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The Paradox Of Choice

In a final example, college couples were recruited to participate in a study of the effects of romantic relationships on the college experience. After an initial session in the laboratory, participants filled out a questionnaire about their relationship each week, for four weeks. In the laboratory session, half of the people were asked to fill up a page analyzing the reasons why their relationship with their dating partner was the way it was. The other half filled up a page explaining why they had chosen their major. As you can probably guess, writing about their relationship changed people's attitudes about it. For some, attitudes became more positive; for others, they became more negative. But they changed. Again the likely explanation is that what is most easily put into words is not necessarily what is most important. But once aspects of a relationship are put into words, their importance to the verbalizer takes on added significance.

From The Paradox of Choice, by Barry Schwartz.

I love this book.

If it weren't for your hang-ups...

...We'd be fuckin'.



I'm just sayin'.

This shit is old news.

Slow down.
Slower.

Breath Deep.
Deeper.

Don't Manage the Micro.
I won't.

You'll find I'm right.
The past is left.

So I was facebooking this one girl, right, and she totally facebooked me. I got so facebooked, that I facebooked her facebook.

Dad's making this tonight...

Yum!

Skillet Lasagna (Cooks Illustrated)
Serves 4 to 6
Meatloaf mix is a combination of ground beef, pork, and veal, sold pre-packaged in many supermarkets. If it’s unavailable, use ground beef. Use a 12-inch nonstick skillet with a tight-fitting lid for this recipe.
1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes
Water
1 tablespoon live oil
1 medium onion , minced
Table salt
3 medium cloves garlic , minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 1 tablespoon)
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 pound meatloaf mix
10 curly-edged lasagna noodles , broken into 2-inch lengths
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese plus 2 additional tablespoons
Ground black pepper
1 cup ricotta cheese
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1. Pour tomatoes with their juices into 1-quart liquid measuring cup. Add water until mixture measures 1 quart.
2. Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until onion begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add ground meat and cook, breaking apart meat, until no longer pink, about 4 minutes.
3. Scatter pasta over meat but do not stir. Pour diced tomatoes with juices and tomato sauce over pasta. Cover and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender, about 20 minutes.
4. Remove skillet from heat and stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper. Dot with heaping tablespoons ricotta, cover, and let stand off heat for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with basil and remaining 2 tablespoons Parmesan

Dating Criteria

Listen,

If we're gonna get serious, I'm gonna need you to get tested for diseases. See, that's information that we got to know. We can make out if you behave yourself.

Do it today!

Another day at the office.

I still exist!

Or do I? Or do you?

Love Tip Love Tip

Gemini, you reality may be very differnt from that of anyone else you know Ask your partner to handle your emotions gently, even if you appear to be totally irrational. Your partner should know that if you cut them off, they should never cause a scene. If your partner makes a fuss or throsw a tantrum, you will disappear in a flash. If you, in your mercurial way, end your relationship out of the blue, you partner needs to back off and tell you that they understand so as to give you the space to reconsider. You Geminis love communication, but you don't understand loss
of emotional
control.

good sex
starsignsstarsigns
by Michele Knight

Vali-fuckin-dation

from the woman I love

Don't do this

Taargustaargus, one of my internet faves posted some dating tips:

taargüs dating tips

step one: join online dating site

step two: go on one date (maybe)

step three: become completely horrified for reasons either real or imagined

step four: quit online dating site, delete bookmarks, and clear cache and cookies

repeat once every 2-3 years

Y'Heard?

This is Good

I know that life will keep knocking me down again and again. And each time I’ll get up, dust myself off, and tend to my wounds. Then I’ll say in my snarkiest tone, “Nice try, Life. Is that the best you can do?”

I don’t want to reach my grave in pristine “like new” condition. I won’t die with my music still in me. When the coroner checks my dead body, I want him to say, “Damn… what the hell did he do to this thing?”

Polyamory

Good evening gentleman/ladies.

get your girl/boy and cuddle up.
open 3 tabs.
turn up the speakers.
background noise on the first tab.
smooth jams on another tab.
watch an awesome fire on the last.

shall i slip into something more delicious?

the Whoa!

Prop 19! Let's make Milk and Cookies

Ok, to make butter, it's a 24 hour thing, so prepare thyself. You'll need:

crock pot (or a double boiler)
1 lb. of butter
1 oz. of cooking-grade herbs
Milk
blender
water


Blend the herbs with water to make a fine slush - the smaller the particles, the more you expose the oils that you're after. You may need to blend in small batches so you don't overload the blender.

Combine butter and herb slurry in the crockpot. cover, and turn to high. stir every 20 minutes or so until the butter melts. once the butter has melted and the mix is warm, turn to low. let this sit for 2-12 hours ( I usually do it overnight because the smell is POWERFUL).

When the cook is complete, strain the liquid into a tall container, like a pitcher. Don't throw away the green matter yet, fill some mason jars halfway with greens and fill the rest of the jar with milk. Place these in your fridge, and after 24 hours, they should be potent.

Back to the butter, place the strained liquid in the refrigerator and do not disturb it until it is cold to the touch. Once it is cold, the butter should be solid on top, and you can remove it with a knife or a spatula. discard the water in the bottom and store your butter in the fridge until you're ready to use it.



Now, on to the cookies. I adapted this recipe .The spices help to mask the herb flavor and make for some amazing cookies. Also optional is 2 shots of bourbon - 1 for the cookies, 1 for the cook.

Ingredients

* 1 3/4 cups flour
* 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon nutmeg
* 1 teaspoon ginger
* 1/2 teaspoon allspice
* 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
* 1/4 teaspoon cloves
* 1/2 lb herbed butter, soft
* 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
* 1 cup raisins
* 3 1/2 cups rolled whole oats

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Sift (sifting is important!) flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices into a mixing bowl.
3. Beat butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with a hand mixer at medium speed.
4. Sift (yes, again!) flour mixture into butter mixture and mix well.
5. Fold in raisins (or chocolate chips or chocolate covered raisins) and oats.
6. Spoon 1.5 inch balls onto non-stick cookie sheet.
7. Bake at 350°F for 6-9 minutes, rotating half way through baking. (Should be lightly firm in the center when done) Be careful -- oatmeal raisin cookies don't look done when they are, so they are very easy to over cook (unless you want then to be crispy) :).


As for that milk?! Shake it to wake it, and filter the plant matter out before you drink it. Careful, it's potent, and great sweetened.

Love,

You don't have to be a jerk to have a palate like one

From How to be a food snob

Some good advice for anyone who wants to be able to hone their senses and have more depth to their food expriences.

Compare very basic foods within a category, such as vinegars, oils or onions. Think shallots, white onions and yellow onions taste the same? They don't, and once you compare them side by side you'll be able to tell immediately how they differ and how that might shape a dish. Then move on to regional and varietal differences

Wishful Thinking

Is the internet the answer to all your problems?

Can you just ask for things, and they will materialize?

The perfect personal ad - what is it?



I submit this for your approval.

craigslist

First Recipe - Bacon wrapped Buffalo

Alright Blogosphere:

Get yourself a pound of bacon and a pound of bison. Tell your vegan and vegetarian girlfriends that you will see them another day. You will also need:

Two Tablespoons Masa or flour
Some hearty dashes of red pepper flake
cayenne pepper or your favorite chili powder
one egg
1 heaping teaspoon Cumin (Cum-In)
1/2 teaspoon salt - I used kosher, because of the irony.

Oh yeah, and some butchers twine or some toothpicks or skewers. I used twine, if you're using skewers or toothpicks, soak them in water at least an hour before you use them - otherwise they're gonna burn, baby burn.

Mix up everything that is not bacon in a bowl. Form the bison mix into little logs that one piece of bacon will wrap around - about 1 inch in diameter and 3-4 inches long. Then wrap the bacon around the bison. I used two strings tied and knotted to keep each package together.

When they are all assembled, get your skillet or bbq ready.

Skillet - cook on low heat, covered for 10-14 minutes, until the bison doesn't seem to be floppy. When that has happened, remove them from the pan, drain the pan, reserving the oil - then use a little bit of that oil to fry the baconwrappedbison over medium high heat - the emphasis is on browning that bacon.


BBQ - start them on indirect heat (not directly above the flame or coals). When they are cooked on the inside, move them to the direct heat to crisp up that bacon.





You're going to need some sides - this is what I did:

Corn - Husk, de-string (theory) the corn, then cut into thirds. immerse in salted boiling water, then drain and toss with oil, salt, and pepper.

Topato Mash - wash potatoes, cut into cubes, then put in a pot with cold water, just enough to cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil on medium heat, and after 15 minutes, start to pull representative cubes out to check done-ness. Topatoes are done when they are fluffy to bite, not starchy. When done, drain, and then mash - I added butter, parmesan cheese, tomato sauce (the kind for pasta), dill, fish sauce, salt, and pepper. If you're making all of these dishes, start with the potatoes.

Salad - in the bowl: Olives, minced. Cherries, pitted and halved.
Take some butter lettuce, wash and tear it into salad sizes, then set aside.
In a seperate bowl, break up a head of cauliflower, and slice a tomato - "dress" this bowl with a mixture of oil, orange juice, cumin, green curry powder, pinch of chili powder, and salt. Let this "dressing" sit on the cauliflower as long as you can.
When ready, saute the cauliflower in a skillet, dressing and all, for 3-4 minutes. Then add the contents of the skillet to the salad bowl, and let cool.
When cool, combine with the lettuce, and call it a fuckin day, I'm hungry.

The pictures are in your mind.

Raters gonna Rate

We can find the way

The Walrus and The Carpenter

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

"But wait a bit," the Oysters cried,
"Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!"
"No hurry!" said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.

"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,
"Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed--
Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed."

"But not on us!" the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
"After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!"
"The night is fine," the Walrus said.
"Do you admire the view?

"It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf--
I've had to ask you twice!"

"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"The butter's spread too thick!"

"I weep for you," the Walrus said:
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.

"O Oysters," said the Carpenter,
"You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?'
But answer came there none--
And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one.

Was the "no dick" intentional?

Thank you, Google image search.



I mean, seriously.

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