No recipe, no photos of a cute kitten, just boring stuff ( Read more... )

The electric company has been working on the lines on our street this past weekend. We had a power outage sometime Saturday morning, they put a note on our door sometime Yesterday or this morning telling us that this might happen. Humor aside it was very considerate of them to tell us that they interrupted power on Saturday. I would never have ( Read more... )

The Washington Leather Sir/boy and Community bootblack contest will be held Saturday July 8th at the Cuff Complex (On 13th between Pike and Pine). Doors open at 6:30, contest to start at 7:00. Come on out and have a look at a leather contest.

Yesterday to honor the writing talents of Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Lewis Morris, and Roger Sherman I made this. I picked it because it looked good on the cover of the June Bon Appetit. I preceded it with something similar to this. Unfortunatly when it is cooking, not baking, I can't seem to follow a recipe. So I added a bit of ( Read more... )

I think we made a breakthrough tonight. Except for Tuesday night, Sid hasn't really let anyone touch or cuddle him. He has been happy to come out and play with the laser, and a cat toy that looks like a tail, but only at a distance. About 45 minutes ago he came downstairs. I think to explore, but also perhaps to look for creatures that might be ( Read more... )

Your results:
You are Spider-Man
Spider-Man
90%
Green Lantern
70%
Supergirl
60%
Superman
60%
Iron Man
60%
Hulk
60%
The Flash
60%
Catwoman
50%
Batman
45%
Robin
40%
Wonder Woman
20%

You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.


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I have reached middle age. I went to the eye doctor today, and have a brand new eye glass prescription, this one includes 1.5 diopters of reading correction. Yes, your humble mad baker now has to wear bifocals (actually they will be progressives). What next, false teeth and an ear trumpet ( Read more... )

6 facts about me ( Read more... )

I found a great recipe for meatballs a few weeks ago, but the sauce that was recommended was not to my taste. But I thought that since the flavor profile of the meatballs was sort of southwestern, I would try making a mole to go with them. I searched the net, and found a recipe very similar to this. Not adding everything up I doubled it (The recipe ( Read more... )

I was feeling vaguely creative tonight and decided that the main dish for dinner would be a pork roast in puff pastry. I scanned the internet, got some ideas for method, and then went to the market. They didn't have any pork loin roasts that I liked, so I went with pork tenderloin instead, and the following resulted ( Read more... )