Notebook time

I posted this to alt.poly yesterday, in the course of a long thread, and two different people said they like the phrasing, so I'm putting it here for future reference (mine):

To the extent that there are politics entangled in my polyness and my bisexuality, they're about people being able to live, openly, in the ways that work for them/us, with the partners we choose, whether none, one, or more than one, and of any gender. That's an aim, not a tool to create some changed world.

Notebook time

I posted this to alt.poly yesterday, in the course of a long thread, and two different people said they like the phrasing, so I'm putting it here for future reference (mine):

To the extent that there are politics entangled in my polyness and my bisexuality, they're about people being able to live, openly, in the ways that work for them/us, with the partners we choose, whether none, one, or more than one, and of any gender. That's an aim, not a tool to create some changed world.

Anyone want some audiobooks?

Ages ago, cattitude picked up Pride and Prejudice and some Borges in audiobook format; this was 1999, and I think it's tapes rather than CDs. They're still in the original shrink-wrap, and I'd like to find a home for them. Come get them here (if you need my address, let me know; if you have no idea of where I live, it's upper Manhattan, so if you're not planning to be east of the Mississippi this year, that's not practical), unless I'm planning to visit you anyhow.

Anyone want some audiobooks?

Ages ago, cattitude picked up Pride and Prejudice and some Borges in audiobook format; this was 1999, and I think it's tapes rather than CDs. They're still in the original shrink-wrap, and I'd like to find a home for them. Come get them here (if you need my address, let me know; if you have no idea of where I live, it's upper Manhattan, so if you're not planning to be east of the Mississippi this year, that's not practical), unless I'm planning to visit you anyhow.

New foods of 2005

All of these are things I ate for the first time in 2005. I'm not listing specific recipes so much as ingredients. This may be an incomplete list, since it's memory supplemented by skimming LJ for posts tagged "food":

• oatmeal (yes, really), which I have happily made a staple


• cheval tartare (I had never before eaten horse, raw or cooked; horse steak sometime)


• ochsenmaul (ox cheek salad)


• tongue (I'm not sure if I'd had that before 2005, but I don't recall doing so), both beef and veal


• custard apple (which I didn't like, though this one may have been underripe)


• yogurt ice cream (I'm not listing all ice cream flavors, but that was weird and oddly nice)

I've also had fresh beets (roasted or baked) twice in the last few months, after trying (and liking) one once, years ago, and then not pursuing the matter, since I know I don't like pickled beets, which are much easier to find.

New foods of 2005

All of these are things I ate for the first time in 2005. I'm not listing specific recipes so much as ingredients. This may be an incomplete list, since it's memory supplemented by skimming LJ for posts tagged "food":

• oatmeal (yes, really), which I have happily made a staple


• cheval tartare (I had never before eaten horse, raw or cooked; horse steak sometime)


• ochsenmaul (ox cheek salad)


• tongue (I'm not sure if I'd had that before 2005, but I don't recall doing so), both beef and veal


• custard apple (which I didn't like, though this one may have been underripe)


• yogurt ice cream (I'm not listing all ice cream flavors, but that was weird and oddly nice)

I've also had fresh beets (roasted or baked) twice in the last few months, after trying (and liking) one once, years ago, and then not pursuing the matter, since I know I don't like pickled beets, which are much easier to find.