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Yup...a Gocco.
You betcha.
From Japan at that.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Adios Script
Scrap all I said before, I am totally in love with this font...
Adios Script by Alejandro Paul . It's an amazing open type font with numerous possible substitutions, swashes and flourishes. The only thing I don't really love about it is the $99 price tag although, considering the amount of work put into creating this font that price sounds pretty good. Still, I've yet to pay for a font but this may be the first...I dunno...
Adios Script by Alejandro Paul . It's an amazing open type font with numerous possible substitutions, swashes and flourishes. The only thing I don't really love about it is the $99 price tag although, considering the amount of work put into creating this font that price sounds pretty good. Still, I've yet to pay for a font but this may be the first...I dunno...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Drink me!
http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftrulysmitten.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fdiy-friday-drink-me-bottle-tags.html
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Gourmet Mushroom risotto and Baked Salmon
For the longest time I've been dreaming of making risotto. I'm not sure why I've held back from cooking it as I love eating it in restaurants. Maybe I always thought it would be pretty difficult to make, I'm not sure.
Well, today, I finally picked a recipe I found online and actually cooked up some yummy risotto. My go-to website for all things recipes is allrecipes.com. it's a fantastic site with user reviews and 'top twenty' recipes in different categories so you have the option of selecting only recipes that multiple people have tried and rated highly.
I made the Gourmet Mushroom risotto and it was pretty tasty. The recipe has a five-star rating after 656 reviews, that's pretty awesome for a recipe especially on a site like allrecipes.com with seasoned cooks who sometimes give harsh reviews. Now I must say that I didn't follow the recipe completely. The final step calls for adding Parmesan cheese and butter but I decided not to add these in an attempt at reducing both the calorie and fat content. As yummy as the risotto turned out, it must be majorly yummier with Parmesan cheese added. But...oh well.
I also made Salmon marinated in soy sauce and seasoned with lemon pepper to go with the risotto.
Nice lunch.
Well, today, I finally picked a recipe I found online and actually cooked up some yummy risotto. My go-to website for all things recipes is allrecipes.com. it's a fantastic site with user reviews and 'top twenty' recipes in different categories so you have the option of selecting only recipes that multiple people have tried and rated highly.
I made the Gourmet Mushroom risotto and it was pretty tasty. The recipe has a five-star rating after 656 reviews, that's pretty awesome for a recipe especially on a site like allrecipes.com with seasoned cooks who sometimes give harsh reviews. Now I must say that I didn't follow the recipe completely. The final step calls for adding Parmesan cheese and butter but I decided not to add these in an attempt at reducing both the calorie and fat content. As yummy as the risotto turned out, it must be majorly yummier with Parmesan cheese added. But...oh well.
I also made Salmon marinated in soy sauce and seasoned with lemon pepper to go with the risotto.
Nice lunch.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Previously a four letter word...
Previously? Still?
Divorce used to be a four letter word where I grew up. It was very rare. Most parents I knew had pretty shitty marriages but they would die first (one unfortunately, literally) before admitting their marriage a failure.
Infidelity was a rampant as having breakfast. Physical violence was tolerated, afterall, such was life in a marriage.
Most married women I knew growing up would meet up with their married friends, gripe about their marriages, husband's faults, infidelity, and then ran home to have dinner waiting for the same husbands when (read: if) they came home.
It trickled down, my male friends thought nothing of 'two-timing' a gal. It was actually a thing of pride. Of course, gals do it too.
I'm sad.
A couple I know is currently going though ...something.
One of them was unfaithful.
Not much shocks me but I must say I was sooo heart broken. I did not expect this to be said of them. Either one. Will they survive? What does 'survive' even mean in a situation such as this? Is it 'surviving' to continue in the marriage? Or is 'surviving' getting a divorce from someone who so callously betrayed their spouses trust, and then finding their own two feet again? Is there a correct answer? Is there only one answer?
Why is infidelity so common? Why is something so painful, hurtful, debilitating, world-shattering so easily commited by the one person who vowed to do anything but...
Divorce used to be a four letter word where I grew up. It was very rare. Most parents I knew had pretty shitty marriages but they would die first (one unfortunately, literally) before admitting their marriage a failure.
Infidelity was a rampant as having breakfast. Physical violence was tolerated, afterall, such was life in a marriage.
Most married women I knew growing up would meet up with their married friends, gripe about their marriages, husband's faults, infidelity, and then ran home to have dinner waiting for the same husbands when (read: if) they came home.
It trickled down, my male friends thought nothing of 'two-timing' a gal. It was actually a thing of pride. Of course, gals do it too.
I'm sad.
A couple I know is currently going though ...something.
One of them was unfaithful.
Not much shocks me but I must say I was sooo heart broken. I did not expect this to be said of them. Either one. Will they survive? What does 'survive' even mean in a situation such as this? Is it 'surviving' to continue in the marriage? Or is 'surviving' getting a divorce from someone who so callously betrayed their spouses trust, and then finding their own two feet again? Is there a correct answer? Is there only one answer?
Why is infidelity so common? Why is something so painful, hurtful, debilitating, world-shattering so easily commited by the one person who vowed to do anything but...
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