It's 9:30 and almost dark.

What sort of outrage is this?

In other news, my bruises from my bike accident have made it to the surface, only a week after they were incurred.

So it's now 102 (not-so-fondly Fahrenheit, as lsanderson would say). That's the highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle ( Read more... )

In the AC. Because tomorrow's predicted high is 101, which would be the all-time record high for Seattle.

Some people say there's a God. If I find him, he'll fuckin' pay.

Hey, I made it without stopping. Well, except for the red lights.

And I'm not all that sore today. Guess I'll have to do this more often. It'll even save me a few shekels on my bus fare!

We're heading out to the Seattle Aquarium today with ogremarco and miss_sirriamnis. Then it's off to Sichuan in Bellevue.

My ride in was 1 mile of long slow downhill, one shorter very sharp downhill, and 1 mile of flat. Not looking forward so much to the ride back home.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pate1-2009may01,1,7523853.story

Just thought you all should know.

I got this sausage stuffer for my birthday, so next time I make sausage it will be rather less work to stuff it (I've been using the cheapo kitchenaid attachment, which is really a workout for your arm and shoulders ( Read more... )

We had 8 guests for cassoulet last night. I spent all week at it -- made the confit, made the sausage, soaked the beans, cooked the beans, added stuff and let it sit, then cooked with bread crumbs on top. It was the first time I'd made confit with salt. It was quite salty eaten alone, but cooked into the cassoulet the salt wasn't noticable ( Read more... )

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/12/the-clapper/

We went to my brother's place. The cast was me and Melissa, mom and dad, my brother Sean and his wife Ana, their two daughters Sophie (5) and Serena (7). Ana's mother cooked the turkey but wasn't feeling well when time came to eat it ( Read more... )