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Now officially a grad
Ok, well it's sort of pending the receipt of actual grades in a few weeks, followed by an actual degree certificate in a few months, but at this point I'm done. The Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology is complete. Houston, the Eagle has landed ( Read more... ) -
Still alive, the bullet-point version
- Fumbled my way through midterm exam, still managed to score 95%. Why do I feel like my instructors are giving me a "pity grade"? Hello, sense of inadequacy. I can't say that I've missed you in the slightest.
- Attended a premier showing of Star Trek: Phoenix, the fan-produced film. It's the best fan-film I've ever seen. In fact, having watched a first ( Read more... )
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Houston, the chickens have landed.
Chickens spent their first night in their new coop, and seem to be no worse for the wear. :-)
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confessions of a texture freak
Unnngghhhh, argle, blargh... must... not... succumb... no... new... projects... yarn... so... pretteh... *droolslobberdrool*
Oh, the lure of a yummy new yarn. Ah, but I know the cure. I still have one over-closet cupboard that I haven't organized yet. Guess where most of my yarn is? -
And thus opens a new year
I had, literally, the best birthday I've had in many years. My son remembered my birthday, my boss bought me lunch, my employer gave me balloons and a coffee cup and a really cool card, my sweetie took me shopping for toys and bought me dinner, and when I got home this morning my roomba was waiting patiently in its box ( Read more... ) -
The pace of technology
So my vacuum -- which I have to conclude is a POS, given that it's only 3 years old and I've already sent it to the repair shop three times -- has died yet again, which only gives me good reason to buy something new and shiny. (Seriously. The point of diminishing returns has been reached. I'm justified in this ( Read more... ) -
Drowning in reading
Oh dear. What have I done?
On the one hand, I love getting books in the mail. Guess showed up at my door yesterday? Chicken Tractor by Andy Lee, and Blood of Ambrose by the always-fabulous jamesenge. I'm looking forward to reading both of them. :-D
On the other hand, guess what I brought home from the Library yesterday?- The perfect cake by Susan Purdy ( Read more... )
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And lo, how the week hath progressed
I think I owe you some chicks.
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Let there be cake!
I offer for your consideration last night's experiment: a plain buttermilk cake. It turned out really good. Perfectly done, excellent flavor and texture, not quite as raised as I would have liked but not anywhere near flat. I used half sucralose and half sugar, and that was the only substitution that I made. I creamed the hell out of the butter ( Read more... ) -
Cake: 2 / Evie: 0
I feel like I've stepped into an alternate universe. I used to know how to bake. And this weekend I've had two cake recipes turn into nasty things that were barely edible.
First I tried this recipe from Martha Stewart a lovely Coconut cake. It turned out very egg-y and flat and not good at all. I wanted to e-mail Marth and tell her to put down the ( Read more... )