Every time, every single time I hear the "Barber of Seville" overture, I think of "The Thieving Magpie". Completely another work. Completely.

The London 2012 olympic games' logo looks suspicious to me. And to Sam as well.
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Saffron meringue: works very well, tastes and smells a bit like cheap plastic.

Ginger meringue: when using fresh ginger, be sure to whip the whites to very stiff foam first; adding the ginger will soften the batter considerably. Worth doing oftener.

Garlic meringue: when using fresh garlic, the hard foam will soften to the point of liquidity. No ( Read more... )

Wildlife is looking good. There have been confirmed sightings of a wolf not two kilometers from here. There have been confirmed sightings of bears in three different directions 20 kilometers from here.

And today I found that a moose has been sleeping next to my strawberry patch.

A well-sharpened chain saw is a pleasure to use. The confident purr of the motor, the glittering movement of the chain on the blade, and the way the tool just bites into the timber... and, depending on your choice of wood, the fragrance of the resins and stuff. Yum.

The chain currently on my electric chain saw has overheated a few times during its ( Read more... )

From the statement of the CEO and Chairman of SixApart, mr Berkowitz ( Read more... )

"Because LiveJournal's interests list serves as a search function, and because listing an interest enables other people also interested in a similar topic to gather and/or congregate, we have been advised that listing an interest in an illegal activity must be viewed as using LiveJournal to solicit that illegal activity ( Read more... )

Metadata is what you know.
Data is what you are looking for.
- David Weinberger

There are a few bald patches in my lawn. (We will not mention the abundance of dandelion.) So, I took the tools, did a bit of soft tilling of the topsoil, added a bit of nutrition, and seeded the bald patches with known good lawn seed. And finally, I took the lawn tractor for a spin, and cut the grass around the patches so as to provide mulch for ( Read more... )

I had "Sixteen tons" playing on the PC. Sam remarked, "It sounds a bit ... generic? I mean, all the songs that sound like that, sound the same ( Read more... )