I hate it, I love it, I hate it, I love it.

Night before last I ordered Chinese takeout from this *fabulous* place here in town. (Delivered Chinese that is on par with Cody's in Raleigh and half the price? Makes me feel like I'm back in the NW.)

Included amongst the Gen. Tzo's Chicken and pork fried rice was a large *vat* of hot and sour soup. I filled up on the others that night, but dove into the soup today. It's always really really tasty, and high on the spice level. Considering it's cold up here in the apt today (about 60deg or so, and the heat is controlled two floors below, where it's much warmer...) this was a perfect choice.

Except when I open the container from the fridge, it's kind of like aspic.

Okay, no problem, heat it up and it'll thin out and melt... right?

It now has the consistency of poultry gravy, and is barely cool enough to eat.

ginkgo can tell you how much I loooooooooove poultry gravy. Truly. Gak.


Needs more wonton strips... but the flavor is wonderful.

I hate it, I love it, I hate it, I love it.

Night before last I ordered Chinese takeout from this *fabulous* place here in town. (Delivered Chinese that is on par with Cody's in Raleigh and half the price? Makes me feel like I'm back in the NW.)

Included amongst the Gen. Tzo's Chicken and pork fried rice was a large *vat* of hot and sour soup. I filled up on the others that night, but dove into the soup today. It's always really really tasty, and high on the spice level. Considering it's cold up here in the apt today (about 60deg or so, and the heat is controlled two floors below, where it's much warmer...) this was a perfect choice.

Except when I open the container from the fridge, it's kind of like aspic.

Okay, no problem, heat it up and it'll thin out and melt... right?

It now has the consistency of poultry gravy, and is barely cool enough to eat.

ginkgo can tell you how much I loooooooooove poultry gravy. Truly. Gak.


Needs more wonton strips... but the flavor is wonderful.

Gonna be ugly...

I've been playing with CNN's Delegate Counter for the past two months or so, and you know what?

One thing has been consistent... Obama needs only 30% of the delegates at the convention in Denver to clinch the nomination, assuming a consistent 50/50 split on the remaining states and territories. (In fact, that % has gone down a bit - it started about 34%.)

Of course, I don't think anyone should underestimate the ability of the Clinton machine to do backroom deals, so it's not exactly cut and dried, BUT...

Seriously, can you imagine the uproar if Clinton ends up with the majority of the delegates at the convention, but Obama gets the nomination by the party's own rules?

Her only chance at this point, that I see, is that FL and MI get to vote regardless of the rules that they agreed to, and then broke... which is pretty much going to shatter the DNC as I see it, and ensure a McCain win in November. McCain has *just* enough middle of the road appeal to draw off disillusioned folks from the Democrats if they can't even stick to their own rules. (Oh, and if FL and MI's votes *do* end up counting? Obama needs 51% to win. Talk about down to the wire...)

Yup, ugly, and only going to get uglier.

Gonna be ugly...

I've been playing with CNN's Delegate Counter for the past two months or so, and you know what?

One thing has been consistent... Obama needs only 30% of the delegates at the convention in Denver to clinch the nomination, assuming a consistent 50/50 split on the remaining states and territories. (In fact, that % has gone down a bit - it started about 34%.)

Of course, I don't think anyone should underestimate the ability of the Clinton machine to do backroom deals, so it's not exactly cut and dried, BUT...

Seriously, can you imagine the uproar if Clinton ends up with the majority of the delegates at the convention, but Obama gets the nomination by the party's own rules?

Her only chance at this point, that I see, is that FL and MI get to vote regardless of the rules that they agreed to, and then broke... which is pretty much going to shatter the DNC as I see it, and ensure a McCain win in November. McCain has *just* enough middle of the road appeal to draw off disillusioned folks from the Democrats if they can't even stick to their own rules. (Oh, and if FL and MI's votes *do* end up counting? Obama needs 51% to win. Talk about down to the wire...)

Yup, ugly, and only going to get uglier.