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Well that sucks

Maybe it’s a good sign to start asking for a promotion?  (and a raise)

Haaaaa…. I know that feel. I was the de-facto manager for almost two years before my boss was willing to provide the title officially…. because as long as they don’t give you the title, you don’t command the pay. Your job sounds like it is full of a-holes, too. Screw them.

Must be you, because I’ve not seen that sort of luck.

*Sending good vibes*

I intend to poke fun and throw things at my tv tonight!

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I intend to poke fun and throw things at my tv tonight!

Think I should protest in defense of the TV?  Poor TV, its a slave to the filth that gets fed to it.

@BronxWenchI mean I take comfort in the fact that it will be used by future generations on how not to create an adaptation. Going forward, any author contacted by hollywood for an adaptation of their works must be on set at all times and in the writing room no exceptions. With veto power in their  contract no trust whatsoever. When I said I wouldn’t let Hollywood within a light year of my characters. This is the definitive example of what I meant.

@DemonGoddessI shall pray for your TV’s Absolution. miserere nobis 

All of that sounds amazing so now I want duck too 😭

@BronxWenchMight I ask for the details of the recipe?

Thinking about it for Christmas

Sure!

For the glaze, I use 12 ounces of fresh cranberries, 1 teaspoon of orange extract, 2 mandarin oranges, peeled and chopped roughly (save the peels), 1 cup of water, and 1 cup of sugar (although if you don’t want it too sweet, you can use ½ cup of sugar). Bring the water and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan, then add the cranberries, orange extract, and chopped mandarins. Reduce the heat so you get a gentle boil, and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the cranberries have burst open, and the liquid has reduced most of the way.

For the duck, preheat the oven to 350°F. Put the duck on a rack (really important) in a roasting pan, and put a few pieces of the mandarin peel in the cavity. Brush some of the glaze over the duck.  Roast for 45 minutes, painting the duck with glaze every 15 minutes. Take the pan out of the oven and prick the skin all over, so the fat will release and drain off. Put the duck back in the oven and roast for another hour and 15 minutes, painting the duck with more glaze every 15 minutes. I check for doneness with a meat thermometer. For duck, I check the thickest part of the breast, and it should reach 175°F. If the duck isn’t done, keep glazing every 15 minutes and checking the temperature until you reach 175°F.

The rest of the glaze makes a nice sauce for the cooked duck when you serve it. 

I mean it only took them half-way through the first season to get a single decent scene. By the time they end its practically a garuntee they’ll make one good episode.

Where I’m not solidly rooting for Sauron to win.

Hmm… Seemed like there was full employment with Sauron, sounds like a jobs man!

Part of me wonders if the only reason the orcs followed him was because of the benefits and orcs where the only ones one who applied because it was in Black Speech.

Rain in Arizona… who’s been praying to the rain gods? 

I live just outside of Pheonix, I went for a walk to one of the fast food places, when the wind had just started.

Ten minutes later I was having lunch, watching the rain and wondering how I'd get home, without getting wet.

Luckily it didn't last long. 

When I had lived in So Cal, took a year and a half to realize there was a leak in my apartment roof (simply because it hadn’t rained for so long)

I mean there’s a point where uncanny valley kicks in turning artificial beauty into a horrendous ugliness. The proportions just a tad off turning it in grotesqueire

And the mirrors crack themselves?

Mirror Suicide!

Out of curiosity, why do you find that weird?  Are you just not particularly fond of it, is it about length, or is it something else?

Nothing like that.

Just the thought of a random idea and bam people seem to like it. Hahah.

Well, hey, sometimes things just work out like that.

Yeah, I’m fine the back of the car is gone and the truck and the idiot responsible fled onto the reservation. So that’s gonna be fun.

Granny is fine, apparently directly in the ER under experienced medical supervision and veteran doctors and nurses is the best place to have a stroke who knew? Lol.

Ouch and yikes, life seems to strike 

Wow, that’s a lot. Indeed, the ER is the best place to have a stroke, ‘cause they can give you those clot-busting drugs right away. Glad she’s doing well.

In my experience, making good money is a matter of finding the right opportunities, and writing is a matter of making time.

You can always make time if you try hard enough, but you can't always find the right opportunities when you need them.

I wish you the best of luck.

Dragons are fun, and easy to fast-BBQ anything! 

Calm Before the Storm is up

Happy Yule Time to you too.  Let’s not forget, only 309 days to Halloween! 

Lol I should put that on the bucket list. Nah, gym has tanning beds.

So, why do people use tanning beds instead of simply… I don’t know… going outside?

I mean its kinda egregious since arizona has 30 cloudy days at best in a year? Who knows?

That dihydrogen monoxide slipping into the water again?

maybe? lol

*touches fingers together self-consciously* yeah…. I tend to delete stories

I’ll get it read and reviewed as soon as I can – thursday maybe!

Ok, I’ve been drowining in shit due to a sick relative. Next week looking more likely. Sorry for the delay! Want to see how it goes.

Yeah...writing’s not a rich endeavor for most.  A few lucky ones strike it rich, and who knows, your number might be drawn and your stories land in every household, and you’ll get a dozen block-buster movies made of them.  There’s always hoping.

Lol, not sure I’d ever let hollywood within a lightyear of my characters. xD