What haven't I told you?

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I let the first U.S. punk compilation slip out of my hands. Album cover from Rate Your Music.


Jean of Jean’s Musings – a lovely blog that I recommend highly – has passed a meme my way, a request to list five things that you might not know about me. Given how much I’ve revealed here, that’s a tall order, but I think I can dredge up some obscure facts.

*I once had a
Secret security clearance. The think tank I worked for did a lot of work for the defense department and the library was responsible for the classified document collection. Getting the clearance was nerve-wracking, as was the proximity to potential national secrets. It was a relief to leave it behind.

*I have never seen an episode of the television show Friends.

*Punk music was the soundtrack of my life for a long time. I knew my now-husband was a good match after we watched a movie that included the song Viva Las Vegas. As we were leaving the theater I told him “Every time I hear that song I …” He finished the sentence, “think of the
Dead Kennedys version?” That’s right. Ahh, love.

*I got my license at 25 (or was that 26?), but
I don’t drive. You wouldn’t want me to. Trust me.

*Despite a lifelong allergy to cats, I have never lived without at least one kitty, except for a brief pet-free period in graduate school. They are worth the asthma, the itchy eyes, the mounds of tissues.

An extra fact: I’ve got some recipes in the Nov/Dec issue of
Vegetarian Times, along with a short profile in the contributers column. Go to your newsstand or local library and take a look. I'll be putting up more information on the Food Writing section soon.

If you have your own five facts, I'd love to read them.

And for your listening pleasure, Viva Las Vegas!


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The first time

The July/August issue of Vegetarian Times is out and, although I haven't gotten my copy yet (!!), a friend reports that my brief popsicle article -- with three simple, mouthwatering recipes -- is indeed there.

It's the first time I've been paid to write something that has been published. And it's totally different from what I do here.

Yay!

Don't worry. I'll be back to my regularly scheduled angst soon. Perhaps as early as tomorrow.
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Flim flan

I had an idea. Actually, I had several ideas, and I sent them all to my editor at Vegetarian Times. Each one was an outline of a possible recipe using a particular ingredient under 300 calories per serving (you'll have to wait for the Nov/Dec issue to find out what that ingredient is -- if they like the final product). She chose four, I got to work, and three of the recipes came together without much fuss.

This weekend's project: a low-calorie flan. It's the most difficult. I've been playing with different combinations of ingredients, trying to keep things simple and natural. Flan is not normally on my list of desserts. And now I am tired of it.

The good news is that I think I've created a very tasty, relatively good for you flan. The bad news is that I haven't been able to write Part II of "All that jazz."

Until tomorrow ...
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Taking what they're giving

popsicleboy


'cos I occasionally work for a living (me, that is, not C, who is pictured above).

My time has been consumed by a small freelance writing job I picked up last week, coming up with some popsicle recipes accompanied by a short article for
Vegetarian Times. It's been kind of fun using my brain in a different way, though it usually prefers a more leaden diet of hairshirt nostalgia. Healthy orange creamsicles or triple berry popsicles lighten the mood a little too much.

But I'll take what I can get and I'm grateful for the work.

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