Here are my very bad pickers of Maker Fair and these are my pictures of West Texas

Stupid camera! I still take pictures when I can get it to work. I need a new camera, switch or wait for new Sony?

It was a good weekend. Friday we got a new air conditioner and heater. Saturday morning we went shopping for a lawn mower. A big monster riding lawn mower. Too bad it was at the Kubota place and there was a bx1500 sitting with the mowers. I like tractors. Orange tractors with lots o' accessories: mowers, tiller, box scrapers, sweepers, ( Read more... )

Drat, the cupcake lady has posted a bunch of new recipes that sound interesting: Banana Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes, Green Tea Bubble Cream Filled Cupcakes with Green Tea Cream Cheese Frosting, Himalayan Goji Berry Chocolate Cupcakes Topped with Chocolate Ganache and Himalayan Pink Salt, and Cherry-Vanilla Cupcakes. Hmmmm, which to make first? Can ( Read more... )

It's simple, so good and really quick. Split a banana lengthwise, so that you have two halves. Don't do like John and just make a split in the banana. Then make a slit along the length of each half. Take pieces of chocolate and stuff 'em in the slits. Then stick it under the broiler until the chocolate melts. It's some serious good stuff.

Anthony Bourdain, I can't decide if I like him or want to kick in the shin, really hard. I would kick him in the ass, but he's a tall guy and I'd probably hurt myself trying to kick that high. I just finished his latest book, The Nasty Bits, which I got free courtesy of Amstel. Yes, the Dutch beer people. It's a book of essays divided up into ( Read more... )

Dang it! PBS changed the format of America's Ballroom Challenge from two one hour shows, which they showed back to back, to five one hour shows, one per week. I've already missed several shows ( Read more... )

I entered it in The Black Book, so it must be done! Here is the URL for the original recipe. These are the changes I made to make it a veggie dish (if you need more detail, let me know ( Read more... )

It was fun yelling "Woof" at those doing the Race for the Cure. Several people told us we were their favorite part of the race. Next year I'll have to invest in pink things. Anyone with a suggestion on ways to get Nick in the pink mode should let me know ( Read more... )

There is no love for The Vet. Nora spends the whole day there and will not pee. John shows up, takes her out and she still won't pee, but she is so excited that she bites her tongue and bleeds enough that the vet tech has to clean her up. Of course she gets home and has to pee. John got a sample and she does have a bladder infection. I thought ( Read more... )