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dragonlady7Two minor items. OK three. In the interests of not posting a jillion times, I'm combining them into an unrelated mindspew via the mechanism of a numbered list.
1) There are several people on my f-list who are trying to reduce the empty calories in their lives via the route of drinking more water and less Other Stuff. I already recommended, to one, that she invest in a citrus fruit of some kind (lemon or lime, whichever she prefers), cut it into wedges, keep the wedges in a plastic bag, and occasionally squeeze one into the water she's attempting to force herself to drink. It helps you get used to drinking something "unflavored", while adding almost no calories, and a few trace nutrients, notably Vitamin C.
But something I didn't think to recommend was brewing your own iced tea. This is easy as pie to do, and you can then sweeten it or not as you prefer. Then you can have your own tasty soft drink. I'd brew things in a pitcher, tupperware thing, or big Mason jar, and then repackage it while still fairly warm into used Lipton/Snapple/whatever bottles. This means that they get sealed. I'd still keep them refrigerated, and they still eventually might go moldy or something, so I'd use them relatively promptly, but you can do stuff like, say, Lapsang Suochong sweetened with a tiny bit of molasses, or green tea with real honey, and know there are no preservatives or corn syrup in it. Then you can get a slight caffeine kick too, or not if you prefer-- but you know exactly what's in there and aren't drinking all kinds of gross artificial sweeteners against your will.
Also it's virtually free, as opposed to the $3/bottle you pay for the nice stuff flavored with *gasp* real sugar.
2) I have been retyping pseudo-legalese documents, and I would like to lodge a formal complaint against the use of the phrase "and/or". It is almost never necessary, and is usually misused. That's all I really have to say about it.
3) Overheard at work just now: "You dumbass, that wasn't Hawaii, that was Alaska!!"
4) Overheard at a meeting this weekend, which was being recorded so the full minutes could be transcribed later: "Well, then they're fucked. Oh, pardon my language. That's my second-favorite word."
"What's your favorite word?"
"'The.'"
1) There are several people on my f-list who are trying to reduce the empty calories in their lives via the route of drinking more water and less Other Stuff. I already recommended, to one, that she invest in a citrus fruit of some kind (lemon or lime, whichever she prefers), cut it into wedges, keep the wedges in a plastic bag, and occasionally squeeze one into the water she's attempting to force herself to drink. It helps you get used to drinking something "unflavored", while adding almost no calories, and a few trace nutrients, notably Vitamin C.
But something I didn't think to recommend was brewing your own iced tea. This is easy as pie to do, and you can then sweeten it or not as you prefer. Then you can have your own tasty soft drink. I'd brew things in a pitcher, tupperware thing, or big Mason jar, and then repackage it while still fairly warm into used Lipton/Snapple/whatever bottles. This means that they get sealed. I'd still keep them refrigerated, and they still eventually might go moldy or something, so I'd use them relatively promptly, but you can do stuff like, say, Lapsang Suochong sweetened with a tiny bit of molasses, or green tea with real honey, and know there are no preservatives or corn syrup in it. Then you can get a slight caffeine kick too, or not if you prefer-- but you know exactly what's in there and aren't drinking all kinds of gross artificial sweeteners against your will.
Also it's virtually free, as opposed to the $3/bottle you pay for the nice stuff flavored with *gasp* real sugar.
2) I have been retyping pseudo-legalese documents, and I would like to lodge a formal complaint against the use of the phrase "and/or". It is almost never necessary, and is usually misused. That's all I really have to say about it.
3) Overheard at work just now: "You dumbass, that wasn't Hawaii, that was Alaska!!"
4) Overheard at a meeting this weekend, which was being recorded so the full minutes could be transcribed later: "Well, then they're fucked. Oh, pardon my language. That's my second-favorite word."
"What's your favorite word?"
"'The.'"
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Date: 2008-01-21 09:54 pm (UTC)I think today it will be "evangelist" as in, st john the evangelist church of the lying priest.
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Date: 2008-01-21 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-22 12:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-22 12:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-22 12:37 pm (UTC)But a lot of times, reading this stuff, I'm convinced that the language is really meant to be more or less an impediment to understanding.
The documents I'm talking about? They are intended to be presented to factory workers to make sure they understand the safety regulations.
Most of the workers in my factory don't speak English. What's the dang point???