Author: meghan
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Gluten-Free Plain Bagels
Trader Joe’s Gluten-Free Plain Bagels Tastes Like: These, you guys, are the best gluten-free bagels I have ever eaten! The texture of bagels usually comes from extra gluten, so making bagels that hit close to the right texture without gluten is tough. They usually taste like dry sponges. But these, guys, are so good I…
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Currently…in June 2015
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FEELING: Relieved! Just yesterday my boyfriend and I moved in together! It took ALL DAY but now we’re staring at heaps of boxes of combined stuff that will someday be our home which is amazing! WATCHING: In anticipation of living with someone I love and respect, I’ve been getting all my trashy reality TV out…
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5 Fandom Friday: I'm Cool Like…
This week’s prompt is to list fictional characters that you identify with. As much as I wish I was totall awesome like Buffy Summers and Donna Noble, I’m probably just lame like these guys: 1. Batgirl of Burnside probably the reason I keep reading is because despite how she makes me face palm every time…
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BROOKLYN!
Yes, it’s true, I’m officially moving to Brooklyn this weekend! The nightmare that is moving in NYC (don’t get me started) is more like a dream come true! As I write this, there is a perfectly passionate thunderstorm rolling overhead and my first thought is, “I can’t wait for my first thunderstorm in BROOKLYN!!” Just,…
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I Will Fear No Evil
What do you get when you put the brain of a dying old man into the body of an impossibly hot young woman? I Will Fear No Evil explores every possible angle of a horny old man being surgically implanted into the body of his secretary to prolong his life. Questions like, “Where is the…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Brown Rice Pasta Fusilli
Trader Joe’s Brown Rice Pasta Fusilli Tastes Like: Pasta! You probably would never know the difference if I snuck this to you on the sly and never tipped my hand. The uncooked brown colour fades and the pasta looks like regular wheat pasta…if maybe a little more translucent. Great With: Anything you normally pasta with. …
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5 Fandom Friday: Nerdiest Things I’ve Ever Done
Time to spill the beans: the nerdiest things you’ve ever done! I pretty much think everything I do is pretty nerdy, and I’m pretty sure I’d get a lot of backup on that one as well. 1. Work for a walking tour company unlike some items on this list, I’m really proud of this! I…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Salt Water Taffy
Trader Joe’s Salt Water Taffy Tastes Like: Taffy! Very sticky, if you’re a stickler for texture. The Red Licorice flavour is, surprisingly, my favourite! Followed by the Watermelon, which is just a bit more unique than average watermelon flavour. The Strawberry Banana is just this side of cloying (still good!) and the Sour Apple flavour…
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When the Tripods Came
Full disclosure: this is a children’s book. Yes, friends, this is how 1988 does YA dystopian sci-fi. No icky love triangles, no pseudo-sexual undercurrents, no preachy abstinence subtext. Just tripods. What I love about the Tripods is that they’re unpredictable. No little green men screeching “TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER,” in fact, I have no…
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5 Fandom Friday: Binge-worthy
This week’s prompt is your most binge-worthy TV shows! I have so many that when I start, I just can’t stop. I don’t have “normal” TV, so all I ever do is stream, stream, stream on my Hulu! Here’s my most guilty binge-pleasures: 1. Battlestar Galactica is like Pringles – you can’t have just one! …
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A Mile in Grown-Up Shoes
Let’s face it: being an adult is hard, from your head down to your toes. You not only have to think and act like an adult, you also have to dress like one! I have been mostly successful at avoiding this until yesterday, when special circumstances warranted that I wear…grown-up shoes. I picked a pair…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Vegetable Panang Curry
Trader Joe’s Vegetable Panang Curry Tastes Like: Slightly sweet (coconut?) surry with a nice medley of vegetables over AMAZING RICE. I am not usually a rice fan, but when rice is done well, it’s excellent. And this rice that you cook in the microwave is excellent. Great With: A little extra-firm tofu thrown in. Or…
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Convergence: Nightwing and Oracle
Nightwing may get top billing in this two-part Convergence story, but it’s Oracle (Barbara Gordon) who clearly steals the show. Told mostly from her perspective, the story examines the more human aspects of being trapped under the giant dome. In very few well-chosen words and images, the reader quickly understands the psychological implications of being…
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Days of Daze
I feel absolutely dreadful for not keeping up with this blog how I used to. And then I remember I feel absolutely dreadful in general. I’m one of those people who spends the beginning of allergy season in a complete daze. I can’t stop sneezing. I can’t sleep at night because I can’t breathe. I…
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5 Fandom Friday: OH MAMA!
In honor of Mother’s Day (probably?) let’s dish on favourite moms! Kinda weird, but okay… 1. Joyce Summers was the coolest of the cool teenage vampire slayers’ moms. Sure, Buffy and her’s relationship wasn’t always perfect, but she stuck up for her daughter and was pretty badass in her own right – esp. with Giles…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Tomato & Basil Hummus Dip
Trader Joe’s Tomato and Basil Hummus Dip Tastes Like: Sweet, creamy tomato sauce! This is the THING! Great With: Carrots, corn tortilla, maybe even crickets! Just kidding. Maybe. Perfect For: Hummus ennui – when you think you’ve been around and had it all, and can’t tell the difference anymore. This is a game-changer to shake…
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Currently… in May 2015
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FEELING: reinvigorated: blue skies are my high. I’m a summer baby, through and through. Seeing sunshine (even though it’s still blustery and cold) is giving me hope for warmer temperatures ahead! WATCHING: The Twilight Zone for my lesson planning. Work has consumed my life. More on that later… LISTENING TO: Mad new wave. Two new…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos
Trader Jose’s Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos Tastes Like: Tiny little super-crunchy chewy tacos. These were My First Taquitos (awww!) so if you have had taquitos before, you may find them similar to what you’re used to. Flavorful filling, not too spicy, perfect corn tortilla that crunches up beautifully. Great With: Salsa, guacamole, and rice…
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Time for the Stars
As far as Heinlein goes, this one is probably one of the least convoluted, and most child-appropriate. That said, he falls into what I like to think of as his “short-book” pattern, where the first half is slow, plodding character development. You get to know someone, get to like them…and then in the third act,…
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Sunday Stealing: Funky Twenty-Five
1. Most unflattering hairstyle you ever had? What made it so unflattering? I got a really unfortunate bang trim a while back and actually stopped going to that hairdresser because of it! I don’t really know how to explain what she did, so here’s a picture – it made my forehead look like a toe. …