Again, this surprises no-one

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Private Service Announcement

For a variety of reasons, I'm going to take parts of my LJ friends-only. Posts that I normally mark as "life" or "family" will now be available only to people on my friends' list. And that includes my love life. Who I'm sleeping with is not my kids' business, and Yamaarashi-chan, at least, can read my LJ. And more importantly, as I've gotten older I've learned the need for at least a little privacy.

There will still be a lot of traffic on my LJ. After all, writing, programming, movies, wine, food and the rest aren't aspects of my family life and I'll be willing to post those as often as usual.

But if you want to read my LJ for the more domestic elements, I recommend you ask to be friended, and I will welcome you into my LJ.

Risotto with Brown Rice

I tried making vegetarian risotto with brown rice tonight, since Lundberg Farms makes a risotto-quality brown rice. It took 90 minutes to soften tolerably, and in that time absorbed far more salt from the broth I usually use than normal white Aborio.

I think, if I try this again, I'll have to find another way to cook it. This just didn't work. Too much salt for my normal diet. Bleah. Kouryou-chan didn't eat it; I had to give her a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich instead.