Gallimaufry

[neadods]

I've been running around.

Thursday it was an eye exam. Normal enough, *BUT* I am trying hard to make a go of the VVO diet, and due to poor planning it was time for a vegan meal when I got to DuPont Circle. So instead of yomping up to the Greek place for their fabulous pork, I cast around until I found a little place called SweetGreen. Where, for slightly over $10, I had a build-your-own salad of spinach, asparagus tips, squash (corgette, y'all), corn, mushrooms, almonds, and roasted tofu in a miso/ginger/sesame paste.

Now that is the kind of delish that I would never have thought of before VVO! (While I am not following the program perfectly - I had two vegetarian meals today - it is certainly making me THINK about the food I eat and how it relates to the other food I eat. I've also discovered that some vegan meals are really, really crappy for you. Just remember y'all, half a grapefruit, half a head of broccoli, and half a pound of french fries with malt vinegar = vegan!)

Friday it was back to downtown for the Red Circle meeting. The presenter was from The Naval Treaty, and I may just end up in a hat trick of scions, because they sounded like a ton of fun. (The Naval Treaty is, naturally, the scion based in Annapolis.) The last two meetings have missed the quiz, so it was moved front-and-center to this meeting. The brain-bender that I remember best: "What Egyptian ruler was mentioned by name not once, but twice in The Boscombe Valley Mystery?" "'Tut, tut,' said Holmes."

Saturday morning I was zipping all over town because it was the town-wide yard sale. I scored my usual set of "Oh, I'd like to own this junk" trivial stuff - baskets, teapots, etc.:

And then I saw this:


$30, y'all. Just thirty bucks.

"Some people said they might come back for that," the seller said. "I'm not stupid, it goes in my car RIGHT NOW!" was my reply.

Mind you, it doesn't comfortably fit the place I ended up putting it, but it's okay until there's another spot and... thirty! Dollars!

Comments

[glamazonwarrior.livejournal.com]

This is me, jealous of your score.

[museclio]

Oh my lord I'm so jealous. I've been looking<.b> for a secretary.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

If you've got room for a full-sized one, let's talk. There's one too big for the living room in my basement, no shit.

It'll be more than $30, though...

[moonpupy.livejournal.com]

OMB! I hate your ass! I was all "I picked up 2 revere ware pots for $2 and I scored!"

Hates you, I does, precious. Hates you. lol

OTOH, the pots will fit in the RV. The secretary? Not so much. Good on you!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

At the risk of really gloating, that fit in my Yaris.

Congrats on your great find!

[stephani673.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous! I'm so jealous of your find. :)

[azriona.livejournal.com]

Score indeed! It looks like it's in good condition, too!

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice desk. Long ugly family inheritance story about how someone else glommed on to the rolltop desk that was supposed to be Dad's....

As for the Red Circle quizzes, they're mild versions of John Bennett Shaw's. We all racked our brains at a seminar over, among other things, the baseball references in Sussex Vampire. When the answer sheets went round, I heard someone mutter in scornful, revenge-minded tones, ''The baby is safe'...!"

One of my contributions to a Red Circle quiz was, "What evidence is there [always the set-up for a filthy pun] that Holmes regularly sketched the handicapped?"




Holmes drew the blind once more.

And I suppose you've gotten used to "Name three green things in the story-- stated to be green."

Next question: "Name two more."

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

Oh, the french fries being vegan, or even vegetarian, depends on the oil.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Trust me, this place was way too cheap not to use vegetable oil.

[glamazonwarrior.livejournal.com]

McDonald's fries aren't vegetarian. They're fried in veggie oil, but they aren't entirely potatoes.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93386&page=1#.UcjnZJxpGUM

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

Oh, fine. Glad I just got some oatmeal when I took refuge in a McDonald's from torrential rain on the highway, though maybe they've figured out a way to bollock up oatmeal too.

Saw a recent article saying that McNuggets were about half chicken, and that some of the filler is what they make breast implants out of. Don't eat meat so didn't save link, but it's out there.

Had to complain to Snapple that their natural coloring, cochineal, made fruit juice non-vegetarian. They blew me off but I think they've stopped using it.

[glamazonwarrior.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was annoyed when I found out. During college, I had worked at McDonald's, and I'm vegetarian... and I ate a lot of the fries. They tasted a bit odd, but the label didn't say "beef fat", it said "natural flavoring".

More recently, their yogurt parfaits used to be ovo-lacto friendly, but they switched from pectin to gelatin.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

With so many people going vegan, companies are going to have to pay more attention if they want to keep up their market share.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Bugger. (They weren't McD's fries, but now I know.)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oh, the quiz was full of those!

[sensiblecat.livejournal.com]

That's really lovely. I can picture you sitting and writing at it! It's lovely when poking around sales yields up a treasure!

[cedara]

Ditto.

Not buying it would've been a shame.

[penguineggs.livejournal.com]

wonderful desk!

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's gorgeous! :)

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

All hail the Great Goddess Bargainia!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Pretty pleased with myself!

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

O.M.G. I am dying of jealousy--that's just the type of desk I would love to put in my living room.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

It's in my living room acting as my landing strip, and I couldn't love it more.