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  • Aug
    2019
    12
    2019 / Aug / 12

    Hatch Me If You Can

    • posted in Foodstuffs
    • / with 1 comments
    • / tags: bob's burgers, burgers, cooking, dinner, Hatch green chile, Meatless Monday

    I had a goal in 2018. I had a lot of goals, actually, but one specifically. That goal was to make my way through as many of the recipes in The Bob’s Burgers Burger Book as I possibly could. read more

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  • Jul
    2019
    15
    2019 / Jul / 15

    The Margarita Bundt

    • posted in Foodstuffs
    • / with 0 comments
    • / tags: alcohol, baking, Bundt, dessert, gardening, margaritas

    In 2011, I began my tradition of baking an original-recipe Bundt cake in observance of National Bundt Day, which is November 15th.

    In March 2017, I wrote up the post for the cake I baked in November 2015. I wasn’t planning on that tardiness becoming part of my tradition, but here we are today, in July 2019, and I’m writing up the cake I baked in November 2018. read more

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  • Jul
    2019
    12
    2019 / Jul / 12

    So I just replied to elebintyzillion comments…

    • posted in Incidentals
    • / with 0 comments
    • / tags: being a better person, blogging, social media

    I just finished replying to blog and gallery page comments dating back to 2017. And that, my friends, is not ideal. So this is me, promising to be better. read more

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  • May
    2019
    12
    2019 / May / 12

    People who don’t need your support on Mother’s Day

    • posted in Rants
    • / with 0 comments
    • / tags: holidays, mother's day

    This photo is circulating on social media as it does every year

    and as I do every year, I have a huge problem with it because one of these things is not like the others. So I fixed it. read more

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  • Apr
    2019
    26
    2019 / Apr / 26

    NHL Playoff Symbolic Ritual Cannibalism – 2019 Round 1 Recap

    • posted in Foodstuffs
    • / with 0 comments
    • / tags: cooking, hockey, san jose sharks, stanley cup playoffs, superstitions

    If you’ve been following along on IG, none of this will be news to you. But I want to post a recap of our Round 1 Symbolic Ritual Cannibalism Playoff Dinners, and explain why it worked. read more

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  • Apr
    2019
    13
    2019 / Apr / 13

    So I guess we need to talk about nose hair…?

    • posted in Rants
    • / with 4 comments
    • / tags: beauty, common sense, nose hair, trends

    Recently, the existence of a product was brought to my attention by one of myriad mailing lists I’m on as a result of not liking most people and doing the majority of my shopping online to avoid people-y situations.

    The product is this.

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  • Feb
    2019
    20
    2019 / Feb / 20

    About that tattoo…

    • posted in Incidentals
    • / with 6 comments
    • / tags: dragon tattoo, pinky yun, tattoo, tinker bell

    Visible in the photo set I did for my 49th birthday is a small tattoo over my right hipbone. It isn’t new, I got it about 15 years ago. My decision to let it be visible in my photos, however, is new. So for anyone who might want to hear a story, here is the one about that tattoo and why you’ll be seeing it from now on. read more

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  • Oct
    2018
    31
    2018 / Oct / 31

    My Bloody Kale-entine with Sourdough Caulifritters

    • posted in Foodstuffs
    • / with 0 comments
    • / tags: bob's burgers, burgers, cooking, dinner, Halloween, Imperfect produce, kale

    In pursuit of my wild dream of feeling like a full-fledged adult maybe sometime before my 50th birthday, I’ve been purchasing tools to help me do adult things like plan meals more than 20 minutes in advance of eating them. Like this nifty fridge magnet. Some weeks, it looks like this

    but then there are other better weeks when I plan 7 entire meals with lots of veggies and then actually cook them all and feel terrifyingly mature and know it can’t possibly be sustainable but I try to enjoy the moment. read more

    I was here and read this!

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  • Oct
    2018
    11
    2018 / Oct / 11

    So this is me raving about toilet paper

    • posted in Raves
    • / with 2 comments
    • / tags: adulthood, Brandless, butts, sustainable, toilet paper

    Adulthood is an adventure in self-discovery. You never think you’ll be the sort of person who gets excited about toilet paper. However, I sit before you today genuinely excited about my new toilet paper, to the point of writing an entire blog post about it. With a picture, even.

    #iwokeuplikethis
    #exceptnowimwearingabra
    #andiwasntpointingattoiletpaper

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  • Sep
    2018
    10
    2018 / Sep / 10

    The Clear and Present Ginger Burger

    • posted in Foodstuffs
    • / with 0 comments
    • / tags: bob's burgers, burgers, cooking, dinner, Grocery Outlet, Imperfect produce

    It hasn’t actually been 3 months since our last Bob’s Burgers night. I just never told you about the Hatch Me If You Can burger. Or The Cauliflower’s Cumin From Inside the House and OMG It’s Fischoeder. And that is not at all because I don’t like you and don’t feel you deserve to know about these things. It’s because… life. Life has been considerably more lifelike since this little man became a part of it.

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  • Jul
    2018
    24
    2018 / Jul / 24

    Because why wouldn’t there be free alcohol?

    • posted in Raves
    • / with 2 comments
    • / tags: alcohol, booze, crowdfunding, marketing, Naked Wines, power tools, wine

    The other day when my mom came to pick me up for our weekly Costco excursion, she said “your father got this when he bought some stuff for his drill, he thought you might be able to use it” as she reached into her purse. In the 4 seconds between those words leaving her mouth and the reveal of what “this” was, I had ample time to wonder a) what might be included with power tool accessories that I would use more than my dad would, and b) what possible power tool thing would fit in my mom’s purse. read more

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  • Jul
    2018
    14
    2018 / Jul / 14

    The Highest & Best Possible Use of iMovie

    • posted in Dogs
    • / with 2 comments
    • / tags: dogs, Gilfoyle, iMovie

    https://poeticpinup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Gil-Gotsta-Get-Paid.mp4

     
     
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