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Dec. 6th, 2019 07:45 amI think I'm going to cook up a bag of chickpeas today. I use a lot of chickpeas in different things so it's always good to have some around. Even if I just make a batch of roasted ones, I can freeze the rest for when I make my next loaf of chickwheat. Also, I discovered that chickwheat freezes really well, itself. It tastes the same, the texture didn't suffer, and it still pulls apart like it did fresh. I've had some seitan recipes that do freeze, but not that well. The thawed seitan can come out mushier.
Nana-cat gave us an awful scare yesterday. She's due for a vet appointment anyway but she was acting lethargic, didn't come see Fox when he got home, and even growled when you picked her up. We honestly thought she was dying - and it was very surprising because around lunchtime she'd been running around playing and doing normal stuff, then a few hours later she was barely moving. Later in the evening, she suddenly got up and went to Fox making her "prrrrt" noise and has been acting more or less normal since. Even this morning she's been wandering around, quacking at the squirrels outside, and getting under our feet while we make breakfast.
That "prrrt" noise is referred to around here as a "cat activation tone." Since they always seem to make it when they wake up.
As an aspiring ultra-marathoner I was sad to hear that Barry Barkley of Barkley Marathons fame has passed away. While I'm never going to qualify to run it, I like to see it come around each year and follow the mayhem. It actually looks like fun, if your idea of fun involves merciless self-torture.
And I got to watch a POV vid of the new Rise of the Resistance ride at Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, and it looks like I could handle it okay. There's definitely a lot to consider as far as anxiety triggers, but mostly the only thing that would get me is this drop at the end. But it's very immersive, so if you're considering going, I'd certainly recommend watching a video of the whole experience. The ride portion is only perhaps five minutes, but there's a long lead-up where you interact with cast members and go through "procedures" before even getting into a ride car - think of the pre-ride bit you go through before Avatar: Flight of Passage but longer. But anyway it brings me to another sci-fi peeve - why do the smaller ships "fall" out of the star destroyers. There's NO GRAVITY. Maybe there's a propulsion system that pushes them down, but it looks like they drop - the claw arm lets go of the pod, it "drops" out of the hatch. Just ... WHY. Anyway, overthinking.
Nana-cat gave us an awful scare yesterday. She's due for a vet appointment anyway but she was acting lethargic, didn't come see Fox when he got home, and even growled when you picked her up. We honestly thought she was dying - and it was very surprising because around lunchtime she'd been running around playing and doing normal stuff, then a few hours later she was barely moving. Later in the evening, she suddenly got up and went to Fox making her "prrrrt" noise and has been acting more or less normal since. Even this morning she's been wandering around, quacking at the squirrels outside, and getting under our feet while we make breakfast.
That "prrrt" noise is referred to around here as a "cat activation tone." Since they always seem to make it when they wake up.
As an aspiring ultra-marathoner I was sad to hear that Barry Barkley of Barkley Marathons fame has passed away. While I'm never going to qualify to run it, I like to see it come around each year and follow the mayhem. It actually looks like fun, if your idea of fun involves merciless self-torture.
And I got to watch a POV vid of the new Rise of the Resistance ride at Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, and it looks like I could handle it okay. There's definitely a lot to consider as far as anxiety triggers, but mostly the only thing that would get me is this drop at the end. But it's very immersive, so if you're considering going, I'd certainly recommend watching a video of the whole experience. The ride portion is only perhaps five minutes, but there's a long lead-up where you interact with cast members and go through "procedures" before even getting into a ride car - think of the pre-ride bit you go through before Avatar: Flight of Passage but longer. But anyway it brings me to another sci-fi peeve - why do the smaller ships "fall" out of the star destroyers. There's NO GRAVITY. Maybe there's a propulsion system that pushes them down, but it looks like they drop - the claw arm lets go of the pod, it "drops" out of the hatch. Just ... WHY. Anyway, overthinking.
