Remember when holly first posted the recipe for her mac and cheese and then everybody started making it? Good times. Kinda like the FF enchiladas. Food is the great equalizer, even on Friendfeed.
I feel like I should explain: I'm attending a library-ish conference tomorrow and I couldn't figure out what to wear. I got home, threw some clothes in the washer and I thought I figured it out, but it was like a whole process. Sweater? Bow tie? What colors? What shoes? Tan? Brown? Pink shirt? Purple tie? Then EUREKA! Anyway, it was just cute that I was all OMG over it. That's all. :)
- Derrick
Where'd this come from? ;) *backflips through your timeline*
- Derrick
Derrick, theorising one could time travel in your own timeline, stepped into the quantum accelerator...
- Pete #TeamMonique
Using a sick day with a crazy headache. I know my boss thinks I probably whooped it up for my birthday but I drank Crystal Light and listened to music at home in sweatpants. Oh well.
The sunset shot near the end cracked me up for no good reason at all. It's just such a happy minute.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
<fashion police> Those jackets are actually an iconic Saint Laurent look designed by Yves (who's no longer with us) in the 60's called "Le Smoking." Pretty snazzy if you ask me. </fashion police> And yes, I can never tire of Nile Rodgers or the robots known as Daft Punk. Interesting to see them go more organic musically since they're so well known for their EDM.
- Derrick
For some reason I had Daft Punk filed in the same drawer as The Prodigy in my mind. I think I like Daft Punk 100x better.
- Steele Lawman
I'm often crippled with a lot of self-doubt and insecurities but hot damn, sometimes the planets line up and I'm kind of amazing.
I was injected with some kind of dye so they could see blood vessels, blah blah and like 15 seconds after the dye hit my bloodstream I barfed.
- Derrick
what is this stuff so that I may avoid it?!
- RepoRat
Yeah. Indeed. I get to go back in six weeks to see if the minor problem is cleared up on its own (as it did in my right eye) or if they have to INJECT MY EYEBALL WITH MEDICINE. RR, I think you're good. This is likely related to being diabetic.
- Derrick
It was also weird that when they finished taking pics, I backed away from the machine and everything was orange. O_o
- Derrick
I have diabetes on both sides of my family. Good so far, but unlikely to remain so.
- RepoRat
I hate the eye doctor like some people hate the dentist. haven't barfed, but have come very close to crying too many times to count.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
I was lax for a long time, RR, but I'm doing a lot better now. Hopefully the blurp they see will dissipate, but it's important to stay on top of your health, especially when diagnosed with a chronic illness. Stephanie, both of them make me crazy! I never thought I'd barf from the eye doctor. Ugh. By comparison my root canal was easy peasy.
- Derrick
haha, it was. When I showed her the dye that LEAKED OUT OF MY EYE on my hand she said: "Damn. I wish I could cancel the ticket." Me too, boo. Me too.
- Derrick
I have had this dye in my eye as well, did not puke though. Just the world was orange. Parking lady should totally cancel the ticket dammit.
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
Holy-hell...getting teed-up twice in one day?! Not cool.
- JA Castillo
Well, I'll probably leave early today cause I'm just feeling wiped out, but most likely not. I just seem to stay stressed out over all the other stuff going on lifewise.
- Derrick
I straight passed out once at the ENT office. He was messing with my nose (post sinus surgery). I remember saying "something isn't right. I don't feel good" and then waking up on the floor with like 8 peope around me. It was the weirdest thing ever.
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
from iPhone
Tomorrow's weather - Daytime high: 83° Will feel like: 91°
Also, this reminds me that I was supposed to look up some lomo saltado recipes.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
Kind of. I looked at three different recipes and kinda used what appealed to me the most...1.5lb flank steak. 1T of cumin, kosher salt, black pepper. 6? smashed cloves of garlic. 1 lime cut in half, juiced and each half thrown in w/ the ziploc bag, 1/4 cup-ish of olive oil, 1/2 bunch of cilantro rough chopped, and a healthy sprinkle of onion powder. Let it hang out for 4-5 hours with a...
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- Derrick
This coffee is apparently doing it's job. Soul Train line on the desk with me and my students. o_O
haha, I drink coffee maybe ten times a year and I had an iced one this morning and then we Congo lined through "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica. It's... a little slow today.
- Derrick
Also, I still haven't quite figured out whether to call you Curtis or Alan, so when our paths cross I will probably call you CAJ (spelled out: see ay jay, not rhyming with cash, bash, or trash.)
- Derrick
LOL. I always do the same thing with the initials.
- Trish R
Also, not to get all side-tracked and emotional, but this is when I knew FriendFeed was more than just your average socnet. You were in the military, obviously and we had interacted a bit but then you were stationed overseas AND I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU. You talked about running (either not being able to or running all of the time?) and I was like aren't we at war? I was so concerned cause that's just how I am and then you were back and I was so proud of you. Anyway. Emotional. Happy birthday.
- Derrick
Awww, shucks man. I was running several days a week along the (inside of) the fence line of our base in Afghanistan armed occasionally with a cell phone but usually just my ID. I was more worried about being run over by big ass vehicles than anything else. Sounds silly but I really did appreciate your concern. :) C'mere ya big lug. *big two-armed hug*
- c.a.j.
That's popular here on tortilla chips and it's so good.
- Trish R
I'ma do this for dinner. Probably over chips cause I don't feel like cooking up fries but I will replace the guacamole with more sour cream and more pico and more salsa. And probably more cheese. And beer. Because it's the weekend and I'm a grown ass man. #SaturdayFF
- Derrick
I think I need to try this. Our local Sprouts has carne asada in the deli, and I love to bring it home to cook it, but over fries? Yes, please.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
They sell it already marinated and ready to cook at the local carniceria here, too, and now I want to go buy some.
- Trish R
I wish we had those in New Orleans! But I found a recipe that has *tequila* in the marinade, so yes. I'll be fine. :)
- Derrick
I've only had steak fries at like 3 am after the club. I can't eat like that anymore!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Y'all San Diegoans put fries in your burritos too, dontcha.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I feel like that became a thing after I left? I remember seeing it on menus but don't remember anyone every ordering it. I never did. I liked my CA burritos fairly simple: carne, pico, cheese, maybe some sour cream, and plenty of salsa roja on the side.
- Derrick
When my sister was going to school in NYC (almost 10 years ago!) and came back to L.A. for the holidays, she demanded me and my brother drive her to S.D. for carne asada fries :D
- Victor Ganata
I've done that drive from L.A. I mean I also saw my family but yeah. ;)
- Derrick
Black beans instead of carne and I'm in.
- RepoRat
I want to be baseball announcer so when someone was called out, I could say, "Girl, bye."
i been down to the deep south from abouts where ms lb reckons from, i bet she sure do have a fine accent at that, ;)
- chaz2b
Having met her on several occasions, I can say that LB has a lovely Jawja lilt to her voice. It's not super strong, but it's nice.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
Funny, I was asked in DC if I were originally from GA, since my accent was less pronounced than some.
- LB: #TeamMonique
Psst: Derrick. The answer is Yes (and I've never talked to LB)--because everybody has an accent. Even if some of them (like mine) don't have really good names.
- Walt Crawford
I want to recreate the "Bonnie and Clyde '03" video with myself and Trish R. playing Jay-Z and Beyonce because that's just how hard we roll. DOWN TO RIDE TO THE VERY END.
I'll have to check when I get home. It was on my porch when I got home from work and I played for like four hours. haha.
- Derrick
I'm hooked on it. I've been switching between Luigi's Mansion, Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and Harvest Moon.
- Rodfather
I played some Mario Kart 7 online multiplayer last night and got my ass whooped every race haha.
- Rodfather
I didn't even get to Luigi's Mansion because I was stuck on 3D Land and MK 7. I also popped in Phoenix Wright because I loved that. And if I could just find my copy of Elite Beat Agents, I'd be set.
- Derrick
Oh yeah those DS games are still great. I played a bit of Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on my old DS. I have an Ace Kard 2i in it for pirated games :p Recently downloaded all the Professor Layton games.
- Rodfather
i was shocked to see a Netflix app in the estore. And Hulu Plus is coming soon too? I definitely want to download that NES Punch-Out! game.
- Derrick
I'm going to keep my 3DS clean this time. There seems to be frequent updates.
- Rodfather
Ben surprised me with a 3DS for Christmas so that I could play the latest Professor Layton. I've been enjoying the 3DS a lot more than I thought I would (I mean, they looked awesome but I was worried it would trigger headaches for me but the 3D slider is pretty sweet).
- joey
I think it's cool that it sends updates while in sleep mode. I enjoy those 3D videos that show up. I've been checking for notifications for news every morning hah.
- Rodfather
I've been tempted to try to hang out somewhere public just to see if StreetPass kicks in. http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki.... It's cool that a step tracker is built in. Sort of like a really huge Fitbit that plays games.
- Rodfather
Do them. Then you can nap and not feel like you HAVE to get up.
- ellbeecee
*looks at the desk on the other side of the room* Yeah, I'm not sure that's going to happen today.
- Derrick
Derrick, I have a note here excusing you from doing taxes today.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Dear IRS, Derrick is excused from having to do his taxes today. He is too busy with napping and Microplaning cheese, and contemplating roasting a turkey breast, and being awesome. Thank you for understanding. Yours, The FriendFeed"
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I get way too excited about using my Microplane grater. Way.
I sometimes go out of my way to zest lemons. I mean, how fun is that?
- Jennifer Dittrich
I love mine. I've got the standard and the spice ones.
- Katie
Good question. I dunno. It's...by Microplane? And is...a grater? About a foot long. Fairly fine holes. Perfect for zesting citrus and grating Parmigiano Reggiano.
- Derrick
I think it might be my favorite kitchen tool, although my cast iron dutch ovens probably get used more. Love those too.
- Derrick
And I'm cool with it. By the time my brother was my age he was mostly bald. I'd be cool with that too.
- Derrick
I have a LOT of gray popping up, right up front. I'm torn. The peter pan in me says oh no! The rest says, awkward adolescence might finally be over! :)
- SAM
librarianship does that to you, dude. yet another thing we don't tell you about in library school.
- RepoRat
No, I was trying to get my hair to line up with the camera. I'm not one of those selfie camera addicts who seem to not have any trouble snapping them off.
- Derrick
I feel like Derrick is regarding me skeptically through the spy-glass in the door of his life
- Pete #TeamMonique
I started getting gray hairs when I was 17, so I've had a few here and there for over half my life now.
- Andrew C (✓)
The brine recipe I'm looking at is water, salt, sugar, and some herbs. Maybe a lemon as well? Steve, brining is done often times with poultry to ensure a moist bird that doesn't dry out from roasting.
- Derrick
from iPhone
I'm pro brine. When I was experimenting at Thanksgiving with roasting a turkey, I used a brine that also contained a little apple juice. It was good.
- Trish R
I was never a vegetarian, Rudy. I often eat vegetarian but wouldn't necessarily call myself one. That was for lent.
- Derrick
Definitely pro-brine for whole turkey, but we use the america's test kitchen salt recipe for turkey breast and it works great.
- Sarah
That moment when you stumble across images of Kevin Ware's broken leg situation after making a dedicated and concerted effort to avoid it all costs since it happened.
I've been more successful than you in avoiding it. I'm horrified just hearing what happened, awfully glad I haven't seen it. Po guy :-(
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
oh, wow, I hadn't seen that one. It is pretty epic.
- RepoRat
For that one they had people surveying and marking out the grassy area, and a backhoe.
- lris
I had to look up the significance of the bald spot.
- Derrick
I think Carleton's also had an unprecedented number of people who completely fell for it. Well played, Carleton.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Oh yeah, a bunch of people (students, faculty, and staff) were completely taken in. It was hard not to when you walked on campus and saw the bald spot cordoned off and a big developer sign on each corner. :-)
- lris
several years ago, some visual arts students put up a billboard on an empty spot on campus declaring it to be the future site of the [somebody] school of casino management. It was very believable.
- DJF
from Android
As much as I appreciate what Oberlin did today, and I love their Web team; it wasn't an entirely original idea. University of Rochester did a very similar April Fool's joke last year, and it was brilliant! EDIT - I can't find the home page UR used last year, but here is a breakdown of the reasoning behind it http://www.rochester.edu/largepi...
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Eh, that's not my style. I started watching last year during the playoffs and kind of followed the Nationals and the Giants and the Cardinals with a nod towards the Nationals because they're new to me. I grew up in San Diego and loved to go watch Tony Gwynn take batting practice before games. I prefer the NL to the AL, but just like to watch a good game. Makes me think of summer.
- Derrick
Kristin gave the link - thanks Kristin. Good for you Derrick if you make it back to LA/OC area we can take you to an Angels game.
- Surprisingly Monstrous
Cool, cool. Not sure of the likelihood, but you never know.
- Derrick
I am still very much a Cardinals kind of girl, but I live within 40 miles of the Royals these days, so I'm likely to be a bit torn this year.
- WebGoddess
"Creole Mustard is a condiment found most commonly in the Southeastern region of the United States, specifically Louisiana. A staple in New Orleans-style cuisine, which is a blend of Spanish, French, African and German influences, Creole mustard owes its grainy appearance and distinctive tang to a higher concentration of flavorful mustard seeds as compared to other mustard varieties. Creole mustard is a versatile condiment featured on po' boy sandwiches and used in sauces, dressings and dips for everything from vegetables to salads to pretzels and chips. It can be used to create a marinade for meats, and can be incorporated into seafood dishes, such as crab cakes, battered seafood or served as a glaze or dipping sauce, as well. It is also the key ingredient found in New Orleans-style or Creole-style remoulade sauce."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Or on kosher hot dogs as you watch baseball on opening day.
- Derrick