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My culture is a disturbing place.
So. My culture makes children's animated movies where worker ants are boys (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antz) and worker bees are boys ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Movie) and boy cows have udders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnyard_(film), and this is passed off as one of those metaphor things, and not important; and this usurpation ( Read more... ) -
Christmas in Tappen & the Coquihalla Blues.
We went to Tappen to spend Christmas with my parents. It was excellent. Family friends came over for Christmas dinner and we all had a good time. I know my parents are sorry they don't have grandchildren, but they seem to be resigned - which is good because I am nearly 60. This is what can happen if you put all your genetic eggs in one basket ( Read more... ) -
06 December 1989
Taken from :
http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/5514361.html
Geneviève Bergeron (b. 1968), civil engineering student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering ( Read more... ) -
Voted.
Polls close in BC at 7:00 pm BC time.
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Outliers.
So. One worries that Martin Shkreli *isn't* the greediest weenie on the planet. -
Chocolate cookies - controlled carb
I was desperate for a cookie last night, but I am through the sugar withdrawal (and my knees feel soooo much better), that I did not want an actual cookie. So here's what I made ( Read more... ) -
This is our theory which is ours and which we own.
So, we like to watch TV shows like Coast and Sacred Wonders of Britain and Ancient Weather - all interesting tidbits of information without the breathless hysteria of The! Monumnent! That! Killed!!!! 10,000! Men! and similar "everything is a blow-em-up-good scene in a cheesy movie" approaches to entertainment documentaries. At least with things ( Read more... ) -
Quick grape update.
So: pickled grapes, yum ( Read more... ) -
Canadian Parliament Vote List URL
All the items voted on since the 38th session in 2004 (not sure if anything earlier is there) can been seen here in detail - how each MP voted on each thing:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/housechamberbusiness/ChamberVoteList.aspxI was interested because there has been a rumour circulating that Trudeau the Younger has voted in lockstep with Harper the ( Read more... ) -
Pickled Grapes
I need to put this recipe somewhere I can find it again.
P (I need to put these here because LJ just jambs all the paragraphs together without something to mark the blank line when I copy and paste from Word. Argh.)
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I read about pickled grapes in a book from Lee Valley (https://www.leevalley.com/)[1], but it used tarragon, and I just can’t do ( Read more... )