Doubleshot

My craving for a can of iced coffee is unbearable.

I stopped at the supermarket on the way to work to pick up ice cream for the nursery school party this afternoon and saw cans of the stuff. Pavilions was charging $1.99 a can. WTF? Evil bastards…

Must… Resist…

Firm Jello

The Dr. Pepper jello I attempted to make turned out a bit too firm. Here is the jello standing of its own accord on a cutting tray. Normal jello doesn’t do this…

It tasted well, a bit too gelatiny. So, I chopped it up into cubes for the kids to munch on during the day.

I must find the correct recipe!

Pre-Lunch Update

Eye news: Doctor says I’ll be fine as long as I keep dropping the stingy drops into my eyes. I’m getting a second opinion this afternoon.

Dr. Pepper Jello: It turned into rubbery finger jello rather than smooth delicate jello. Less gelatin, more Dr. Pepper. More experimentation needed.

Coffee: I was at the pharmacy getting more anti-biotic eyedrops and killing time when I spied a can of Starbucks Doubleshot in the drinks fridge. I could not resist this tempting tiny can of iced coffee. I bought the can, sat down on the bench outside and cracked it open. The first gulp brought back back the familiar coffee bitter and sugar sweetness flavor I have craved for years. Two more gulps and my precious iced coffee was gone. Immediately I had pangs for more. I had to resist. Two cans of this coffee nectar and I would be buzzing like a bad flourescent tube.

I must resist the Doubleshot. Getting back into the iced coffee habit would be Bad with a capital B.

Dr. Pepper Jello

Encouraged by my hero, Alton Brown, host of Good Eats, I have made Dr. Pepper Jello.

Ingredients:

(2) cans Dr. Pepper
(2) 1/4 oz. envelopes of Knox gelatin

Pour 3/4 cups of Dr. Pepper into a glass measuring cup. The measuring cup should hold > 3 cups of fluid Empty gelatin into the cup and stir slighty. Set aside and let the gelatin ‘bloom’ for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, pour 1 & 1/4 cups of Dr. Pepper into a bowl and nuke in the microwave for 3 minutes until the Dr. Pepper is very hot but not boiling.

There should be about 1/2 a can of Dr. Pepper left in can. Begin drinking Dr. Pepper. It’s refreshing after all this hard work.

Pour heated Dr. Pepper into ‘blooming’ mixture. Stir for about 5 minutes or until all gelatin is dissolved. Let mixture sit a few mintues while you get out 1/2 cup bowls. Pour mix into bowls. Place in fridge overnight.

How does it taste? I dunno. I’ll find out at breakfast tommorrow.

I want new eyes

After much pain and waiting for new contacts, I went to the eye doctor today. I was told I have a corneal ulcer in my left eye.

The doctor was pretty concerned. You know it’s serious when they start talking about statistics for long term damage rather than saying, “You’ll be fine.”

I was even more dismayed when he offered me Vicodin because these ulcers tend to get painful. Vicodin? WTF? That’s some serious stuff.

Yikes! I have to put anti-biotic drops in my eyes every half hour while I’m awake. Under no circumstances am I to put a contact back into my left eye until I get the go ahead from the doctor.

I’m gunna go home this afternoon and give my eyes a rest rather than sitting teary-eyed in meetings distracted from the topic at hand.

Where are my new genetically engineering eyes grown from stem cells when I need them?

Work emails

Here’s the type of good email I get at work:

In today’s conference call.

1. We will be doing some testing.

2. We should collect the results.

3. Corporate Telecom is concerned we will blow out the network with our frivolous bandwidth hogging.

4. [name removed] likes to keep to his agenda, even if nobody else is paying any attention to it.

5. There are some guys at [name removed] that I will work with on this.

6. Fark has an item about Devo today, the comments thingee is considerably more interesting/funny than the actual item.

Here’s the type of bad email I get at work:

I understand that you already spoke with [name removed] about this case.

As you know, the court has recently ordered us to produce the documents described below. Would you please forward this email to all those in your company that might have responsive documents?

Let me, or [name removed], know if you have any questions, or if you need help in gathering these documents. Thanks.