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I've been very tired this week, but erratically so--I don't sleep 9 hours at a stretch, but sleep a while, get up, then get tired again. It'll pass, but it's annoying in the meantime. Neil's getting the short end of the stick with it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/nyregion/19lieberman.html

I'm not a particularly huge Lieberman fan, but frankly, I'm more interested in having a Democrat win the election than having the ideologically pure win the primary. Deposing the centrist for the extremist doesn't have a great history as an election tactic, especially in the Senate.

Of course, a little nervousness never hurt the complacent, and if it makes Senator Lieberman move slightly left, it's for the good.

last week's NYT restaurant review had me craving dumplings. They reviewed a Ukrainian place in Brighton Beach that did 9 kinds of vareniki. Mmm. (Plus several kinds of pelmeni, meat dumplings, but it was the thought of cherry vareniki that did it for me.)

I know how to do those (OK, kreplach, which are basically the same thing but triangular; less work with the cutting and folding) but I don't have the space :( (you need room to roll out the dough!) Or sour cherry filling, which is one of my favourites. Kreplach, boiled, fried in butter and served with sour cream: one of the best, most fattening dishes ever. I like a potato and farmer cheese filling with onions.

Dumplings are one of the greatest foods ever. I've always loved them. Kreplach, wonton, ravioli, gyoza, it's all good.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4995800.stm

This isn't far from us. I know people from Edgware, too...

Went to the doctor's today. Got him to go against the BNF. Twice.
(Admittedly, I had other doctors backing me up. I don't pretend to be a doctor; I just know enough to make informed decisions.)