Friday Morning Rambly Bits

[gnomi]

-- mabfan and I went to hear the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. As he mentioned in his writeup of the day, the Declaration reading seemed more crowded this year than it has in years past. The weather was lovely, which may have been a factor, but part of me wonders if other factors may be involved.

-- We're off to Readercon this weekend. I hope to see some of you there!

-- For the main dish for our meal at Readercon tonight, I made this tortellini salad. If folks are interested, I'll report back on it. I'll be serving it with roasted vegetables and cucumber salad (I was looking for things that travel well, since everything has to be brought in coolers, and we have no guarantee of an on-site fridge).

-- On a related note -- foodie posts, yes/no? I've been blathering here about menus for the past couple of weeks (and thanks to everyone who participates in the food discussions), and it finally occurred to me that this foodieness kind of came out of nowhere.

-- My brain has been too fried (with the heat, with the assorted goings-on in my universe, etc.) to write recently. This distresses me. My plan is to pick up the writing again after this weekend.

-- For the first time since the 2004 postseason, last night I spent a significant amount of time watching the Red Sox game on TV (I've seen a number of pieces of games, but no long chunks the way I did last night). I was cooking and then packing, but during breaks or times I had to do other stuff to prepare for the weekend, I was watching the game. And I picked a good night to do so -- the Sox beat the Devil Rays 15-4, with six of those runs coming in the first inning.

-- Note to self: YouTube eats time. Please remember this.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Narf!

[introverte.livejournal.com]

Well, I like the food posts. I intended to start doing that myself a while ago, but didn't.

The tortellini salad sounds like a dairy version of the one Ruth's Kitchen makes, which I like a lot.

Have fun at Readercon!

[saxikath]

I like food posts. :)

[saxikath]

Oh, and I was watching the game last night too, while working on puzzle stuff. I enjoyed watching Okajima bow to everyone when they announced that he'd made it to the All-Star team.

[eal.livejournal.com]

You know, you could have not mentioned the poor, tortured Devil Rays. The fact that they were slaughtered, again, doesn't need too much attention :)

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

What tortelini do you use? I bought some brand from the Butcherie back some years ago, and it was gross, gross, gross, spelled i-n-e-d-i-b-l-e.

Hope you're having fun @ Readercon.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the brand name, but I get them in the freezer case at Butcherie. I've used them for years, and recipes with them always come out just the way I want them to.

[jencallisto]

Yay, food!