Things that make you want to get up in the morning

Two short notes:

Altoids now makes Ginger candies. They're utterly fabulous. I've eaten like 50 of them since I got to work this morning.

I can now apparently drink coffee again. For the last two or three years, drinking coffee has resulted in almost immediate vomiting, which is no fun for anyone, and is especially no fun when it's an experience attached to one of your favorite things. Prior to that time, I could drink coffee with impunity, and there was no key event associated with coffee that I recall that happened when my switch from coffee consumer to coffee spewer occurred. Then, suddenly, yesterday, my friend was brewing a pot of Texas Turtle coffee (chocolate and caramel flavored) and brought me a cup. I sipped it, had no immediate reaction, and felt emboldened to drink about half the cup. I felt a bit nauseous, but overall, not so bad. I think I'll repeat the experiment later, just in case, but I think whatever it was has passed.

Things that make you want to get up in the morning

Two short notes:

Altoids now makes Ginger candies. They're utterly fabulous. I've eaten like 50 of them since I got to work this morning.

I can now apparently drink coffee again. For the last two or three years, drinking coffee has resulted in almost immediate vomiting, which is no fun for anyone, and is especially no fun when it's an experience attached to one of your favorite things. Prior to that time, I could drink coffee with impunity, and there was no key event associated with coffee that I recall that happened when my switch from coffee consumer to coffee spewer occurred. Then, suddenly, yesterday, my friend was brewing a pot of Texas Turtle coffee (chocolate and caramel flavored) and brought me a cup. I sipped it, had no immediate reaction, and felt emboldened to drink about half the cup. I felt a bit nauseous, but overall, not so bad. I think I'll repeat the experiment later, just in case, but I think whatever it was has passed.

Spyware

In general, I'm opposed to adware, spyware, and anything that installs itself on one's machine without one's permission and makes itself difficult to find in order to remove. However, the clinging parasite I have on this machine just did something funny: it's a search bar sort of an apparatus, and links to ads about the things you search for. Since I don't use it, it generally seems to display ads about singles sites, iraqi cards, and PDA software, but it occasionally harvests my google searches and tries to match that.

So I just googled for Implied Regurgitation, a lovely little site that sells cartoon speech bubble stickers that read "I threw up." for application to ads, cartoons, magazine pictures, etc., which I think is pretty funny. So the search bar parasite picked that up and is now offering me links to regurgitation and vomiting.

The sound you do not hear is the sound of an office worker's snickers being absorbed by cubicle walls and covered by white noise generators.

Spyware

In general, I'm opposed to adware, spyware, and anything that installs itself on one's machine without one's permission and makes itself difficult to find in order to remove. However, the clinging parasite I have on this machine just did something funny: it's a search bar sort of an apparatus, and links to ads about the things you search for. Since I don't use it, it generally seems to display ads about singles sites, iraqi cards, and PDA software, but it occasionally harvests my google searches and tries to match that.

So I just googled for Implied Regurgitation, a lovely little site that sells cartoon speech bubble stickers that read "I threw up." for application to ads, cartoons, magazine pictures, etc., which I think is pretty funny. So the search bar parasite picked that up and is now offering me links to regurgitation and vomiting.

The sound you do not hear is the sound of an office worker's snickers being absorbed by cubicle walls and covered by white noise generators.

Answering my own question

White Cheese Dip

1 pound (4 cups) asadero shredded cheese or Mexican shredded cheese mixture
8 ounces chopped green chiles
1 cup heavy cream
1 jalapeno or serrano pepper, finely chopped
salt, to taste

Combine all of ingredients in crockpot. Cover and cook on low for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally, or until cheese is melted. Thin with more milk or cream if necessary. Taste and adjust seasoning.
For additional flavor, add finely chopped onion, ground cumin, chopped roasted red pepper, etc..
Serve hot from crock with tortilla chips.

Answering my own question

White Cheese Dip

1 pound (4 cups) asadero shredded cheese or Mexican shredded cheese mixture
8 ounces chopped green chiles
1 cup heavy cream
1 jalapeno or serrano pepper, finely chopped
salt, to taste

Combine all of ingredients in crockpot. Cover and cook on low for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally, or until cheese is melted. Thin with more milk or cream if necessary. Taste and adjust seasoning.
For additional flavor, add finely chopped onion, ground cumin, chopped roasted red pepper, etc..
Serve hot from crock with tortilla chips.