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You should have seen the horizontal snow in Maple Grove. Even so, my sister and I are HARDKORE and through the magic of 4WD, completed the Xmas shopping.

good night, fellow ITR denizens.

good morning.

off to christmas eve untold hours of insane psycho-retail hell bump

THREAD TITLE TRUNCATION YET ANOTHER SIGN OF THE DIMINISHING RETURN OF "CHRISTMAS MIRACLES" bump

I blame myself, since I slept a solid 11 hours last night.

John, good luck with retail hell. Suzy - lol at you and your sister shopping in that yesterday. That IS hardcore.

I wish we had snow bump

Looks gorgeous outside today with the snow today; it DOES have multiple downsides, though.

To be honest, I kind of hate weather in general. If I can just stay inside the house, I'm good.

Stet, I would offer to send you some of our snow, but I feel like it might not make it through the postal system very well.

it is likely that i will be uninternetted for 24 hours, plz to keep up the fine bumping tradition good peoples of ITR bump

also stet can have all of this gdmn snow if he wants it.

it is likely that i will be uninternetted for 24 hours, plz to keep up the fine bumping tradition good peoples of ITR bump

I'll try to check in every once in a while. I still have to do all the wrapping for Xmas stockings, so I'll be up late.

John, I hope your uninternettedness is for pleasant reasons, not ones that involve being stuck in snow drifts or, you know, attacked by bears. Enjoy your Christmas; you deserve to have a good break.

3 hours later bump

Have eaten vast amounts, must now consider wrapping bump

I ATE TWO STEAKS.

squeak

WRAPPING AT LONG LAST FINISHED

TWO steaks?!

YES I WAS HUNGRY.

i have not finished my christmas present project. poor brother-in-law will have to get an IOU. i am lame lame lame.

on the other hand, i am drinking good rum (ron barrilito) and listenting to good musics and hanging out with good jergins so i feel fine about how i negotiate the holidays.

I am often a two-ribeye guy when I make them myself
because I make the best steaks on earth

has I shared the recipe with the good folk or ITR?

haha "OF" ITR
funnier that way though

anyhow, it is a dry rub:

1 part coarse ground sea salt or kosher salt
1 part coarse ground black pepper
1 part garlic powder
1 part parsley flakes
dash cayenne or chipotle to taste

rub liberally on both sides of yr steaks
let sit for five minutes so the juice mixes with the seasoning on the surface

PLACE ON HOTTEST SURFACE AVAILABLE
TWO MINUTES TOPS EACH SIDE
WHAM!!! SEARED!!! FLIP!!! WHAM!!! SEARED!!! DONE!!!!!!

= beefmagic

if pan frying you should rub a little less on than when grilling since the typical heavy application I am inclined to use is designed to compensate for some falling off

also as soon as I flip them I usually turn the heat off to let the rest of the cooking be done by residual heat in the metal and the meat itself; once again this may change depending on the implements

my steak recipe:

some sugar (is tenderizing)
some salt
A SHIT TON OF GARLIC
coat with olive oil

VOILA.

Wow, Tom. Clearly you are a man of many talents!

Jessie - also sounds yum.

I should really learn to cook someday.

Why am I still up? UNSURE

very very sure

hello gift to self and most expensive rum i've evr bought
http://www.weimax.com/images/Ron_del_Barrilito.jpg

ditto, xpost.

I'm going to fall asleep on the couch watching some fucking Tintin, that's for sure.

I have added photos to my flickr account, but am too slow to figure out how to post them anywhere else. Eventually I'm hoping my husband will have time to help me figure it out.

It sucks to be computer clueless.

Okay, I'm going to go to sleep now, because I fear that if I do not, tomorrow will not be good.

Gooooood night, ITR. And merry Christmas!

Christmas morning bump

(TIRED!)

nobody is as tired as me right now. I got like 1.5 hours of sleep!

cigarette break was a bad idea!
I am so toast

should've gone with my initial instinct and refused offer of christmas dinner at my coworker's aunt's house after this
I'm going to be a wreck and a half

HAPPY CHRISTMAS from my desk at work BUMP

(Still, at least I got 6 hrs sleep)

Hang in there, Tom. Maybe you can nap between courses. Just tell your co-worker's aunt that you suffer from narcolepsy.

I don't think I could pass. I've known a narcoleptic and he never seemed pissed off at having to be conscious most of the time, which I assuredly am right now

Naps are a total killer too. When I'm that tired and take a nap I wake up a day later, bewildered and having to apologise to all/sundry.

luckily tomorrow I don't have to be back in at work until 2 in the afternoon so I should be able to recover. That doesn't make the next six or seven hours any more forgiving or tolerable though.

what I'm really hating now is that persistent indigestion that you get sometimes when you get up lots earlier than normal. Does this happen to anybody else?

OH YES IT DOES.

cure: steaks?

i will eat all of these steaks when i get a chance btw and thank you

Yes, not enough sleep = entire body hates me. I don't think STEAKS would be the cure, but I will be forced to confess that I have not yet tried this remedy.

I might try El Recipe-o later. Am feeling so tired that I fear I'll do that thing where I can't get to sleep, later.

^^^ worst situation EVER

Get some rest, stet.

I am at my parent's house and we are waiting for dinner to be ready. My Dad, husband, and brother-in-law are playing "golf" on a Wii. Everyone else is amused.

At my sister's for the brunch. Lysa my cousin is about to dance to whatever I can find on YouTube.

At work, still. Everyone has brought in great chunks of their Christmas lunch, so the entire conference table is groaning in pies, cakes & co.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh bump

lucky

Mmmmm, pies and cakes.

I might eat again. Someday.