The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good:

• Tomatillo sauce. Made fresh from scratch. Okay, I used canned chiles, but everything else was fresh, fresh, fresh. I used two pints of tomatillos, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 cans of chopped green chiles, about a cup of cilantro, a medium onion, salt and a little bit of sugar. Husk and de-stem the tomatillos and simmer them in chicken or veggie broth for about 8 minutes. Put the garlic, chiles, cilantro, onion and spices in a food processor and blend. Add the tomatillos and most of the broth and blend. I like mine a bit chunky. Your mileage may vary. Last night, we had our sauce on grilled chicken. It is also phenomenal on eggs and of course, with tortilla chips. Mmmmmm.
  
  
• Flashforward and Fringe. The first is off to a good start. Hopefully they can keep it moving forward. Heh. The second has definitely found its footing in the tradition of X-Files. Plus Joshua Jackson. Yum.
  
  
• The biopsy on my thyroid came back negative, so no cancer. We just need to monitor the nodes every 6 months or so.
  
  The Bad:
  
  
• I am fatter than I have ever been. I realize that weighing 164 lbs isn't fat for some people, but I feel sluggish and bloated. Plus, my clothes are way too tight. Grant and I are dieting again, but I am not really happy about that either. I really don't want to just practice body-acceptance. I want to be a size I am happy with. But I keep reminding myself that I am over 50, and it's okay to be a bit...softer around the edges.
  
  
• Work is crazy. I still love my job, but this fall has been more stressful and hectic and just soul-consuming than normal. I hope it will calm down in the next few weeks.
  
  
• The weather. It is too freakin' cold too early!! I am not ready for winter, so just back the hell off.
  
  The Ugly:
  
  
• Rush Limbaugh. Need I say more?
  

I CAN HAS.....VEGGIE BURGER?

Okay, this is totally cheating, but this is too good not to pass on to all my friends!

A while back, readers of Whatever, challenged John Scalzi that if they raised a certain amount of money, that he would have to visit the Creation Museum and provide his readers with a full report. They raised over $5,000 that John donated to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Last week, John reported on his visit. Be sure to click on the photographic tour for the full experience.

But that's not all!

LOLCreashun is in yr internets making u beleiv!

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