launch... kinda

[susandennis]

Well, the website went live... secretly.  None of the pointers point to it and none of the old pages are redirected to it yet and none of the simplified URLs work yet - all that will come tomorrow. BUT the meat and the potatoes and pages and functionality all up and working and beatimous.  I did not write any of the copy, do any of the design or the artwork and did not build out most of the functionality.  Wonder what in the fuck I've been doing??!!  Just goes to show how complicated this web stuff has gotten - especially when you are working on a site that easily has several million pages if not more... (I'll let you peek but you can't tell anyone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/compare/default.mspx).

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I totally forgot the Mariner game was at 10 this morning!  Radio only.  I only remembered in the 7th.  The first inning, apparently, was a massacre with the Mariners being the victim... so I'm kind of glad I missed it.  They have recovered a bit but not much and probably not enough. 

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My tomato jones is growing to epic proportions.  East coast tomatoes grown in that hot humid sun in good soil - big boys, particularly - are so good that you want to crawl in and live there for a long time.  I always considered them the reward for living through another summer.  Here on the west coast, we don't get that good hot humid sun.  I'm pretty sure the grocery store tomatoes come from Chili or somewhere anyway.  And produce stands with locally grown tomatoes just never quite get it either.  (And, frankly, many back yard lovingly grown specimens around here aren't that tasty.)

But having spouted all that holier than tomato thou prejudice, I have found that the tomatoes at the farmers market (Columbia City) do actually come close to tasting very very very good. 

Today I am going to get me some.  More than I can eat.  The farmers market has been going on every Wednesday all summer long and I have gotten there exactly once.  And I'm going to get string beans for dipping and, hopefully, some luscious baked good.

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Then I'll come home and put everything away and probably go out to dinner with Sherry and Lee.

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I just got a maintenance warning/notice from the ISP that I'm sure I'm going to have to meet in court eventually.  Crap.  Oh well, Dear Stupid ISP note to follow... 

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Speaking of Tomatoes

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

This is from todays NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/dining/225arex.html?ref=dining
Recipe: Instant Tomato-Ricotta ‘Soup’ With Capers

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A Good Appetite: So Many Tomatoes to Stuff in a Week (August 22, 2007)

2 fat ripe tomatoes (about 1 pound), cored and cubed

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 1/2 tablespoons fresh chopped basil

Large pinch coarse sea salt (fleur de sel is a good choice)

1/2 cup top-quality ricotta, lightly broken into clumps

2 teaspoons capers.

In a medium bowl combine tomatoes, oil, basil and salt. Let sit 5 minutes. Gently scatter ricotta on top. (Do not stir in.) Garnish with capers, and serve.

Yield: 4 servings.

Re: Speaking of Tomatoes

[susandennis]

Oh man! I am still seriously in the throes of my capers fetish, too!! Heaven! Thank you so much!!

Re: Speaking of Tomatoes

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

It looks just so simple and so good :-) I thought you might like it.

Re: Speaking of Tomatoes

[mixter11nm.livejournal.com]

I love capers too. They are delicious in tuna salad made with vinegar and oil instead of mayo.

Re: Speaking of Tomatoes

[susandennis]

I get the giant jar from Costco!