Recently made recipes:
Ginger and Almond Chocolate Clusters, Trinidadian Chicken Curry, Jamaican jerk pork tenderloin. I'm going to try the clusters again now, minus the ginger, just 'cause. The chicken and pork were pretty good but both needed more spice. Further experimentation may or may not ensue.

I've accepted a postdoc position at the MPI in ( Read more... )

Yeah, I've mostly given up on LiveJournal. Here's some updates, though? This should satisfy some of you:)

2009 and "the aughts" ended. Time flies like a banana, tu sais.

( First a travel summary, then other stuff! )

Things have been quiet on the ol' LJ lately -- globally, and on my space here -- but in the past month I've been inspired to write a couple food-related posts. Many of you boohoo that I don't write about my food adventures enough. Some of you lament how I quit detailing my sandwich consumption. The latter group will have to survive with the ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, I turn 10000 days old. This is kind of like the odometer post.

My S key works (new keyboard), I have a new digital camera, I am in the process of buying a new iPod, and on Wednesday I go to France for 4ish days. I will attend Nasal 2009 and hang out with Doug. Bye-bye, money.

Whoops, two months without an entry.

In March, I:
-participated in Grad Recruiting Weekend
-wore a necktie every day for a week or so
-drove to & from the airport a lot
-saw Watchmen
-saw Benjamin Button
-went to Ithaca, then Corning ( Read more... )

Checking in here ( Read more... )

Hey, remember when I didn't buy groceries?

Here's coverage of a movement for people to not shop for a week. Amateurs...

I went snowboarding a few weeks back. It was fun, but I don't know if I'll go again this season or ever try to get that good. Carrie and I, each of whom had been once before but didn't feel comfortable, took a lesson with some strangers at our level. I was on the lift with one of them, a guy named Steve. He told me he's a jet pilot who wanted to be ( Read more... )

It's been a while, Wildcats. Many changes have taken place.

I celebrated Christmas with my family. I got 3 hours of sleep, between 1:30am-4:30am, going into Christmas Day. We did the late night church thing (side note: do they only offer the white grape juice at regular services now?) (side side note: I grew up in a church with pre-cubed bread ( Read more... )

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