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Plants...
When I was growing up, the house was always full of plants. It didn't matter where we lived, or how poor we were--my mother filled our tiny apartment with greenery. When we moved, it took two trips to transport our furniture, books, and personal belongings. It took 3 trips to transport the plants. Nowadays, that my parents loved into a large house ( Read more... ) -
Keats fans, anyone? (I know you're out there!)
This may be a dumb questions, but at least it's a genuine one. I've read Keats in three different graduate-level classes. Romanticism is one of my two fields.
I still can't figure out what he means by negative capacity. I sense that it's important and probably critical to my argument, but I don't know how or why.
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e-readers...
As a "you're starting grad school!" (again) present, my parents offered to buy an e-reader for me. (!!!)
I'm absolutely thrilled: I had planned to buy one for myself if/when I passed orals...but it would be really useful to have it during coursework. But I don't know what to go with--any suggestions would be really helpful. (Or if you recall threads ( Read more... ) -
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Damn. It's going to be close. Apparently, the vote on Prop 16 is right on the border (though only 13% of the results are in). Please, Californians...doesn't the fact that PG&E is apparently backing voter's rights seem a bit...suspicious?
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Argh. Molly was bitten by a cat. a CAT. She escaped from the townhouse as we were moving things we. Adrian caught her perhaps 2 minutes later, but in the meantime....she managed to be on the losing end of a catfight. Palm, meet face. It's one thing when my half-grown puppy loses a fight to a pitbull more than twice his size...but damn, a cat ( Read more... ) -
more quiche....
Loosely adopted from chocolate & zucchini. I'd normally prefer crusted quiches, but didn't have the time to make one today. This still worked beautifully...I'll definitely be returning to this recipe. This serves 4, perhaps with a salad (field greens, avocados, with oil & balsamic) and a soup (some sort of a chowder? Or make I s). And on such a hot ( Read more... ) -
French bbq
Excuse the oxy-moron.
I'm in Chicago, visiting for my folks for two weeks. My parents are having a bbq tonight...and to celebrate the end of my semester (almost: 39 student papers and counting...I've already knocked off almost 30), I baked...and marinated...
There's a few of the dishes that turned out really well:
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Sunday morning breakfast
This is probably one of my favorite breakfast menus. It comes together quickly...about 25-30 minutes from start to finish.
strawberries & creme
mimosa
blue cheese & chive biscuits
lemon, maple, and ginger scones
perfect scrambled eggs (served w/ toast & smoked salmon)
french press coffee
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Someone slap some sense into me before I buy these heels. I tried them on at Anthropologie today, thinking that they were so absurdly expensive that there's no way I'd be tempted. Well, as it turns out...they're on sale. (Though still more than what I've *ever* paid for shoes--granted, my usually limit is $150, and anything in the triple digits ( Read more... )