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Test test
A quick post just to show that this journal is still active! -
Pumpkin food
I think I promised a pumpkin recipe, didn't I? Here's my latest discovery. This was inspired by me saying: I have a pumpkin, and I want a main course for dinner that has no gluten or cow based dairy. What can I do with it? And then going through recipes for pumpkin to see what went together and to get ideas.
( Baked pumpkin with goat cheese and mushrooms ) -
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Spent the day in the store today - actually doing work, not just hanging out! We have a new point of sale system, so it is inventory time. Which is the sort of mindless activity that I find soothing, and makes everyone else crazy, so it is a good thing for me to help with ( Read more... ) -
I am a big geek
So I was having a conversation about Nootka roses earlier this week. And it resulted in an email follow up where I was talking about the plant that went something like this:
( More than you wanted to know about wild coastal roses ) -
...and holiday uses for curry
I promised cooking updates in addition to cats, didn't I? At Thanksgiving last week, some folks asked for the Squash-Apple-Curry soup recipe. Here it is:
( Pumpkin-Apple Soup with Curry and Cream ) -
Tenure track positions - even trickier than we thought!
I had to link to this awesome summary of a recent study of qualifications for tenure track positions in ecology and evolution:
Job Data in Ecology and Evolution Fields
None of this makes me feel better about the academic job market!
Also, hi! I'm not dead. It's just been a really crazy year. Hopefully more on that soon. -
The play's the...game?
There's a play in the store! Chicagoland Games and the Axiom Theatre Company are proud to present a live reading of the play Galactic Orphans RIGHT NOW! There are sexy androids, alien orphans, and a surfeit of gaming jokes - it is awesome.
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Tech and religon
Also, I need to hang around livejournal more often because my friends sometimes say really smart things on it. Check out passionandsoul's post on Hacking Our Tech, or Our Tech Hacking Us:
Quoting him ( Read more... ) -
Two months
It looks as though the last time I posted was in January! Sort of a telling day, too. There's a reason I stopped posting when I did. Taking the 10,000 foot view, we'll say that I took on some new responsibilities at work and that has definitely filled in the last little cracks as far as time and energy ( Read more... )