Deep-fried squash chips are surprisingly good. A little bit of salt and it’s wonderful. Even with a bit of the stringy
inside bits… That stuff crisps up really nicely.
I’ve never been a big fan of squash, but I probably didn’t have the right sort of experiences. Not like a squash-tasting
party.
I really liked the Delicata squash. The Butternut squash was really good as well. Buttercup squash, I wasn’t quite as
fond of, although I admit is was better steamed than baked.
Baked squash seeds were nice as well. Again, the Delicata wins out. They had a surprising sweetness to them.
And you know, puréed butternut squash with maple syrup and blueberries makes a really nice dessert. I’d never have
guessed.
Well, I’m two posts behind and don’t feel much like writing today.
This sort of thing is probably normal. I was home most of the night last night and couldn’t bring myself to update then
either.
At least today I’m writing a post about not wanting to write a post. That has to count for something, even though I’d
prefer it didn’t have to come to this.
As a follow-up to the TV post, I got my Visa bill the other day and realized my financial situation isn’t quite as good
as I thought it was (having made that impulse Wii purchase late last month). Not that it’s really all that bad, mind
you, it’s just not in the $1000 impulse purchase range. Especially considering I just spent $500 on dealing with the
raccoon (more than I strictly needed to, but this way it’s less likely other critters will find their way under my
porch) and am about to drop $1500 on a laptop just as soon as they start shipping with a draft-n wireless option.
See? More buying stuff.
I’m going to post about the laptop thing later. I’m just not there yet.
Oh yeah, and a rock took a chunk out of my windshield on the 401 on Sunday. That’s a whole 'nother thing I don’t
particularly want to talk about.
I came this close (holds up two fingers really close together) to making an
impulse LCD TV purchase
today. This close!
I actually still might go ahead with it. My TV situation is kinda crappy. And I’ve got people coming over this coming
weekend to watch Doctor Who. It’s the 44th anniversary, after all.
Currently, I’ve got two TVs. One is a 20" SVGA computer monitor (which I bought for $1000 more than a decade ago because
it could scan down to Amiga scanning frequencies, thus allowing me to work in resolutions higher than 640×200) that can
double as a television. And it doubles as a television very well, except that it’s 20". 20" is not very big for lots of
people watching stuff.
So when my parents upgraded all their TVs to LCD HDTVs, they gave me their 27" Sony Trinitron, which, honestly, wasn’t
working very well. But hey, free TV. So I lugged it to Waterloo, got it hooked up and it worked great!
It worked great for two days. Then some utility workers were messing around with the transformer thingy in the middle of
my cul de sac and cut my power. When it came back on, the TV came on too, oddly, and the top of the screen is kind of
squished in and pushed down two inches.
At least you can see the whole picture. I played pretty much all of Super Paper Mario that way.
I’ve been hoping the TV would fix itself. Something similar happened to my parents (prompting them to consider upgrading
TVs in the first place), but the TV fixed itself eventually. It’s been almost a month now and I’m not optimistic.
I’ve been holding off on a new TV because I really haven’t been watching stuff, and my goal for having people over is to
build a home theatre room in the basement. That, however, has gone almost nowhere. So maybe I should just give into
reality and get a cheap, decent LCD.