Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

Halloween is here, and in the air is a strong scent of bacon.

WTF? Why does the street smell like bacon? It’s been bacon-smelling since we took the kids trick or treating an hour and a half ago. Now the smell is so strong, it smells like bacon in the house.

Not that I’m complaining.

But… bacon? Huh?

Some Halloween goodness. Our little devil and Spiderella, and the severed ladyfinger cookies I made for my classmates (yes, I’m baking cookies for my college colleagues… Hub keeps calling me a little old lady.

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Obligatory “SecuROM sucks” here.

Greetings,

I purchased Knights of the Old Republic 2 to play on my MacBook Pro
using Parallels virtualization software. When I try to play it, the
disk spins for a long time, then I get a popup window saying
“Original disc could not be found or authenticated.” I have all four
original disks, plus the packaging, sitting next to me.

I tried to find the option to create an analysis file to send you,
but there is no such thing on my right-click menu. The game plays
under Boot Camp, but I need to be able to play it under Parallels.

Thanks in advance for your help.

——————–

Hello,

Thank you for your email. Please understand that a SecuROM protected
application will not run on a MAC running Parallel Tools. Please insert
the application into a Windows based PC and try to launch the application
again.

Best regards,

SecuROM Support Team
SecuROM on the web: http://www.securom.com
or via e-mail: support@securom.com

It’s copy protection, yes? Meant to keep me from making unauthorized copies of my legally-purchased software? But even though I’m using the original disks, it won’t work (I think Parallels emulates virtual drives).

Right. Makes perfect sense.

Thought it might be interesting to show some of the Halloween costumes out there for little girls these days. For reference, size S is 4-6, M is 8-10, and L is 12-14. Sizes roughly correspond with age.

AlleyCat

BadSpirit
CharmSchoolWitch
DevilGrrl
Devilicious
FrenchMaid
MajorFlirt
MegaStar
MissBehaved
MissRedRidingHood
DevilBride
RunwayDiva

I don’t think any comment is necessary.

Maybe I’ll be Michael Jackson this Halloween.

This is so damned good. Riffing off a recipe from Houston’s restaurant:

Couscous:
1 cup chicken broth
3/4 cup couscous
1/4 cup chopped carrots
1/4 cup chopped radishes
1/4 cup chopped green onion
couple springs chopped parsley
6 cherry tomatoes, chopped in eighths
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup chopped roasted salted peanuts

Dressing:
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic-minced
1 Tablespoon honey
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
salt to taste

Boil 1 cup chicken broth with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add 3/4 cup couscous and remove from heat, covered. After 5 minutes fluff with a fork. Add carrots, parsley, radish, green onion, peanuts, tomatoes, and golden raisins. Toss with dressing.

Even better the next day when the flavors mingle.

Things that will make me stop eating hummus:

5) When the dog pukes on the couch and I have to clean it up. What remarkably similar substances.

Ordered new recliners yesterday, woo!

It’s been a while since we found a recluse in the house. I went to wash out my glass in the kitchen sink and got a rude awakening.

September 17 marked ten years since I quit smoking.