Also just the slightest hint of stinkeye.
Month: July 2015
Compare and Contrast, Class.
Coke Zero pisses me the hell off. It tastes slightly better than Diet Coke (damning with faint praise), but Coke clearly doesn’t want us ladypeople to get our ladycooties all over it. There’s a nice dissection of Coke’s gendered advertising here.
Fire Alarm
The construction in our building will never end. If and when they do finally finish, it will be time to start all over again. I think workers are responsible for approximately 99% of the fire alarms we have. And yes, there was another one today.
Not Ours
This pile of acoustical ceiling tiles has been sitting on the loading dock for over a year. The sign is new.
Last Night
I took out the trash last night. I’d considered leaving it until this morning, then thought better of it. My reward was a spectacular sunset I would have otherwise missed.
Sleeping Henry
Henry is camera wise. Even with my phone, and even if it’s on vibrate, she has a sixth sense that she’s being watched and wakes up. If I’m lucky I get one shot.
Emergency Caramel Corn
The Caramel
Into the Oven
Finished
1C white sugar
1/4 C dark corn syrup
1/4 C molasses
Salt
Stick of butter
Melt and cook on medium heat until soft ball stage. Remove from heat.
Add 3/4 tsp of baking soda. Stir. Drizzle over popcorn and toss until coated. (I air popped 1/2 cup of corn.)
Spread on cookie sheet and bake for about an hour at 200F. When you take it out ot the oven, let it cool for a minute, then break it up and transfer to a large serving/storage bowl.
Franny wants someone to deposit the whole bowl in her belleh.
Goodwill Haul
I got a stack of books, some clothes, and an XL dog crate today. With the Friday coupon and my store discount card, the total was $21.51.
The crate was filthy. I spent an hour scrubbing it with Pine Sol. Well worth the effort, though, considering the same crate is $150 at PetCo.
Also “animal confinement device.” I’m going to be laughing about that for days.
Seen In the Wild
We had a staff meeting today, and when I walked in this was on the conference room white board. My favorite thing in the world is to put my entire 160GB iPod on shuffle. Bring on the random, BAY-bee.
“I, too, love cheese.”
This dog. I just dont even.
red paper boat 