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01/15/2008 21:45 #42901

Paul: Don't look.

This is my new mixer:

I <3 my mixer. :D

It makes fabulous dough for wheat bread, as seen here:

And then today I had the bright idea to make these w/ my new mixer:

^^in pans for the second rise

^^Lots of cinnamon rolls

^^Cinnamon rolls on macro. :)

I had one..and it came back up. Stupid me--it's only been 5 years since stomach surgery. One would assume I would know how to eat. . Duh.

pyrcedgrrl - 01/20/08 11:53
mrdeadlier: It depends on what she's making. The whisk is good for making merengues and whipped cream. For dough (bread, sweet dough, etc) you need a dough hook, but you have to be careful about how many cups of flour the motor can handle. Cuisinart probably gives you that info in the manual somewhere. It's a really good brand, so I'm sure it's a decent amount. Here's a link I found for attachments- :::link:::

I fell in love with the red KitchenAid mixer years ago and have been whining about it ever since. We lucked out in finding the "Professional HD" model at Sam's club for $249. (Lever-lift bowl instead of tilt-head) The Artisan one I've been wanting goes for between $260 and #340.

dcoffee - 01/16/08 13:16
Totally Jealous, I would love one of these for making bread.

paul - 01/16/08 09:01
Oh, I am so freakin' jealous.

leetee - 01/16/08 08:12
I have MIXER ENVY!

fellyconnelly - 01/16/08 07:06
YUM!

pyrcedgrrl - 01/16/08 00:10
Mr. Mike: Oh my god, there are SOOOO many left. I packed them all up to give away so they're not sitting around here. :)

mrdeadlier - 01/16/08 00:09
My wife has been pining for one of these for a while now. I definitely have to surprise her with one someday. But lately she's been saying that all she needs is the whisk attachment for her Cuisinart and then she won't need the KA mixer.

Does that sound right?

theecarey - 01/15/08 23:21
porn* too. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I'll be over for some of that!

theecarey - 01/15/08 23:19
food pron *drools*

james - 01/15/08 23:11
I don't bake, but I love my KA mixer. Enjoy it.

mrmike - 01/15/08 22:23
Awesome looking goodies. Any left?

jbeatty - 01/15/08 22:18
That is a sweet mixer. And some tasty looking rolls.

jason - 01/15/08 21:50
Oh my God!!

01/03/2008 19:12 #42741

Happy new...wow..it's been almost a year

I just realized that I haven't posted to (e:strip) in a while. "A While" in my world being almost an entire year.

So what has happened in this almost-year?

Not much. :)

Still in school full-time and getting awesome grades. yay!

Still working in my soul-sucking swing shift job that pays WAY too well, and therefore, retains employees. However, I am planning on quitting after this coming semester is over. I will have the last 2 classes I need to get my Teacher's Aide certificate, so I will be able to get some experience in my field while completing my degree.

Hmm... Made it out to a few concerts over the summer and saw some (e:peeps), think I made it out to one or 2 PMT get togethers, went to NYC last May and was ready to go back the minute we left. (you really can't beat staying on the Upper West Side, 1 block from H&H Bagels)

Got together with friends far too little. Yet another side effect of working swing shift. :( The dinner at J.P. bullfeathers tonight is a prime example. meh.

Err...Hmm... My daughter was finally diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder, after years of incorrect diagnoses. I fought w/ the school system/Committee on Special Education for months and finally had to get a lawyer before they would listen to me, but she's finally in a setting where the teachers work with her instead of against her.

Several friends/acquaintances had babies, effectively turning up the volume on my own biological clock at a very inopportune time. :p

Spoke to a mortgage broker (last week) and am *hopefully* going to start the home buying process shortly.

Yep....that's my "year away from posting to (e:strip)" in review. :)

libertad - 01/04/08 18:06
I'm glad to hear that your daughter is getting the help she needs. I hope your soul doesn't suffer too much over the next semester. Hang in there and be the best you can be doing it.

carolinian - 01/04/08 16:17
I have aspergers, too. While accomodations were important for me, the most important part of getting diagnosed was the validation that so many social situations in my life went awry because of an altered perception and not because I am a bad person who does stupid things.

mrmike - 01/03/08 22:01
Good to see you :)

03/03/2007 00:17 #38335

meh.

It's my first day off after a 7-day stretch (+ school Tuesday and Thursday) and I am stir crazy and want to do something SOOOOOO bad, but 3 days ago a pesky cold bug decided to take up residence in my head and my head feels like it's going to 'splode. :(

A few tips for this lovely cold/flu season:

Don't bother taking Airborne if you already have a cough. --I usually take it at the first sign of a cold, since (e:theecarey) got me turned onto it a year or two ago. I haven't had a full-blown cold till now. unfortunately this time I was too busy to notice the symptoms and caught it too late. :

Don't bother taking DayQuil caps. They suck now. --Thanks to the backyard/basement/closet/trunk of the car meth lab retards, DayQuil removed any trace of a working decongestant from their product. Had I known this yesterday, I wouldn't have spent $7.00 on a box of it, only to be stuck at work till midnight with a 'splodey head. :

You pretty much have to go through a body cavity search to get any product with pseudoephedrine in it now. --At Rite Aid you have to take a slip of paper to the pharmacist and they need to see your license, get your name, address and phone number and then you have to sign a form. (I was expecting them to request a stool sample next.) I finally got my illicit drugs and now I feel marginally human, though not well enough to spread my plague about town. :(

Hope you all have a better weekend than mine!! (I'll be asleep on my midnight shifts.) :)

02/02/2007 01:11 #37963

Johari Window

We were talking about The Johari Window today in Communications class. Since it is supposed to be ever-changing, I thought I would try it again.

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theecarey - 02/02/07 18:00
I think I have some extra info on this somewhere..and a bunch of other self analysis type of tools. I took a class that exposed us to understanding not only who were are and how we tend to react/absorb info- but also to understand how others prefer to take info in. Its kinda neat while learning about it-- not sure if I have returned to it at all. Whatever I can dig it all out of curious..

02/02/2007 00:52 #37962

Quiet, Err. I'm transmitting rage

I'm sorry, but this is the funniest thing yet this year.

And, of course, the next logical step is that people would take these devices and sell them on eBay....

They're now going for upwards of $1000.

metalpeter - 02/03/07 15:50
I saw a news story about this and Guerilla Advertising that was preaty funny. It was an add for Cartoon Networks Aqua Teen Hunger Force and apparently CNN was reporting on it. The one guy said all they had to do was walk down the hall and talk to one cartoon network guys since they are owned by the same people, all in all preaty funny stuff.

jenks - 02/02/07 06:45
oh god don't get me started about this whole thing. First of all, did you read they put the "devices" in like 10 other cities too, and no one freaked out there? What a clusterfuck.

uncutsaniflush - 02/02/07 00:59
i reckon if the ratings go up it was worth it. i would think that turner broadcasting could easily afford to pay the fed and mass governments for the inconvenience.

i wonder if the people who were actually affected by this think that this is the funniest thing yet this year (even if it is only february)

==archie