Author Archives: Frog

Making Haggis

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Frog

We looked around for recipes and cobbled together several to make haggis on Sunday afternoon. This post really isn’t about the recipe. It’s about the mechanics. First you start with a trio of meats and a half pound of suet: … Continue reading →

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Burns Night

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Frog

We got a jump on Burns Night yesterday. We made haggis for most of the afternoon. After a good five hours, we sat down to the delicious football of ground meat. It was awesome. We served it with neeps and … Continue reading →

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Number: He has ours and we have his

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Frog

Late yesterday afternoon I let Simon out on the screened porch. He likes to hang out there and he uses some of the wood out there as a scratching post. I totally forgot he was out there. I guess an … Continue reading →

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I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing it, Bob

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Frog

Oh, it’s been awhile since I bitched about work. This morning someone asked me if I’d seen the missing keys. I said no. What I wanted to say was if I’d seen them they wouldn’t be missing. Truthfully, what I … Continue reading →

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Stuffing out the sofa and the antenna’s bent

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Frog

There’s been a thought running through my head for at least a year and a half and probably a little longer. If I were industrious, I’d look back through some old off-line journals and pinpoint the exact genesis of the … Continue reading →

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Pushing the Douche Bag out of the top spot

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Frog

It’s over 50 degrees here for the first time in weeks and I’m going to knock off work early. I have ants in my pants and I want to dance.

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Douche. Bag.

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Frog

I was sitting at the Forest and Glenside light this afternoon listening to the news coming out of Haiti and I wondered when the wing-nut preachers would come out with statements that the Haitians caused the earthquake.

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Huzzah! We have cheese.

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Frog

It’s creamy and very tasty. Here’s our goat cheese making station: Here’s a cracker that didn’t last long:

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Happy Dead Birthday, Elvis

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Frog

One of my favorite Elvis songs…actually I like nearly every version of this that I hear.

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Project for the Weekend

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Frog

We have a date night set up for Saturday. You may think a childless couple would have a lot of date nights, but that’s not the way it works. We’re going to see Sherlock Holmes and then grab a bite … Continue reading →

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