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Today I learned how to play rummy. Very slowly. But with all the enthusiasm in the world!

Also we ate a lot of sticky toffee pudding and the occasional piece of turkey. Between the eight of us plus toddler, we managed to take care of about two thirds of the turkey and at least half of everything else last night. We're all feeling a deep sense of accomplishment today. Or maybe it's fullness. Difficult to tell.

Oh, except for the pumpkin pie. None of us could bring ourselves to eat one more thing, though it made a nice snack this morning. Pumpkin pie and pad thai, breakfast of champions...

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[ysabet.livejournal.com]

I had Earl Grey and a lovely bowl of Calorie Overkill this morning. CO is this weird fruit-salad thing that I'm utterly addicted to, the kind you usually find in cafeterias-- you know, mixed fruit with whipped cream and mini-marshmallows? Only thing is, this version has butterscotch pudding-mix, tons of sour cream, pecans, huge amounts of mandarin orange slices and other exotica to change the flavor and texture. It is very nommable and tastes sinfully good at 8am.

Never learned rummy; but I did once pretend I knew hot to play Cosmic Fizbin. (http://telp.org/mm9/tavern/anyboard/posts/40029.html) Won myself two rum-and-cokes that way. **halo**

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, it's like Mornington Crescent for card games!

[ysabet.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. And you can make up such lovely hand names, too-- the group I was playing this with at the time were all incredibly geeky Trekkies (me too) and I recall claiming that some sort of card-combination was "McCoy's Gambit". **evil grin**