I think I'll make pasta tonight

[conuly]

It's quick and easy, anyway.

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Comments

[thewayne]

My wife worked this weekend, and in both cases the observatory was shut down all night due to weather: a storm parked over the mountain. I asked her yesterday morning if she wanted me to pick up sushi at the grocery store, and she said no. Yesterday, after picking up scripts at the doctor and a copy of blood work results at the hospital (all excellent, all the best numbers), I get a text from her: "Maybe we should go with the sushi plan after all." Conveniently I needed to drop off the RX at the pharmacy, which made excellent timing to double-back to the grocers, get the sushi, then get the drugs and head home.

I've had bad sushi before, and this is leagues better than that. Nor is it remotely the best sushi that I've had. But it's comparable to the average of sushi available in our burg. Amongst the many things that I miss about Phoenix is the availability of good sushi, especially since my favorite place, where I held my bachelor's party/dinner, closed.

[conuly]

Bad sushi has the potential to be very bad, so I'm glad this isn't :)

[zyzyly]

And potentially delicious!

[conuly]

Most everything I make* is delicious.

* Unless it's an utter failure, but we don't talk about that.

[larryhammer]

Yay dialect surveys. Those are always fun. (Especially since my current dialect is blended from three locations: District of Columbia, eastern Appalachia, and the Southwest.)

[wpadmirer]

I took the dialect survey, just for the hell of it. (grin)

[greghousesgf]

I've been told the way I pronounce "caramel" is unusual. (CARE-Uh-muhl)

[archangelbeth]

Oh, stars, that clothing article! Makes me want to bundle up all the kid's outgrown clothes and just ship it randomly to Mexico. O:/