Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

‘Member how I was saying that there are certain food ingredients that, when included in a dish, mean I will be very likely to order it? As in "You had me at avocado." I was thinking that the same is true with music. If a song uses a Hammond organ, a slide guitar, or a great horn section, there’s a really good chance I will like it. There are certain types of voices and styles of guitar playing that fit the bill as well, although that’s harder to describe.

Note to self: Search out a list of great bands that use the Hammond organ. Why can I only think of the Doors, Medeski, Deep Purple,… My brain is tapped out right now. But the other day, I thought of loads. Maybe I should contact my uber-talented, much younger piano/organ prodigy cousin Patrick.

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Update: It’s been quiet here, but the people over at Ask MetaFilter have been chock full o’ suggestions.

Man, the defense is in 31 days, 16 hours. I have an countdown extension on my Firefox browser. There’s a lot to do, but I’m just so uninterested. I feel like I need to be more nervous than I am. It’s like if I admit that I’m so close, I’ll have to deal with it, and honestly, I’m so sick of this project that I don’t even care anymore. But I’m sure as time approaches, I’ll care more. Today, I’m working on the reference section and the dissertation announcement. It’s dull. I’d rather be doing just about anything.

On the new Word Press platform, Aaron has the admin level 10, and I have a 9, because there can’t be two 10s, and he’s doing the really technical programming stuff. I’m always asking him to police me and make me work, so he said if he catches me blogging too much, he’ll shut down my blog until May 13th, the day after my defense!! Now that’s policing!

Hope y’all find me over here real soon. It seems awfully quiet so far. Also, check out the moblog. I’ve been trying to use it more. My new camera phone is FUN!

Not everything is perfect here just yet, but it’s getting there. Aaron is single-focused, and he will not rest until everything works perfectly. Blogger has been such a pain in the butt lately, and Aaron was eager to learn some of the new programming needed to use WordPress. I’m not all that sure about the deets, but so far, it’s making me pretty darn happy!

Regarding comments…

Comments were the greatest challenge of migration away from Blogger. I have been using Haloscan comments for a while, and I like them, but I REALLY like the idea of having full control of comments, full ownership, and having them all on my server, not on someone else’s. The solution Aaron came up with was to keep the Haloscan comments accessible and also setting up the new commenting system. I’d like it if you could all view those old comments as read-only. They are really archival. The new comments (the ones you get to by clicking SAY SOMETHING) are the ones I’d like you to use now.

I hope you like the new digs. I’m pretty excited! 😀

Chili finger update

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Clotilde over at Chocolate and Zucchini had the best idea:

Write down some of your favorite ingredients on small pieces of paper. Put them all in a jar, pick three at random (no cheating!) and see if you can come up with a recipe to make the most of your trio.

I was toying around with a similar idea last night. I was thinking that there are certain ingredients that I see on a menu which make me want to order a dish, regardless of the type of dish it is. These include: avocado, smoked gouda, banana, yogurt, creme fraiche, mushrooms, bacon, olives, strawberries, fresh pasta, ginger, cream, mango (especially mango chutney), caramelized onion, beets, anchovies, cumin, cornmeal, blackberries, artichokes, oatmeal, roasted red peppers, lemon zest, etc… Then there are some types of dishes I’m willing to try regardless of ingredients, like any type of crepe, any type of beef stew, any lasagna, any risotto, but “salad” … You generally have to convince me of a salad. I don’t just go for that right away. Same with cake and pie. I need convincing, maybe some strawberries or ginger?

I think I might give Clotilde’s suggestion a try soon.

What about you?

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