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I have managed fuck all today.

Saltimbocca:

Take thin veal cutlet, place a couple of sage leaves and some prosciutto on top, bash with rolling pin to stick prosciutto to veal (best done with some cling film on top) and keep bashing until cutlet is about 1/4" thick. Dredge with flour, fry for about 3 minutes each side (non-prosciutto side first, and it can get longer than the other side) and put to one side. Deglaze the pan with white wine and chicken stock - about a wine glass full with roughly 2:1 wine:stock - and put the cutlets back in, prosciutto side up, for a minute or so until the sauce is reduced by half.

So use white wine instead of Marsala? Fantastic. Thanks Aldo.

Yeah, you don't want the sweetness that Marsala would give you. A dry white is what you're after.

Why hesitate? Are vets v expensive?

Well sneaking someone (who we've observed being violent and crazy) else's pet off to the doctor is possibly inviting trouble.

f*ck f*ck f*ck I forgot my klonpin at home today. Not only do I have this meeting shortly I'm meeting with a girl I don't really know for lunch. arggh. . .*deep breaths*

Just think that you'll get it later, for now it's just delayed. Lunch can easily be cancelled if that will keep you focussed. Deep breaths v important.

You are spot on re. the vet.

I like sweetness in my saltimbocca though! It works well with the sage. I'll be trying your version though first don't worry.

Why is ILx so boring today?

Wasn't the case this morning. What with the porn and neighbour AND McCann's thread.

Can't open the porn one at work sadly.

yeah no p0rn for me. Haven't been following the McCann's thread.

Mtg went well. Despite profuse sweating and a bit of voice shakiness. Client is please and eager. hooray!

Excellent, well done!

kev, I don't have a saltimbocca recipe, but I see aldo's got you squared away. I just got back from the copy shop with Big Document #100. I think the CSR I work with must be sweet on me -- she gives me great discounts. 5850 B&W copies + 70 color copies for $204? Madness. She'll be canned if her boss finds out.

OMFG I have just got back from seeing iLiKETRAiNS.

I knew they were good, but nothing prepared me. Best band in Britain, hands down. if you do not see them UR POXY FULES.

I love the sweetness from Marsala, but I often put dry white vermouth in the pan, too, just to give it a little edge.

Beth, there are big juicy grapes at Mudhole. They taste pretty sour (the skin). I'm thinking of harvesting some and making juice from them. Do you know anyone here who uses the wild grapes?

HI DERE INSOMNIA
This time one week from today I'll be on a plane to Amsterdam. Woke up at 1:30, started thinking about the trip and how much I have to get done between now and then, and pfft, that was the end of Sleep Pt. 1.

Also, I'm not wearing any pants.

70 color copies

There are 70 people reading this thing? Oh god :( Well flirted though Rock, I am impressed.

I must try and find some iLIKETRAINS. Have just bought my 3rd set of Koss Plug headphones, best things to travel with in the world. With big sunglasses to keep out yellow glare it makes ryanair positively fun! Anyone have a good, slim book to recommend for travel? If it was funny I would be most happy.

I have made with the maternal aged wrinkly veal in a sambucca sauce. I should put up recipe, perfect winter food (or summer food cold on rice).

Insomnia is the pits.

Ah no, the issue was big enough to run to two sections, which had been anticipated, so there were two color covers, x 35 sets. Some ex-members have asked for copies of the mailing, and I wanted to make sure I had plenty.

Looking forwards to this now. First time doing this sort of thing. When do the media contact me looking for interviews? Should I start preparing certain set phrases for dealing with fans?

"We're doing it for the love of it and if anyone else likes it that's a bonus."

Wait, that was for interviewers, not fans. Tell them to fuck off you're not signing anything just so they can punt it to a real fan on eBay.

"I'd love to sign an autograph for your 5 year old daughter except I'm having lunch and I'd have much more fun sending you back to her empty-handed than give you the autograph. Remind me to laugh mockingly as you walk back across the room to her."

You have seen the Stan video, right?

I plan on having bodyguards and avoiding Dido.

I'd say Feist is the syrupy singer/songwriter to avoid these days. Who even knows where Dido is anymore?

(This is where everyone leaps in to tell me where Dido is anymore.)

She's over there.

Work = pain in the face.

She's over there.

Shit! Look busy.

Sorry Kev-lol, about your work.

so fucking nice out. gray, drizzly and seventy fucking five. YES

Ach, it's fine.

Sur, you're one sick puppy!

haha it's sooooo great. days like this are what love and chestnuts were made for.

It's only september! I'm going for a carvery, I need stodge and a good bitch.

september is always such a relief for me it means i've gotten through the tough part. winter here we come. no matter how cliche, i need to write a song about winter and rain and stuff. mmmmmmasdfl;kjas;dlfkjksdj

"The tough part"??? Actually that makes more sense if you're not in the eternal rain magnet that is Ireland :(

Also winter means that the slanket (which was great hit btw) will be used more often. By me.

That is when I'm allowed to. Winter does enable the inner couch potato we have within us all.

Sept is the tough part for me this year. :(

It's pouring out today and I am working from home. ahhhhh!

What is all this copying about then?

Rock Hardy gets drunk, photocopies his arse like a demon, pays person working at copyshop discretion money. The usual really...

The colour copies are for the real fans if you know what I mean...

In color no less! wow!

xpost haha

Still a deluge in TX. The dogs are very depressed. I was productive doing work here last night and hoped today would be the same. So far, no. One nap. About to eat the last of the cherry pie.

Where is everyone today?

Back at work, alas.

As if that was ever an excuse!

I meant 'work'. Sorry.

Okay, I'm back up after Sleep Pt. 2. (4 hours)

mmm sleep.

I'm puttering along on my site. I should be more frightened than I am as I've got to demo it a bunch of associate directors next Wed.

I told myself if I finished the templates fairly early today I could go to Target and look for a new lamp.

Also I am jealous of Amsterdam.

work man. BOSS ugh

I need to go to the bathroom but the cat has settled down beside me and I don't want to disturb her. What to do?

"Also I am jealous of Amsterdam."

Don't be, it's full of stoned out of their shrimp braned Americans. ;-)))

I probably wouldn't get too stoned. But it would still be fun! More so than a full, bladder, hot laptop, misbehaving CSS and two dogs staring at me mournfully through the french doors.

hehe

i hate disturbing the cat

What to do?

i need to pee. does ilx dare me to wet myself?

She was disturbed and now has food. She is not unhappy. I'm eating the rest of the pie. Ugh, is it really only 10?