discojing

Hey, so I just bought my Martin + Osa beloved sweatshirt (see this post)

It was $68 and I got it for $39.95 because 1) it’s on sale and 2) I used an additional 20% off coupon that they gave me after I added it to my bag. Not to mention FREE shipping.

If you want the code, its: 47962309.
I believe it expires July 7th.

Originally published at discojing.com. You can comment here or there.

pocketpiper
bentolunchUwah, it's been a long time since I last posted... I keep forgetting to upload pics onto my laptop, which results in them not getting posted in a timely manner ><;;
Starting with my bento from 6.25.08 (last *last* wednesday) ::

( *~click~* for description and... SIX more bento ><;; )

ikah_scarey
bentolunchHello everyone!  I'm new to this community and this is my first bento......



Left:  Cucumber with havarti stars, fruit salad with fish shaped bananas and chocolate pocky sticks.
Right:  Rice, noodles and condiments.
It was late when I finished the fruit salad, so the bottom compartment suffered!

lunch_in_a_box

http://lunchinabox.net/2008/07/05/double-decker-microwaving-for-a-donburi-thermal-jar-lunch/

At first glance this may not seem like a particularly interesting lunch, but I’ve actually taken a couple of new approaches to packing that can be applied to other dishes. Double-decker heating of multiple dishes in the microwave oven saves time and energy, and I created a do-it-yourself thermal donburi bento box for a child out of an adult-sized thermal lunch jar.

Contents of preschooler bento lunch: Mild Japanese curry made with chicken, carrots, onions and purple potatoes (see my cooking notes). Accompaniments are rakkyo pickled scallions and rice.

Morning prep time: 6 minutes, using leftover curry and rice. In the morning I microwaved the rice and curry in microwave-safe ceramic bowls while preheating the outer thermal food jar with hot tap water. Preheating the outer thermal jar helps the container retain heat longer, keeping your food nice and warm.

Gear: Although microwave ovens are usually a pretty good size on the inside, the limiting factor on how much food I can warm at once is usually the diameter of the round glass carousel on the bottom. It makes sense to take advantage of the oven’s vertical space to warm multiple dishes at once, though, reducing the time the microwave is running and saving money on electricity.

 

I’ve found a few different stands and plate covers that let you stack plates and bowls on top of each other in the microwave or refrigerator. I keep them next to the microwave and reach for them every day — the covers are faster than reaching for plastic wrap when nuking even a single plate of food, and the plastic doesn’t touch the food directly. An added benefit is that they’re reusable and reduce kitchen waste. I happened to pick them all up at at the Daiso discount store in Daly City, CA (branches internationally) because at US$1.50 they’re cheap there, but you can also find these sorts of microwave plate covers on Amazon in different designs. (Read on for more microwave covers and lunch packing details.)

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verabang
stupid_freehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_go_su_co/benefit_battles

Basically, an employee was paying for $400,000 in life insurance, and the company screwed him over.

Bad Spherion...no cookie...

amandavanessa
stupid_freeSmall stupid. I promise I am not butthurt, I just think it's kind of stupid.

fine_clarity posts to polyamory plugging her community, social_liberals. I've been a member for quite sometime, after seeing her plug several weeks ago in intactparenting.

The comments in the post in polyamory made me check the user info again and her description of what a social liberal was pretty false. wight1984 points how bizarre the idea of her community, because in order to join you have to agree with all of her ideals, saying: So, basically, in order to join this group I would have to agree with all your particular political stances? I'm afraid I don't predict that you're going to have much luck with populating that group

So I made this comment to her in social_liberals:

I joined this group without really reading that list and now that I have, I realize how poorly you've described a social liberal.

She responds to me:

You want to leave? Very well, Amanda. Adieu.

...and bans me. How very socially liberal of her to respect another person's opinion!

And another comment sent to me after my banananation:

BTW, it goes without saying that it is not appropriate for you to use this community to undermine social liberalism by saying that it is not social liberalism.

Also, by the sounds of the comments in the polyamory thread, some people have been banned without even joining the community, but for commenting in disagreement.


A socially liberal mod nazi.

WHAT

commoi
bentolunchJust want to tell you about this article from the New York Times that features one hundred and one picnic recipes. All super quick and easy, conveniently sorted into categories such as sandwiches, salads, seafood, and so forth.

Not exactly bento, but we all know that anything picnic-suitable is usually bento-suitable too.

Now go crazy. :D

temperingchaos
stupid_freeIn this post
the idiots have really come out to play..


like omg there is a community dedicated to drama with diapers? oh noes that soooooo weird.. like.. that many people get ripped off? it must just be a wankfest.


Because when people STEAL YOUR FUCKING MONEY you should yaknow..just get over it

Because you got scammed by a 19 year old it's obviously your own fault

Did you know everyone who does business online is silly? Someone better tell the hundreds of b/s/t communities/websites.


The point is the bitch is stupid. She stole people's money and still has the nerve to show her face all over LJ. It doesn't matter that it was in a diaper community.. it matters that she is a thief who steals in the name of charity. So get the fuck over the fact that what the money was for and who it came from.. that isn't the point.
Oh and before it even comes up.. no I wasn't one of the moms who got scammed.. but considering that community does dozens of b/s/t transactions a week and this has been the first issue in months.. Yea I think it is fair people be upset and not expect this to happen.

nilmandra
bentolunchBento just for AP today. Rice mixed with salmon furikake, meatballs, tamagoyaki with spinach, and edamame. This one is lacking in red, I wish I've got a couple of strawberries in there. But we're going away for the weekend and I was trying not to buy any more fresh food yesterday.



I had a handful of spinach leaves left in the salad drawer so I threw it into the tamagoyaki. Just make it as you normally would, pour the beaten egg into the pan, scatter in the spinach leaves and scramble the mixture slightly. Allow to set and roll as normal. Spinach leaves cook/wilt very quickly so the residual heat from the tamogoyaki roll will cook it easily.