Or maybe instead of meeting J. for the 10:30 service at the Center for Spiritual Living in town, I'd wake up at 2AM with acid reflux, lay sleepless a couple hours, and end up having to take a raincheck in the morning. I blame late dinner of deep-fried pubilx deli catfish.

Only took 5 months, but I finished transcribing handwritten journal entries from the 2001-2002 New Year sojourn. Finished the catfish for lunch, now I feel ready for a nap.

Sort, soak, cook, drain and rinse a common 12oz bag of dry beans. So far I've used chickpeas and black beans with good results. Puree the cooked beans in a blender or food processor, adding water as necessary to produce a stiff paste. 1/2 cup water should be ample; you might not even need that much. It doesn't have to be completely smooth, you just don't want any whole beans left. 1 bag of beans will produce about 3-4 cups of paste. Measure a half-cup of bean paste and mix in 1 jumbo egg using a fork... (...more)

answering yahoos: topped 30,000 participation points. I have learned a LOT, but I have also let it become an enormous time sink to the detriment of other things, so 30K is going to have to be the retirement mark. Need to learn to let people just be wrong on the internet. Bed close to 2AM? woke ~10AM, coffee+vitamins didn't really counteract low atmospheric pressure but research shows that increasing caffeine dosage doesn't really improve that. Scramble wrap for lunch ~1, started pancaking the bean paste... (...more)

CA: 3 flasks of undeath from 2 kesserans, bringing me to 10/17; a heart of ice from 1 glacius, gold medal time on a jahanna. Topped 3000 raw attack, effective attack is as high as 4800 with full +140 pierce gear and another +10 pierce due in a few weeks.

The transformer across the street popped again last night. Last time was ~Nov 26. FPL had power restored in about an hour.

Accounts register update, need to address my inactive credit union accounts, bank statements to trustee, and backups.

Since I discovered St. Gregory's, Sundays are becoming the highlight of my week. This undoubtedly speaks something about my job and my social life. Anyway - I made a particular effort to wind down for bed at a reasonable hour (~12:30) so as to be fresh and not rushing to be ready for church in the morning. Woke promptly with the alarm at 8, shaved and showered and dressed and gym bag together by 9:30, time enough to swing by McD with my mind on mcmuffins and mcmuffins on my mind... I know, that gets mor... (...more)