14 May 2003 21:59 [link]
the problem with grill pans
The problem with grill pans is that they combine burning stuff onto the surface, and a hard-to-clean surface.
Still, nothing a soak and an old toothbrush can't fix.
(Eventually we'll be able to add the SKK grill pan to our collection. Eventually.)
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14 May 2003 19:40 [link]
basil
I'd like to state for the record that the basil plant was wilting when I got home, and so if it dies it's Not My Fault. Hell, it'll be pesto before long anyway.
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14 May 2003 19:39 [link]
home alone
Sara's gone to America for two and a half weeks, leaving me all by myself.
I'm glad that she's gone, because it gives her time with her family, but the selfish part of me wants her back.
I've got various projects I could be getting on with, but I can't summon the desire to actually get on with any.
Even playing Elvis at neighbour-annoying volumes can't hide the fact that I'm basically bored. I've only been home for two hours.
Hopefully the boredom is just temporary and I'll acclimatise and learn to amuse myself. The thing is, I don't really want to.
Maybe I'll do the washing up.
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14 May 2003 10:59 [link]
the problem with packed lunches
I've started bringing sandwiches to work. It's far better value than buying them. The only problem is that I tend to eat them too early.
Lunch was at 10.30 today.
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14 May 2003 10:05 [link]
codswallop
I love the internet. Sheffield Hallam University's Phrase Finder is the sort of thing I particularly love. Useful in the way that only highly specialised resources can be. I also love reference books, but have neither the means to acquire them nor the space to store them. Until that changes, Google shall be my librarian.
A couple of items of interest:
Meaning: Something likely to happen soon.
Origin: The offing is the part of the sea that is visible from land, i.e. the 'off land'. Ships coming 'into the offing' were about to land.
Meaning: Nonsense.
Origin: Codswallop was an old English type of lemonade sold by a Mr. Codd in a traditional beer bottle and thus disdained by beer drinkers. Wallop is a slang term for beer.
So there.
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14 May 2003 08:54 [link]
profits of doom
On the BBC News website, in the debate "Blair: Is the government too presidential?", one Alan Spencer writes:
We have one of the strongest economies in Europe, low inflation, low unemployment and high Employment (even though the profits of doom said the minimum wage would cause jobs to be lost).
"Profits of doom". I like that. I assume it's a mis-spelling, yet it does sound very nologo.
"The wages of sin is paid out of the profits of doom."
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