Monthly Archives: October 2008

He’s Grandmaster, He cuts faster

Last night we went to the Get Out The Vote concert. 4 hours later, I leaned over to the better-half and said, “The Beastie Boys need to wrap it up because I am an old lady and need to go … Continue reading

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Do I Really Look That Stupid?

I really need for daylight savings to be over. This waking up in the very dark thing has got to stop. I’m having more days of dark in the morning and dark when I get home. I need one of … Continue reading

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They Got That Right

Plenty of times I get an email from Amazon telling me they have wondrous things for sale that I just have to have. Most of those times, I shake my head and say what kind of algorithm are they running … Continue reading

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The Year 10191

I used to be able to recite some of this too. I’m just sad that there’s not more and those twits laughing make me grumpy. Thou shall not laugh or the Kwisatz Haderach will take over the known universe. For … Continue reading

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Be Still My Beating Heart

How about these apples?

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My fingers are blue

I got to work at the crack of dawn as usual and let myself into the building. The building was cold. Not being a permanent resident of the building, I wasn’t sure what the protocol was for warming the building … Continue reading

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First Radishes

I actually ate the first radish a few days ago, but here’s a picture of our first harvest. I saved the green tops and we’ll have those in salad later this week. We also picked a few leaves of spinach. … Continue reading

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Asado and Tortillas

Dinner was delicious and the corn tortillas turned out pretty well for our first attempt. I think next time we’re going to play around with adding a little baking powder so they aren’t quite so dense. We finished them off … Continue reading

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Dinner Last Night

I was going to post pictures of our delicious dinner last night but upon looking at them I’ve decided it really just looks like a mess on the plate. Imagine, if you will, pan seared scallops with a sauce of … Continue reading

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Scratchy Throat

I’ve had a scratchy throat for the past few days and it’s starting to annoy me. Not annoy me enough to go to the doctor–just complain about it and eat throat lozenges. Whether from the throat or the fullish moon, … Continue reading

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