Huh. Somehow, I think I no longer care how it freezes.

So much for clam chowder in the crockpot. First it was a pain to make, second the instructions apparently assume 'high' is a lot higher than it is, since I didn't exactly get it cooked when it was supposed to be, and thirdly, the result is disgusting. I halved the onion input and it's still too freaking oniony. It tastes like onion soup, with no clam aspect.

I hate cooking. The only excuse for having to cook is getting to eat something I want at the end of it (such as clam chowder - I can't buy it, because I need it made with lactose free milk; the pills are not enough with standard chowder). So getting to the end of all that effort and mess with something I can't stand is just...reminding me why I just stop eating things I can't buy ready-made in some acceptable format. I hate cooking when it produces results; when it doesn't, I'm so frustrated I can hardly stand to think about it. I wasted time on this crap today, and I wish I had never even heard of the recipe.

But, I don't have to worry about whether it reheats okay, or whether you can freeze and reheat it. (If the recipe had been good, those would have been the next questions - and with clam chowder, I suspect the answers would have been no, which would ALSO have annoyed me. Though that would be better than having this much inedible ick.)

Weather and wisdom. And books.

Rain and high winds tonight. Already we're at 25mph with gusts higher; forecast is 40 mph gusting to 60. The power has flickered violently, then gone out, once. It took my desktop out - I need to replace the UPS or split the hardware. It overloaded. So much for those web pages! (The desktop has been booted back up, checked over, and shut down for the moment.)

Tomorrow is garbage pickup for our neighborhood. About 1/4 to 1/3 of our neighbors set their garbage out tonight, as most of us normally do Sunday nights. ...ummm. That should be just GREAT.

I haven't had much luck with books lately. Lackey's Aerie, which I'd hoped would be about as good as the other three in the series, was - until it took a right turn that wasn't at all telegraphed or similar to the rest of the world, and hopped into an alternate universe (it sounded like something written by another author - I have a particular one in mind but identifying said author would almost certainly be a spoiler). Argh. I picked up Catalyst purely because it was by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and...I don't know which is worse, the story itself or the fact that it ends in the middle of things, sort of. Not very - I'm not sure. Believable? Something. First Hoffman book I've read that I have disliked, that I can recall. And I know I've read something else recently that disappointed, but I can no longer recall what it is. Hopefully I won't get it from the library again later and reread it in a fit of utter stupidity!