I was just taking a walk after work. But I got me this badge.
This badge also reminds me that 2022 was the first year I regularly heard “Lunar New Year” rather than “Chinese New Year.” The former seems the more accurate term, as the same type of celebration happens in countries other than China.
When the pandemic started and no one was doing anything or going anywhere, Matt and I decided that on Saturday we would have our date night and our date night would involve buying a frozen pizza at Fred Meyer. This would better distinguish the date night from the other nights we also were at home.
In addition to a frozen pizza, we also picked up a pint of this delicious ice cream. This isn’t our preferred flavor (that one has Belgian chocolate in it) but it still has the Magnum magic: a hard shell around the outside of the ice cream and drizzles of chocolate throughout the pint.
The directions say to let it sit out for 10 minutes, then crack the sides with your hands (this breaks the shell) and then dig in. It’s incredibly delicious.
Sadly, it doesn’t seem to have taken the rest of the country (or our area of the country) by storm and it’s shelf space has been diminishing. I fear it might soon be gone forever.
But it was damn good while it lasted.
I was feeling under the weather and so I took one of the tests the government sent us.
It turned out I was just normal under the weather, not Covid under the weather.
Sara sent me a ridiculous catalog filled with $5000 geegaws and a lot of things that added fuel to my always burning fire that wealthy people should be paying a lot more in taxes.
That said, I thought this idea was genius. Built-in seats near the fire! I would do it in wrought iron, though. I don’t love the look of brass.
Out and about today, I thought this bit of traveling moisture looked a lot like a horse. The head on the upper right, and three legs visible.
My new city of bridges mug is a good vessel for the Parisian Hot Chocolate I’ve been making during the cold and dreary winter. I got the recipe from the Oregonian and it’s a good thing I printed it out because I can’t find it now.
Essentially, you carmalize a bit of sugar, let it rest for a minute, add the milk, stir until the sugar is dissolved into the milk, add in chopped unsweetened chocolate and let mingle for five minutes without letting it boil. I’ve found it’s best to wait about five minutes before drinking so things can settle.
I’ve filled the jar with high-proof rum and the flavors are blending.
Some craft cocktail fixins, a great mug, and a stack of reading material with bonus Sarration. Win!
Is Postcrossing the best place on the internet? Perhaps.
I’m back in the emergency room, hanging out with the emergency room patient. Of note, apparently they call them emergency departments now? Seems dumb. Though more descriptive of what they are.
I didn’t have all my Wordle supports and improvised with this. It didn’t work out so well for me, though.
From the future, I can report that the patient got admitted, went home, and got admitted the next weekend too. Fun times.
