This is actually an initial rough draft for an idea I/we had tonight, inspired by... well, I need to explain.

Y'see, Kestrelcat is, among other things, a reasonably avid gardener, especially for edible plants and extra-specially for flavorful edible ones. And, in addition to the more usual culinary herbs which can be found in kitchen-gardens the ( Read more... )

So, it's been reported that the Portland area burned-out zones are now under threat of flash flood ( Read more... )

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And, continuing with the food theme, we have tonight!

Kestrel (my wife) has been on a food preservation kick recently - she gets like this when the seasons start to change. Late spring and summer are times for pickles and other hand-type snacks, and she tried out several new recipes which "came of age" tonight.

First up, a spicy carrot pickle. You ( Read more... )

Well, dinner tonight was interesting. Also, quite tasty. Homemade pizza dough, garlic alfredo sauce, with scrambled eggs, crumbled breakfast sausage, ham, and slivered onions as toppings, and a good four-cheese blend. Not traditional in any sense, but definitely pleasantly edible.

No other real purpose to this post, just kicking something out there.

QUITE DEFINITELY, NOT SAFE FOR WORK:

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The man may have completely lost it, but he has realized, and VERBALIZED, something that our own media has not and may never. This is profane, raw, and agonized, but it is also TRUTH. And that last is also why it may never get any exposure in our own

Somehow, I managed to score an entire two weeks off work - I still can't believe it, but only one person requested any part of the two weeks leading up to Christmas, and that was only our last day before The Day. (We as a team are allowed two people scheduled off on any given day before any further requests have to be made using personal time ( Read more... )

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