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Eugene's snow removal plan
"It'll rain in a few days."
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North Eugene High School Ukulele Orchestra kickstarting first album
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Cuddly as a cactus....
My daughters watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas in the minivan on the way to and from the Christmas tree farm today, reminding me of this xkcd.
My late-boomer parents would have been about twelve in 1966.
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The sweet rewards of procrastination
When we lived in Veneta, I brewed up six one-gallon batches of mead (most of them were more properly melomels). They blew off big time in my brewing cabinet, and I cleaned up the mess a bit, put clean airlocks in all of the bottles, and... didn't exactly forget about them, but ignored them.
Some years later, when we moved back inside the Eugene city ( Read more... ) -
Holiday libations and a minor feast
Peppermintini
I made this one as written, and I wanted it to be a bit creamier and peppermintier. So then I made it with equal parts of all of the liquid ingredients, and I liked it better. 2 ounces of each ingredient filled my martini glass to the brim... 1.5 ounces of each ingredient would be plenty.
Blender Eggnog
This recipe made a nice ( Read more... ) -
BBQmark
Smoked a pork shoulder on Sunday (thanks, Long's Meat Market!), and I don't want to forget where I found all of the recipes. 'Cause they were all excellent.
Pulled pork:
http://web.archive.org/web/20061214040424/http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0%2C1977%2CFOOD_9936_23019%2C00.html
South Carolina-style sauce:
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A glimpse of Dreamland
Google Maps has some pretty detailed shots of Area 51.
When I first heard about the aerial photos feature in Google Maps, this is one of the first things I looked up. The photos weren't nearly as good then as they are now.
Of course there's nothing especially revealing (at least not to me) in these photos, but one thing I find interesting is the ( Read more... )
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