Thursday is Great Shake Drill

[jennythereader]

Body: I'm doing OK today. A little head achy, but not too bad.

Reading: Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy on my Kindle, The Shadow of the Lion in dead tree format, and the Wheel of Time essays at Thirteenth Depository

Hearing: AyePodcast Scottish music from footstompin.com

Etsy find: Pinot Noir Smoked Cherry Jelly Doesn't that sound good?

Tonight's Project: I have a ATC that I must finish tonight.

Project Follow-up: I found a couple of nightgowns at Sears. I still need one or two more loose dresses though, so that might be tomorrow's project.

Randomness: Tom got me Beatles Rock Band for my birthday! It arrived last night. I've been lusting after it since I heard it was coming out, so this was a very cool gift.

Comments

[seawasp]

I enjoyed Night's Dawn, but be warned that it's LONG. And, um... without being spoilery, do not expect final closure in, um, a traditional storytelling sense that many people would expect even though the closure we get is quite fairly implied/foreshadowed throughout much of the trilogy.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Eh, I sort of expect Hamilton's ending to be... not as great as the build-up. Most of the time they're way too abrupt, and the rest of the time their too tenuous, just sort of fading off into nothing.

[purpura.livejournal.com]

That really does sound yummy! Like I may want to get some of that. Not that I eat Jelly very much, but yum!

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I didn't used to be a big fan of jelly and jam either, but I've found that homemade/small batch professionally made stuff is a million times better than the big name brand stuff you see at the grocery store.

[purpura.livejournal.com]

It's not about tastes so much as I really don't eat a lot of bread. And bread and jelly are staples for some.

Though using it in sauces has some appeal.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Ah. I love bread, so that was never my issue with it. My problem is that I prefer tart fruit to sweet, so jellies and jams are frequently way too sweet for me. In the past, if I was in the mood for something that sweet on my toast, I'd use honey instead.

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

The jelly sounds great... but I question the palette of someone who lists monteray jack cheese as "robust."

[purpura.livejournal.com]

Yah, cheddar and monteray jack while I can see similarities, not ones I'd put together in a robustness category.

I think I would put that up to poor writing and hope the jelly was as yummy as it sounds.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I didn't even notice that line... :-/

Maybe the Monterrey Jack in her area is more interesting than the stuff sold around here?