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Oh Yeah, That's What It's Like
First driving commute in... counts fingers... starts in on the toes... over a decade.
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St. Patrick's Day Comes Early
I made corned beef and cabbage tonight. No, it wasn't the typical boiled corned beef and cabbage. No, it was baked corned beef (actually it was more like a braise) and sauteed cabbage. You can find the recipe for both over at Simply Recipes. Instead of the suggested boiled new potatoes, we had steamed yellow potatoes with butter and fine herbs. -
Oh, BABY!
No, really.
For those of you that don't already know from reading it in alycewilson's blog, we're HAVING A BABY!!
We were keeping it under our hats until she was able to have her first OB visit (everything's good so far) and to tell her family. But now we're being open about it.
We're lucky in that she'll deliver before the real heat of the summer sets in.
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A Return to Escoffier
Tonight, I made a return to Escoffier, but with a little bit of cheating. Last time, I worked from all basic ingredients. This time, I used a cut-up chicken and used pre-sliced carrots. Between these and not making the pommes de terre à la Lyonnaise, the cooking time was much shorter. I don't remember how long it took last time, but tonight it was ( Read more... ) -
Corn Crepes with Duck and BBQ Sauce
This recipe is from Michael Symon's Lola in Cleveland, Ohio, by way of Michael Rhulman's The Soul of a Chef.
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Which Trek Character Am I?
Not quite what I expected, but no unpleasant.
Your results:
You are Spock
Spock75%Geordi LaForge65%James T. Kirk (Captain)60%Deanna Troi55%Chekov50%Uhura45%Jean-Luc Picard45%Beverly Crusher45%Will Riker45%Worf35%Leonard McCoy (Bones)30%Mr. Scott30%Data30%An Expendable Character (Redshirt)30%Mr. Sulu20%You are skilled in knowledge and logic.
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It's UP!
The site in question is the site for the new Philadephia Major League Soccer team, the Philadlephia Union. The site launched at 11:30 AM today at a press conference held at City Hall. The announcement was not only an announcement of the site, but the team name and team colors and logo, and was covered live by NBC-10 and ESPN.
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Merry Christmas!
Yes, yes, I know I'm probably causing some people's computers to crash by posting twice in a 7-day period. Too bad.
Merry Christmas to all appropriate. Happy holidays to those otherwise.