stdesjardins

It's not news that supermarkets stock numerous products which claim to be high in protein. Mostly I hardly notice them: I'm not interested. There's nothing wrong with protein, but there is enough in my normal diet, I don't need to supplement it. That being so, if something I might otherwise buy - yoghurt, say - is advertised as high in protein, I automatically avoid it. This may be irrational, but there it is.

But for some reason, in Lidl last week something caught my eye: high-protein tiramisu.

It's a small step, I suppose, from yoghurt to tiramisu, but it still seems incongruous: My protein levels are deficient. Bring me tiramisu!

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scaturient (skuh-TOOR-ee-uhnt) - adj., overflowing, gushing; overly demonstrative, effusive.

So physically and metaphorically overflowing. Bubbly also works in those two ways. Not a common word -- I can't recall meeting it until it showed up on a word-of-the-day list. Dates to around 1670, that prime area of Latinate imports, from Latin scaturient-, stem form of scaturiens, present participle of scaturire, to gush out, from (I think as a frequentive form?) scatere, to bubble/gush.

---L.

andrewducker

1. Russia's elite factions are growing restless: (tags:russia war ukraine politics )

rionaleonhart

Yesterday, I was on the bus. It was almost empty; I was one of five passengers on the top floor, all of us travelling alone and scattered throughout the seating.

I was a little nervous when one of the other passengers - a man - left his seat at the front and walked back, past all the empty seats and the two men sitting between us, to sit next to me, the sole woman on the upper deck.

This story ends well.

( Being hassled, and then being rescued. )

Anyway! This whole thing really got me thinking about kindness and humanity and brief connections with strangers. I don't know the name of the man who helped me out, and it's very unlikely that I'll ever see him again. But I'm glad he was there, and I hope good things happen for him.

And, if you have your own tales of a stranger doing something kind for you, I'd love to hear them!

selenak

Naomi Novik: The Summer War: very charming novella, delivering on a variety of good-for-me-tropes. Dysfunctional siblings argueing, then working together and realising they care? Check! Neat twists on fairy tale motifs while still delivering a fairy tale? Check! Father who has his own story and is neither excused for his actions nor reduced to a one dimensional cliché? Check! It's not the easiest time for me right now for Darth Real Life reasons, and that's leaving aside the general mess the world is in, so I really enjoy delving into well written fiction where most of the characters aren't irresponsible toddler-like megalomaniacs and the plot makes sense.

Daredevil Born Again: Season 2 : Speaking of plots which work: s2 didn't have the problem of essentially being two shows grafted together, and so not only did they have a well executed overall seasonal arc, but the "new" characters were fleshed out, so didn't feel paper thin compared to the "old" ones. Back when I wrote about s1 I mentioned that all these "supervillain elected to high office despite electorate knowing about their past" plots - which comics came up with decades ago, both in DC with Lex Luthor and in Marvel with Kingpin - never felt as believable as now, it's more that "eventually, enough people see through these guys to rise against them" feels unduly optimistic. But within the show, I bought it. And really appreciated the episode where ( spoilery stuff happens )The thematic importance of this also came to bear in the season's last two episodes where ( spoilery stuff occurs ) Oh, and of course it was good to see (albeit only a few times in the last three eps or so - Jessica Jones again!

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Current Location: Bamberg

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Happy birthday,

badgerbag and

randomling!

sholio

I was answering a comment over on AO3 on my old Stargate fic Old Soldiers Die Hard, the one with Annie the candystriper viewpoint OC, and got to thinking about the elapsed time since I posted it in 2006. She was probably meant to be in her late teens in the story, something like 17 or 18, which means that if she aged in realtime, she'd be in her late 30s now.

I was thinking about this in particular because it was always one of my most popular fics in that fandom, and people often asked for a sequel to that story about Annie grown up (and still do now and then). I don't mind being asked, although it is definitely not happening because I've long since moved on, but it's a bit wild to consider the passage of time in that particular way.

(Annie is grown up and doing fine, btw.)

apod_feed

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260607.html

It was visible around the world.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260607.html

vvalkyri

Otherwise Tall Sonya?
I realized at the end of balticon that I hadn't seen her and would have expected to, and looked and she hadn't posted since May 9th. There were a couple other people around who had contact info. I left a comment. She still hasn't posted since May 9th.

Is anybody in touch?

torachan

1. I rode my bike to the store this morning and decided to stop at See's Candies while I was out. I have a gift card from Christmas, but couldn't remember if I'd used it at all or not, and it turns out I hadn't! So I not only got free chocolates today, but still have $8 and change left on the card for another time.

2. Carla made tuna salad for dinner and we had it on some delicious fresh ciabatta bread from the Italian deli that we picked up yesterday. Theirs is pretty much the only ciabatta I've ever liked.

3. I sent emails to a few electricians today to see about getting a charger installed, so hopefully will hear back soon and we can get that done. Meanwhile, I did download an app to see where charging stations are in the neighborhood. There don't seem to be as many random ones at grocery stores like there used to be, so the only larger ones nearby are Tesla ones. One of them does allow non-Teslas to also use the chargers, so I can use that if necessary. There's also one a couple blocks from work that I could use.

4. Tuxie!

athenais

Today was the annual Posy Parade which San Bruno hosts on the first Sunday in June. In the past we've had the parade go down our street, but this year they merely staged everything at the other end of Linden and then marched, rode, or drove the five block walk to the park. The mayor waved from his olde timey fire engine putt-putting along. Little league teams walked in front of members of the swim club who were followed by groups of kids colorfully dressed performing dances. The Hare Krishna group was at the very end and just waved at everyone while their music played.

At the park we wandered among booths selling crocheted beasties or jewelry or face painting, assorted community associations offering information and opportunities to volunteer, and somewhat to my surprise two separate macaron sellers. I bought a horchata macaron, but it was not very good, alas. Much better was the swirled shake from our favorite soft serve ice cream truck which had long lines. I spoke to someone at the desk of the swim center about dropping by for an aquatic aerobics class sometime. Mondays at 11am sound ideal to me and I hope I like it. I could really use a weekly event to get me out of my chair and my rut.

The sun shone, the kiddies ran around, someone dressed in red, white, and blue spangles was juggling as they walked, the smells from the food trucks mingled with the sounds from the band in the gazebo across the park, everyone was in a happy mood and I enjoyed being out and about with my community on a summer's day.

james

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neotoma

A half-pint of raspberry yogurt smoothie, a quart of chocolate milk, 2 quarts of strawberries, 2 pints of blueberries, a pint of methley plums, scallions, garlic scapes, a shisito pepper plant, goat milk cheddar, sandwich steak, and 2lb of cubed lamb.

Current Mood: hot

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oursin

This week's bread: 2:1 wholemeal/strong white and a couple of tablespoons of wheatgerm + some pumpkinseed oil; a bit dense but quite tasty.

Saturday breakfast rolls: was intending brown toasted pinenut, but the pinenuts turned out to be well past their Best Before, so made brown with dried cranberries instead. Not bad.

Today's lunch: halibut fillets which I poached thus (perhaps a little overdone) with samphire sauce, served with mangetout peas and sliced yellow bell pepper roasted in lemon-infused olive oil, and boiled baby Jersey Royal potatoes.

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oursin

Happy birthday,

sally_maria and

spiffikins!

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Nan Yanzhi infiltrates the mysterious Lingya Tower to find an antidote, navigating its deadly challenges with assistance from her mentor Zhuang Wujiu and allies she makes along the way.

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selenak

The Soviet Union based spin-off continues apace. This episode puts the spotlight on some different characters than the first two, while providing one of the answers to the set up questions already.

( Clearly, someone in the scriptwriting team likes The Lives of Others a lot, and I approve )

In conclusion: Another suspenseful episode of the John Le Carré meets Space Exploration show!

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: Bamberg

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