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I’ve just started playing with Quicksilver, and I’m quite impressed. No more serious deep clicking to find a file on one of these darn partitions. And I was just learning about the Append To… feature, which is quite fun. I think it’s only for OSX, but if you’re a fan of 43 Folders, you’ll already know about it.

I do think the docs need a little help. I’m middling techie, and it took me a little while to figure out what the heck it does.

bookofjoe: Best picture of the day

So, I did my turkey today. We did one for Thanksgiving (finally found one at Lidl), which was deeeeelicious. And not just cause I brined it. But the turk itself was…I think B used the word rich. Rich flavor. Compared to today’s turkey (from Tesco), it was. The Lidl turkey was by far better. Amazing.

Yes, I did a turkey today. I roasted one. It’s done. Freezing it in zip top bags while dunked in chicken broth. That way, even tho we’re going to an aunt’s house for Christmas, we’ll have turkey whenever we need it (and for the killer Turkey Noodle Soup recipe that we have). Plus we needed the room in the fridge. 🙂

P wants to make sugar cookies also. I keep forgetting to make the dough, since it needs to chill for a while before you roll it out. I did find a good vegan recipe, but I just have to plan ahead. Plus we have some broken candy canes that P can have (and has been begging me for since we hung them up) that we can sprinkle on the cookies and I found some sprinkles on sale that would work. I still have powder food coloring that I’ll just toss with some sugar for other colors.

See, now, no one actually talks about this stuff. Most people just wave this off, but these are things that need to be pointed out. My only addition? Water water water. If I have a drink, all bets are off :-).

Edit…helps if I add the URL, eh? Enjoy the holidays without gaining weight

Dreaming of a Green Christmas

How. Brilliant. Why don’t more places do this?!

The TRUCE Guide to Toys was a really excellent read for me. I might not agree with everything, but I sure learned some stuff, and got a few good ideas for presents…

You know how you get stuck in voicemail hell when you try to contact a company? A lovely man named Paul English has created anIVR Cheat Sheet with shortcuts to bypass all the crap. WHOO HOO and raise your glasses to the man.

I can’t say how happy I am about this. I have various ways to track presents each year, but none have really worked that well for me. Fingers crossed this one will!

Amazon Gift Central

U.S. severs most contacts with Syria, officials say / Washington debate reported over idea of ‘regime change’

Dammit. I mean….dammit.

How about *finishing* ONE war before you start more.

And jeez. The article mentions that Syria hasn’t amended their banking laws “to block terrorist financing”. I guess they still are allowed to still finance US stuff tho. At this point, how can the US *not* be considered a terrorist organization?

If this doesn’t make you think that the US gov’t is causing a lot of harm in the world, I don’t know what would…