I am not on one or even two epic quests at the moment. I'm on THREE ( Read more... )

I suspect the majority of those reading these words have not the faintest idea who Basil the Great is. I didn't either until yesterday, when a remarkable little book landed in my lap, almost literally from the sky.

Address to Young Men on Reading Greek Literature is a short, delightful treatise by a saint at the end of his life, instructing young ( Read more... )

Has anyone ever bought anything from this site? Did you get your things ok? Did it take a long time? What about safety/security? What about the shipping rates/times? And the used shipping - any good luck there ( Read more... )

So most of you know that big changes are happening in my office. Over the weekend, while I did enjoy my sister's visit and Nick's birthday, I also wondered what my new role would look like. And I confess, I did dream full-time dreams ( Read more... )

Life's pretty crazy sometimes ( Read more... )

Last night I made the first completely vegetarian meal that I really, really liked! Here's what we had: vegetable samosas and raisin-almond couscous. It was so good I might seriously consider trying some of the Indian restaurants around here ( Read more... )

I wonder if I should add Sushi Academy and Chocolatier to my DS games wishlist. I have suprisingly zero experience with food-based/themed games. Anyone played anything like this? Was it good or repetitive?

So this week, we're gonna try something new at Casa de Ash&Nick. Instead of eating out during the week, I'm going to try cooking all this week and only eating out for lunch today ( Read more... )

So I have to admit, when I first heard of Yotsuba&, it didn't really stir any interest. Mostly because when I saw this:


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Last night I woke up at 4:30 in the morning thirsty, desperately in need of a bathroom, and absolutely CONVINCED I was becoming diabetic. It may be completely irrational (I had a glucose tolerance test last summer which was showed I had very, very good insulin levels both short-term and long-term), but it's been on my mind all morning ( Read more... )