Quickie Monday Roundup

For those who don't follow the Tennant comms, David Tennant's mother died of cancer at a hospice last week. Fans around the world are donating to the hospice at his request (letter of thanks from him at that link). The fundraising target was 2000 quid; it's approaching 4,000. Anyone who can, please help.

An auction of Doctor Who memorabilia is also ongoing for the cause.


On the bento side of things, I'm getting it down to a system where I'm packing a 3-cup bento, "plus" - plus a banana, or a cup of pudding, or a pack of M&Ms, or whatever. In the case of this week (because I wanted to have something quick and easy) it's the viva with salad, half a sandwich, cherries, 1 babybell cheese, plus a cup of soup. The mini jelly jar from hotel breakfast trays carried more than enough salad dressing - I practically drowned my spring greens in soy/ginger sauce (which is how I like 'em, anyway.)

Tonight will be my first try at using a bento for leftovers when I head out to eat. No it won't; dinner has been postponed due to Life.

Also, to make sure I'm getting my money's worth out of these toys, I'm packing a fair number of bentos for my travel up to Stratford. The novelty one with its own flask is carrying lunch (I have an hour's wait at the other end for jennetj, so I'm going to fill the flask when I get there from a water fountain and just find a quiet place for my sandwich and fruit.) Another one, one of the classic 2-tiers, has been turned into a "bentoiletries" box. Since the bathroom is down the hall at the B&B, and I like to have something contained yet classy to hold my stuff while I'm there, I've wrangled and shoved until all the shower stuff is on the top of the bento and all the toothcare stuff is on the bottom tier. (This bento is machine washable, so it can be put back into the food rotation after the trip.) This makes for a tidy 6x3x3 box to carry, and it's pretty (and opaque) enough to leave in the bathroom without cluttering the place up.

The thermos bentos are going to be relegated to packing runny foods, picnics and (knowing how my mother likes to stuff me when I go home), combined cooler/tupperware for coming home from Christmas.

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Web interview with JK Rowling, filling in gaps and backstory.

More Monday Round-up

I did a new exercise mix this morning, but wasn't happy with it. Twiddled with it tonight, and burned it off. It's a replacement for the FOTM and "upbeat" mixes, and is dubbed "The Monday Mix" because it's a bit slow but good for getting back into the swing of things after a break. If nothing else, I got the beat to work *perfectly!* You start practically crawling - it's surprising how slow "Lawyers, Guns, and Money" really is - gear up a tiny bit, and then for the next five songs it's the exact same beat; you don't have to adjust a thing. Just go with the flow.

( Monday Mix )

San Diego Comic Con:
For the few of you who might not have known, Neil Gaiman got kissed by Jonathan Ross at SDCC.

fajrdrako got to see the Heroes panel. My favorite line: "Mohindar" saying the best thing about season one was that his character was alive at the end of the season, since it wasn't a sure thing. "We all thought we were on a show called Heroes, turned out it was Survivor."