So yesterday we made 144 dumplings (or 145, or possibly 143, or even 146); this seems like a small number! The Records are surprisingly spotty in recent years, but apparently we made 203 in 2013 (I don’t recall noticing the coincidence before)and 159 in 2012. Older records are currently inaccessible because of the whole “I’m not entirely sure who it was that used to be hosting my personal websites, but they’ve stopped” situation.
I ought to do something about that sometime.
Anyway, although they were gross (haha!), the dumplings were as always delicious. Possibly even more delicious than sometimes, due to every last spoonful of an entire jar of Hoisin Sauce going into the mix, which it’s possible we don’t always do.
I finished The Throwback Special, which the little daughter gave me for Solstice, and Said Things about it on The GoodReads:
The Throwback Special
(4/5 stars)A relatively mundane (if odd) event, told in often sparkling, lovely, mordant, satirical, effulgent, ironic, occasionally entirely over-the-top prose. The characters constantly overthink everything, and the author overthinks on top of that, so every event is garlanded with emotion, dilemma, philosophy, elation, dread. It is funny, silly, deep, insightful.
You will annoy those around you by reading sentences aloud.
and I did in fact annoy (and/or amuse) those around me by reading sentences aloud, and also sent the little daughter random texts like
Tommy’s face looked weird because he was doing exercises to strengthen his pelvic floor.
which is in fact a quote from the book.
Oh, and Happy New Year! Here is my Second Life New Year Card, whose sentiments apply to all y’all RL (as we say) persons as well. Kindness and compassion, kindness and compassion.
(The people in the picture are, as is traditional, both me. I have never lured M into Second Life; I suspect she thinks it is weird.)
Back to work tomorrow! Which, despite involving getting up entirely too early and spending hours away from home and all, I am in various ways looking forward too; still loving Google, and the commute, and the City.
Now to choose another book to read. And to continue mostly not playing WoW!
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Hm?