So how was your day?

[Bluce Ree]

Well I'm out of here...going to spend part of my birthday (the 24th anniversary of my 25th birthday for the nosy!) in bookstores. Borders is closing... going to see what deals I can find! Have a great day everyone!

Damn! I missed your birthday post. Hope you had a great one!

 

[Rac80]

Damn! I missed your birthday post. Hope you had a great one!

thank you it was wonderful...hours and hours browsing bookstores, deciding which ones were worth my time, flipping the pages, sniffing the fresh ink and paper smell of a new book, looking at used books for untold treasure and yes found a few.


Today has been fun. I'm lucky hubby is adventurous with food...I got the idea for lam kabobs and made them with what I had on hand...they turned out great (as did my tzatziki sauce) and we all enjoyed a bit of "greek" on a hot sunday afternoon. I will often decide to try something without a recipe to see where it takes me...no complaints after nearly 30 years so I must do okay.

 

[Gatefan1976]

thank you it was wonderful...hours and hours browsing bookstores, deciding which ones were worth my time, flipping the pages, sniffing the fresh ink and paper smell of a new book, looking at used books for untold treasure and yes found a few.


Today has been fun. I'm lucky hubby is adventurous with food...I got the idea for lam kabobs and made them with what I had on hand...they turned out great (as did my tzatziki sauce) and we all enjoyed a bit of "greek" on a hot sunday afternoon. I will often decide to try something without a recipe to see where it takes me...no complaints after nearly 30 years so I must do okay.

Experimentation, the heartblood of a good cook.

 

[Bluce Ree]

thank you it was wonderful...hours and hours browsing bookstores, deciding which ones were worth my time, flipping the pages, sniffing the fresh ink and paper smell of a new book, looking at used books for untold treasure and yes found a few.

I have to admit, I very much enjoy the smell of a fresh magazine or a fresh book. I still pick up the occasional Linux magazine but that seems to be more out of nostalgia for me.

Today has been fun. I'm lucky hubby is adventurous with food...I got the idea for lam kabobs and made them with what I had on hand...they turned out great (as did my tzatziki sauce) and we all enjoyed a bit of "greek" on a hot sunday afternoon. I will often decide to try something without a recipe to see where it takes me...no complaints after nearly 30 years so I must do okay.

My mom has a talent for reverse-engineering food with just a taste. Aside from the traditional Italian recipes she acquired from my grandmother, she managed to mimic just about everything else only by taste and smell, without a recipe. The only thing she was never able to decipher was the Big Mac sauce. Yeah, yeah, I was a kid once, you know.

 

[Gatefan1976]

what are the seven secret herbs and spices Bluce

 

[Bluce Ree]

what are the seven secret herbs and spices Bluce

Let me make a quick phone call and ask my mom.

 

[Gatefan1976]

cool

 

[Red Mage]

An awful day. The stupid hurricane hysteria caused probably one of the busiest days at work in a long time. Knew it was going to be awful with 20 people lined up before we even opened.

 

[Gatefan1976]

An awful day. The stupid hurricane hysteria caused probably one of the busiest days at work in a long time. Knew it was going to be awful with 20 people lined up before we even opened.

And you probably copped an earful of crap all day as well RM?

 

[Red Mage]

Actually no strangely enough. People were surprisingly patient for the most part with the insane lines. It was just the sheer volume that was brutal. Usually on a saturday we fill 150-200 orders, today we did well over 300 with less staff. 9 hours of pure hustle with no break or any let up whatsoever until maybe half hour before close.

 

[Tropicana]

Actually no strangely enough. People were surprisingly patient for the most part with the insane lines. It was just the sheer volume that was brutal. Usually on a saturday we fill 150-200 orders, today we did well over 300 with less staff. 9 hours of pure hustle with no break or any let up whatsoever until maybe half hour before close.

You guys deserve extra pay.

But stay safe RedMage!!

 

[Stonelesscutter]

Actually no strangely enough. People were surprisingly patient for the most part with the insane lines. It was just the sheer volume that was brutal. Usually on a saturday we fill 150-200 orders, today we did well over 300 with less staff. 9 hours of pure hustle with no break or any let up whatsoever until maybe half hour before close.

And what did all those people want?

 

[mzzz]

And what did all those people want?

Food, water, sex. You know, the usual.

 

[SciphonicStranger]

Food, water, sex. You know, the usual.

Red Mage is selling sex?

 

[Stonelesscutter]

Red Mage is selling sex?

I thought Ape was the pimp.

 

[EvilSpaceAlien]

Well I'm having a rotten day. This morning I was so bloody tired that I put a beer can in the same backpack as my laptop and the brand new external harddrive, as I was preparing to drive home. Suffice to say that it didn't turn out well since somehow the beer can broke while I was driving and thus it sprayed ice cold beer over all the backpack's content. The external harddrive is just fine, but unfortunately I can't say the same about my laptop. I can still start it, and you can still hear the start up chime and the fan of the thing as it's running, but the screen is completely black and the battery won't take the charge when I plug in the adapter (though strangely enough, it will run on power from the adapter, the battery just isn't charging).

Oh, what a wonderful day.... I need a drink.

 

[shavedape]

I thought Ape was the pimp.

You know it, baby!

 

[shavedape]

Well I'm having a rotten day. This morning I was so bloody tired that I put a beer can in the same backpack as my laptop and the brand new external harddrive, as I was preparing to drive home. Suffice to say that it didn't turn out well since somehow the beer can broke while I was driving and thus it sprayed ice cold beer over all the backpack's content. The external harddrive is just fine, but unfortunately I can't say the same about my laptop. I can still start it, and you can still hear the start up chime and the fan of the thing as it's running, but the screen is completely black and the battery won't take the charge when I plug in the adapter (though strangely enough, it will run on power from the adapter, the battery just isn't charging).

Oh, what a wonderful day.... I need a drink.

Sorry to hear about the laptop. Hopefully you can salvage it in some respects. Fingers crossed!

 

[EvilSpaceAlien]

Sorry to hear about the laptop. Hopefully you can salvage it in some respects. Fingers crossed!

Indeed, I'm hoping that since my uncle in Västerås (I'm heading down there tomorrow for an internship thing) has a buddy who fixes computers for a living, I'll be able to get it fixed for a reasonable price. Though I don't know what's worse, my laptop getting completely frakked up, or the fact that it was a waste of a perfectly good Lapin Kulta.

 

[OMNI]

Indeed, I'm hoping that since my uncle in Västerås (I'm heading down there tomorrow for an internship thing) has a buddy who fixes computers for a living, I'll be able to get it fixed for a reasonable price. Though I don't know what's worse, my laptop getting completely frakked up, or the fact that it was a waste of a perfectly good Lapin Kulta.
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västerås ROCKS!!! so what you gonna do here? intern??
shame about the laptop man..
and :puke: @ the lapin kulta yuck!