questions and ... questions

Dear LJ,

Please stop sending me comment emails with the text of the comment missing. Is very annoying.

Miss P.

(Seriously. Has anyone else had this problem? It doesn't happen with every comment mail, but appears to be random.)

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Local people:
Would anyone on my list (I'm mostly thinking plus size girls here but that's because I'm selfish and y'all have wonderful fashion sense, so it's not restrictive, by any means) be interested in one of those 'naked lady parties' (that feels odd to type) where everyone brings all the stuff that doesn't fit or that they don't want in their closet and swaps with others? I could actually try and organize such a thing if there was interest in it ... ??

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Dear Plague,

DIE.

No love,
Me

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I keep trying to find a proposed end date for the Fremont bridge construction. I can't find one, and this bugs the snot out of me.

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I'm going to be playing along with firecat's proposal; she declared this National Creative Hacking Month. Maybe I can finish up some of those projects I've had lying around half-done for so long....

get your nose out of my marriage

Dear Transit Bitch,

Implying in any way that I need to 'accept' my position as the wife of a blind person and just fill out checks for him (therefore obviously following him around constantly as though I was some kind of caretaker or attendant) rather than having you or a representative of your company (who are employed by the company in question, therefore arguably it could be considered an accessibility accomodation covered under various laws) do it?

SO NOT ON. What we do with our marriage, and how we manage its accessibility hurdles, is NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS, and you have NO RIGHT to ADVISE me of my so-called APPROPRIATE POSITION.

I have seen marriages END because of that shit. I have seen FRAUD happen because of this shit. I have seen people stay in bad, unhealthy, sometimes abusive relationships in order to keep their 'sighted helper' around. I have been the subject of emotional abuse due to my being someone's sole 'sighted helper'. And while I don't believe tallin would ever do such a thing, we're not IDIOTS, and we tend to like learning from others' mistakes.

No thanks.

Miss L.

soba soba

Taken and modified from the Essential Vegetarian Cookbook.

Combine in blender:
1 tblsp tahini
1 tblsp peanut butter
1 tblsp rice vinegar
1 tblsp soy sauce
2 tblsp hot water
1 garlic clove, grated
1 tblsp fresh ginger, grated

You may need to add a little more water if the mixture is too thick.

While you're doing this, boil a pot of water. Throw on some soba noodles (I just used one of those little bundles - about 1/3 of a package).

Drain the noodles, rinse them with cold water. Add the sauce mixture. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and refrigerate for about 3 hours. This would probably be awesome with some lightly steamed broccoli or snowpeas, but I didn't have any. I think next time I'm going to add a splash of sesame oil to the dressing.

another recipe and a story

Vanilla Poached Apples (from Moosewood Restaurant's Book of Desserts.)
3 apples, peeled, cored and halved
2 cups apple juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean (or 1 tsp vanilla extract).

Preheat oven to 375F. Place apples, cut side down, in a baking dish. Combine apple juice, sugar and vanilla; pour over apples. Cover and bake for 45-50 minutes until soft but not mushy.

The original recipe had you removing the apples, adding an extra tsp of vanilla extract to the juice mixture (if you used the extract) and boiling that until reduced by half. I am impatient. So I served it with pumpkin gelato and a small amount of nutmeg on top and didn't bother with the syrup.

The child likes it so much that he keeps wandering wistfully over to the table and asking for more. Unfortunately, it's gone. :-D It took me five minutes to convince him it was 'all gone'.