Jim's Journal

04/11/2010 19:01 #51376

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tinypliny - 04/11/10 21:24
Man! I want that salad - what did it have?? I can see
- croutons
- plum tomatoes
- red onions
- strawberries?
- what are the greens? Parsley? spinach? lettuce variety? Basil?

tinypliny - 04/11/10 21:18
How do they get their croutons so nice-looking? Saute them in butter?

paul - 04/11/10 21:12
I am so jealous.

tinypliny - 04/11/10 21:04
I like how that salad looks SO amazing! Your post inspired me to cook the best cabbage stir fry EVAH!

jim - 04/11/10 20:56
Mussels, salad, steak and then tuna -- from top to bottom.

tinypliny - 04/11/10 19:20
Oh wow, what IS all that??? breakfast? brunch? dinner? names, please?

04/03/2010 10:54 #51318

iPad

Happy birthday to me :)

libertad - 04/05/10 13:52
Happy belated birthday! Hope you have a great year ahead of you. (e:brit) and my 30th birthday are next.

tinypliny - 04/03/10 23:45
I am split between getting this as a mobile PDF reader for my library or waiting for the Chrome OS netbook/tablet that is just around the corner (end of summer).

tinypliny - 04/03/10 23:44
Can you put PDF annotating software on it??

jim - 04/03/10 21:05
Yup, so far so good. I'm typing this comment on it. Basically it can do everything I want out of a computer, except for developing software.

Email and other communication apps work great, games are fun. Web browser is perfect.

Keyboard is a bit to get used to but works well if you trust the auto-correct. Already typing fairly fast on it.

Works great as a an ebook reader. Definitely heavier than a paper back though.

I am very happy with it.

paul - 04/03/10 20:02
Is it everything you always dreamed of - minus porn?

heidi - 04/03/10 16:13
happy birthday!!!! I want a review, too.

tinypliny - 04/03/10 11:07
Review!! REview! REVIEW!!!!!

04/03/2010 10:02 #51317

Greasy Honky Pie
Category: food

GREASY HONKY PIE

You will need the following:
- ground beef, maybe half a kilo? ish?
- family size box of mac & cheese
- a packet of taco seasonings, maybe two
- tater tots
- mashed potato, preferably left over from like 3 days ago
- delicious shredded cheese product of your choice
- casserole dish at least an inch or so deep
- an oven (you'd think this was obvious, right? guess again.)

01. bake tater tots on a baking sheet until crunchy as all hell
02. make entire box of mac & cheese
03. stir-fry the ground beef in the greasy frying substance of your choice
04. mix in the taco seasoning
05. lightly butter casserole dish, and line it with tater tots. LIKE A DELICIOUS PIE CRUST OF TATERY AWESOMENESS
06. mix the mac & cheese up with the taco-y beef. feel free to do this in a giant bowl, using your hands. hungrily devour enormous handfuls when no one is looking. share it with the doggy and then feel guilty for not washing your hands after. >_>
07. dump it in your tater pie crust
07a. if you're using a really deep casserole dish, you can put in a second layer of tots before adding the rest of the beefyroni.
08. smear mashed potatos on top in a shepherd's pie-esque manner
09. put it in the oven at like, 350 or something, til the mash on top gets crusty
10. dump a fuckton of grated cheese on top and put it back in the oven til the cheese is bubbly
11. NOM NOM NOM. try not to burn your mouth on eebil molten cheese, the napalm of the food world. enjoy with a sixer of xibeca or san miguel, or the incredibly cheap local beer of your choice.

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dragonlady7 - 04/11/10 00:21
I think I am gonna make that...

heidi - 04/03/10 16:12
What honky measures ground beef in kilos?

04/02/2010 18:41 #51315

Left Bank

Birthday dinner, yum.

Ahi Tuna Tartare:

Panko Chicken:

Steak!:

jim - 04/03/10 10:38
Edited journal to add labels, Tiny

jim - 04/03/10 09:16
Thanks Paul & Tinypliny :)

tinypliny - 04/03/10 08:58
Wish you have a very very happy and rocking year ahead, (e:Jim)! :)

What were all of those named? WE NEED DETAILS! (I mean I NEED DETAILS!)

paul - 04/02/10 20:38
ANd happy birthday.

paul - 04/02/10 20:38
YUM!

04/02/2010 16:11 #51312

"Persecuted Like Jews"
Category: religion

ROME - A senior Vatican priest speaking at a Good Friday service compared the uproar over sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church - which have included reports about Pope Benedict XVI's oversight role in two cases - to the persecution of the Jews, sharply raising the volume in the Vatican's counterattack.

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I hope the Catholic Church collapses. Really. Not because I'm persecuting them, but because they're more of an entrenched bureaucratic institution than a vital cultural force.

jason - 04/02/10 18:25
Amen, Brother Jim. Between this and the "Devil in the media" article I read off of Drudge I am just at a loss.