The Frying Pan

Hi, both of you!

Hi Stephie

I have a few minutes until the bigwigs arrive.

@ElendilTheTall it's got to beat God save the Queen.

a monkey hammering the bongos beats god save the queen

dirge

10:13 AM

Uh-oh. First (and biggest) is here.

happy schmoozing @Stephie

climb that ladder!

I still have an eye on a position as your PA

:D

Want to hear some new weird drama?

silly question

Of course :)

Okay, you know I've been spending a lot of time with a guy in the building. I like him, I enjoy spending time with him but I am absolutely not interested in any kind of a romantic relationship. We seem to be pretty clear on that point, and our friendship has been pretty fun.

A couple of weeks ago an acquaintance of his was badly bitten in the face by a dog, a pitbull no less.

She lives a long ways away from medical care, so my friend asked her to stay with him while she was getting medical care on an almost daily basis.

She and I have met, nothing seemed overly weird.

Well, one day George was at my place for several hours watching Game of Thrones.

When he got home, he popped some left over food in the microwave.

It tasted odd, and it crunched strangely.

He dug through it and found whole pills just stirred into it.

o.O

10:21 AM

Since he and this girl had been the only people in the apartment, he demanded an explanation from the girl.

The girl denied any involvement, said she had no idea what the pills were.

George pressed the issue a while, and then gave up and came back to my apartment to get my take on it.

I just said the obvious. Since he made the food and only he and the girl had any access to it, obviously she put the pills in the food for some reason.

@ElendilTheTall working on it ;-)

He also at this point started to feel a little strange.

I suggested that sleeping in the same apartment with a woman who was obviously not rational might not be a good idea, and he was welcome to sleep on my couch if he wanted to.

He declined, and went back up to his apartment to sleep.

The next day he confronted the girl again, who this time finally fessed up to it.

sounds like a real catch

The pills were Tylenol 3 (Acetaminophen and codeine). She put the pills in his food because she was pissed and jealous that he was spending time with me, and because he had used language the day before that she found offensive.

@Jolenealaska I hope the dog is ok.

10:27 AM

@Jolenealaska jesus christ

that's grounds to call the police

she could have given him kidney failure

@JourneymanGeek actually, the dog got put down :(

:(

@ElendilTheTall actually Tylenol is liver, but yeah.

American Pitbulls are illegal here

@Jolenealaska 👍

(sounds like the sort of person who'd taunt dogs. Even my sweet, mellow terrier has limits)

10:29 AM

She claims she was doing nothing, but her credibility is pretty well shot with me.

I assume he's kicked her out on her ass?

@ElendilTheTall Yes. And he has gone to the police. They don't seem very inclined to pursue it.

she probably has no property to confiscate

@ElendilTheTall probably not

Although, she does have a lawsuit pending regarding the dog bite.

I don't think he'll be able to recover any damages though, because he didn't suffer any real harm.

well

keeps life interesting eh?

10:39 AM

All in all, I think my life has been interesting enough. I could go with a few years of basic boredom.

lol

Have some of mine, I've got plenty to go around

though I guess no news is good news and all that

:)

10:56 AM

so

here we are

again

I have approximately 20 minutes of work to stretch over a 40 hour week

leaving 39 hours 40 minutes to die slowly inside

Start writing a book. It's truly amazing how good one can get at procrastinating.

I have a new chair ._.

I made smash burgers on the weekend

they rocked

Serious Eats Shake Shack sauce clone... OMG

also, since the rollers finally work, I'm terrified of moving it cause my dog is sniffing around

@ElendilTheTall I'm not sure if that's something you made and photoed with your mad ninja skills, or something off the internet ;p

@JourneymanGeek it's something I made and snapped in 3 seconds with my phone

hence the blurriness

11:08 AM

can't really notice on my screen

when I blow it up, sure

note also the highly appropriate pink rose crockery :D

Did you grind your own beef?

no, that's why I made smash burgers

don't have to worry about medium rareness

it's all about maximising crust

a layer of cheese and plenty of sauce adds moisture

also note the onion forming an impromptu moustache xD

I saw that :)

hand sliced

#global

11:27 AM

Good morning!

@ElendilTheTall That's one good-lookin' burger!

I love smash burgers. :)

:D

who doesn't?

(other than vegetarians)

Lol! Have you done Oklahoma onion burgers?

no ma'am

is that where you smush the onions into the patty?

Yes. Sooooooo good.

I will try that next time

11:36 AM

I've done that for ages. I didn't know it had a name.

@ElendilTheTall You'll like them. :)

I've only been in Oklahoma once. It wasn't a great experience.

@Jolenealaska I hadn't ever heard of it until I saw it on a cooking show. I mean, I had mixed diced or grated onion in the meat before. But I had not ever done the OK thing.

@Jolenealaska Been there many times. Meetings.

I got a ticket in a blatant speed trap. The cop decided to search my car after I told him that I was driving to Alaska from Iowa via Arizona. I didn't object - It didn't seem worth it. While I was standing there, fire ants crawled up my legs. As they do, they all bit at once. The cop thought it was really funny.

Pissed me off.

Not funny when you're the one on fire!