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Courtesy of insomnia: a counterscript for telemarketers.

weekend

The mums the previous previous owners of our house brought us a couple weeks back are starting to open up. (It's a large pot with a bunch of flowers in it.) I like mums. I'd especially like to have them outside in the garden, instead of on a windowsill with only so-so sun. I wonder if this is an appropriate time of year to do something about that, or if I need to wait until spring. (Mums are perenials, right?)

( Shabbat )

Saturday night was lefkowitzga's birthday party. It was a lot of fun (and it looked like she was having fun too). She (or her parents, whose house this was at) made a smart move: they hired someone whose job was to make sure food flowed at appropriate rates and the dishes got washed. Sort of like hiring a caterer, but without hiring out the food prep. I like this, and if I ever host a large party I think I will do this. It's worth it to not have to worry about that aspect of hosting.

Last night we hosted Sunday dinner. I planned the dinner backwards: there was a cheesecake recipe I wanted to try, which meant dinner had to be dairy or parve, which made fish a good candidate, which meant I needed a good hearty veggie to complement, which caused me to think of matar paneer, which meant I really needed rice... It all worked out. (Note to self: if you use the "soft" (fresh) mozzerella cheese in the matar paneer, hold it until very late or it'll get gooey.)

After dinner we played Hack!, a card game based on (if I have this right) the "knights of the dinner table" comic. This was either the second or third time I'd played, and I ended up playing the GM for the first time. Even managed to win, though I thought Mike was going to win with all the loot he was accumulating. (The GM wins by killing player characters, which is the antithesis of every decent RPG I've ever played in.)

While the cheesecake was baking I watched the latest episode of Andromeda. Am I getting more picky, or has this season sucked so far?