05/05/09 11:54 - 58ºF - ID#48597

HA HA HA HA HA HA

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

EAT IT!

You spent 100,000 to come in second place.

Your Saturn club friends couldn't help you either.

We won and you couldn't cary your team.

HA!

note: I am not drunk with anything other than WIN!

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Location: Buffalo, NY

05/05/09 12:23 - 49ºF - ID#48593

nap

I have been at work since 9AM and I am just getting home at 12:15. I need to be up in four and a half hours for election day, then go to work all day, and then finish up the election.

me sleepy.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/30/09 07:44 - 61ºF - ID#48546

It don't get much gayer than this

Made of Magic.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/28/09 07:11 - 49ºF - ID#48530

Dining Out For Life part 2

Folks,

Jim and I will be at Cazumell at 9:15. (e:PMT) will be there. (e:Drew) and (e:Janelle) might stop by. I hope you all do as well.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/28/09 11:32 - 65ºF - ID#48527

Dine Out For Life

Hey,

I just realized that today is Dine Out For Life: a day we celebrate rifts in the time/space continuum in which we are stuck waiting for a table for the duration of eternity.

A percentage of the bill is donated by the restaurant to HIV/AIDS charity and many restaurants have specials and all that.

I was thinking maybe eating at Mode or Cecelia's? But a complete list of restaurants can be found here. Suggestions are always welcome.

How does 7:30 sound?

kisses,

-James

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/23/09 10:52 - 39ºF - ID#48486

This toddle dances better than all of us

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/07/09 04:59 - 31ºF - ID#48320

Election Sensation

I spent 12 hours of my weekend cleaning petitions for submission to the board of elections (cleaning, by the way, is very legal. It just means I make sure errors are corrected). Monday night I went from work to the gym directly to the house where I was cleaning them. I got home a little after midnight after finishing them so they could be submitted this morning, on the final day they are due.

Last night i got about three hours worth of sleep because I kept having nightmares about the petitions. An election district was mislabeled, the school subdistrict was left blank, the addresses were invalid. One nightmare after another, waking up in a sweat each time.

I can deal with the lack of sleep, but the anxiety over this process just drains me. Unshaven, my hair a mess, and bags under my eyes big enough to hide a couch, my boss let me go home early so I could catch up on lost sleep.

Little does he know that zombie James or not I am going to be kickin' it at Bistro Europa tonight with you all. As draining as the process is I always feel like celebrating when it is done, even if I haven't slept in a week or can remember the last time I did laundry (which, thankfully, neither happened this time around, but the summer political season is just a few months away!).

Can't wait to see you all there tonight.

Bring Cash. They don't take cards and neither do I if you want a lap dance.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/06/09 11:04 - 30ºF - ID#48311

Birthday Party Reminder

Hey everyone,

Hope to see you all tomorrow at Jim's party. Just a reminder, Bistro Europa is cash only, so bring some paper because they don't take plastic.

Love you kittens,

-James

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/29/09 10:34 - 39ºF - ID#48233

Kumquat Simple Syrup

I need to remember to take pictures when I am in the kitchen experimenting.

So tonight, around 8:30 I get hungry and go into the kitchen to do something about that. Two hours later I have made borscht, broiled some frozen smelt, and made a kumquat simple syrup.

(e:tinypliny) wrote about delicious kumquats at PriceRite. I couldn't resist. They are such a delicious and underrated fruit. So, I chop them up, squash them under a chef's knife, and drop them into water. I let them boil for a few minutes, then add sugar and simmer for two minutes.

Best part, after I strained the syrup to take out the kumquat rind. So now, as a product, I have candied kumquats! I put them in the fridge and they are delicious.

So, now I have kumquat flavored syrup for making cocktails or toping a dessert. The sweet citrusy flavor is in there, but the sugar killed the tartness I love so much. Tomorrow, if I am productive, I will mix something up and give a big toast to Pliny.

Cheers!

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/27/09 07:35 - 55ºF - ID#48216

Infused Vodka

Howdy,

I told the good folks in my office that I started this two weeks ago. And I should have, I had the bacon in the fridge. But I didn't have a handle of vodka and just saying I had started it was sure to get me to actually do it. Now that the confession is out of the way...

Let me confess something else. I hate vodka. I mean, the flavor is alright and it mixes well. But it is such a pedestrian liquor. Now I am done confessing...

What happens when you have this

and you add this

why, you get this

and this

so I am infusing Vodka with a vanilla bean in one jar and bacon and pepper in another. Three weeks in the dark cupboard until it is ready. Expect a future post.