Dept. of Saturday
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kaffy_rQuiche In the Oven
The crust is awful and patchwork, because I can't roll out a crust to save my soul, especially when it's recently thawed pie dough, but the quiche itself is going to be pretty decent, I think. And I managed to clean up the kitchen (more or less; I'm going to get BB to clean the frying pan in which I tried the bacon), and I'll be setting the table soon. This is all good. especially since I spent a lot of the day driving to get groceries, or laying low because of a headache that seems to want to become something more.
Poor BB is fighting some ailment of his own, and I very much hope to at least cosset him with dinner. And then, I'll settle down with a new drink I learned how to make yesterday; gin in a martini glass that's been coated with four dashes of bitters. Last night I made it with orange bitters, although it's supposed to be made with angostura. Tonight, I'm going to try two mini-drinks, one with the proper recipe and one with the orange bitters, to see which I think is better.
I had one of my acrylic nails peel off today. It's the first time that has ever happened, and my finger looks naked without a nail. I'm calling the nail salon tomorrow (they're open on Sundays) to see if I can get in.
Also in the "First World Pampering" category, we've made an appointment with a new groomer for Vincent. He doesn't know it yet. but he's going to get a bath, de-matted properly, and be gifted with at least a modified lion cut to prevent more matting. I'm sure he'll be very excited.
Yesterday, there was a mass shooting in Aurora, IL, not far from Chicago. A man who'd just been fired from his job, and who had a history of violence, domestic and otherwise, who'd had his FOID card revoked, but who still had a gun, left the building and came back and killed five people. He's dead. too. Six sets of parents and kids, six mothers, sisters, wives. all with gaping. bleeding holes in their souls. Because someone had easy access to guns. Another day in America.
Fuck the NRA and fuck the culture it has nurtured.
The crust is awful and patchwork, because I can't roll out a crust to save my soul, especially when it's recently thawed pie dough, but the quiche itself is going to be pretty decent, I think. And I managed to clean up the kitchen (more or less; I'm going to get BB to clean the frying pan in which I tried the bacon), and I'll be setting the table soon. This is all good. especially since I spent a lot of the day driving to get groceries, or laying low because of a headache that seems to want to become something more.
Poor BB is fighting some ailment of his own, and I very much hope to at least cosset him with dinner. And then, I'll settle down with a new drink I learned how to make yesterday; gin in a martini glass that's been coated with four dashes of bitters. Last night I made it with orange bitters, although it's supposed to be made with angostura. Tonight, I'm going to try two mini-drinks, one with the proper recipe and one with the orange bitters, to see which I think is better.
I had one of my acrylic nails peel off today. It's the first time that has ever happened, and my finger looks naked without a nail. I'm calling the nail salon tomorrow (they're open on Sundays) to see if I can get in.
Also in the "First World Pampering" category, we've made an appointment with a new groomer for Vincent. He doesn't know it yet. but he's going to get a bath, de-matted properly, and be gifted with at least a modified lion cut to prevent more matting. I'm sure he'll be very excited.
Yesterday, there was a mass shooting in Aurora, IL, not far from Chicago. A man who'd just been fired from his job, and who had a history of violence, domestic and otherwise, who'd had his FOID card revoked, but who still had a gun, left the building and came back and killed five people. He's dead. too. Six sets of parents and kids, six mothers, sisters, wives. all with gaping. bleeding holes in their souls. Because someone had easy access to guns. Another day in America.
Fuck the NRA and fuck the culture it has nurtured.
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Date: Sunday, 17 February 2019 09:04 am (UTC)<3
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Date: Sunday, 17 February 2019 05:47 pm (UTC)OK, that immediately reminded me of a particularly gross scene in the sixth season of "Game of Thrones," wherein a particularly villainous villain discovers something of rather larger proportions in the meat pie he's eating. Heh ....
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Date: Sunday, 17 February 2019 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 17 February 2019 09:13 pm (UTC)Ah, Game of Thrones ... George R.R. Martin loves to decorate in shades of red, and so does the production team that brought his tales of Westeros to the small screen ....
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Date: Sunday, 17 February 2019 04:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 17 February 2019 05:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Sunday, 17 February 2019 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 18 February 2019 12:00 am (UTC)Still, a recent poll showed that general American support for significant changes in gun safety laws, while still in the majority, actually dropped between the time of the Parkland killings last February, and this month, from over 70 percent in favor to about 51 percent in favor. A lot of factors might cause that drop, but it's frustrating beyond words.
And yet, as I said at the beginning, I cling to a slightly bigger sliver of hope these days.
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Date: Monday, 18 February 2019 01:59 am (UTC)On a happier note, hope the quiche was good!
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Date: Sunday, 24 February 2019 09:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 25 February 2019 09:24 am (UTC)Mind you, the Australian public was and still is for the most part (apart from a loud minority) very much on side. For which I am thankful.
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Date: Monday, 25 February 2019 06:55 pm (UTC)