tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67336574102551722632024-03-05T18:44:40.200-06:00EarlyRunnerChelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comBlogger617125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-3225436909970544092011-08-17T07:37:00.002-05:002011-08-17T07:37:00.118-05:00I'm moving!But not literally.
Hi guys, I decided to start a new blog. Check me out over at Theology and Geometry: http://theogeom.blogspot.com/Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-20758005267410285802011-08-16T05:39:00.002-05:002011-08-16T05:39:00.797-05:00Book Review - The Private Patient by P.D. JamesThis is my first and hopefully not last book review.<br />
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The Private Patient has all the elements of a work of British detective fiction.<br />
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<li>Victorian manor in the English countryside - Check</li>
<li>Manor is possibly haunted - Check</li>
<li>Winter - Check </li>
<li>Shady domestic staff - Check</li>
<li>Old family feud - Check</li>
<li>Famous person murdered - Check</li>
<li>High ranking detective called in from London to investigate - Check</li>
<li>Probably an inside job - Check</li>
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This is the fourteenth (according to Wikipedia) book in a "series" involving the character Detective Adam Dalgleish. While the mystery part of the book itself stands alone, the author assumes the reader already knows all three of the detective characters in the book and doesn't do much to develop them.<br />
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If you like a good mystery, I recommend any by this author. I think at this point I've read all of them. She also wrote the book Children of Men, which was turned into a movie not that that long ago. I tried to read that, but it wasn't my cup of tea so I never finished it.<br />
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Who would like this book?<br />
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<li>People who liked The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo who could have done with a lot less violence and 150 fewer pages</li>
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Who would not like this book?<br />
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<li> People who are bothered by a high ratio of setting description and character development to action, abuse of the letter "u"*, the words "jumper" and "trousers" and the fact that the British do things so much later in the day than us</li>
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<b>Have you read anything by PD James? Have a favorite mystery you want to recommend to me?</b><br />
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*Like the word "colour" Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-22285000961103343442011-08-15T05:26:00.001-05:002011-08-16T05:22:57.826-05:00Seven LinksAwhile back <a href="http://sarahlearns.wordpress.com/">Sarah</a> tagged me to do a 7-links post (thanks, Sarah), and I'm fiiiiiinally getting around to it. I know the 7-links meme was so last month, but that's about as current as I can keep. <br />
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1. The most beautiful post- This is stretching it, but I'm going to say my post about <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/01/saturday-stroll.html">walking across the lake in January</a>. I'm a warm weather girl at heart, but I have to admit, there's something strange and beautiful about Wisconsin in the winter. <br />
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2. The most popular post- Interestingly, according to the blog stats- is this post Daniel wrote about <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/05/on-squat-depth-daniel.html">not cheating when you do squats</a>. <br />
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3. The most controversial post- Hmmmm... maybe when I got bored and tried <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/12/paleo-recap.html">eating paleo for a month</a>. Or when I <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/06/angry-birds.html">mocked the governor</a>. Or when I called <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/12/paleo-recap.html">beets disgusting</a>.<br />
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4. The most helpful post- I think some of my <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/search/label/Garden">garden-related posts</a> were pretty good. Also, I had some posts on what to do with an overabundance of vegetables such as <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2009/08/you-say-tomato.html">how to make and can salsa</a>, and <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2009/07/lazy-gourmet_29.html">how to freeze broccoli</a>.<br />
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5. The post that was surprisingly successful- Apparently my "<a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/07/in-bag.html">in the bag</a>" post about what I have in my office and carry around in my (at the time) very dirty backpack. This was an idea from the <a href="http://www.theshubox.com/">SHUBox</a>. I'm wondering if she linked to it because compared to all my other posts, the pageviews for this one are off the charts. <br />
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6. The post I didn't feel got the attention it deserved- Apparentely it wasn't, but I really did think <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/06/angry-birds.html">this post</a> was funny.<br />
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7. The post I'm most proud of- I got nothin'...<br />
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I think it's time for the 7 things meme to end it's 45 day internet life so I'm going not going to tag anyone else to complete it. If you want to, that's great; knock yourself out. On that note, I'm going to go knock out a run and burn off some <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/08/thats-what-she-said.html">zucchini muffins</a>.<br />
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Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-45325544587279172572011-08-14T07:42:00.002-05:002011-08-16T05:23:11.791-05:00Asian FusionDaniel and I almost always go out to eat on Friday night, and this past Friday we decided to check out the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DumplingHaus">Dumpling Haus</a> that opened a few weeks ago in the Hilldale Mall. <br />
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The restaurant itself is a low key affair. It's pretty small with an open kitchen, and the "drink machine" is a pitcher of water in the corner with cups. The main attractions on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DumplingHaus?sk=app_139229522811253">menu</a> are the jiao zi, which are little dumplings, and the bao zi, which are big dumplings. They also serve some noodle bowls, salads, and rice.<br />
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We ordered the house jiao zi<br />
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which were both stuffed with pork and scallions and served with a soy dipping sauce.<br />
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Both items were tasty and freshly made. If you got bored watching the video about the Himalayas that was playing on a TV in the background, you could look in the kitchen and watch the kitchen staff preparing the food. However, that means each dish is brought out to your table as soon as it's done. Better to order a few things to split and eat them as they come than to have one dish sit and get cold before the other one arrives.<br />
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Would we go back? I think so. It's in a convenient location for us. The prices are reasonable for a quick dinner out, and you can't just walk around and pick Chinese dumplings off the trees here like you can with cheese curds and bratwurst. The only thing I'd do differently next time is- other than try different varieties of the dumplings and noodle bowls- is add a salad to share. Although the menu describes both of our orders as containing vegetables, but I think that was true only at the atomic level, and a salad or some cooked veggies would round out the meal.<br />
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While I have no complaints about the restaurant staff or service- we had no trouble communicating with the man taking orders- I think there's some kind of weird translation thing going on. <br />
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For one, Dumpling <i>Haus? </i>But they serve Chinese dumplings, not German dumplings... if such a thing exists. And also the slogan on the door. We're steaming... hot. I have absolutely no idea what that's supposed to mean. Anyone??? Really- am I being dense and missing something obvious? I mean, I get that the dumplings are steaming hot, but what's up with the ellipses? Oh well...<br />
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In other news, I'm glad today is a rest day. Getting back into lifting weights after taking a week off to recover from attempting two max lifts and to travel to FL made me crazy sore. Plus, even though my max deadlift and bench press only went up about 5% from last training cycle, the regular workouts feel tougher (at least for the deadlift) already. This was the first week of the training cycle and I'm already at 3 sets of 1 at 95lbs on the bench press and 3 sets of 1 at 130 on the deadlift. AND- if you'll permit me one more whine- the squat rack at the gym that is open in the mornings during intercession has bars that run along the sides that aren't removable so can't actually deadlift in the squat rack. You have to either a)Take the bar out of the squat rack and do all your weight changes on the floor, risking a smashed finger (which has happened to me already) or put the weights on the bar and then turn sideways and squeeze out through the tall bars on the back of the rack, which is not a lot of fun when you're already carrying a heavy weight. Fortunately there's only one more week before the regular gym opens in the mornings again.<br />
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But I'm getting ahead of myself... time to go and enjoy today. Have a good Sunday, folks. <br />
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It was hiding in the bottom of the <a href="http://www.keewaydinfarms.com/csa-information/">CSA box</a> that Daniel picked up yesterday. <br />
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To give you some perspective. This zucchini is large enough to be used to alleviate ITBS symptoms<br />
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or for assistance when practicing <a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/784">half moon pose</a>.<br />
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I'm thinking I'm going to bring in zucchini bread to the office as a treat on my birthday.<br />
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We also got a monster tomato this week. It's like three tomatoes in one!<br />
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That plus the peppers, onions and garlic that came in the box mean homemade salsa on taco salad for dinner tonight.<br />
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I'm really enjoying getting the CSA box. Not only do we get all the benefits of having a garden with none of the <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/04/garden-101.html">hard work</a>, the contents is a surprise until the day we pick it up so every other Wednesday is like Vegetable Christmas. <br />
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<b>Anybody have any good zucchini recipes?</b>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-58297817333979840562011-08-12T06:00:00.001-05:002011-08-12T06:00:16.600-05:00Oh yeah, that thingSo like <strike>a bazillion years ago</strike> slightly more than 101
days ago I was feeling overwhelmed by the crush of getting ready for
vacation and a big conference, and I wrote a list of 11 things I wanted
to accomplish in the next hundred and one days. <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/04/11-in-101.html">Remember that</a>? Me either. I made that list the day of the Boston Marathon. <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/04/when-setting-goals.html">It was still snowing</a>! It seems like just yesterday and forever ago. I was supposed to check in on July 28, so I'm a little late, but whatever.<br />
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Without further ado:<br />
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<b>1.
Finish my poster, analyses for a co-worker's poster, and analyses for
my boss's talk, fly to Ft. Lauderdale for a week and participate in a
conference. </b><a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/05/back.html">Yes!</a><b> </b>That feels like forever, ago, too.<br />
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<b>2. Attempt a 120lb (bodyweight) bench press. </b>Not
quite there yet. Right before I left for FL I attempted 115lbs and
almost got it. I just started a new training cycle on Tuesday, and will
try for 115lbs again in about 2 months. I think 120lbs by the end of
the year is totally do-able.<br />
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<b>3. Go on vacation and visit family and friends in TN and NC. </b><a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/05/back-to-life-back-to-reality.html">Yes!</a>. And it was a wonderful trip.<br />
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<b>4. Celebrate my 5th wedding anniversary. </b>Yep.<b> </b>Love things that require me to do nothing more than keep breathing.<br />
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<b>5. Finish analyses for two papers. </b>Yes! Both have been submitted. Now we just wait and hope.<br />
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<b>6. Do a 150lb deadlift. </b>Yep.
I actually nailed 165lbs at the end of my last training cycle. I'd
love to hit maybe 180lbs at the end of the year??? I think 1.5times
body weight is supposed to be a good goal for the deadlift. <b> </b><br />
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<b>7. Do a tripod headstand. </b><a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/04/when-setting-goals.html">Yeah</a>. Don't ask me to do one now, though.<b><br />
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<b>8. Finish reading the Bible and create a guide to the Old Testament for my church small group. </b><a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/04/huge-check-mark.html">Half and half.</a><b> </b>I
finished reading the Bible, and I have worked somewhat on the
presentation, but it ended up being much more ambitious (duh) than I'd
thought. I'm keeping what I have on the back burner and I might revisit
it sometime in the winter. <b> </b><br />
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<b>9. Invite at least one of two couples who live in our apartment complex to have dinner. </b>Yes! And it was fun.<b><br />
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<b>10. Attempt a <a href="http://katywidrick.com/2011/04/16/30dc-my-current-relationship/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KatyWidrick+%28Katy+Widrick%29">30-day blogging challenge</a>.</b>
No, but I do want to blog more. I enjoy it, and I enjoy having the
ability to look back on things- like this last 101 days- to see what I
was up to. It's been a bit of a challenge to find a good dedicated
blogging time, but I think I'm getting there.<br />
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<b>11. Learn to play a pop song on the piano. </b>Um...
I can play about 2/3 of I Heard it Through the Grapevine (poorly). It
was actually kind of hard, and I think I'm going to put that on the back
burner, too, until I'm a little better.<br />
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All things
considered, this has been a pretty busy 101 (+some) days. We are having
beautiful weather here in WI, and I've enjoyed it with a run Monday, a
bike ride and non Bikram-style weight session Tuesday, a run and ice
cream at the Terrace yesterday, and a not horribly sweaty living room
yoga session this morning. It's totally going to stay 75 degrees
forever, right???<br />
<br />Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-7352623027176574412011-08-11T06:00:00.000-05:002011-08-11T06:00:01.558-05:00Gainesville Rock CityWe made a pilgrimage down south to watch Daniel's brother <a href="http://jplusa.blogspot.com/">J</a> become <a href="http://jplusa.blogspot.com/2011/08/dr-j.html">Dr. J.</a> this weekend.<br />
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It's the first time we've been back to the 'Vill since his wedding two years ago and the last time we'll go until Daniel invents something cool enough he can get at least the water filtration plant named after him.<br />
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Of course we had to make a pilgrimage to the Center of the Football Universe. <br />
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But J did in fact graduate and it was all very distinguished, etc.<br />
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And it was great to see the 'fam. Plus I saw mine earlier in the week.<br />
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One thing that I get asked about in Wisconsin is if there are alligators just hanging around in Florida. Yes. Yes there are.<br />
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<br />Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-52774752588221528762011-08-02T06:02:00.000-05:002011-08-02T06:02:40.934-05:00Easy as pieWe got the first bag of grape tomatoes from our CSA last week. Unlike the beets- which neither of us like- or the rest of the veggies- which both of us like- tomatoes are 100% my responsibility. And I don't really like raw tomatoes. A bit of internet searching came up with a <a href="http://www.google.com/#hl=en&cp=10&gs_id=z&xhr=t&q=tomato+tart&qe=dG9tYXRvIHRhcg&qesig=vO4SylF4HJ59Dh97kITUNA&pkc=AFgZ2tkPYkDZusibAK7hSulqYIsQlbogtuBGPrTDiH6icLkAFC9FSXMeDQG6s5NR0hJwQSqrGSRgk0_HHITvDka7wMNLkO7QtA&pf=p&sclient=psy&site=&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=tomato+tar&aq=0&aqi=g5&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=b4f5820820568859&biw=1280&bih=687">zillion recipes</a> for a tomato tart/pie, so I threw one together with ingredients we happened to have around, sliced it into quarters, and now I have lunches for a week.<br />
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<b>Easy tomato pie- </b> <br />
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<ul><li>One refrigerated pie crust (I used Pillsbury from Target)</li>
<li>Tomatoes- any kind you want- sliced so they'll lay relatively flat on the crust (I used the lovely orange ones shown above)</li>
<li>Cheese- something melty (I used Gorgonzola because we had quite a bit left over from a previous dinner)</li>
<li>Seasoning- Whatever you think would taste good (I didn't use any because Gorgonzola has a lot of flavor on its own)</li>
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<li>Place pie crust in a pie pan or a round cake pan. Bake for about 10 minutes while you cut up the tomatoes. The ingredients cook way faster than the crust, so it's good to give it a head start.</li>
<li>Remove pie from oven and layer in cheese and tomatoes.</li>
<li>Put the pie back into the oven and bake until the crust is brown and the cheese is melty.</li>
<li>Devour or allow to cool and slice into lunch-sized pieces and store in Tupperware for later</li>
</ul><div>I had a slice for lunch yesterday and thought it was really tasty for the tiny amount of work involved. Can't say I'll be sad to eat this 3 more times.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>What's your favorite quick and easy thing to throw together for lunch?</b></div><div><br />
</div><div>And with that, it's time to fly. 115lb bench press- you are mine!</div>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-78028184087443223242011-07-31T08:25:00.001-05:002012-08-05T08:40:09.298-05:00One yearIt's not often that I can remember almost exactly what I was doing about the same time a year before, but this year- like last year- I spent most of yesterday at the <a href="http://sugarmaplefest.org/">Sugar Maple Music Festival</a>. <br />
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Yesterday morning while I was running, I started thinking about all the similarities and differences between this year and last. <br />
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<li><a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-weekend.html">Last year</a> I was training for the <a href="http://www.milwaukeelakefrontmarathon.org/lfm">Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon</a> and I started the morning with a 20 mile run. </li>
<li>This year I slept in and was glad I didn't have to run 20 miles because it was hot.</li>
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<li>Last year I didn't do much strength training</li>
<li>This year- Tuesday, in fact- I'm planning to try for a new 1-rep max on the bench press (115lbs. That's a 35lb plate on each side. Light weight, baby!) and did 3 sets of 2 reps at 150lbs on the deadlift last Thursday.</li>
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<li><a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/08/complete.html">Last year </a>I spent most of the day reading a murder mystery (A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley)</li>
<li>This year I spent most of the day reading a murder mystery (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Both are great books but certainly very different.</li>
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<li>Last year Daniel didn't have a beard! Wow, I forgot what that looked like!</li>
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<li><a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2011/07/party-like-undergrad.html">This year</a> we got that out of the way the week before. I'm also not doing a 5-mile run this year, but I am planning to hit up a yoga class in the afternoon.</li>
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<li>Last year we went to a <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/08/week-in-review-like-rain-on-your.html">wedding</a> the day after. Wow, that was a lot of stuff in one weekend.</li>
<li>This year we still see almost all the people in this picture on a regular basis. And one- second from left- is due with her first baby in October! </li>
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<b>What has stayed constant in your life since last year? What has changed? What do you think this time next year will bring?</b></div>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-91438657876813130302011-07-30T06:56:00.000-05:002011-07-30T06:56:27.802-05:00If I had a million dollars...Periodically I get a clothing catalog from a company called <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/">Boden </a>out of the UK. I hadn't heard of it before, and I'm not sure how my name got on the mailing list, but I enjoy going through it and picking out all my favorite items. Not only are the outfits cute, but it's one of the few companies I've seen that carry clothing that *I* consider truly warm enough for getting around in the winter. <br />
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I bet this red coat would raise January vitamin D levels all on its own:<br />
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BUT, all the items are super pricey. Ever wondered what a $200 hoodie looks like?<br />
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Now you know. Granted it's made of cashmere, but a $200 hoodie? Really? Better not spill anything on that.<br />
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Out of curiosity, I added most of the items I'd flagged when I was flipping through the catalog to the online shopping bag, just to see what would happen.<br />
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Actually, $2400 is less that I thought the total would be. I must have missed some shoes! Anyway, the fun is in the shopping, not the buying. <br />
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<b>Have a dream kitchen/clothing/jewelry/housewares/sporting goods/whatever store you love to look at but is waaaaayyyyy out of your price range?</b><br />
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Looks like I need to go click "remove" 18 times and then head out for a run. We're going to a music festival this afternoon, which will provide a lot of good listening and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo reading relaxation. Have a fun Saturday!<br />
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Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-27835958328379881522011-07-25T05:47:00.000-05:002011-07-25T05:47:25.632-05:00Party like an undergradSaturday was my annual night out after 10pm! Daniel and I went sent to see a friend- the husband of second from right- play at <a href="http://www.quakersteakandlube.com/madison_wi/">Quaker Steak and Lube</a> (yep, a gas station themed restaurant/bar).<br />
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</tbody></table>This was kind of a "reunion show" for our friend's band- except this year he didn't play with a band, he played with a guy who wasn't in the original band- I think? The dynamics were kind of confusing. The important part is that I'm fairly certain I haven't been out that late since his show <a href="http://earlyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/08/complete.html">last year</a>.<br />
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Then I slept in until- gasp!- 8am the next morning. My life is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlyXNRrsk4A">Katy Perry song</a>.<br />
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Although I don't remember anything about her making her own nectarine fro-yo ice cream sandwiches. Mmmmm.... sprinkles.<br />
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It's pretty exciting when <a href="http://www.theonion.com/">The Onion</a> parodies something specific to your own life. Not that I think the writers of the article had <a href="http://www.arvo.org/sites/annual-meeting/2012">ARVO</a> (the vision conference we attend almost every year in Ft. Lauderdale) in mind, but they got some great coaching on eyeball terms.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">"I got maybe three hours of sleep the entire expo," said Dr. Cyrus Patel, who had to cancel nearly 40 appointments this week because he was too exhausted to go into work. "I kept telling myself I was allowed only one more optic disc drusen seminar and then I had to go to bed, but that would mean missing Dr. Lappen's keynote on optical coherence tomography, and it's like, you only live once, you know? It's not like there's another Optic Disc Expo next month. This is it for 2011."</span><br />
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Yesterday was not the funnest day ever at work (at least the AC was fixed), so it was a great surprise when someone found this at 4pm. I need to go raid the bins to get a couple paper copies. As someone who spends waaayyyyy to much time thinking about "vessels that supply blood to the retina"- heck I'm hoping to have three papers on that topic accepted this year- that was probably my favorite line. I've talked that topic to death but fortunately not in the wee hours of the morning. Unless I was having nightmares.<br />
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Things are basically back to normal with the cooling systems on campus, and the gym is open again today. I'm chugging coffee to try to wake up because we were out late last night at the <a href="http://www.gillianwelch.com/">Gillian Welch</a> concert (fantastic!). Hopefully I won't have to fight anyone for the squat rack as I am feeling slow and dimwitted. Have any fun plans for the weekend? My sleep schedule is going to be further disrupted by seeing a friend play a show Saturday night, but that's about it other than the usual chores, etc.<br />
Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-62063459863817094952011-07-21T05:50:00.001-05:002011-07-21T05:52:14.684-05:00Good news, everyone!From the UW website:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">OMG. OMG. OMG. It was so hot on Tuesday. So so so so hot. My office was 90 degrees, and there was no air circulation. Anything that was "cool" in comparison (the bathroom, the stairwell) was covered with a layer of condensation. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">My building is one of those tall, 70s deals where no windows can be opened, and it was not meant to be inhabited without the HVAC system. The lawyers got sent home Tuesday morning, and the transportation office got moved. I lasted until 1:30pm and gave up and went home to lay on the floor in front of the AC. I had to take a 1/2 day of vacation to do it, but it was totally worth it. I just pretended like I was on vacation at the Sun and had gone back to my hotel room for the afternoon. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The SERF weight room is closed for maintenance, but I'm hopeful that because the temperature is a bit cooler the rest of the week, they'll open the Nat again in the next couple days. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I saved the best news of the entire day for last. Here's an e-mail from our apartment complex:</span></div>
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Due to the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">extreme amount of millipedes</span> migrating through your part of the neighborhood, our pest control contrator, Anderson Pest Solutions, will be spraying for millipedes behind your buildings today. They will be spraying the exteriors of the buildings and the stairwells to the basement and some of the vegetation directly behind the buildings.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Normally I'm anti-killing, but when they write "extreme amount of millipedes", they aren't joking. The whole walk to the laundry room through the basement is "crunch, crunch, crunch" because every step crushes at least 20 of them. Plus they were all over the walls. And the dead ones smell horrible! After three trips down doing laundry on Tuesday, I thought I was going to vomit. So yes, death to millipedes! I only hope that they've contracted someone to get rid of the dead millipedes. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Well, I'm off to run while it still "feels like" it's in the 80s. <b>What's the best news you've heard lately? </b> </span></div>
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Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-57834480894968178392011-07-19T05:57:00.000-05:002011-07-19T05:57:22.768-05:00H-O-TI did not sign up for this.<br />
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But did not sign up for highs in the high 90s with a heat index in the 100s. It's only fair, don't you think?<br />
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After a Bikram run yesterday morning and a disgusting sweaty bike ride to work, I thought I had it made, sitting in the AC all day. But no. <a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/19571">Three chiller plants on campus broke, and all the remaining cold air production capability was diverted to the hospital and to buildings with animals</a>. Okay, I don't really have an argument with that, but I thought this line of the press release summarized the attitude of university leadership/state government toward university employees perfectly:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, 'sans serif'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>This means human comfort will not be a top priority in chilled water distribution until the chillers are back to full capacity.</i></span><br />
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I work in one of those tall buildings that don't have windows that can open, and our office started to get steamy by the afternoon. There was a huge rush to get more of our stored samples to a place with AC because trying to keep samples at -80F in a room that is 100F will kill the freezers. And then there are our servers...<br />
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The most recent update from the university says that one of the chiller plants is working again, but they are kind of non-committal about what that will actually mean for the AC situation. I'm guessing that if it's super warm in our building most people will work from home. I'm going to try to stick it out, but I'm not above doing that, either.<br />
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This is going to make Al Gore cry, but we've been keeping our window unit on at our apartment during the day set to 80 degrees so it's not miserably hot when we get home in the evenings. In fact, it feels pretty good right now. <br />
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Well, I'm off to do some Bikram weight lifting followed by some Bikram SAS programming. <br />
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<b>How are you staying cool today?</b>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-54160127293271861572011-07-18T05:52:00.000-05:002011-07-18T05:52:16.012-05:00Beets are DigustingI'm a big girl. I like <i>most</i> vegetables. So when I got some beets in my CSA box this week, I wanted to try to like them.<br />
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Aren't they cute? It's like a little, spiky-haired beet family.<br />
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I even researched the proper way to cook them- wrap in aluminum foil and roast for 60-90 minutes at 400 degrees. After they cool, the skin an hair can be pulled off easily with a paper towel. <br />
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The good news is that the process worked. Beets = cooked and ready to go.<br />
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The bad news is that the peeling process left me with a cookie sheet full of carnage.<br />
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The other thing is that beets STINK. Ew. I had planned to make a salad with the beets and take it to a potluck we went to last night, but I just couldn't inflict these stinky, rubbery things on people in their natural form. Time for plan B.<br />
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Daniel's mom suggested beet brownies, which had two points in their favor. 1. They would use up the beets and 2. They involve chocolate. After doing a bit of internet searching, I found <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/beet-brownies-151739">this</a> recipe, which looked like it would do the job. Not too many recipes out there for beet brownies. Imagine that?<br />
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So the nasty beets went for a ride in the food processor and were dumped in the blender with sugar and eggs.<br />
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Then comes the secret ingredient: Jello pudding mix.<br />
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The only way this desert could get more Midwestern is if it somehow involved Ritz Crackers.<br />
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No one will ever know...<br />
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Now no one will really ever know...<br />
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So what was the verdict? They were kind of cakey and floppy compared to real brownies. I think that had to do with the fact that the recipe didn't use any oil. A few people ate them at the potluck but we took most of the leftovers down the the high school youth group meeting, where they were devoured in seconds by a pack of wild 10th graders. I saved two big pieces for us to sample later. I don't think Daniel ate his yet because he had a watermelon, which trumps all other deserts for him. I thought they were okay. They tasted mostly like chocolate, although I <i>think</i> I got a few distinct bites of beet in there. The frosting made a huge difference. I don't think I would have eaten a whole one plain. If you want brownies, make brownies. If you have beets you don't like, give 'em to the neighbors next time. <br />
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<b>Anyone actually like beets? Ever made a "sneaky" dish before? </b>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-5319582279548333952011-07-15T06:04:00.000-05:002011-07-15T06:04:45.828-05:00Five Things Friday1. I got my hair cut yesterday (by Gen at <a href="http://www.chachahair.com/">ChaCha</a> on Willy St. if anyone wants to know). It's really short in the back now- not so much the front- and I love it! You can see it in the reflection in the mirror. It's really hard to take a picture of the back of your own head.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>2. I had another lovely evening at Concerts on the Square Wednesday evening with the stat group at work. Lots of food and good company. One of our fellows is moving on in a couple weeks, so it was one of the last times we'll all get to hang out together. She would be very unhappy if her face ended up on the internet, though, so we'll pretend that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisher">R.A. Fisher</a> joined us. That's appropriate, I think.<br />
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</tbody></table> For my part, I made fruit salsa and cinnamon chips based on <a href="http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/05/fruit-salsa-with-baked-cinnamon-chips.html">this</a> recipe I found on <a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>. I actually used soft corn tortillas for the chips because that's what we had on hand. Mmmmm... Summertastic.<br />
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3. The Brooks shoe fairy sent me a new pair of shoes to wear test. This was perfect timing because I'm about 450 miles into my last pair, and it was about time for some new ones. Thanks, Brooks!<br />
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4. I accidentally left two Mt. Dews in the freezer yesterday and they exploded. I didn't even mean to put them in the freezer. I was just going to stick them in the fridge, but when I came home to defrost something for dinner, my fridge looked like Slimer came for a visit.<br />
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</tbody></table>5. Our CSA box is filled with all kinds of exciting vegetables this week.<br />
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We've got beets, carrots, 2 kohlrabi, some fennel, and only two heads of lettuce. I can't believe I'm finally saying this, but after eating a salad every day at work and often on the weekend for lunch for the past year(?) maybe longer, I think I'm officially sick of salad. Too bad I have no idea what else to take/make for lunch! I know a lot of people do leftovers, but anytime I make anything that's actually good for dinner, we always finish it up and don't have leftovers. I only take leftovers for lunch when the dish was kind of gross.<br />
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Anyway, I'm looking forward to trying everything in the box except that I'm slightly nervous about the beets. I don't know if I like beets (def. hate pickled beets like on a salad bar), so I think I'm going to cook those and take them to a potluck we're going to on Sunday evening. <br />
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And with that I've got to take off so I can beat the 19-year-olds taking calc 2 in summer school to the squat rack at the gym. Happy Friday! Got any big weekend plans??Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-45469419959352623532011-07-10T07:14:00.001-05:002011-07-10T07:14:25.307-05:00Hipster SaturdayIt all started with a trip to Art Fair on the Square... <br />
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We, and 75% of the rest of the local population, converged on the capitol at 9:30am to see some art before it got too hot (Read: 85 degrees- That's weak, people!). Fortunately it wasn't too hard to see because at least half the people there had to hit up the food tents for a breakfast beer and ice cream cone with a side of Hot, Spicy Cheese Bread! before they were ready to shop. Our mission was to find an appropriate gift for <a href="http://jplusa.blogspot.com/">two certain someones</a> who are having an eventful summer. <br />
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We made our way through the exhibits, trying to decide. 99.5% of things were automatically eliminated for costing more than 1/2 our monthly rent. I was a fan of the giant metal yard giraffe, but after further discussion, we thought that TSA regulations wouldn't allow it to be carried on and stowed in an overhead compartment. We also considered a painting of SNOW with one little tiny brown leafless tree. (It's coming for you, A! - No, not really. I bet you'll learn to love snow in DC because it means you get to sleep in for a few more hours until the plow comes by). In the end we did find what I hope will be a fun gift. However, it must remain a secret for now.<br />
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On the final stretch, we stopped at the busiest vendor we'd seen so far. Kitchen ceramics + ironic stamps + nothing more than $100 = hipster bait. It worked on me. <br />
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Do I need a spoon rest with a whale on it? How could I not?<br />
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So what? I had a salad, too. It was pretty good! Not <a href="http://www.babcockhalldairystore.wisc.edu/ice-cream-home.htm">Babcock Hall</a>, but so what?<br />
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Daniel's contribution to Hipster Saturday was to watch the entire <a href="http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/">Ken Burns Civil War Series</a> on Netflix (also he helped me pit the cherries). <br />
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And now to start Hipster Sunday with a bike ride to church... In the spirit of national reconciliation, I hope all the Northerners are stocking up on their vitamin D and the Southerners are enjoying their central AC!<br />
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<br />Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-9804666051888746672011-07-05T05:56:00.000-05:002011-07-05T05:56:41.090-05:00Theme from A Summer PlaceIn Madison, you have learn to cram a year's worth of fun in four months. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. So far I've: <br />
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<ul><li>Learned there's a reason I've never eaten a mulberry before (Holy stems, Batman. My hands are still a little purple)</li>
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and that I enjoy my healthy CSA veggies best in gooey pasta form<br />
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and the Rhythm and Booms fireworks from across the lake<br />
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The one thing I haven't managed to do yet is get re-conditioned to running in warm weather. I ran on Saturday morning when it 77, and I was sure it had to be 107. After a water stop and a walk for a minute in the shade break (yes, I'm not too proud to admit it) I was happy I wasn't trying to crank out a 20-miler like I would have been last summer. Yesterday wasn't soooo bad, but man, SWEAT. Hopefully I'll get a little better conditioned so I don't die when I try to run when I'm back in Florida in another month.<br />
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Hope you are having a fun summer so far and had a relaxing 3-day weekend.Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-18587071787667857542011-06-26T08:00:00.000-05:002011-06-26T08:00:10.489-05:00Angry birdsSo I totally saw another runner get dive bombed by a blackbird yesterday. I didn't have my camera with me, and I couldn't find a picture of an actual bird on runner attack, so you'll have to use your imagination a bit.<br />
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It was sort of like this, except the guy I saw was by a lake, not waiting for a subway, wishing he'd sprung for the <i>fried</i> rice rather than the <i>white</i> because, really, it was only $0.57 more.<br />
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Or this, except the guy I saw was running, not frantically trying to make a casting call for extras on the Jersey Shore the day his car broke down.<br />
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Or like this, except the guy I saw was human, not a bird. I'm thinking that blackbird is about to get it.<br />
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On a totally different note, Madison- liberal, animal hugging, organic loving, CSA eating, Prius driving Madison- is planning <a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/article_e62ee3a0-9e8b-11e0-ac6e-001cc4c03286.html">euthanize</a> 350 Canada geese that are taking over and pooping on four city parks.<br />
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I can totally see how it's going to go down. Gov. Scott Walker will come on TV to give us the announcement.<br />
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"Good people of Wisconsin, it has come to my attention that there are far too many geese in Madison. Did you know animals only pay for 63% of the cost of their health insurance. Unacceptable! I took my pugapoo to the park last week and stepped in goose poop. Disgusting! Something must be done!"<br />
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"Now I know that you're going to get all up in arms about this. Just like you <i>always</i> do. I can never get a <i>freakin' break</i> around here. But this time I've come up with the perfect solution."<br />
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"This resolution gives the Department of Natural Resources the power to euthanize the geese by force feeding them."<br />
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"You just grab the head, and cram the food down their throat. It's waaaaayyyyy easier than spreading around a bunch of poison."<br />
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"We will give one free fois gras dinner to every business that commits to relocating to Wisconsin. It's a win-win for everyone. I don't know how this plan could <i>not</i> work!"<br />
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<b>Ever been attacked by a bird and/or other animal while running or seen someone on the wrong end of a bird beak? Or- if you are tech savvy vampire who avoids sunlight at all costs- do you play Angry Birds?</b><br />
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To Dad:<br />
<a href="http://www.someecards.com/birthday-cards/Summer-Birthday-Ecard"><img src="http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/filestorage/summer-birthday2.png" alt="someecards.com - May your summer birthday be less hot and sticky than the moment of your birth" /></a><br />
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To Daniel:<br />
<a href="http://www.someecards.com/birthday-cards/birthday-compact-disc-gift-old-person"><img src="http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/filestorage/old-realize-embarrassed-cd-collection-happy-birthday-ecards-someecards.png" alt="someecards.com - Happy birthday to someone too old to realize they should be embarrassed about still having a CD collection" /></a><br />
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Hope you both have a great birthday.Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-52156591856858128532011-06-22T05:56:00.000-05:002011-06-22T05:56:03.244-05:00A most auspicious dayNot only was yesterday the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice">summer solstice</a>, luring me to stay up past my bedtime watching Pushing Daisies*, it was the SMPH ice cream Christmas**! Sure there are football games and basketball games, and all manner of classes and research and distinguished-type speakers on campus, but for the School of Medicine and Public Health, one day stands above them all. The Day They Bring The Free Ice Cream and We Can Eat As Much As We Want Day.<br />
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We'd gotten at least three e-mails reminding us that the big day was about to arrive. I was thinking about putting together one of those paper advent chains you make when you are a kid so I could tear one off per day and think, "Just a little bit closer to SMPH ice cream Christmas."<br />
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Everybody who is anybody was there, including three big time Madison Runner-Bloggers. That would be: yours truly (I scoop mocha macchiato, 1 scoop chocolate peanut butter), <a href="http://tuturunner.blogspot.com/">TutuRunner</a> (1 scoop chocolate peanut butter, 1 scoop orange custard chocolate chip), and <a href="http://runningdivamom.blogspot.com/">Running Diva Mom</a> (1 scoop cookie dough, 1 scoop chocolate chip frozen yogurt***).<br />
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Not wanting to waste such a lucky day, I decided to use some of our limpy kale to make kale chips. There was much excitement and surprise that they tasted good! Kale + salt + garlic + olive oil + Parmesan cheese + oven = tasty.<br />
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Daniel proclaimed them the strangest thing he'd ever eaten, but then I reminded him of these.<br />
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Which are still- inexplicably- in our cabinet.<br />
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<b>What's The Biggest Day of the Year where you work? Or the strangest thing you've eaten lately?</b><br />
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*Only three episodes left- I simultaneously want to call in sick and knock them out and stretch them out and make them last forever- darn you, writer's strike!<br />
** Not to be confused with <a href="http://www.citydictionary.com/WI/Madison/Hippie-Christmas/3998/">Hippie Christmas</a>, that's in a couple months.<br />
*** Actually I don't know what flavor(s) she ate, I just added that for symmetry.Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-34110374042184855582011-06-20T05:38:00.000-05:002011-06-20T05:38:16.034-05:00Other mysteries are yet unsolvedHow did this<br />
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and this<br />
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and this<br />
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all end up with the same name?<br />
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Maybe I'll submit that one to <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/">The Straight Dope</a>. <b>Any mysteries plaguing you this Monday?</b> <br />
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I'm also kind of wondering if I'm going to get soaked on my way to the gym, and what's going to happen in the last 6 episodes of Pushing Daisies. Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-39942232793091664302011-06-18T07:12:00.001-05:002011-06-18T07:12:58.254-05:00Another one of life's mysteries solvedWhere do all those socks that get lost in the dryer go?<br />
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To my apartment.<br />
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</tbody></table>And that was the haul from just one load of laundry. Guess I should take these guys back downstairs so they can be reunited with their lost relatives.<br />
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</tbody></table>Who knew there was so much dumb sock humor out there? I think this is the first image search I've done where a random girl in a bikini didn't show up on the first page.<br />
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We share a washer and dryer with a few other apartments in our building, and occasionally someone will miss something and it will end up with another person's clothes. I think three socks is my record, though. Hopefully three pairs of my underwear isn't someone else's.<br />
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<b>Got any good "fun with apartment life" stories you want to share? </b>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733657410255172263.post-22937177079832992522011-06-14T05:55:00.000-05:002011-06-14T05:55:51.900-05:00New addition to my weight training pageHey ya! I've just updated my <a href="http://www.yogadownload.com/Utilities/InstructorProfiles/tabid/111/profileid/11/Default.aspx">weight training page</a> with the new plan I'm starting today. Get ready to Get Huge!<br />
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I was sort of afraid that they'd turn into chip cinders coated with cheese dust, but no. They turned out pleasantly crunchy and melty, and made a mean taco salad*.<br />
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No more microwave nachos at our house!<br />
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2. Make a giant chocolate chip cookie in the crock pot.<br />
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I actually tried doing this once before, but I rushed the cooking process (the recipe calls for 3 hours in the crockpot plus cooling time), and ended up with a chocolate chip cinder block with a molten lava core. We ate the lava and tossed the outside. This was the time I learned that it is advisable to only include the amount of chocolate chips called for in the recipe rather than the whole bag even if there's "not that many more".<br />
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I wanted to try it once more on a weekend when I had the time to let it cook all the way through. Sadly, this didn't turn out to be quite a winner either. The best thing that could be said for this guy was that it was a giant chocolate chip cookie. Buuuuutttttt... it was kind of dry and not really very sweet. It was more like a "healthified" chocolate chip muffin. This might have been my fault because I left it on the "keep warm" setting for a little while while we were out rather than taking it out immediately after it was cooked. I put a slice in a bowl, topped it with milk, and mashed it up, which was pretty good, but meh, I don't think I'd try this again. It's not like it saves a lot of time. I really only did it for the novelty factor.<br />
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<b>Ever made anything "non traditional" in the crockpot that turned out surprisingly well?</b> We actually made <a href="http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-can-make-yogurt-in-your-crockpot.html">yogurt</a> using ours a couple times. It takes <i>all</i> night, but it makes a ton of tasty yogurt. <br />
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*If it has lettuce, it counts as a salad, right?Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988920247385609392noreply@blogger.com