Food equivalents

It seems to have been a stress filled weekend for some (I'm very happy you're still alive, Sebethis), so here's something to make everyone happy - at least the everyones that read romance. Enjoy:

If Romance Writers were Food

Flowcharts

The good folks at BoingBoing have been having a grand time posting funny flowcharts over the past few days. They make me giggle, so I'm passing the first few on to you:

Tactical usage of the phrase "Oh, snap"


Fuck-up flowchart

Oh, and in happy news, Superfresh now stocks Total Greek Tzatziki. Yummy!

Book of the week

I was given a prepub of a new book today called Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library. It's always fun (and ego-stroking) to read books about your own profession.



Like any public service profession, librarians and library assistants deal with the weird, the smelly, the surly, and the deranged on a daily basis (along with the pleasant, the enthusiastic, the polite, and the people with good hygiene). Guess which make for better stories...

Chocolate update

I have tried the chocolate bacon bar and it is a revelation. Who knew chocolate and bacon went so well together!? It's a milk chocolate with bacon crumbs in it, as well as salt. You definitely taste the bacon, and the saltiness compliments the chocolate very nicely. I feel like I should have been revolted by everything about the chocolate bar, but I actually really liked it and it would probably be dangerous to leave me alone with it.

Friends and enablers

I have such nice friends who feed my unhealthy cravings when I ask them to. Sebethis just got back from Chicago and before she went she showed me the website of a chocolate place she was going to visit - Vosges. She was going for the bacon chocolate bar. I wanted to try the curry and coconut bar (evidently I'm not as adventurous as she is). She came back yesterday with chocolate in hand! I haven't tried the bacon bar yet, but she says it's delicious. I also haven't tried my chocolate yet as I only have one, it's fairly small, and I want to make it last. But I am now a proud owner of a Naga Bar - milk chocolate with coconut and sweet curry.



And no, I'm not sharing.

Dancing man

I have this friend, and she has this fiance, and when he feels the music, he dances. Until now I have been unable to film the dancing man in his natural habitat, but this weekend that all changed. Enjoy this (low-res, fairly dark) video:

In honour of Edmonton

Here's a snarky and slightly bitter (yet funny) search for a new Edmonton slogan, since "City of Champions" seems rather obsolete to some:

New Edmonton slogan

Leaving on a jet plane...

...hopefully it will take less time to get back then it did to get to Edmonton.

It's been a fabulous week back home, almost too full of running around and visiting with friends - I did not really sleep in once my whole holiday. I'm looking forward to my next full day off with no obligations so I can nap.

Highlights and one lowlight:

1. My flight from Philly was canceled, so they rerouted me through Cleveland and then Minneapolis. Then that first flight got delayed and I missed my connection to MPS so I go shunted back to Toronto from Cleveland and then across to Edmonton. My zigzag route across the continent ended up in 14 hours of travel time instead of 8 1/2. I was one sleepy Dena by the time that was over. But the day ended with Taste of Edmonton with the Family, so it was a happy ending

2. Discovering that Joe from The Real Canadian Superstore is indeed a great clothing line, and pretty inexpensive too

3. Birthday dinner with the fam and finally meeting the sister's very lovely boyfriend

4. Hanging out on campus with old friends and very old friends

5. Thanks to the power of Facebook, meeting up with high school friends I haven't seen since I graduated

6. Giving my dad a new obsession - digital camera shopping!

7. Hairspray - can't stop the beat!

8. Playing with babies all day on Wednesday - thank you to my friends for producing such adorable offspring

9. Catching up with the drama group and finding out what they REALLY think about the new Fringe ticketing system (and getting a list of book recommendations for when I get home)

10. Playing Guitar Hero (I suck) and hanging with the Ninja

11. Planning my New Zealand trip!

12. Quality time with the shvester, dad, and mom, individually

13. The Downtown Farmer's Market and the Whimsical Cupcake stand

14. Heritage Festival!!

Thank you Mom and Dad for my birthday trip home!!