For Posterity’s sake
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You heard it here first

Dave R predicted today:

“On June 18, 2004, Steve Jobs will push a red button and the Clone Wars shall begin, thereby bringing an end to the OS Holy Wars.”

quick go look at this before it goes away (thanks to BornFamous) RAGING HORMONES MENOPAUSAL PROZAC BARBIE I was glad I wasn’t drinking coffee at the time this appeared on my laptop screen! GACK

Just the thing for a cold rainy day.

It’s raining! It’s pouring! I went and bought some potatoes and meat to make goulash with the newly-arrived paprika. Not sure what else we’ll do this week. I bought pasta so I’ll put that away in its safe place. Slept a long time last night. Now I need more coffee it seems to get going.

Oh yes – I almost forgot that my order arrived from Penzeys today. That was quick. I nicked the box open and was rewarded with the wonderful perfumey smell of many spices and herbs. For about $50 I got: tellicherry pepper corns plus some ground pepper, fennel seed, whole nutmegs, sweet hungarian paprika (what a color — what an aroma – like standing outside on a hot summer day holding a bowl of wonderful ripe peppers), basil, parsley and bay leaves. How nice is that? Very very nice.

Go – you need new spices.

Cooking with old spices (and you KNOW how old yours are) is sinful. Get fresh spices from a good source. Penzeys is not only a good source but very reasonably priced. Go now Enjoy life. Eat well. Escape grocery store spices.

Worked like a busy beaver last night pulling lots of things together for a NYQuilts! expedition to the mall. At the invite of Boscov’s who is promoting our show by giving out flyers and putting up photos, we came with our raffle quilt and sat and chatted with people. Mainly we chatted with ourselves, but hey, that’s to be expected. I was there all day, but I had a nice rotation of co-sitters to chat with. AND I finished the binding on my October Sky quilt. yeah! only the binding to sew down and a label to make. Phew.

Came home changed and am currently doing some laundry. I might have to head to bed early tonight – I was up late and cold enough to be uncomfortable part of the night. where are those silly cats when you need them. To make it up to me Bill is currently sitting on my lap purring up a storm. I’m not sure if he’s repentant for not keeping me warm last night or if he’s just decided that my new NYQ! tshirt (designed by yours truly on this here Mac) needed its share of cat fur. Actually I think I’ll go up and sew together a few of those little triangles.

Other exciting news – 300 plus quilts will be on display at NYQuilts! this year. WHOA!