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[SadieKate]

I broke down and placed a mail order for a few green bars. Haven't told Bubba though. I ordered one of their limited edition gold Jamaican bars. It'll be given the test run immediately so we may need a special run for these. Will report later. Thank you for the offer!

Mmm, life is good. Bubba is coming home early for a bike ride and the SB ordered arrived. The gold Jamaican bar leapt out of the box. It must have been feeling very claustrophic in there.

The description on the wrapper:
Jamaica a l'ancienne melds the rustic textures of stone-ground Jamaican cacao nibs and course cane sugar to the deep flavor of SB Unsweetened Chocolate. It evokes chocolate's Caribbean roots.

I would call it a very rustic Nibby Bar with a rough texture and cane sugar overtones. Very interesting. Nibby Bar lovers will like it. It is pure dark chocolate left in an almost natural state -- not a "refeened" bar at all. Kind of like a young wine. Ingredients are: cacao beans, sugar and whole vanilla beans (70% cacao). You don't let it melt in your mouth like finely ground chocoate but move the nibs around because the taste changes at it hits different taste buds. It's kind of bold, rough and simple all at the same time.

[Kitsune06]

Woo! Today's my day! My interview went *really* well. Apparently I'm one of 3 final candidates, and the gent I was interviewing with said he "Continues to be impressed with [our] interviewing experiences" hehehe.

Biked 10 mi to my optometrist and finally got fitted etc with Ciba H2Optics (I think?) the softer of their 30 day wearers. So weird. Lenses have changed SO much since I've last worn them (which wasn't THAT long ago; really!)

Now, seeing that I'm not wearing glasses anymore, I'm going to eat, clean up, drink a little and then head back out another 6 miles to the nearest hair place and see if I can't get trimmed a little before DGF comes home. =D

[DrBee]

finally got fitted etc with Ciba H2Optics (I think?) the softer of their 30 day wearers.

I wore O2 Optix for a while. They only lasted about 3 weeks. If I did a lot of riding, they did not last that long. Make sure you wear sunglasses that block most of the wind!

Congrats on the good interview!

[DrBee]

Snap - hang in there! That promotion will come soon. Have you pestered them recently about it? What a PITA! Eat your favorite SB bar and trust that it will work out.

We checked out Roux today - lymph nodes in neck seem to be reduced to normal size (or at least we cannot feel them). He is looking good so far!

Does anyone have any idea why sometimes when I hit an apostrophe or other non-letter character (like backslash) that Firefox puts up the "find" box at the bottom and will not let me type. It is positively maddening! I feel like I am talking like Data. It does not do it every time, just some of the time.

[chickwhorips]

Does anyone have any idea why sometimes when I hit an apostrophe or other non-letter character (like backslash) that Firefox puts up the "find" box at the bottom and will not let me type. It is positively maddening! I feel like I am talking like Data. It does not do it every time, just some of the time.

when you hit the Ctrl button first then one of those it brings up the find box at the bottom.

[DrBee]

when you hit the Ctrl button first then one of those it brings up the find box at the bottom.

True - but I'm not hitting the control button. Hmmmmm...

Lise - that dinner sounded good! I'm still craving the vietnamese food BikerZ and I had in SF and that heavenly OJ I had with MP. Soon - I will live where there are good restaurants. In 2 weeks from today I head to BR!

We had venison (Hunter's style - smothered with onions, garlic, thyme, and saucy) and carrots glazed with brown sugar and butter. Ooh yummy! I love cooking out of the freezer!

[Bikingmomof3]

To prepare to meet another neurologist and find out the results of my MRI, I bought Scharffen Berger Bittersweet and Ghirardelli Intense Dark-Espresso Escape bars. I think I am set, at least for the morning.

[DebW]

Last night I dehydrated 1.3 pounds of cooked ground turkey. I'm starting a 4 day hike on the Long Trail in Vermont Sunday, so getting the food ready. For dried vegies, I've got turnips, pea pods, asparagus, peas, and corn. Also some yogurt leather and strawberry-banana leather and dried apples. I should be eating pretty well. Cooking on my homemade 1/2 ounce alcohol stove made of tin cans and fiberglass attic insulation, with my 0.9 liter titanium pot.

This will be my final 47 miles of the Long Trail. Did the southern 105 miles (co-incident with the AT) in 2001, another 140 miles from Canada south in 2003. I'm going to do a happy dance and drink a Long Trail Ale when I finish and can call myself a Long Trail End-to Ender. The Long Trail is one tough mother of a trail. Constant ups and downs, which are straight up and down over rock ledges. Took my knees a few months to recover the last time. Imagine standing on a 2 inch wide ledge, with the next step (foothold) another ledge 2.5 feet below, so you basically have to do a one-legged deep knee bend with 35 lb on your back. And do that a dozen or more times per day, combined with a horizontal distance of 10-14 miles. This last stretch, I think, won't be as ledgy as the more northerly parts. And as usual for Vermont hiking, it's supposed to rain 3 of the 4 days.

[KnottedYet]

The bars are WRAPPED. I had to re-do the first side. Guess I was just practicing.

Flossie is ready for a ride.

My next door neighbor (the one whose boyfriend shot himself in the head a couple weeks ago) is here with her mom moving stuff out of the apartment. She came to my door on the verge of tears asking me if I wanted her patio furniture. Then she started crying. I felt like such an @ss, because all I could say as she walked away was "Hang in there."

I am ready for a ride.

[chickwhorips]

there really isn't the "right" thing to say in a situation like that. your not an @$$ at all.

[Lise]

KN, you're not an @ss. She's going to cry no matter what. Your kind intention will show through any words at all.

Kitsune, congrats on the good job interview and the new lenses!

Snap--arrrrgh! I agree, polish up the resume.

SK--chocolate has remarkable spirit-lifting powers, non?

I just made the most delicious and easy meal. Trader Joe's frozen Veggie Pad Thai in a bag + broiled salmon. Good, crisp veggies, tasty sauce. Salmon--fairly cheap pieces from Jewel (I know, should be wild caught or something, but I live on the edge), with soy sauce and sesame oil, broiled 5 min/side, mixed in with the Pad Thai. Delish and good for me, too.

And, going to nap before heading in to a night shift. L.