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12:36 Jan 31 2012
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My brother and I had a conversation yesterday about Popeye's skinny upper arms and bulgey-muscled lower arms. I posited that maybe it was because he did a lot of fine work with his hands that required strength but not much torque.



Bubba: "Well, My step dad Tom has forearms like that and skinny upper arms. He's a mechanic."



Me: "Ok, so Popeye must have been a ship's mechanic."



Bubba: "No, he was a skipper of his own little boat. I mean, he was an E-8, but he had his own boat. He ferried soldiers up and down the river ..."



(At this point I am confused. I cannot recall anything in the Popeye comic books about specific rank, etc. I am also impressed of Jamie can remember all this - normally I am the Rememberall of the two of us.)



Me: "We are still talking about Popeye, right?"



Bubba: "... Sure. We can go with that. >.> Popeye very well could have been a ship's mechanic."





Heh. XD





It's also normally ME that pulls the blonde routine mid conversation.

13:10 Jan 30 2012
Times Read: 691


Click me. OH GODS, Click me!







Drinks down, bubby.



::snicker::

01:20 Jan 30 2012
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I cannot stop staring at birra's swaying ass.





Had to be said.

01:20 Jan 30 2012
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I cannot stop staring at birra's swaying ass.





Had to be said.

00:48 Jan 30 2012
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Know why I stretch out really well before I go for long walks?





...







It's a good preamble.





>.>

23:59 Jan 29 2012
Times Read: 742

Chicken fajitas over salad for dinner.



Enough said.



::nom nom nom nom::

15:30 Jan 29 2012
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Bubba: "Chive and Parmesean shirred eggs ..."



Me: "How on earth do you shirr an egg?"



(Both of us pronounced it "Shire")



Bubba: "Well, first you have a mommy chicken and a daddy chicken ..."



Me: "... "





Heh. My brother is funny. :D

04:52 Jan 29 2012
Times Read: 792

I noticed the funniest thing earlier today.



I was wearing shorts and I looked down and my legs were sparkling like I was chanelling Edward Cullen.





I haven't shaved my legs in two weeks. XD





My hair was glittering and sparkling. Heh. I may have to remedy the furry soon.

04:22 Jan 29 2012
Times Read: 806


Yeah. Not feeling it. I'll start there next time.



15 will have to do for today.

04:03 Jan 29 2012
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How many profiles have, "lifes a bitch so fuck it" as their semi-literate quotes? Jeez ...

02:58 Jan 29 2012
Times Read: 832

That. Baby. Is. So. Goddamn. Cute.



She looks like PD, only with Dan's hair and shape of his eyebrows. ♥



Lovely baby.

19:04 Jan 28 2012
Times Read: 862

May I admit something to you, which I have only realized today?



I have had this stove/oven for ... mumblemumblemath ... Maybe 15 years or more. I cannot remember when I bought it, except that my mother was still alive.



I have cleaned it, wiped around the control nobs nearly every day for those however many years.





...





How in hell have I never noticed one of those nobs is for a warming drawer? I have a warming drawer on my oven? heh. XD



Gods, I'm an observant jackass.

18:41 Jan 28 2012
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I got home from walking and the house was DAMNED cold inside! Almost 65 degrees. :( So, I put the heat on.



The cats IMMEDIATELY started squabbling over who got to lay on which heating vent.





...





Why yes, I DID stand over the one in the kitchen and let it blow warm air up my pants legs.



The things you can learn from your pets. :D

18:32 Jan 28 2012
Times Read: 873

I need to do some rating this evening. Maybe hop on camera and snark out loud at some of the interesting finds.



No worries, I'll be egalitarian - I'll holler out worthy ones for people to go show some love, also. :)





I'll give a heads up if this is going to be happening. :P

Ever wonder about why doors are blue?
06:34 Jan 28 2012
Times Read: 886


Source link for the below.







Haints are restless spirits of the dead who have not moved on from the physical world. They exist as non-physical in the space between our dimenson and what is beyond. This type of spirit is not the über friendly sort and you don't want them hanging around.



NOT JUST ANY BLUE WILL DO...



The color Haint Blue is open to certain creative liberties but that doesn't mean the options to interpret Haint Blue are limitless. There is some -- but not a lot -- of gray area when it comes to Haint Blues.



Time has a way of keeping color records and historic structures are the archives.



Original Haint Blues were created the way all paints and colors were created preindustrialized paint; raw ingredients in the hands of skilled craftspeople. In addition to respecting Haint Blue's spiritual significance, the craftsmanship required to mix it deserves proper acknowledgement as well.



It is the combination of craftsmanship and faith in the power of color that is able to reach through the spiral of time and speak from historic buildings. That magical partnership has granted us the privilege to appreciate and live the hues that are Haint Blues.

What exactly IS Haint Blue?

I learned Haint Blue is a spiritual and cultural based color especially in the southern United States. Back in the day, Haint Blue was mixed as milk paint formulas using lime and whatever local pigments were available. The color was mixed in pits dug on the properties where the painters were working. Hand-crafted Haint Blue translates into a range of colors, not any one specific color.



What does Haint Blue do?

Haint Blue is meant to look like water and keep the Haints out of your house making you safe from their influence. Speculation has it that the tints, tones, and shades from the blue-green to blue-violet part of the visible spectrum fools the Haints. Haints can not cross water. Using Haint Blue on doors, shutters, window trim, ceilings, the whole darn structure, can fool Haints and discourage them from "crossing" into your house.

05:54 Jan 28 2012
Times Read: 898

Ahhhh, a shower. I feel and smell better. :) I ended up smelling like an ashtray from the dance hall. (ick)

05:13 Jan 28 2012
Times Read: 908

I had an excellent time. It was a short evening, but a good one. (Cedar Fever is kicking Clay's country ass, poor man.)



There was dancing! There was people watching! There was Professional Bull Riding Live in the dance hall.



I got to see some spectacular rides, and i got to see some poor cowboy get his ass monkey stomped by a gigantic white bull named, "Candy Floss."





Candy. Floss.



I mean, come on - you draw a bull named, "Murderous motherfucker" and you know it's an aptly named animal.



You draw a bull named "Candy Floss," and honey - you should run the other way. hahaha. Poor kid.



Oh - have you ever seen the looks a bartender will give you when you ask for a nonalcoholic, wheat-free beer?



"You have GOT to be SHITTING me ... Honey - you know you're in a bar, right?"



"... Do you have one, or not?" ::tap tap tap::





I got my nonalcoholic, wheat-free beer. He can shove his disgusted look where the sun does not shine. ;-)



Goddamn, I missed dancing. That was so much fun. :) It's a pity Clay is suffering from allergies. I could have danced a lot longer.

02:23 Jan 28 2012
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And ... Out the door I go. :)

00:55 Jan 28 2012
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o.o





I am going to wear a silk LBD (little black dress), black heels, and a rose colored silk jacket with a matching cameo.





And I am going dancing. I leave here in about an hour and a half.

13:55 Jan 27 2012
Times Read: 969

... I had something to say. I really did.





I had it phrased admirably, in my head, and when I sat down to type it in on my phone *poof* ...





In other news, I have still not decided on the dancing. It's rodeo time, and a Friday night. I am afraid the dance hall will be packed. Damn phobias anyway. I'd hate to end up siting in my car, shaking and wanting to vomit at the thought of walking through those front doors.



But ... It's been years since I have gone dancing. I love dancing.

12:17 Jan 27 2012
Times Read: 974

Today shall be good. Nothing will explode. Today shall be good.

01:51 Jan 27 2012
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I am flummoxed.



I was invited to go out dancing tomorrow night. o.O





I ... said I would decide tomorrow.

01:35 Jan 27 2012
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::innocent whistle::

00:18 Jan 27 2012
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Yep. I really just ate all that.



*buuurp*



Sweet baby Jesus in a crock pot.





...







Yeah, I'm going to have to do some serious cardio to make up for that. Oh, my lovelies, but it was worth it.





COME TO ME, DOUBLE FUDGE! ♥

22:47 Jan 26 2012
Times Read: 1,024

I wat bananananana cream pie. That word is awfully difficult to stop spelling.

12:33 Jan 26 2012
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Let's just say that doing my hair this morning how Fonz did it in the salon yesterday ... is a bit of a challenge.



._.





I wish I could set aside a half hour every day (and had the money) for someone to "make me presentable" every morning, like some of the older ladies did when I was growing up. They'd go to the salon every morning, get their hair set up and someone would apply tasteful make up, and then they'd go about their days, puttering, volunteering, etc., looking sharp and lovely.



This skill set is difficult to acquire.

00:53 Jan 26 2012
Times Read: 1,092

Heh.

21:30 Jan 25 2012
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Well. Off to Fonz Salon, recommended by DeLeon. I am to plant my ass in the chair and say, "Make me lovely."



And let him work hair magic.



My brother is going to alow Fonz to play with his hair, too. :)



Maybe you get pictures. Maybe.

01:43 Jan 25 2012
Times Read: 1,131

So, McCaffrey and DeLeon were making fun of me because I don't own a TV.





McCaffrey kept shaking his head, looking confused and saying things like, "I ... I don't understand. What do you mean you don't own a tv? I mean ... I don't understand. What do you plug into the wall?!" To which DeLeon made some allusions to toys of other sorts. o.o I did NOT admit to anything. Nothing. I just walked away.



McCaffrey, "Hey wait - are you BLUSHING?!"





I'm just lucky CLAY wasn't here. >.x Good gods. Or Wilson.



Good. Gods.

12:27 Jan 24 2012
Times Read: 1,134

So yesterday's entry was inspired by an event which took place in the parking garage at work. I was walking laps up and down and around the 4 story garage, and this creature was smoking, talking on the phone, blaring her radio with the windows down and speeding - a lot - through the parking garage. She almost hit me. She came close enough, as a matter of fact, to hitting me that her door handle caught threads from my scarf and whipped them OUT of said scarf.



"GO CHOKE ON A DICK!" was punctuated by me punching her car door.



>.>



I am exceedingly glad she did not hit me. That would have sucked. A lot.

17:44 Jan 23 2012
Times Read: 1,172

Yes, well, fuck you, too, you rabid cunt-monkey.



Go, as they say, choke on a dick.





Thanks!

12:56 Jan 23 2012
Times Read: 1,179

No carnivorous alphabet.



Aunteh Kateh is safe for today.











FOR TODAY. ::doom sound::







>.>

IF I GET EATEN BY ALPHABET SOUP, BLAME KATIE!
03:30 Jan 23 2012
Times Read: 1,187

Requiem : On that interesting little off key note, I think I shall head for sleepy-town. :)



Lullaby : Sleep well! Don't have weird dreams. Or get eaten by words. o.o



PhoenicianDream : nini req



Requiem : DAMMIT.



Requiem : Now ... Now



Requiem : Now the Q will chase ne amd the J will make nomming noises D=



Requiem : me and*



PhoenicianDream : time for my nap too



Requiem : The letters will be after me for continually and maliciously having typographical fuckery!



Requiem : NINI guys. :) Sleep well, PD!



PhoenicianDream : lol



Lullaby : Had to leave an impression. ;)

02:45 Jan 23 2012
Times Read: 1,197


Next starting point.



25 tonight. After the fellow who did not "meat his end" I had to quit. I was giggle-snorting too much to rate any others.



Heh.

02:38 Jan 23 2012
Times Read: 1,201

"Cold and alone I was attacked and left for dead. But that night I did not meat my end."





Nope. I don't meat my end, either. At least not and talk about it. It's just not polite.

02:26 Jan 23 2012
Times Read: 1,203

The quilt for Tini and Danny is mostly done, the frontispiece. All i need to do is border it, attach the batting ad the back, then quilt it. :)



1 - 2 weeks at most, if I ONLY sew on the weekends.





Next - I think will be the quilts for Brianne and the boys. :D

21:51 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,222

I quilt now! YAY!

18:08 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,240

So, today's experiment with almond flour pancakes was a complete and unqualified success. My brother participated in the great pancake experiment with me, and he said, "These are actually edible! I'd eat them again. ... We need to get a waffle iron."



We're thinking up recipes for fruit breads and such with them also.





Pancake recipe:



2 cups almond flour

2 eggs

1/4 cup water

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

2 TBSP olive oil



Mix it all up and cook like regular pancakes on a griddle with no stick spray. :)



This recipe, in its entirety, has only 24 net grams of carbohydrates. It makes 8 2-3 inch pancakes or 4 . 4 inch pancakes.

17:00 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,249

So. I have new shoes.









I can actually walk in these fuckers, the 5" heels and all.





Now I need to go out somewhere IN them. :)

06:53 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,261


Starting point, the next!



155 rated tonight. Oofda.

06:12 Jan 22 2012
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HAH! Ok. I had 45 or so profiles opened and was working through rating each. It took me FOREVER to get to whichever one was playing this neat song I hadn't heard before!



Lunatics have taken over the asylum is the song.



Pity this person hasn't been on in a year and a half.

06:06 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,266

An additional pet peeve I have acquired ...





Awkward misspellings in screen names.





UPON you manky twit, UPON. Not "apon."

05:21 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,277

Contradictory much?



"i am a sweet man that needs a good girl" ... "i want a bad bitch with no cotton!!!!!! lol"







o_O







Good girl or bad bitch? Make up your MIND, son, we've not got all day!



And why can she have no cotton?

03:58 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,286

Time to start rating again. ::puts Niyaz on the sounds::



Let's go!

03:20 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,299

Heh. Sahahria blocked me. :D



Her phone is funny.



I ought to make up some stupid diatribe in here about how she hates me. Only some jackoff would take me seriously and start shit without knowing anything. They totally would not get the joke.



I do that to Ducky at least once a week on my phone (blocking). I think she's only noticed once or twice. >.>

02:53 Jan 22 2012
Times Read: 1,300

I just wrote this long damn journal entry and it disappeared.



:(



DAMN IT.

04:35 Jan 21 2012
Times Read: 1,319

Hopped on camera, Tini was on Camera, Khayman was on camera, many came to visit. It was a damned fun evening. ♥

17:23 Jan 20 2012
Times Read: 1,338

Well, damn. The world has less sparkle in it now. Etta James died. :(

14:10 Jan 20 2012
Times Read: 1,356

Does not compute

Does not compute

++++++

Out of cheese error

++++++

Redo from start

(End)

12:49 Jan 20 2012
Times Read: 1,363

I don't WANNA!



So THERE!



Is a temper tantrum at all effective at the age of 40, even if you do kick your little feet and flail your arms?





... No?





Damn. Well, I guess I'll go to work, then.

01:31 Jan 20 2012
Times Read: 1,384

Small profile rate spree tonight.



Starting point tomorrow.





But ... Look at THESE noms!!









... If you love me ... you will magically make this appear for me? No? Psychic powers offline? Damn. Mine too.





._.

01:01 Jan 20 2012
Times Read: 1,387

I will say that rating profiles is made a bit sweeter while jamming out to Niyaz, Thievery Corporation and Beats Antique.



The singer for Niyaz has a voice I want to wrap myself in and sway, contemplating reverential thoughts.



Her voice is positively sacred.

00:46 Jan 20 2012
Times Read: 1,390

I did not have a very good mental day today. I was full of angst and anxiousness (anxiety?) and just general malaise at the same time. It was very odd. I was headachey and cranky all day, though I tried not to show the cranky to everyone.



Tomorrow will be a better day. I have said so.



Now ... To eat. I have been skipping far too many meals of late. I know I want to lose a few pounds, but I need to pay attention and not just ... forget. Or be lazy.



Different note ...



I am cooking ground turkey with mushrooms, jalapenos, onions, garlic, tomatoes and spices to portion out and hopefully remember to do omelets in the mornings or scramble it with eggs, and maybe over a salad with lunch for a few days.



Maybe if I make it easier for me to make a meal, I'll actually bother to eat a meal. Heh.

12:48 Jan 19 2012
Times Read: 1,416

My head hurts. I'm cranky. I didn't sleep well. I dressed well this morning, though. Let's see if pretty feathers can make the bird sing.

02:05 Jan 19 2012
Times Read: 1,433


New starting point.





I can't do any more today, man. No. More.



I agree with Abs. I want some of the drugs these folks are on.





x_o

00:47 Jan 19 2012
Times Read: 1,439

Here we go, folks. Let's see how many I can get in this evening.

12:43 Jan 18 2012
Times Read: 1,451


New starting point.



For this evening.

12:31 Jan 18 2012
Times Read: 1,453

Know what I like? That absolutely fearless laughter children have before the world teaches them to laugh with their hands over their mouths.

03:03 Jan 18 2012
Times Read: 1,464


Next starting point.



112 Tonight. >.o Heh.

02:10 Jan 18 2012
Times Read: 1,493

I saw this on a profile, and it looked fun. :) SO. I am paring it down to three from six.





YOU CAN ASK ME THREE QUESTIONS::

1.

2.

3.





No matter how random, revealing, rude, naughty or pointless. Send me a message.



I promise to answer them 100% truthfully.





You may never wish to speak to me again, but there we go.

02:03 Jan 18 2012
Times Read: 1,500

Oh, honey. You have no idea how lucky you are you got a 5.



o.o



I don't think my OWN profile is worth more than a 7, to be honest.

12:42 Jan 17 2012
Times Read: 1,543


Starting point

12:33 Jan 17 2012
Times Read: 1,546

"As you can guess from my choice of picture, I'm a scorpio. Depending on the horoscope, that tends to mean anything from sex bunny to rampaging sociopath."







.... I like it. heh. :D

02:46 Jan 17 2012
Times Read: 1,570


New starting point



300. I have rated THREE HUNDRED profiles today. >.0





So .. 17,700 / 300 ... Two months. Two. Months of rating before I get them all, and more will be added every day.





...





Tell me again - what was I thinking?

01:04 Jan 17 2012
Times Read: 1,578


Starting point.



195 rated today.



I've gone up .06 of a level. It wasn't painful at all.



._.





Heh.

00:22 Jan 17 2012
Times Read: 1,594

I hate those loud music players the damn near deafen you when you hit the profile. But worse? Those little damn windows that open usually with dire pronouncements about how you rate that you have to click before you can get to the to which they belong.





I've given out a shit ton of 2-7 today, so far.





I give a shit about revenge rating. Heh.





If they ask me why, I won't say, "Because you're a twatwaffling douche." I will, however, tell them it was because their 7 to 10 feet of profile full of nothing but quizzes and "u mess wiv my homees we will all git u!" annoyed the living HELL out of me.

23:53 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,598


Take my picture already - "Am I making a good Johnny Depp face?"



Heh.

21:57 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,622

Sweet baby Jesus in a crock pot ... a profile quote:



"I have a squeedlyspooch..."



I am sure there is medicine for that somewhere.





O_O

21:41 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,628

Dear Joli:



I am rating profiles again. This means, when I come across one full of pictures and poorly spelled/scanned/etc. poetry, I am sending you messages.



There is no escape, woman. Block me now, or feel the burn. :P





::rubs hands together with evil glee::



Love, Requiem

21:14 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,631

So, I have decided to start rating profiles again (I know, welcome to the drama, right? :shrug:), but damn, it's tedious going oldest to newest to find where I left off. Four years ago or so.



>.o





Update:



Apparently, I stopped somewhere around 500 and waited for people to be interesting at me. Heh. Oh, gods, this is going to be a loooooong journey.



I foresee forehead dents in my walls. Or quitting the whole rating thing again.



SEVENTEEN THOUSAND PROFILES? REALLY?!

Ode to Terminus:
19:43 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,666

Damn, you, Randy, now I want fried chicken.



._.





You're right.







You are a right old bugger.



:P

Scrabble
03:20 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,676

I may have won the first game with Joli, but in this one she is handing me my ASS. Hehe. :)

01:22 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,718

WHAT in the purple hells is everyone so .... GAHHHHNNGGGG about?





...





You know what? Never mind. I have no desire to even become peripherally embroiled in whatever the hell it all is.





I may avoid journals for a while except my favorites so I don't have to see an entire screen of scat before I get to something ... not scat.





************





I am trying like hell to let everything of mine just ... pass. To be gone. To not think about any of it. To just let go. Wish me luck.

00:30 Jan 16 2012
Times Read: 1,721

I am playing words with friends with Joli - it's a nice close game!

21:35 Jan 15 2012
Times Read: 1,740

I crave a cupcake. And more tattoo.



Maybe ... The more I do not have the cupcake, the more I set aside in the jar for the tattoo.





Hmmm. This may have merit. Reward being new ink!

15:42 Jan 15 2012
Times Read: 1,746

Cheese omelet for breakfast.



I think today will involve hiking.

05:25 Jan 15 2012
Times Read: 1,783

So. On the one hand, one is taken away, but on the OTHER hand - Crowgirl is back! YAY!



I've missed the sassy Sassenach lassie. :)

23:46 Jan 14 2012
Times Read: 1,818

Damn. I missed PD's baby shower. :(





God. Dammit. Today's been great! >.o





Oh, never mind! There's the lovely lady!



One saving grace. :)

18:36 Jan 14 2012
Times Read: 1,821

I find myself very pensive lately. I am trying like hell to put a cheerful and bubbly face on everything, but underneath ... Pensive.



I am doubting, also. I have no real basis for my doubts, besides my own insecurity, but they are there all the same. I wish I could strangle them.

14:14 Jan 13 2012
Times Read: 1,844

I miss you. I crave you. I have this immense skin hunger for the scent and feel and taste and sight of your skin, to feel you arching into my fingernails, leaning into the tenure of my teeth.



I miss you. I crave you.

01:55 Jan 13 2012
Times Read: 1,875

I just made the most fan-fucking-tastic dinner I have cooked in a while. I forgot to take a picture of it.



I had a craving for sea-food. This is ALWAYS dangerous when it's grocery shopping night, and we decide to hit the HEB Grocer's on the way home from work, as opposed to the one by my house. Their seafood department causes orgasms. Seriously.





SO ... One huge filet of Chilean Sea Bass and a pound of bay scallops (the itty bitty scallops) later ... And then getting the rest of the groceries, after dinner had been purchased ...



At home, this is what happened:



I set half a stick of butter to melting in the skillet on medium-high heat. Once it melted and began to bubble a bit, I splashed in a good 1/4 cup, or thereabouts, lemon juice. When it bubbled and steamed then calmed, I sprinkled in a teaspoon of fresh ground coriander. YUM!



I halved the sea bass filet, leaving the skin on (the fatty layer adds SO much flavor!), rubbed sea salt, basil, garlic and pepper in to both sides of the filet, and put it in the skillet. I covered the skillet for 5 minutes, opened the skillet, carefully flipped the filets, then covered it for two minutes (still on medium high heat). The butter, by this time, is brown in the pan, and the fish is getting a bit of carmelization as well (yummy!). I then arranged the bay scallops around the outside of the pan, sprinkling them with parsley, salt and garlic (lightly), swoosh the pan a bit to swirl the yummy butter lovin' around and over some, put the lid on, put the skillet back on the heat, and let it go for another 5 minutes.



While it was cooking, the whole time, simmering spinach with vinegar and pepper.





Put the noms in serving bowls, carried it to the table, and it was consumed inside of 10 minutes, with less caloric impact (barring butter, shaddup) than a few sausage patties. :)



That was fan. Fucking. Tastic.



♥