Did anyone watch the Germany brazil game today? WTF O.O

Oh and hi

No, what happened?

Wow, I just looked. 7-1! Yowza!

@jay WTF man! where have you been?!

@mien hey

@Jay is back? :o

hi @ElendilTheTall :-) how are you doing?

@Jay Yes! :D

@mien fine ta

a blast from the past eh?

you?

Fine :)

how goes the Python?

it's sleeping

how's yours?

likewise

I am instead hunting for Rubies

more practical application

:)

though the two are very similar

once you learn Ruby you can learn Ruby on Rails and build entire websites

how goes the job?

obviously busy seeing as you so rarely come and see us

guilt trip guilt trip guilt trip

hehe

quite busy indeed

what are you doing exactly? (IYDMMA)?

right now, you mean? or in general this period?

in the job

and right now

and tomorrow

and a week next Wednesday

I'm doing a study with children

and my main focus now is recruiting parents/children

so I'm contacting them through various media

and I might go on the street to recruit this afternoon :P

I have a terrifying vision of you running around bundling families into the back of an unmarked van...

:D

whatever's necessary...

how's your kid? ;)

you keep your claws away!

:D

quiet in here today

Perhaps Jojo is in a Scrabble coma

YOU COULD TALK IN CAPS LOCK TO COMPENSATE.

I USE THAT WHEN I'M TALKING TO FOREIGNERS

@BESW how's tricks?

Up and down.

Made really simple tofu steak tonight.

any good?

Slabs of firm tofu on a rack with garlic powder, onion, carrot, and steak sauce on top. Served on brown rice and lentils cooked with more onion.

I can't help but wince

Pretty good. Steak sauce wouldn't be my choice if I were making it for myself, but my dad prefers it.

(I'd probably make a spicy soy/lemon sauce, maybe with ginger.)

you can't go wrong with soy, sesame oil, rice wine, and garlic

and ginger, if you're that way inclined

What would be a non-alcoholic substitute for the wine?

hmmm

nothing really

wine is wine is wine

We've got some apple cider vinegar...

not the same

Obviously.

vinegar is sour, naturally

But wine's out.

i mean it's not anywhere close to the same flavour profile

For sweet, honey.

you could easily leave it out - there'd be less depth of flavour, but that's the sacrifice

yes, honey is nice

a little five spice or star anise perhaps

how does tofu react to marinades?

does it soak it up like a sponge?

Not really. Tofu is wet.

Best way I've found to get tofu to absorb a sauce/marinade is to cook it with the sauce.

sure - braising it i guess

Like, when I'm frying tofu I'll use the marinade to keep the food wet while it's cooking.

I like my tofu deep fried

(Gotta be careful with soy-based sauces doing that, or it'll get too salty.)

One of the few sushi dishes I like is the inari pocket

I don't really do deep frying, especially since I learnt last month that my cholesterol is inexplicably out of control.

a deep fried tofu pocket with tasty tasty rice

Does Guam suffer from an over-reliance on Spam?

It does, though I don't.

hmm

I don't like beef, lamb, or non-fish seafood. I don't drink or smoke, and even the meats I did eat--fish, turkey, chicken, ham--were sometimes foods. I also ate a lot of cheese.

I'm cutting it all way back or out completely now until I can get my cholesterol under control; apparently I have the liver of an alcoholic.

perhaps you should give it back...

If I ever find out who it is, I shall.

I suspect it's just bad genes combined with a few too many ham and cheese sandwiches.

meh

you cut back, you live 10 years longer

but they're the 10 years you spend pissing yourself in a nursing home

might as well spend the time enjoying cheese and ham!

Eh. I would like my liver to not be actively turning to fat, at least not until my family isn't relying on me as much.

have it your way ;)

I wish you luck in your dietary endeavours

Right now I want to get my liver under control and my cholesterol normalised ASAP. Then I can figure out how to tweak my diet to something more moderate and sustainable.

sounds eminently sensible

But I'm actually having a pretty decent time of this near-vegan thing; I'm finding lots of excellent and pleasing foods I wouldn't otherwise have tried, and so far I'm not missing anything too much that I haven't found a good replacement for.

It's a bit more effort, and it's harder to accept peoples' hospitality--which could be a problem in the long run if I have to keep a strict diet--but I'm not miserable or feeling deprived.

nice one

(I found an awesome vegan chili dog that's much more satisfying to me than the real thing.)

And that's, again, why I hardly ever share my cooking ideas and experiences here.

:)

I'm only pulling your leg

each to his own, live and let live and all that

Hey @ElendilTheTall ,whazzup?

Hi @BESW

Hi.

I guess I just missed Tall, huh?

Darn it, I was going to see if he wanted to play some Scrabble.

Oh well, it's a bit early for me to be up anyway. I should go back to bed for a couple of hours. CYA!

ttfn

@Jolenealaska heyhowareyag'bye

@Mien yeaaaa I'm back baby!

It was kinda heart breaking to watch all the Brazilians cry as their hearts shatter

How's everyone's life?

@Jay bugger that, where have you been?!

quiet in here tonight

@Jolenealaska you not around?

@ElendilTheTall I'm here

@Jolenealaska hello stranger!

you've been scarce today

I've got a dental appointment in just over an hour to fit my new crown.

>.<

I sure hope this will be less unpleasant than the first appointment.

Have you ever had a crown?

thankfully no

fillings, yes

crowns no

It's not fun. It starts with grinding the tooth down to a cube.

But that part is done. Today they will remove the temporary crown and replace it with the permanent one. That doesn't sound too bad.

I wish I had some kind of la la drug, but I don't.

whisky

Maybe after.

On that note, I'll probably be hurtin for a distraction. I hope we can hook up for some Scrabble tonight. If I do hit the whiskey, that could be a great advantage for you!

Well, that depends what you mean by tonight :)

as it is now 5 minutes to bed time pour moi

My tonight, your morning :)

In that case, I will do my utmost

I need to get dressed. I'll see you in a few hours!

ok, good luck

thx

just imagine a pod of rorquals floating above you

;)