I made the best pot of #soup I’ve ever cooked today. I didn’t use a recipe, so I don’t have measurements for you—just keep tasting as you go. I started with a pot of chicken stock & added a couple of healthy splashes of low sodium soy sauce, a big spoonful of garlic chili sauce, a couple of big spoonfuls of minced ginger, about the same amount of minced garlic, black pepper, paprika, a little Basque seasoning (I put it in everything), Chinese 5-spice, some parsley, +
some cilantro, some red chili flakes. I let that simmer for a little while, & then added a bunch of shredded fresh cabbage, a bunch of shredded fresh carrot, & a bunch of chopped fresh scallions—& then I let that simmer (stirring regularly) for about 3 hrs. I adjusted seasonings, & when I had it all tasting just right, I add a bunch of fresh spinach, a dash of sesame oil, & couple of bags of frozen Asian dumplings (I use Bibigo Mandu Bulgogi chicken dumplings) & let it cook +
"The bottom line is that when you need to redact text, use black bars covering the whole text. Never use anything else. No pixelization, no blurring, no fuzzing, no swirling. Oh, & be sure to actually edit the text as an image." #InfoSechttps://bishopfox.com/blog/unredacter-tool-never-pixelation
HCB sent me a recipe for artichoke. I love artichoke, & I was w/ her the 1st time I ever had them (at Baba Yaga in Houston--gawd, I loved that restaurant). It was a b-day lunch, & it's kind of wild anything tasted good that day, bc I had the worst hangover I'd ever had in my life. In fact, I'd woken up on HCB's bathroom floor that morning, freaking out, believing I'd gone blind ...
bc the black midi skirt I'd worn the night b4 was up over my head & I was still too hammered to realize it. +
When I (Timba’s spare human) go swimming, she maybe comes to the edge of the pool once or twice & stares until I speak to her—to, you know, make sure I’m still alive or whatever.
When Mr. Boots (Timba’s beloved daddy) goes swimming, she flings all 80 lbs of herself in the water & sticks to him like a giant hairy barnacle & makes huffy noises & sometimes even grabs his arm in her mouth & pulls until he’s back on the stairs in the shallow end.
My son & d-i-l’s house in #Houston was hit. They & their animals are OK. Sheared off all their trees—roof & pole barn will need work. No power or cell service, but his truck is a generator & hot spot. He & his neighbors are helping each other bring all the broken branches & trees down. One of their neighbors got the top of a pine thru their house, but no one was hurt. That’s all I know for now. It’s going to be a while before I stop shaking. #tornados
@thepoliticalcat I wish we could figure out a way to grow veggies here. I’m sure it can be done—but Big Ag gets most of our freaking water (to grow pistachios & almonds, ffs), & we’re running out.
"... while 186 of 193 countries have ratified the CEDAW treaty, the USA shamefully remains as one of only seven countries that has to date refused to ratify it. We join Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Nauru, Palau, & Tonga on this indefensible list. Therefore, CEDAW does not apply in the US. Meanwhile, no Federal legislation exists to ban #ChildMarriage in the US either." https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/america-has-a-child-marriage-epidemicand
I’m at the imaging lab. Traffic was light, so I’m early. There was so much great music playing during the drive, & it sure did ease my anxiety. Ian Hunter, T. Rex, Patti Smith, Foo Fighters, a-ha, Todd Rundgren, Cigarettes After Sex, Bruno Mars, Krokus, Queen, Killers, Garth Brooks, & my fave Judas Priest song ever, The Hellion/Electric Eye. #ThankYouSiriusXM
I'll say one more thing, & this is addressed to young women of "marrying" &/or "child-bearing age" (I hate those vomit-inducing phrases, but I think you understand my purpose in using them), & that's that if I were young--at this time, in this country--there's no way in hell I'd get married. No. Way. In. Hell.