This reads like a semi-questionable recipe, but it’s delicious. Manfriend and I LOVED it, and we’ll definitely be making it again. It’s actually (to my surprise) originally a weight watcher’s recipe, and evidently it’s 3 points. If you’re using vegetarian ingredients it may be even less, but I don’t know that much about how WW points work, so don’t take my word for it.

Ingredients:
1/2 lb macaroni (8oz)
1 box Fantastic Foods Vegetarian Sloppy Joe Mix*
- 1 WHOLE (6 oz) can tomato paste (box of sloppy joe mix calls for only 3oz)
- 2 tbs oil
- 1 1/3 c water
1 carton of cottage cheese (16 oz)
grated or slices of cheese keep reading »

I actually remember when Hewlett-Packard had some decent products. My dad used to have an old inkjet printer that would churn out pages – I think it printed somewhere around 250 pages per cartridge. It was black and white, and by the time it was on its last legs, I had to hand feed it paper, but it was a true workhorse.
These days, HP seems to hold its customers in the same regard one might hold a cockroach they’ve just discovered crawling through their silverware drawer. That is to say, with surprise, horror and disdain. Here’s why: keep reading »

We decided to relax tonight and order some takeout and watch a movie. Mid-movie, Manfriend turns to me, and says, “Would you mind… if we took a break?”
Shocked, I looked at him, “What!”
“…from the … movie?”
“You… you really need to work on your phrasing.”

In other news, it’s official: we’re domestic partners. We’ll be drinking a toast, in paper cups, of boxed wine. Happy holidays, everyone.

Life is crazy. I have to come up with aliases for the people in my life so that I can refer to them in this blog without putting anyone on the spot, or incriminating the guilty. Okay, so first person I need to create an alias for is one of my friends who lives in the same building as Manfriend and myself. She’s an awesome person, and I don’t want to get into too much detail about her, because this is an public blog, but it would be nice to be able to reference her and say, “So this weekend, Manfriend, Blank and myself went to a birthday party,” and obviously I can’t refer to her as Blank. keep reading »

Electric Boogaloo: well, i must be off to bed. i slept like 10 hours all weekend
alex: i should do the same. dude, i went to bed at 6 am. >_<
Electric Boogaloo: i’ll probably be a zombie tomorrow morning. aghh! 6AM?!
alex: we will be zombie friends!
Electric Boogaloo: wow
alex: yeah, when manfriend’s out of town, i relapse hardcore
Electric Boogaloo: luckily, alcohol allowed me to both pass out in the car. and directly after getting home. keep reading »