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Aw cute! And a paw print is what The Pack use in Kate Daniels to identify their properties and stuff, so you'll be a Friend of the Pack!
Don't you just love sneaky literary references? =p
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I already have another tattoo that is both a symbol for some of my friends but also a book character (in a friend's story). :-)
I think if I ever get a tattoo, it would probably be something literary
Arushi those books sound good, I'm gonna have to check them out!And awesome presents sarah :) How many tattoos will you have when you are done with this one?
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Happy birthday Sarah. I got myself an iPad mini for my birthday this month
how do you like it gin?hey does anyone in the U.S. know if cell phone prices drop after christmas/new years? I can get a new phone on the 15th, but I don't know if I should wait a couple of weeks or not.
Lannister wrote: "Hmmm, you shouldn't be playing with your birthday present just yet! :PWhat tattoo are you getting? Have you decided yet?"
^This!!
Congrats on the kindle!! you in love yet??
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Ah... yeah. I find I cannot read physical books anymore. I get tired easily. Its kinda sad since i have a lot that I haven't read yet. Still, the new kindles are supposed to be pretty awesome!
I don't mind paperbacks. And when I'm buying a book, if the Kindle version is about £5, but I can get a second-hand book for less than £3, I'll probably buy the used book (well, unless it's a series that I'm a huge fan of and know I'll probably read again. But if it's just some random purchase, I'll take cheap and cheerful everytime.)Also, I like reading in the bath!
Sarah ♥ Vutch forever ♥ wrote: "I'll never give up physical books (I think that's what some call it)"
I believe the correct term is dead tree books! :D
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*looks at her book shelves*
This makes me feel like a serial killer.
@Zeenat I'm not sure, I think it depends on who your carrier is. Most companies seem to run before-Christmas specials. You could probably ask your local branch if they're going to run any promotions after the holidays or something.
Sarah ♥ Vutch forever ♥ wrote: "Lannister wrote: "I believe the correct term is dead tree books! :D"*looks at her book shelves*
This makes me feel like a serial killer."
LOL, you Tree Murderer!
I plucked out all the paperbacks I have but haven't read yet, today. I am gonna read 10 pages everyday (from tomorrow) so that I am somewhat in the habit.. and more importantly, so that I actually finish the damned books.Make the deaths of the trees count!!!
I don't mind certain things going paperless, but if there were no more bookstores, libraries, books to leaf through....I'd be upset. Plus, computers hurt my eyes. If I could never get a break my life would be a lot more painful.
There is something about having a library.
My current issue with my local libraries is that they never carry the books I want to read. I'll find something on GR and look up that author/book in my library's online catalogue. It's not even that the book isn't in my town's library, it isn't anywhere in the county!
that's lame! Have you tried "overdrive" yet? I think that's the e-book borrowing software thingy libraries use.
I don't know if we have it, but I've never heard of it before.
Here's not so much a random thought as as Christmas tradition; I just made 35 pounds of fudge, consisting of Chocolate with nuts, Butterscotch with nuts, Peanut Butter with no nuts, and Cinnamon with nuts. I still have 15 pounds of fudge to go, and then I'm done for another year; White Chocolate with nuts, Chocolate with no nuts, and one more Cinnamon with nuts. I really should make a batch with dried red habaneros in it just to shake up the world, but the wife would kill me.
I would have finished all of it today, but I ran out of steam. I still have to cut it, pack it, and send it out. I can see where the Grinch was coming from....
I would have finished all of it today, but I ran out of steam. I still have to cut it, pack it, and send it out. I can see where the Grinch was coming from....
it sounded like the forest gump list . . . ;)But it sounds delicious! I love chocolate!
Sounds delicious Duane!I love the smell of real books and for some reason that seems to be the hardest thing to part with when using an ereader.
I bet books get reused more than anything else trees are used for.
Zeenat, I love it. It's about the size of a kindle fire. As for the phones, l was always under the impression electronics went on sale after the holidays.
I do love the smell of books. As well as seeing them lined up along a shelf.
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@Duane - that sounds so good. I am sure the ppl you're sending it out to will be happy!
Sarah ♥ Vutch forever ♥ wrote: "Lannister wrote: "I believe the correct term is dead tree books! :D"*looks at her book shelves*
This makes me feel like a serial killer."
LOL
@Zeenat In UK Overdrive works as a subscription service - a college/school woud pay £2000? per year for a years worth of free book loans so - I'm not aware of it being available for individuals but it might have changed already.
@Duane OMG sounds great though I have no idea what a hanaberos is!
Public libraries here use Overdrive. Chicago had it, and El Paso libraries have it. I don't know if other places do.http://sonysearch.overdrive.com/
Awesome! My library is in fact on here. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have a sci fi or fantasy section.
@Anna - a habanero is one of the hottest peppers on earth. They are very sweet, but you can only taste them for about the first two seconds of biting into one. Once the heat kicks in you sweat like a pig and wonder why you like them so much. They are great!
Oooh... me wanna!!! I wonder how good they are with chocolate.. or fudge :) I'd ask you to share the recipe Duane.. but I don't see anyone around who I can con into making it for me :(
@Arushi - they are good with anything. I like making them with white chocolate instead of the semi-sweet because then you can see the pepper flakes easier - kind of like a warning flag.
I also have something called "Pure-Cap" which is basically the distilled capiscum from the seeds and pod, the mixed with a vegetable type oil to keep it liquid. One drop makes a gallon of chile extremely hot. I had the wife pick it up for me; she had to sign a waiver saying that if I used it and died it's not their fault; she's still pissed off at me for that!
And I only do fudge at Christmas, although what I lack in frequency I make up for in quantity! Hmmm, that almost sounds perverted. ;-)
I also have something called "Pure-Cap" which is basically the distilled capiscum from the seeds and pod, the mixed with a vegetable type oil to keep it liquid. One drop makes a gallon of chile extremely hot. I had the wife pick it up for me; she had to sign a waiver saying that if I used it and died it's not their fault; she's still pissed off at me for that!
And I only do fudge at Christmas, although what I lack in frequency I make up for in quantity! Hmmm, that almost sounds perverted. ;-)
Where are you?? In the world that is?? I need to go there and order some of this stuff that I've never heard off. Sign a waiver? Sure!!! If only I could find stuff that hot!!!
Ppl find Tobasco too hot here while I literally pour it on stuff. And Frank's red hot is not available :(
@Arushi - typically I grow my own peppers during the summer so I have a huge supply for the winter - I freeze them in vacuum bags so that that stay good.
As far as ordering, here in the US I use Hot Sauce World which is online. I don't know if they have the Pure-Cap as that is picked up locally, but they do have "Scorned Woman" which is the finest hot sauce in the world. I use it on everything. Their motto used to be the old "Hell hath no fury..." but I see the new bottles have done away with that.
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/
Oh - looky!
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/purecap....
And my favorite!
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/scorwomh...
As far as ordering, here in the US I use Hot Sauce World which is online. I don't know if they have the Pure-Cap as that is picked up locally, but they do have "Scorned Woman" which is the finest hot sauce in the world. I use it on everything. Their motto used to be the old "Hell hath no fury..." but I see the new bottles have done away with that.
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/
Oh - looky!
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/purecap....
And my favorite!
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/scorwomh...
God I love you Duane!!! Thank you so much!!! Tell your wife she should.. uhhh.. be the same? She's obviously done something right to have found you :P
@Arushi - Glad I could help you out, and it's nice to be loved! I'm sure my wife loves me as well, in some odd, twisted sense of the word. ;-)
You're very welcome. Considering your answer, I am sure she has her reasons :P
After 34 years, they must be good! LOL!
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I made habanero ice cream. The combination of cold/sweet and extreme spice was awesome! The trick was to run the peppers through a food processor with a little water to make a slurry, and add that to the partially defrosted vanilla ice cream, mix and refreeze.
That sounds good, Enjee.I want some now.
Enjee wrote: "Duane wrote: "@Anna - a habanero is one of the hottest peppers on earth. They are very sweet, but you can only taste them for about the first two seconds of biting into one. Once the heat kicks in ..."
Hmmm, I never thought of mixing it with ice cream. Of course, I rarely eat ice cream. I bet it'd be pretty darn good in a jamocha shake though...
Hmmm, I never thought of mixing it with ice cream. Of course, I rarely eat ice cream. I bet it'd be pretty darn good in a jamocha shake though...
My father accidentally put a significant amount of Dave's insanity sauce on a piece of chicken once. It's not pure capsaicin, but that's one of the ingredients. My uncle uses like a thimble-full in a whole pot of chile. He turned bright red, started sweating, and couldn't speak. We thought we'd have to take him to the hospital. I think he burnt his taste buds off, literally. Luckily, they grow back in about two weeks.
@Enjee - That sounds really good. Once I find habaneros (and dammit I will!) I am making that ice-cream. Yay!! I just asked my boss... and it is available. Hard to find, but there. Yay!!!
Dave's Insanity Sauce is definitely hot - I have a bottle of it - but it tastes like sh**, at least in my opinion. What I like is Dave's Insanity Spice, which I buy by the box. It is just the dried habaneros, seed pods and all, in a bottle. I use it on salads, sandwiches, and all other manner of quick foods. It's as hot as the insanity sauce, but with no bitter taste. Yummy!
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/hsw3020....
For Chile, Pure-cap is the ticket; it has no flavor of it's own, so by using it you are not tainting the true flavor of the chile. Well, and it's about twice as hot as the Insanity sauce.
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/hsw3020....
For Chile, Pure-cap is the ticket; it has no flavor of it's own, so by using it you are not tainting the true flavor of the chile. Well, and it's about twice as hot as the Insanity sauce.
@Arush - look for "Scotch Bonnets" as well - these are a form of the habanero, and are equally as hot. You might have some luck finding them.
Anna wrote: "You guys know your hot stuff!"
It's a sad state about our lives when we talk more about hot sauce than sex! LOL!
It's a sad state about our lives when we talk more about hot sauce than sex! LOL!
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I'll get a dog's paw and my dog's name below it on my right lower arm. :-)