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Oct 1, 2012

vavavarooooom commented on A Restaurant Recommendation for a Decent, Non-Dairy, Non-Egg, Meat-Filled Meal.

I went to Lecosho with a garlic intolerance and pregnant, which severely limits what I can eat in restaurants, but I thought I could at least get some delicious meat. The waiter did not give two craps about what my issues were, and basically just told me there was nothing I could eat there. He told me he went back and asked the kitchen, and they told him there was nothing but roasted almonds for me, but as I selected items from the menu and asked specifically about them - lo and behold, it turns out the chicken was prepared without garlic! So he either lied, or the kitchen staff does not know what they are preparing.The food at Lecosho is great, but I definitely was not impressed with the server or the staff, and if I had not been pushy, I would have just been nibbling almonds while my friend ate her dinner.

I recommend Andaluca - when there was really nothing on the menu I could eat, the chef made a sauce for me to have in place of the standard one.

Aug 23, 2012

vavavarooooom commented on Woman Hospitalized After Race-Fueled Catfight.

came to say what @2 said. Seriously? In 2012, I can't even come to the Stranger without being degraded for being a woman??

May 26, 2012

vavavarooooom commented on Idiot Tries to Defend Bigoted Anti-Gay-Marriage Preacher on Anderson Cooper.

I was at 6:30 and like, "this isn't the real idiocy??" No, it wasn't. This lady is so ignorant, I am ashamed to be american.

May 18, 2012

vavavarooooom commented on SL Letter of the Day: Grey Is the New Black Eye.

Can we get a warning when you are going to mention 2 girls 1 cup? Something like "Shit ahoy!!" maybe? It grosses me out for a full day even reading the words. I am going to go shower after typing this.

May 4, 2012

vavavarooooom commented on Confidential to NOM's Brian Brown: You're On, Motherfucker.

Hooray hooray!! No way he will show up, but if he does OH YES PLEASE do it in Seattle so I can be there!!

Mar 22, 2012

vavavarooooom commented on One Hundred Punks Crash City Design Meeting to Save the Funhouse.

I never went to a show at the Funhouse, but it was fun to go in there when I was meeting very non-punk friends near the space needle and just casually text them to come there. They text from outside "you mean the scary clown bar?? Why did you go in there?!" Heheheh

Dec 18, 2011

vavavarooooom commented on Using Cocaine to Self-Medicate for Attention-Deficit Disorder.

I haven't read all the comments, so sorry if this is a repeat, but Ritalin and Cocaine are very similar drugs. They have the same structure and work on the same system, but Ritalin (taken at prescribed doses) doesn't give you the crash you would get with Coke. If I remember correctly it binds the dopamine transporters for longer than coke does so you get a sustained effect, rather than the high/crash of coke.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ritalin-a…

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/a…

Dec 11, 2011

vavavarooooom commented on Slog Bible Study: Exodus 21:7.

Once the hymen is broken, a female has no value, so it is in her best interests to stay with the same owner, since no one else will take her. The bible cares about women!

Nov 21, 2011

vavavarooooom commented on Why Occupy UC Davis?.

So, I am a bit torn on this issue. I do think university tuition has gotten out of control, and not being able to get rid of loans with a bankruptcy means that the bank carries very little risk with the loans, and any theater or humanities or social work students can get tens of thousands, when post graduate earnings will probably not allow them to pay it back comfortably, and the banks can hound them for the rest of their lives. This is a disaster which is now (hopefully) coming to a head, and the OWS protesters have a valid argument.

HOWEVER, the low-cost and already available government solution is our local community colleges. If these students did not start with a transferable Associate's degree, cutting the cost of a college education by close to one half, then I have less sympathy. Community colleges also offer certificate programs which are going to be more applicable in the workforce than that degree in theater. Not to pick on theater majors (do what you love!), but a 1-year, $1000 course in, say, payroll or accounting or web design or whatever - that you can take while you work (or act!) full time is going to sell you to employers.

I am kind of rambling now because I can't settle on my own opinion. It seems like there is a partial solution to this issue, already provided by government, that the protesters don't want, but I also see a huge problem in the university system. Hrm.

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