Yeah, I am learning to enjoy cooking. And man, I am learning a lot every time I cook. It's called "failing forward". Haha. Like, for example, when simmering peppers and onions and garlic and sausage and rice, make sure you turn the actual burner that you're cooking on to low, instead of the one next to it. That will keep everything from burning all ( Read more... )

but I feel obligated to, due to a sudden rash of recent posts by a very dear friend concerning today's weather ( Read more... )

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So this was MY St. Patty's day in a nutshell:

Sometimes it seems to me that people think that I am a self-development uber-fanatic, like it dominates my life. I am big on it, but it doesn't take that much time! So becuase I thought that maybe somebody somewhere might think that, I present to you folks my self development scheduale:
Morning: Wake up, read whatever chapter I'm on in The Greatest ( Read more... )

The dogs were recalled, racing behind our lines. We switched over to our Primary Enticement Mechanism. Every army had one by now. The Brits would use bagpipes, the Chinese used bugles, the Sou'fricans used to smack their rifles with their assegais and belt out these Zulu war chants. For us, it was hard-core Iron Maiden. Now, personally, I've never ( Read more... )

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Well, as of about 6pm EST, Jan 1st 2007, my sister has moved out of the house.

To Seattle. Holy shit.

She might be back in 6 months though. I guess it depends on how things go for her out there. But okay then. Guess I'll just hang out here for awhile.

[insert psuedo-intellectual "deep" thought on the previous year(2006)]
[insert aspiringly hopeful thoughts on the upcoming year(2007)]

It's Goal Setting Time, folks!