Interesting Emails have been coming in lately. It seems that one can build quite an opinion of me by reading my home page, and not an entirely accurate one, it’d seem.

I recently got a message in my in box that figured me to be “of a pantheistic, idealistic philosophical
bent”… I’m not really… closer to an agnostic cynic that hopes for the best, but expects the worst.

That particular email came from a domain that I could swear I’ve seen before, and that causes me to wonder if it’s someone I’ve wandered across previously, or if my mind is projecting some sort of post-cognitive deja-vu.

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D’s birthday is coming up next week… I wonder how she’s been doing? Pulled a vanishing act on all of her pals a while ago… I think that maybe she got sucked into FFXI completely, but who can say? She stopped replying to emails from me, Sammy, Whims, and who knows who else. She’s still alive, because her auctions keep getting re-listed at There.

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Looks like Sammy’s skipping out on City of Heroes, one of the reasons being the $15 a month fee. That’s within my mad-money link income, so I don’t mind it too much… far better than the aforementioned FFXI $13 a month cost.

I’m sort of looking forward to starting with fresh, new heroes, but I’ll miss sambot!

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Sony and Toppan Printing have developed DVDs consisting of 51 percent paper. Data is stored on the discs using a blue laser instead of red. The smaller wavelength of blue laser light means that 25 gigabytes of data can be packed onto each paper/polymer disk, more than twice the capacity of traditional polycarbonate plastic-based DVDs.

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Random Scotto factoid – I’d rather send my sweetheart a potted plant (that can be transplanted) or seeds than a bouquet of pre-cut flowers.

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I made a friend’s link for sammykun so he can read his sisters xanga journal (widgets_xanga‘) on LJ friend’s list without having to bounce over to her site. Hooray for RSS!

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hee… a secret person using one of my Palm doodles as a LJ icon! 🙂

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No Seahorse for Icon!

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MMM. The stinking rose. Hooray for Garlic!

Here’s a recipe for the BBQ sauce I’m using on my tofu/veggies. It gets better with age. Use Flour or cornstarch to thicken, if desired. (To keep this sauce vegetarian, use vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, as the normal sauce contains anchovies.)

• 1 cube vegetable bouillon
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons vegetarian Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon dried minced onion flakes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 slice lemon
• 1/4 cup honey
• 4 cloves garlic, minced

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Directions:

1. Dissolve vegetable bouillon in boiling water.
2. In a large saucepan over medium heat combine vegetable broth, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, onion flakes, salt, sugar, cayenne pepper, oil, lemon, honey and garlic. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.