Random Thoughts Thursday 153
- (I got a package from my mom’s mom in the mail this weekend. “Ooo, what is this surprise?!” I wondered. Ha, good one, Grandma!
- I keep seeing people use “ride or die” to reference their relationships with their partners, and didn’t get what it meant (I only know it from the Fast & Furious franchise, which I always took literally with the riding being driving). Urban dictionary to the rescue! It means you’ve got someone’s back no matter what, you’ll “ride” anything out with them, and “die” trying. You’re with them until the end. Huh. Anyone using this… in their relationships? Or just in every text you send/receive from your older brother, like me? Ha ha ha.
- Gah, I made the silliest mistake when I was making banana bread this weekend – I was doubling the recipe, but accidentally quadrupled the flour! And didn’t realize it until the end. D’oh. We actually fixed it by adding more stuff to it, including apples, which resulted in a banana/apple bread hybrid! It didn’t cook as evenly as it should have, but tasted great.
- I loathe looking for restaurants. Especially on my phone. I am not a foodie and don’t get joy out of looking for restaurants and reading menus (that are usually only in pdf in a pop-up window). And yeah, it doesn’t help that I am looking for vegan options! Wah wah wah.
- I love reading magazines in print, and prefer it over a screen. I’m sad that my favorite magazine (Running Times) is no longer in publication. Runner’s World doesn’t do it for me anymore. Every issue seems thinner, and more scattered – like they are trying to duplicate the online experience in print (they actually said that is what they were going for, in an issue from this year). Sigh. I saw this add in Bicycling, encouraging people to stick with print media over online media, because it’s more “authoritative,” can be more “trusted,” and is less cluttered (I thought it was funny they had a hashtag at the bottom though, ha). I still enjoy Bicycling magazine, especially their human interest stories. And I actually learn from it – which is a reflection of me not knowing much about cycling, but rolling my eyes at most “informational” articles in Runner’s World. Anyway. I just wanted to complain. Ha. And say that I hope this industry doesn’t die out completely.
The text says, “The race to post, tweet and chat every minute has made it hard to know what’s real. And it’s making magazine brands matter more than ever. Truth is, their authoritative content is more trusted, inspiring and motivating than any other. Magazine media cuts through the clutter, in print, online, on mobile and video.”
Themocracy
Ha, I love the crazy cat lade ornament 🙂 I made a similar cooking mistake the other week. We were making a batter and it looked really thin. I re-read the instructions and realized that I had added double the amount of water! We added more flour, crossed our fingers, and thankfully it turned out ok.
I am glad to hear it turned out!!! Isn’t it weird how you can read a recipe and think you have it right but get it wrong?! I feel like that’s a sign that I shouldn’t have been baking then, ha ha.
I’ve never used “ride or die” in the context of any relationship I have with any person, but I *did* just use it in my blog post on Tuesday to describe my relationship to the Today show, soo…. Hahahahaha. Admittedly, I haven’t watched the Today show much recently because it doesn’t work with my work schedule anymore, but it is the only morning show I watch, so I guess the phrase still kind of applies?
A couple of years ago, a former roommate of mine attempted to make chocolate chip cookies, and since my apartment had more powdered sugar than you could shake a stick at, accidentally used powdered sugar instead of flour to make her cookies. Needless to say, it did not go well for her!
Ahh, I missed that! Ha! If you are with them for the long run, it’s your ride or die! You are just doing less riding, lately. LOL.
HA! What consistency did those have? Did she realize before she baked them?!
She didn’t realize it, no, haha. She knew something was wrong because the batter didn’t thicken the way she expected it to, but she tried to bake them anyway, and they were just a runny, ridiculous mess. I guess that’s what we deserved for storing the powdered sugar and flour in identical containers hahaha.
Ha! Have you since learned your lesson?! 🙂
I loved Runner’s World mag when I was a new runner and had a subscription for years – but even me, a not competitive, not fast runner, finally had enough of the repetitive articles, and I didn’t renew the subscription a couple of years ago. I wish there was a more interesting option for running magazines.
It is SO damn repetitive. And even the human interest articles aren’t that interesting anymore! I wish there was something better too. I bet you would have liked Running Times. I was annoyed when they abruptly ended and added my two year subscription to Runner’s World. Sigh.