I managed to lose the rubber gasket that seals the bottom of my blender jar and the base with the blades. Searched high and low, inside the dishwasher. Nada. Nowhere to be found. Will I be forced to buy a brand new blender jar? Maybe not. Let's stop in at the hardware store! Now, I need to be clear on something. The store I went to has been in ( Read more... )

Do you like salads but get bored with the same old salad dressings? Ahhh, then this one may perk up yer taste buds ( Read more... )

From the USGS:

A minor earthquake occurred at 3:30:56 PM (PDT) on Saturday, June 6, 2009.
The magnitude 3.2 event occurred 1 km (0 miles) NNE of El Cerrito, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 6 km ( 4 miles).

No wonder it felt fairly sharp. Almost right below me! Yeehaw!

Just felt a pretty sharp earthquake here. Fairly sharp jolt, not a lot of rolling motion. Going to check out the USGS to see exactly where and how large it was.

Last years experiment was to find ways to drastically reduce my food costs without compromising the quality of the ingredients. It was a major success. Shopping wisely at CostCo, avoiding mainstream supermarkets, buying veggies at Monterey Market (like an indoor Farmers Market) and packing lunch to work, I managed to trim my per meal costs to a ( Read more... )

I found some fresh blueberries at the market the other day and an image flashed in my head: a scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with fresh blueberries! I did some research and found how to make a simple blueberry sauce. It was surprisingly easy to make and insanely delicious. That was dessert the last 2 nights. I've been sticking to my healthy ( Read more... )

Warning!! This post contains harmful material ( Read more... )

Even though it only took 4 work days to arrive this week, it feels long overdue. Most likely a result of being busier than usual at work. I had my manager out here this week. In addition to having some valuable face time with him (he's based in Charlotte, NC) we managed to pack quite a bit of non-routine, work related stuff into this week. We drove ( Read more... )

After a 10 year battle, the will of the people of the state of California has been upheld by the state supreme court. Marriage is now defined, in our constitution, as between a man and a woman. Period. Amazing that it took so long and was such a struggle just to enforce the very basic premise that the majority of citizens have the right to ( Read more... )

Sigh. The weekend is over. Back to work tomorrow. Should an interesting week. The boss will be out here from Charlotte. He and I will be driving out to a facility in Tracy (about 60 miles inland) to inspect their operations. We're in the midst of not only this merger with Wells Fargo bank but we're moving the warehouse about 15 miles south of it's ( Read more... )