What with the one thing and the other, I was minded to make a tasteless RHPS joke, and located a thing of ground beef to cold-water thaw in the kitchen all afternoon. Since it was well-received, I should note down the composition.

2 lbs ground beef
2 packets onion soup mix
generous triple shake Montreal steak seasoning, maybe 1/2 tablespoon
about a teaspoon dried parsley flakes, the end of the old glass jar
a pinch (quarter-teaspoon or less) basil
good solid shake of thyme
a handful (1/3-1/2 cup, ish) of frozen peas & carrots
two handfuls of rolled oats (the end of the dinky little container and some out of the new big one)
ketchup and bbq sauce, enough to cover

Mix everything except ketchup and bbq sauce and shove in loaf pan
(I mixed it in the loaf pan but you don't have to)
spray down top with ketchup and bbq sauce
bake at 400F until done

did not notice the slight freezer burn at all, didn't notice the lack of binding agent, did probably overcook it given that we were watching Go Jump In The Pool very loudly and missed at least two different timers


Ev did two house tours today, and the more expensive one was Suspicious; the less expensive one looked basically fine but needs inspection and some renovations/repairs.


In #AdventuresOfStNoNo, the topic of dildoes arose and I (over)shared with Twitter. things I can't believe I just said for 12k, Alex: "I think we're edging out of the skeuomorphic balls phase of sex toy"

The current set of replies are also DW people and safe, for certain definitions of "safe", but "for work" is not among those. Or any other place where you might be bothered by the sight of what's under discussion.


I've been getting a few more wrong numbers than usual. Today was another one. All numbers from the state that my area code belongs to, but not the suspiciously similar ones from that scam campaign, whichever scam campaign that is that calls you and spoofs your area code and prefix.