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J: We were visited by Shaun Klein this
week, a guy we met long ago at an Origins game convention. He bought a
coffee for me at Starbucks (and I got another free cup-a-joe later this
week, thanks). I showed him a little of our town. We dwaddled around in
a game store and went to the Veggie Garden for dinner. We played board
games late into the night with Dave The Game. Shaun was supposed to
come back the following night but there was a mix up involving a cell
phone and a time machine (darn those cell phones, they're so flaky) so
our little gaming group spent the night wondering if Shaun was dead.
But he wasn't, so stop worrying.
This weekend Lori and I attended the Empty Bowls charity dinner that
Gina was helping with. I went last year too. This year it looked like
more people showed up, so that was good. But there was very little a
vegan like me could eat, which was very different than last year. I
left early and renamed the event "Empty Bowels." Then I went home and
ate a good dinner.
Dorian, Alfredo, and Kelly came over for dinner and a movie a couple nights ago.
Dorian brought his puppy Tevya, who was in an energetic tug-of-war
mood, and tore a rag-shirt to smithereens. That was fun.
Here's a nifty little snippet, which may or may not be true but
makes a good story anyway. It was sent from our friend Rich but also
appears in Bill
and Kent's blog.
My brother-in-law Joe is always teaching me simple everyday life
hacks that I should have known years ago, darn him. For example, he was
at my house a couple months ago, using the stove. Meanwhile his kids
were crawling all over the place looking for new and dangerous ways to kill themselves have
fun, which for me is always both exciting and stressful to watch, but
that's another topic.
Anyway, he turned on the stove, explaining to my friend Chris that
these electric induction stoves heat up so slowly that you might as
well turn them on high until the coils are glowing hot, then turn them
down to the heat you desire. I was sitting off to the side playing online poker
doing some important computer
work, so I was too busy to play devil's
advocate on that one. But I've been testing out his stove advice ever
since and he's right, darn him. Pans heat up faster and I'm cooking
within minutes instead of days. And it's so simple, and so full of
wisdom. Why haven't I been doing this all along? Why didn't anyone
teach me this when I was younger? Sheeze.