Rang in the new year with friends down in San Diego. I resolved to finish reading the untranslated "Les Miserables" novel, which I have been slowly progressing through over the past month. As a secondary resolution, I will study an interesting sort of legal process every season. So maybe this winter I will learn about adverse possession ( Read more... )

Just returned from a brief road trip to visit friends Jesse and Adrianne, up in Campbell. Other friends Mary and Sheldon were along for the ride as well. We visited an Egyptology museum near or in San Jose, met up with mutual friend Sam for dinner, and generally had a fine time. Jesse seems in high spirits and is recovering well from his ( Read more... )

Today, helped my friend Ed move from Upland to Corona. Furniture was fairly light, and the pizza place near his new home makes a fine pie. I also severely ripped the crotch of my pants. Comedy gold!

Last weekend thelastmehina ran a DK tabletop, then hosted a beer and cheese party afterward to celebrate Hobbit Day. I made stuffed mushrooms. Few things ( Read more... )

Wow I haven't updated in a while. Surely much has happened ( Read more... )

Beer and cider ftw.

Been missing aikido over the past month, but I have been going to some kickboxing classes with pyr8queen. Lots of fun.

Last weekend I attended a camping game with the DK crowd. thelastmehina has taken on additional responsibilities in running the game, and I was helping with check-in, too. Lovely weather, not too hot ( Read more... )

Saw an impressive solar eclipse today, after going to the LAX Range with aghrivaine. He very kindly taught me how to fire a Mini 14. I was able to attain a passable tight grouping ( Read more... )

I like hummus with pretzel chips. Carrots with hummus are ok too.

Back on April 21st, I made a cake for the lovely Liz and Morgan, who aghrivaine and pyr8queen surprised with a party at their house. Liz and Morgan are lesbians, and so the government of California denies them their right to marry. They did get civilly united, however, and so a party was in order ( Read more... )

Today is April 20th, which is meaningful for pot users. It was not particularly meaningful for me ( Read more... )

Pie dough is frustrating. I tried a recipe that involved lots of sugar and butter and ground hazelnuts... and the damn resulting mess was too finicky to roll out properly. Maybe I'll try it again, but for now I am using my ancestor Ruby's pie crust recipe, which has a good deal more tolerance ( Read more... )

Saw old friends Lydia and Erin earlier tonight at Tam O'Shanter up in Los Feliz. Lots of tartan ( Read more... )