Notes, Notings, and Common Refrains

1: Funny -- I had a conversation with a friend last night about cake. It ended in my being nostalgic about the time when I baked on a regular basis for a business, and the quite incredible Boston cream pie I made (this involved ganache).

2: Re: Anne Rice, I would agree about her skill craft-wise, but found Interview with a Vampire impossible to engage with. I'd like to claim my reasons were as intellectual as an objection to the morality, but really it came down to Lestat being incredibly whiny.

3: Virgin by choice? That's odd and not something I've heard before, and reflects a very narrow experience. My inability to interact normatively with my age-mates -- and thus potential romantic partners -- has me isolated sexually, but that's not a choice.

5: That is REALLY cool, oh man. It has been drizzling here, much to the horror of the locals, which has me windbagging on a regular basis about missing REAL storms, storms with snow and lashing rain and ice and wind.