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Daily Dose of Diet – Lentils

6 Comments / Diet and Exercise, Foodie /

Last week TW sent me this link to Red Lentil Soup.  My reaction was YUK.  I don’t much care for lentils and I really really hate soup.  TW said, Yea I know but it’s something different.  So I saved the link.  On Monday I AIMed TW and asked her what she wanted for dinner this week, she said that "Slashfood lentil thing".  I sighed and made sure to add all of the necessary ingredients to my shopping list and made sure to include that "Slashfood Lentil thing" in the menu when Michelle and I created it.

Yesterday was suppose to be that "Slasfhood Lentil thing" but I couldn’t face it.  I’d already cooked once with Michelle, cleaned up that mess, helped her with a truly messy chemistry experiment, cleaned up that mess and dealt with Michelle and the sewing maching.  I told TW I couldn’t face the "slashfood lentil soup" and she said "Huh? I hate soup and I hate lentils! Why are we having lentil soup???" I sent her the link, sent her the AIM log where she specifically said "that lentil thing" and we argued about it a bit and laughed about it a lot more.  And then, we had avocado salad sandwiches instead (they were good but I went overboard with the jalapenos a wee bit). 

Today we had the "Slashfood Lentil thing" and even though it absorbed more of the liquid than it should have and became that "red lentil thing" and really not "red lentil soup" at all, it was good.  We wanted flatbread to go with but Publix had none so we just got pita instead.   A definite success.  Particularly because we don’t like lentils or soup.

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Daily Dose of Work – Freebies

2 Comments / Community Chest, Day to Day, Money Talks /

Work? For free? – aka volunteering?  Mark Glazer wants to know why you and I "work for free".  It’s a "nagging question" for him. 

Is this such a difficult concept to grasp? Couldn’t you make a list of 100 reasons people volunteer their time, effort and knowledge?  Or am I wrong?  Is it hard for you to figure out why AOL had more volunteers than it knew what to do with? Or why iVillage still has a million volunteer CLs even though iVillage is less than good to its volunteers?  Or why you can’t throw a stone in a suburban neighborhood without hitting a PTA mommy? Or why you can’t wander through a big city without bumping into a soup kitchen volunteer?  Or why women are happily contributing blog posts to Blogher? 

I wonder if people who don’t have a strong history of volunteerism are the ones who have the biggest problem understanding the work for free  concept.

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Daily Dose of Stuff – Monday

3 Comments / Monday Meme /

Monday
I haven’t had a child in diapers in more than 10 years.  TW hasn’t had a child in diapers in a few years.  So why are these sample packs in my house? 

No they aren’t leftovers from when E was little.  They arrive addressed to me.  I get them for the same reason various baby sites around the web send me mail telling me my baby is "9 months old" or I’m in my "2nd trimester" or my "toddler is getting to be as annoying as all…." I get them because my boss regularly sends me out to review these sites and so they have my name, my address and my email address. 

They are still in my house because, unlike other samples, I simply cannot throw away perfectly good diapers!  It’s wrong!  Diapers are expensive! Someone might need them! Forget that I don’t know anyone who needs diapers.  Forget that it is unlikely I’ll know anyone who needs diapers til Jenn manages the task.  Forget that it is incredibly likely that once I do know someone who needs to diapers I won’t be able to find these until the child moves to the next stage – even though for the last 3 years one of us has always known where the sample diaper boxes are.  It’s just the way things work around here.  You know exactly where useless stuff is until it becomes useful and then amnesia sets in or someone trying to be helpful moved it. 

LJ has a toy in her house and she doesn’t know why.  Lee, the creator of this meme, has   four cds by someone who shall remain nameless til you go look and doesn’t want to admit why.  Why do YOU have THAT in your house?  Come on, join the fun!

 

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Daily Dose of Queer – News

1 Comment / GLBT, News and Politics /

The HRC has an interesting videocast called Equally Speaking – Your Morning Dose of GLBT News.  Sounds ok, and it is, but it also seems a little silly to me.  I’ve watched four of the videocasts and there weren’t any stories I hadn’t already heard.  I must be missing something.  Aren’t these stories on all of the majore broadcast stations, in virtually the same presentation?  Maybe I’m just missing the anti-gay spin that major networks put on GLBT news?

I’m not suggesting the HRC shouldn’t have an audiocast or a videocast, I’m just saying it’s probably not something I’m going to listen to/watch.  I read a variety of news blogs, gay and straight – conservative and liberal – a 3 minute videocast every morning feeding me stories I’ve already read just isn’t very useful to me.

Go peek, will you be tuning into Equally Speaking?

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Daily Dose of Women – Africa

5 Comments / Health and Wellness, Money Talks /

Last week I sent Luna Pads to Zimbabwe and the next donation I’m sending is to the Fistula Foundation.  We hear an awful lot of about female genital mutilation but not so much about menstrual hygiene or fistulas.

Now someone find me an organization that is working on ending unsafe abortions in Africa, please.  I’ll happily add it to my charitable contributions list.

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Daily Dose of Hate – Money

6 Comments / Day to Day, Health and Wellness, Money Talks, Pet Peeves /

Don’t ask me why I am reading I will teach you to be rich, I can’t answer that question anymore than I could have answered it when I was reading Hello Dollar.  Maybe I can answer it.  Now that I think about it.  I think I am reading it (and read Hello Dollar before it) because it’s almost normal to do so and I have hope that I won’t always hate thinking about money, talking about money, moving money around and spending money.  Being rich is not my thing, paying my bills is my thing and that’s pretty much where I draw the line.  If I’ve got more money around than that, then I give it away. 

Where was I?  Oh yea I was here and trying to come up with things I hate spending money on – like a normal person.  The answer everything is not normal, right?  So I read the post and the comments and then the follow up post and comments.  And I saved both as new and released them and went back and grabbed them and saved them as new and then released them again.  See, even reading blogs about money makes me more nuts than I already am!  What do I hate spending money on?  Here’s my list, and it’s making me nervous to even begin to type it.  Not as nervous as that 101 things list but close….

1) Healthcare.  After 41 years of not paying for healthcare, of never paying for a prescription and of buying over the counter medications only rarely, I still can’t get use to paying for healthcare.  Either the insurance payments or the copays.  Michelle and Chris’s copays I pretty much have gotten use to but my own and TW’s – those make no sense.  I am always surprised by something that either is or isn’t covered and in my head any RX copay should be $9, that’s the Tricare way and I’m finally use to that.  Avmed and Blue Cross should both follow along, it’s the only thing Tricare seems to do right.

2) "Well Car Check-ups".  These make absolutely no sense to me at all.  I hate them, hate spending money on them and have finally, after the last one, refused to ever participate in them again.  Ever.  For any reason.

3) Parking.  I hate paying for parking whether it is a parking meter or a parking garage or airport parking or a field across from a concert. 

4) Service charges when buying tickets or services online.  $3.95 service charge at Gatorfood.  $7.50 at Ticketmaster.  $2 at  Fandango.  Blah. 

And there you go.  My list.  Kind of boring.  I could have talked about how I hate spending money on food and stuff like that but that would scare you, some of you more than others but still probably not a good to scare you for no good reason, right?

What’s on your list?  Weird stuff like food or normal stuff like parking?

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Jesus Land Trigger Trigger TRIGGER

4 Comments / 2006, Books in Bed, Favorites, Non-Fiction, Religion /

Jesusland
I finished Jesus Land last night and put off blogging about it because I wasn’t sure what to say, exactly. I’m still not sure of what to say so let’s go with a list. (Good blogging rule, if in doubt just make a list!)

People who should not read Jesus Land

*If you have a history of abuse or neglect and are triggered by stories of such, do not read this book.
*If you are an ANTI ORGANIZED RELIGION FANATIC, do not read this book.


People who should read Jesus Land

*Anyone who is not easily triggered by descriptions of abuse or neglect.
*Anyone who is not an ANTI ORGANIZED RELIGION FANATIC or on the verge of becoming an ANTI ORGANIZED RELIGION FANATIC

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In Honor of Eric and Amanda

3 Comments / Daily Dose /

Amanda has made a difference at Blogher and she’s left her mark on the rest of the Blogosphere as well.  She made the biggest difference of all in the life of her husband Eric.  And now she’s hurting. 

I don’t know if we can make a difference in Amanda’s life right now but I know we can all make a difference in her honor and in Eric’s.  Take a minute and light a candle, say a prayer, send energy and love.   Consider how you might make a difference, how you might be able to help, what you might do today or tomorrow or next year and then do it.

In honor of Eric you may send donations to ClearWater Conservancy and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (which provides free care to children with chronic illnesses) – thanks to mipmup for creating the Firstgiving accounts for donations.

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