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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
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When I was a kid, during tornado drills me and my brothers always insisted on taking the goldfish and hamsters and gerbils down into the basement with us :)
Besides, if you've seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off, you've seen all the interesting parts of Chicago anyway.
Chicago's okay if you can navigate directly to where you're going and not get lost on the way and sidetracked into the bad-traffic/high-crime areas, which *can* become a nightmare (for instance, you can miss a turn and, due to road construction, end up spending the next hour trying to get back to where you were supposed to go--which happened to me once). Fortunately the Museum of Science and Industry is in a pretty accessible/decent area. The Field Museum of Natural History and Shedd Aquarium (my favorite) are also nearby. The first time I went there was when I was 5 and the King Tut exhibit was going through, which was pretty neat to see.
I like Wrigley Field and Soldier Field.
Or The Beginning of the End.
The most interesting view of Chicago is from the top of the Sears Tower. On clear days you can see 50 miles or more.
I'm only about two thirds of the way through Moon...should probably just give it up for now since I'm finding it a tough slog. But it also seems wrong to just dump it. So...I dunno! Maybe.
"You can't drop an atomic bomb on Chicago!"
- "Suure you can."
You might enjoy Heinlein's juveniles more that "Moon". When you have time, try reading "The Rolling Stones" or "Tunnel in the Sky" or "Have Spacesuit Will Travel". They're easier to read, have fewer weird ideas, and are shorter, too.
Oh well. Back to Operation Cat Pan.
Which episode is that from? :)
Rosie's bachelorette food tip of the week:
Take some shrimp (cooked, of course), put it in a container. Dump a generous amount of sriachi sauce on it, a tablespoon or so of olive oil, a little lemon juice (a very little), and some soy sauce. Shake up, let sit overnight.
Good eats.
Sriachi joy!
I'm thinking of making kielbasa stir-fry tonight - a little olive oil in the wok, add the sriachi sauce right away and cook the onions. Dump in the kielbasa and some peppers. Fast, easy, tasty.
Do you have a good recipe for a crustless quiche? Something primarily cheese and sausage-y?
I've read some. Did read Time for the Stars and Rocketship Galileo. I liked Time for the Stars quite a bit, but didn't like the technical parts. I'm just more into everyday details, I guess.
I have one somewhere...let me locate it.
Those two are, IMO, the weakest juveniles. They're from early in his career... I like the technical stuff, though. But the Nazis on the Moon were too much for me.
Most of the rest of the juveniles don't rely so much on technical stuff. There will be one chapter that gets bogged down in the details, but then it's a great adventure.... hmm, try "Red Planet". Not much technical, just Martians. Or "Podkayne of Mars"... I wanted to be Poddy when I was younger. She was so cool!
Here's something. Could leave out the veggies and add sausage, I would think.
Crustless Quiche
1/2 pound sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 package frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed
1 cup milk
5 eggs
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/4 cup cheese blend
Saute onions and mushrooms in non stick skillet. Stir in spinach. In bowl, combine milk, eggs, salt and pepper. Add spinach mixture and cheese. Pour into greased pie plate. Bake at 350°F for 30-40 minutes.
I'll keep an eye out for those when I next have a book opening...
I have a line-up at the moment! Speaking of technical, I'd like to read some Alistair MacClain soon...
Maybe it isn't the technical details that bother me, I dunno. But somehow I just haven't gotten into his books. *sigh* I feel deficient in some way.
Ooh, sounds good... add sausage and green peppers, leave out mushrooms... only I don't have milk... maybe I'll get some. Wonder what the smallest thing of milk is? I don't use the stuff, after all.
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