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. . . Spouse and I are both still (a) headachy and logy, and (b) very clearly contagious, so I don't think we'll make it to Con-Jour after all. *mopes* I was looking forward to it, too. But I also don't want to be the source of a round of con crud. *sigh*

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. . . Spouse and I are both still (a) headachy and logy, and (b) very clearly contagious, so I don't think we'll make it to Con-Jour after all. *mopes* I was looking forward to it, too. But I also don't want to be the source of a round of con crud. *sigh*

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Normally I like this song for a number of reasons, not least because I can sing it without jumping my break (not true for most Madonna songs).

Today I'm having to sing it an octave low to avoid that. :-(

Man, that's depressing. (Although I'm able to hit low notes I wouldn't normally be, so that's something, I guess.)

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Normally I like this song for a number of reasons, not least because I can sing it without jumping my break (not true for most Madonna songs).

Today I'm having to sing it an octave low to avoid that. :-(

Man, that's depressing. (Although I'm able to hit low notes I wouldn't normally be, so that's something, I guess.)

*Rampant Squeeing*

So I won one of the help_haiti auctions, specifically scarfman's fanart offering. (Yes, I'm aware that fanworks-for-charity are problematic for a number of different reasons, and yes, I would have donated anyway. And no, I didn't offer anything, partly because of the issues just mentioned but mostly because I only have, like, three fans *waves at them*, and they're all more broke than I am.)

I made three possible suggestions, and he combined the two that did not involve doing triangle versions of the Boys In Grey. ;-) The cartoon is an epilogue to my Banzai/Eureka crossover Spun Right Round, with the Doctor giving exposition to Banzai, one of the few humans who might understand him if he got technical.

I am completely and totally in love with triangle!New Jersey. That is the cutest thing I've seen so far this year.

( I am horrifically rude and hotlink the image behind the cut )

*squees*

*Rampant Squeeing*

So I won one of the help_haiti auctions, specifically scarfman's fanart offering. (Yes, I'm aware that fanworks-for-charity are problematic for a number of different reasons, and yes, I would have donated anyway. And no, I didn't offer anything, partly because of the issues just mentioned but mostly because I only have, like, three fans *waves at them*, and they're all more broke than I am.)

I made three possible suggestions, and he combined the two that did not involve doing triangle versions of the Boys In Grey. ;-) The cartoon is an epilogue to my Banzai/Eureka crossover Spun Right Round, with the Doctor giving exposition to Banzai, one of the few humans who might understand him if he got technical.

I am completely and totally in love with triangle!New Jersey. That is the cutest thing I've seen so far this year.

( I am horrifically rude and hotlink the image behind the cut )

*squees*

Cooking for Wimps: Baked Pasta

1 package pasta (ziti, penne, or farfalle will all work)

Cook 2 minutes less than the package directions say to. Salt the water well. Preheat the oven to 350° F while you're cooking it.

Now, at this point, if you were a Bad Motherfucker(TM), as in laughingrat's epic Cooking For Bad Motherfuckers posts, I would tell you to prepare a marinara or bolognese sauce from scratch. And indeed, on days when I am secure in my Bad Motherfuckertude, I would do so. If you are the kind of GQMF who spends a good lazy Sunday making a huge batch of such sauce from scratch and then freezes it in quart containers in your chest freezer - that is, if you are the sort of badass who plans ahead - why, then, get one of those suckers out of the freezer and thaw it out. But if you, like me, have failed to plan ahead, possibly due to the lack of a chest freezer, and do not have the hour or more simmering the sauce would take, why, take

1 quart jar of your favorite jarred pasta sauce
1 lb ground beef

Brown the ground beef until it's properly browned, which is to say, no more pink and starting to lose the grey, and then pour in the sauce and stir it around. If you usually add a little basil or oregano to your jarred sauce because That Shit Is Bland, Yo, why then, add it. Turn the heat down to low and let this simmer while the pasta boils.
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edited because I fail at spelling

Cooking for Wimps: Baked Pasta

1 package pasta (ziti, penne, or farfalle will all work)

Cook 2 minutes less than the package directions say to. Salt the water well. Preheat the oven to 350° F while you're cooking it.

Now, at this point, if you were a Bad Motherfucker(TM), as in laughingrat's epic Cooking For Bad Motherfuckers posts, I would tell you to prepare a marinara or bolognese sauce from scratch. And indeed, on days when I am secure in my Bad Motherfuckertude, I would do so. If you are the kind of GQMF who spends a good lazy Sunday making a huge batch of such sauce from scratch and then freezes it in quart containers in your chest freezer - that is, if you are the sort of badass who plans ahead - why, then, get one of those suckers out of the freezer and thaw it out. But if you, like me, have failed to plan ahead, possibly due to the lack of a chest freezer, and do not have the hour or more simmering the sauce would take, why, take

1 quart jar of your favorite jarred pasta sauce
1 lb ground beef

Brown the ground beef until it's properly browned, which is to say, no more pink and starting to lose the grey, and then pour in the sauce and stir it around. If you usually add a little basil or oregano to your jarred sauce because That Shit Is Bland, Yo, why then, add it. Turn the heat down to low and let this simmer while the pasta boils.
( Remainder Behind The Cut )

edited because I fail at spelling