
5. Japan
Or, really, I'd just settle for getting into Manhattan once in a while!
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allcatsaregrey:
i need a vacation, too.
my top 5 would be:
1. provence
2. amsterdam ( i love week-end trips)
3. japan (to buy tons of action toys and kawaii stuff)
4. scotland (never been there-want to buy records in cheep second hand stores)
5. new york ( to buy action toys in my fave shop. never been there, but im sure its great)
as all these things are connected to having a lot of money, nothing of this will happen.
sad about this, i would have the time and people who would come with me and nice people to meet (you, for example)-but NO MONEY!!
this sucks...
my top 5 would be:
1. provence
2. amsterdam ( i love week-end trips)
3. japan (to buy tons of action toys and kawaii stuff)
4. scotland (never been there-want to buy records in cheep second hand stores)
5. new york ( to buy action toys in my fave shop. never been there, but im sure its great)
as all these things are connected to having a lot of money, nothing of this will happen.
sad about this, i would have the time and people who would come with me and nice people to meet (you, for example)-but NO MONEY!!
this sucks...
allcatsaregrey:
its kidrobot in new york. theyve got all the figures i dream of..well, most of them.
have you ever been there?
there arent shops like that in germany. some comic shops also have a few figures but they are very expensive overhere, because of all the taxes and shipping.
have you ever been there?
there arent shops like that in germany. some comic shops also have a few figures but they are very expensive overhere, because of all the taxes and shipping.
I really wish the semester was over. 
If anyone is curious about what medieval nobles ate, it's frequently pretty gross. An example:
"Fasaunt in trayne": A pheasant was plucked, skinned, cooked. Then the skin was put back on and its tail feathers reattached. Et voila, a very coveted dish.
"Roo reversed in purpill": A royal dish. A Roebuck deer was turned inside-out, stuffed, and dyed...
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If anyone is curious about what medieval nobles ate, it's frequently pretty gross. An example:
"Fasaunt in trayne": A pheasant was plucked, skinned, cooked. Then the skin was put back on and its tail feathers reattached. Et voila, a very coveted dish.
"Roo reversed in purpill": A royal dish. A Roebuck deer was turned inside-out, stuffed, and dyed...
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richardson:
ha ha, i like that scenario! but vacation will have to wait until next year, cause i won't be able to have a week off before..
richardson:
but you have forgotten that the sm-porn will be filmed by diana scheunemann, featuring a cameo of dita von teese and that i will be wearing those prada mary janes, huh?
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richardson:
OH YOU 
almost crying from joy.. du charmeur!
almost crying from joy.. du charmeur!
"All I have here with me are the records and the books that I own."
fatality:
And the thoughts - don't forget those
richardson:
I JUST WANT TO BE A SWEETHEART!
I JUST WANT TO BE A SWEETHEART!
I JUST WANT TO BE A SWEETHEART!
It's been a while since a food journal, so wrapped up was I in other things (for anyone wanted the giant phalluses, see previous two entries).
Anyway, my wife came home after a trip out of town and I made her:
To Start:
Crudites, olives, and pistachios.
Main Course:
A two-day duck recipe (you poach the duck on the first day with ginger, and on...
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Anyway, my wife came home after a trip out of town and I made her:
To Start:
Crudites, olives, and pistachios.
Main Course:
A two-day duck recipe (you poach the duck on the first day with ginger, and on...
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richardson:
sounds good. wish somebody cooked something similar for me..
I've made breakfast and dinner for sb yesterday: foie gras on grilled toast, then pain perdu with honey. for dinner: green asparagus with potatoes and jambon, served with a false hollandaise. for dessert: coppeneur's white truffes with poppy seed
I've made breakfast and dinner for sb yesterday: foie gras on grilled toast, then pain perdu with honey. for dinner: green asparagus with potatoes and jambon, served with a false hollandaise. for dessert: coppeneur's white truffes with poppy seed
Lysistrata, Part Two, as illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley (late 1890s)
The situation is at an impasse. Sparta and Athens are still at war, but the women are still fortified in the Athenian acropolis, refusing to have sex with their husbands and lovers until peace is declared. The men are upset. Sex or War?
The Spartan Ambassadors arrive to try to talk the women into...
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The situation is at an impasse. Sparta and Athens are still at war, but the women are still fortified in the Athenian acropolis, refusing to have sex with their husbands and lovers until peace is declared. The men are upset. Sex or War?
The Spartan Ambassadors arrive to try to talk the women into...
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adria:
Yeah I did get it, it's on my side, it looks awesome. It's the picture for "K is for Kate who was struck with an axe" from the Gashlycrumb Tinies. 
nexttuesday:
mwah ha ha ha
*dances profusely*
ima funnah guy
on crack that is
HAH!
*leaves*
*dances profusely*
ima funnah guy
on crack that is
HAH!
*leaves*
Illustrations of Lysistrata by Aubrey Beardsley (Victorian aesthete and art noveau illustrator, infamous), or "Whoever said the Greeks weren't any fun?"):
To protest the War, Lysistrata organizes Athenian and Spartan women to fortify themselves in the Acropolis, refusing to have sex with any men until peace is declared between Athens and Sparta:
Lysistrata and the Women
To satisfy themselves, the women use dildos
The Athenian...
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To protest the War, Lysistrata organizes Athenian and Spartan women to fortify themselves in the Acropolis, refusing to have sex with any men until peace is declared between Athens and Sparta:
Lysistrata and the Women
To satisfy themselves, the women use dildos
The Athenian...
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adria:
If I didn't love 'insert dirty word for male genitalia here' so much I'd be a lesbian. Woe is me. 
richardson:
more, more, more!
Does anyone remember the actual lyrics to "Grease Lightning" from Grease? I can't believe I ran around as a kid singing this song all the time:
Greased Lightning - Grease
Why this car is automatic
It's systematic
It's hydromatic
Why it's grease lightning (Grease lightning)
We'll get some overhead lifters and some four barrel quads
oh yeah
(Keep talking whoa keep talking)
A fuel...
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Greased Lightning - Grease
Why this car is automatic
It's systematic
It's hydromatic
Why it's grease lightning (Grease lightning)
We'll get some overhead lifters and some four barrel quads
oh yeah
(Keep talking whoa keep talking)
A fuel...
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richardson:
one-track-minded, huh? i remember myself singing "like a virgin" when i was a little girl.
One of my favorite pieces of writing is the Preface to Oscar Wilde's Portrait of Dorian Gray:
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a...
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The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a...
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nexttuesday:
curious as to why you left my list?
fatality:
It is indeed the evolutionary trajectory of viruses.. Kind of predicting what might happen with certain strains based on past information....
btw. is cyd charisse still alive??