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I’ve used this recipe since Alaska days — probably first in 1990. I’ve been meaning to publish it for a long time. Karen says these are the best chocolate chip cookies she’s ever had and that I can make them any time.

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Actual iChat conversation:

daved: What does Ray have to say?

catshepherd: Juei has a stupid meeting

catshepherd: I’m looking at the code while he’s in his meeting

catshepherd: We’ll look at it together at 4

catshepherd: But my hope for a quick fix is diminishing

catshepherd: The jury’s not out yet though

daved: you mean still out

catshepherd: Yeah

catshepherd: Karenism

catshepherd: She gets me saying them sometimes too

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I’m feeling better after being ill for the past past several days, and to celebrate my recovery Karen took me to see Open Water this evening. It was nice to get out of the house.

As we left the theater after the show, one of the other patrons (who evidently also saw the movie) roared by the entrance in their truck and shouted “Open Water sucks ass! Don’t see it!” to the crowd congregated nearby. This brought a few pre-pubescent giggles, and Karen and I sort-of laughed and smiled at each other as we heard him say it — that’s pretty much how we both felt about the movie, too.

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What do you see, Doc?

You have a Terry-Jim, the doctor said.

A what?

A Terry-Jim.

How do you spell that?

P-t-e-r-y-g-i-u-m, she said, carefully writing it on a napkin as she spoke.

Huh. A pterygium. What in the world is that?

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