Victory!

Dear lazyweb:

What’s the best way to effect a transfer of domain ownership? Has anyone done this before?

OK, you can have it for $50. if you will be kind enough just in case you get any emails to chris or dwan and it is NOT for you, you know it is for me and you can ask them to send it to xxx@gmail.com instead. You can mail the check to PO Box 57090, Wash. DC 20037-0090 unless you have some other idea. Thanks, d (send copy of your reply email to xxx@gmail.com thanks)

Totally unrelated, journal type stuff:

We were both feeling a little low this morning, so I made a “dutch baby” pancake:

1) Preheat oven to 425F
2) Melt 4 Tbsp of butter in a 10″ skillet (cast iron, if you got it) over medium heat. The size of the skillet is important for the magic to work
3) whisk together 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup milk, two large eggs, and 1/4 cup of sugar. I added 1/2tsp of vanilla, because I love vanilla pancakes.
4) Pour the mixture into the heated, butter laden skillet, and place immediately in the oven. Cook for 12 – 15 minutes. It’s done when the edges have puffed up and gotten dark golden crisp on top. The center will still be awash in butter and appear liquid. It’s just the butter.
5) Serve immediately out of the oven, because the dutch baby will immediately begin to collapse. If you wish to sing and clap hands as it appears, that adds to the drama somewhat.

Top with powdered sugar, cinnamon apple slices, or good fruit preserves.

Seriously, stop reading now if you don’t want to be grossed out. I have to share the mental image to get it out of my head.

J got to close up a cesarian wound on a 400lb woman today. On smaller people, you go layer by layer, pulling tissues together and stitching them closed, right up to the surface. This allows the various layers to heal independently and minimizes scarring. Apparently, on people with a really thick layer of fat (the phrase “I nearly lost the q-tip” came up), you can’t do this because the tensions and pressures involved would tear the tissues. Plus, it’s apparently tricky to sew fat back together. Instead, you close up the deepest layer, and allow it to heal from the bottom up: It’s sort of a ‘V’ shaped trench. Key in this is keeping it clean, which involves packing with gauze. That was the conversation that led to the dutch baby.

While eating, we got to the good part, this woman’s baby was born without an anus. Apparently, people can be born with cloaca, which are the single, all purpose openings used by birds. So not only is mom really sick, but so is baby.

Gross, eh? If you ever wonder why sometimes we’re a bit silly and trivial, with child-like singing and clapping of hands to make ourselves happy…it’s because the full horror of the breakfast conversation is pretty heavy. People whose heaviest conversation is a greedy boss or a crooked landlord can get by with being serious all the time. Not me, at least.