Worthwhile News

[Samadhi]

Wouldn't open for me. Was it Underdog?
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And he lived happily ever after. Except for the dieing at the end and the heartbreak in between.

[Courk]

I only skimmed it, and it seemed like it had been translated into English, but from what I gathered, someone wanted to take their dog as carry-on luggage, which for whatever reason wasn't allowed. So the dog went into the cargo hold. The plane starts to take off but the cargo hold is open -- which is very bad. The dog had gotten out of the open cargo hold and was wandering around the runway when its owner saw it and said something which led to the open cargo hold being discovered.

My only question is: Was the dog loose in the cargo hold? Or did a series of lucky events occur and the dog managed to escape from a cage in order to leave the cargo hold?

[Courk]

I was going to put this in Worthless News, but I think it's a very worthwhile thing to know:

Despite recipes merely saying that peppermint extract can be used as a substitute for creme de menthe, it is apparently not a 1:1 equivalent. No no no. If your recipe calls for 1 Tbsp of creme de menthe, DO NOT use 1 Tbsp of peppermint extract. Try perhaps a teaspoon, and add from there based on taste.

This has been a Public Service Announcement from Courk.

[Aga*]

My wife once cooked some Italian pasta dish. The recipe stated to use 3 cloves of garlic, which somehow she took as 3 bulbs! Needless to say the whole street stunk of a burnt garlic farm for days after.

[Quailman]

Many years ago a woman came to my house while I was still at work to cook dinner for me. She did not know the difference between a clove and a bulb of garlic. She had made a casserole and placed half in a separate dish in my freezer for bachelor Quailman to enjoy at a later date. I could smell the garlic from outside. We pitched it and went out for dinner. A couple of days later I opened the freezer, only to find the second serving. Yuck!

[Trojan Horse]

Just wanted to say thanks to Aga and Quailman for posting those stories. Considering how clueless I am about cooking, odds are I would've made the same mistake one of these days.

Thanks for saving me from a very garlicky fate...

[Courk]

Or a minty fate?

[Trojan Horse]

I don't like mint. Doubt I'd ever want to cook with it. Thanks anyway, Courk.

[Beartalon]

Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 3:37 PM, our immigration lawyer received the rest of our application. Now we wait for him to process and respond before submitting to CIC.

Merry Christmas to us. This is one of the best gifts Jason and I will give ourselves this Christmas.

[Beartalon]

Since it hasn't been updated since, I may as well update again.

My sponsorship application for my husband was submitted to Canada Immigration in March and pushed through in 4 weeks instead of 8. Jason's immigration application was pushed through to open quickly and we've a;ready received our case number (good for easier border crossings). The day after that I was asked to pay the right of permanent resident fee for Jason. That fee payment request usually means that the final decision is only 6-8 weeks away.

If that happens in 8 weeks from the notice to pay, that would put the decision right between Canada Day and US Independence Day - how appropriate.

I am feverishly looking for a new place to live so we each only move once.

[Courk]

Where's Jason from?

[Beartalon]

Originally north New Jersey, but he now lives in Buffalo, NY.

[luminous]

I just got back from Poplar Bluff (which is in the bootheel of Missouri), where I was shooting a photo essay following a family recovering from the extensive flooding down there. It was awesome and I lucked out in finding a subject who was equal parts interesting and open. Here are a few:









This is not so much worthwhile, but it is decidedly not worthless. So, you know.

[mps1453]

Your daughter and dog are so cute. My sister and dog are just annoying, lol.
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Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

[luminous]

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[jesus_saves]

luminous, that is actually very cool. thanks for sharing.

I have a friend who moved to New Orleans to work with the vicitms of Katrina and she has been doing similar things, at least as far as working with one family through their rebuild of life. its been really awesome.

[Poisonium]

mps, please stop being stupid and begin reading posts. That is all.
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I tried apt-get install lifebut it only returned E: Couldn't find package life

[Beartalon]

My husband is now allowed to come stay in Canada. That will happen in August. Finally!

[Lepton*]

One of "first wave" members recently got married to her long-term boyfriend.

[Dragon Phoenix]

Merc?
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My photography:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artrock2006/

[munira]

I'm back, that should be worthwhile news, right? Or not, I doubt many remember me, since I didn't contribute all that much. But for those that do remember, I'll be around again, still not contributing all that much.

[Dragon Phoenix]

Welcome back!
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My photography:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artrock2006/

[munira]

Thanks, I was surprised that the account hadn't been deactivated.

[wordcross]

whoa...
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

[Quail*]

munira!!!! I thought you got married. If you're back here, the honeymoon must be over.

[munira]

I did get married, but that was five years ago (well, next month it will be). There is no end to the honeymoon in sight

Good to see you guys again.

[Zesty Spanker]

going back to Copenhagen tomorrow night, see you all again much later on in the future
miss you all xxxxxx

[lexprod]

I have no idea if this qualifies, but I got an internship with Stone and Company Entertainment, a development company for reality shows and game shows. Since it's development I can't talk about what I work on, but they did work on the Mole's recent season, Tim Gunn's guide to style, the Man Show, and Shop 'Til You Drop, if any of those ring a bell. Woo semester in Los Angeles!

[Courk]

That sounds exciting! Congrats!

[The Ragin' South Asian]

Paul Newman dead at 83
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEOiFzC0uwlunNsBMhhe8Lk2zoswD93F5FP00

I only recently discovered how awesome he was.

[Quailman]

Rumour has it that Azu is a new daddy!

[Quailman]

Manatees are getting out of control

[Courk]

Mwahaha!

[Zag]

[LordKinbote]

Oh, the hu(ge number of) manatee(s)!

[mck*]

cp and I are gettin' hitched on Easter Sunday

[The Ragin' South Asian]

Nice. When is that in terms of secular time?

[Dread Pirate Westley]

The first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, obviously.
Which happens to be April 12 this year
Congrats. I'm sure my invitation will be arriving soon.

[mck*]

April 12th. I didn't actually realise that it was Easter until after I'd already taken time off work etc. If anyone can make it to Aussieland they're more than welcome It will be a small deal so most of it will be getting drunk with my insane relatives =)

[Mackay]

There we go, logged in now. Seriously, anyone is welcome to PM me if they can make it and I'll give details.

Is this the first GL-initiated marriage?