Ten things meme.

Ten things I've done, which you probably haven't:

1. Dyed monkeys various colors, using Manic Panic hair dye.
2. Seen a Nobel Prize winner naked.
3. Interviewed Transylvanian villagers about their parenting practices.
4. Had ten major surgeries by age 20.
5. Eaten fire.
6. Been thrown out of the Oregon statehouse while brandishing a turkey baster.
7. Been required to supply regular blood samples as a condition of employment.
8. Driven around Nashville at 3am with someone I had just met, looking for someplace to buy condoms.[1]
9. Routinely had people committed to locked psychiatric wards.
10. Driven Mary Daly around in my car.


[1] One of the people on my Friends list has done this. But I bet the rest of you haven't.

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(cross-posted to food_porn, with minor modifications)

The February issue of Food & Wine magazine focused on Spanish cooking. As soon as I saw the issue, I knew that when therealjae visited me a few weeks later, we would have to make tapas.

Our menu:

Garlicky wild mushroom saute
Lamb meatballs with basil
Shrimp and clams in broth
Manchego cheese
Mixed olives
Rosemary sourdough bread
( details, and pictures. more pictures than in my last tapas post. )