tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post109750651313808781..comments2024-03-25T09:14:03.458-04:00Comments on Too Many Thoughts: Some for here, the rest to goTymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1097944740627499442004-10-16T12:39:00.000-04:002004-10-16T12:39:00.000-04:00Fridge update: Almost empty, save for some asparag...Fridge update: Almost empty, save for some asparagus, <EM>sio pek chye</EM> and <EM>dou miao</EM>. Depending on whether we purchase eggs tomorrow, we may have this promising Italian asparagus omelette for breakfast (fresh from a recipe we came across in --- shoot me now --- <EM>Elle</EM>).<br /><br />Lana cake --- the closest thing to chocolate heaven on this planet, I swear.<br /><br />Concord grapes are tasty, I'm sure, but all grapes were expensive at the supermarket earlier this week. I don't quite know why they're so pricey here --- must be something to do with having to ship them from New Hampshire or wherever, but I guess the Sunkist and Granny Smith operations have got their shit together because their fruit doesn't sell for half as much as any grapes.<br /><br />Neil: I'm cutting back on the bottle because I'm too broke after last month's (work-instigated) indulgences. And this financial planner told me that to be able to maintain my current lifestyle at retirement age, I need to have something like $3m tucked away by then. At which point I fell off the chair, hit my head and don't remember anything else after that.Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1097812613150653942004-10-14T23:56:00.000-04:002004-10-14T23:56:00.000-04:00Is it my imagination or is everyone cutting down o...Is it my imagination or is everyone cutting down or quitting drinking. Various non-NIE mates of mine are doing the same. Is this the beginning of that 30 something crisis vis a vis weight and finance? Have we alls tarted to realise that from here-on in weight will pile on? That retirement is <I>only</I> 35 years away, and if we want to retire comfortably we need to save at least 15k per year?<br /><br />Maybe we could all do a dinner one night - I volunteer to cook! If ppl are wary of a night of dogginess then I am happy to cook at other ppls houses :-) I reckon for $25 per head I could go pretty far with an appetiser, meat course and dessert....Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103127001482760638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1097667161651828252004-10-13T07:32:00.000-04:002004-10-13T07:32:00.000-04:00i loooove duck confit!!! i looooove pesto!!! i tot...i loooove duck confit!!! i looooove pesto!!! i totally, totally loooove groceries!!! you are <I>luckyyy</I>!!!! <br /><br />eh, sorry, emoting. :-)<br /><br />me too i went grocery shopping recently (i was busy and hadn't had time to go in a bit, so my frigo was in a sad state of affairs, like, a container of shredded mozzerella left over by the summer subletters, a wrinkled lemon, a half-consumed thing of total greek yoghurt), and now i have all these things and some of those things are concord grapes, which are AMAZING. my dad got some when i was in singapore, and he seemed to be referring to them as japanese grapes. but concord sounds very american to me; isn't concord in new hampshire? no, massachusetts? something. jesus, i should go look it up. and i'm sure these grapes are called different things all over the world anyway. <br /><br />so but okay, these grapes are amazing, can you immediately go and buy? they are small and round and a dark purple, almost black, but the insides are a very light, almost translucent greenish. and they are sweeeeet. and you put one in your mouth and you can slip the inside out of the skin, it's funny. <br /><br />um, is this old news to you? i am new to concord grapes so the whole operation is still magic to me. check in with me in a couple of years. oh, never mind, i think you know and i know i'll probably still be enamoured of squeezing concord grapes between my tongue and the roof of my mouth. mmmm.stellouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133636407536202635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1097590818332503672004-10-12T10:20:00.000-04:002004-10-12T10:20:00.000-04:00Lana cake fan, eh? That is yummy indeedy.Lana cake fan, eh? That is yummy indeedy.cour marlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115699859892050414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1097539686131121412004-10-11T20:08:00.000-04:002004-10-11T20:08:00.000-04:00ooohhh, mon dieu: J'ai l'impression que tu est en...ooohhh, mon dieu: J'ai l'impression que tu est en France!!! La cuisine, toutes les jours, et le frigo bien rempli: bravo! <br />(tr. oh my god/ I have the feeling you're in France. Kitchen, everyday, and a fridge well stocked. Bravo!!)NARDAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178357844367164683noreply@blogger.com