DASFA Alternate Party Report

The Alternate was quite all right, though small. I missed having Jane and Rose there among other people because they had previously said they were going to come to more. Though they both had perfectly valid excuses. I suspect I am going to have to start phoning Dasfans to get a better turn out.

So C.J. is in the middle of a kitchen reconstruction project. Fantastically competent person, our C.J. is. Just got frustrated one day and took out all the cabinets. Then set to work building new and better shelves, installing a new stove and oven and generally improving the works.

I was possibly less perky than usual because I'm recovering from a tooth problem. Either I got some sort of infection under my new crown, the never has become suddenly sensitive, or else the dentist misjudged that he had gotten rid of all the decay when drilling down in. I am quite hopeful it is one of the two former and not the later. That way eventually it will go away either due to our friend amoxicillin or just giving it a bit of time. In the meanwhile I am occasionally taking some non-localized analgesics to deal with the pain. Either just ordinary ibuprofen or a generic version of vicoden depending upon how bad the pain is.

All that is a complex way of explaining how Karen came to be at the dead dog. I didn't feel well enough to drive, well I did, I just was very reluctant to do so. So my mom was ever so kind and drove me to the dead dog. I am very glad I did so because I had a great time talking to C.J., Paul, and Erik.

Most impressive thing of the evening was C.J. opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew. Two wood screws inserted so the cork could be carefully twisted while at the same time slowly and carefully pulled out. I applauded when the task was done, though it didn't do me any good. No alcohol for the next 9 days while I'm taking the antibiotics. Gah! How will I ever survive?

Linkie Time!

Okay you must go learn about the Amazing Lions Offer! Limited time offer (not really) with a catchy tune that is even better than Badger, Badger, Badger.

Next if you still roleplay (I don't much but am still considering buying it) you must check out this review which is fun to read even if you will never roleplay and thus will never purchase <drum roll> Dead Inside. Sample quote to get you reading, "Yes, kids, this is the Pilgrim's Progress meets the Tibetan Book of the Dead meets Carl Jung meets Monkeybone RPG you've been waiting for." Now I'm off to shower (yes you my drool at the mental image if that's your preference) and then go to brunch.

Back later to organize my memories so people can find all the weird Mishalak goodness form that last two months.

Far Side Cooking

Interesting dinner. I'm raiding the larder for a variety of things. I opened a package of the fake crab meat product that I bought on sale quite some time ago. I made a marvelous sort of salad with it on Friday and I'm using up the last of it now.

Mishalak Style Crab
Put a large slug of olive oil in a warm pan. No, no, much larger than that. I'm talking three or maybe four tablespoons worth. There has to be enough to go with the three tablespoons of garlic. You're going to cook it gently, not so hot that the garlic is hissing and spattering the oil about. No the goal is just to mellow the garlic a bit, get it to being about two shades darker. Then throw in the little bits of the fake crab, two handfulls. Stir it around with the oil and garlic to get a good coat and heat it up. Finally add about two tablespoons of good peach preserves. I see shock in the audience, but I swear that garlic, peaches, and olive oil are fantastic together. It goes on crab, it works with ramen. And as I keep testing there is little that it doesn't work on so far.

Now I'm going to have some vegetables.