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Merry Christmas!
Apparently a storm is rolling in; we're expecting to be snowed in tomorrow. Which sucks as my man's got to get his shiny hiney to work bright and early (meaning: while it's still dark and wow do I not like winter). About once a year this happens; it's not enough of an issue to get a car that has a higher above-ground clearance than the 8" the Miata ( Read more... ) -
I know there are people reading this who want to learn to cook.
Because I love you and want you to be happy, here is a how-to guide for how to cook pot roast that is really nicely written.Pot roast is a wonderful choice for a cooking novice; there really isn't much one can do to fuck it up. A cast-iron Dutch oven big enough to hold a huge pot roast costs like $35 from Amazon and you'll use it for this and for ( Read more... ) -
Allow me to history wonk at you for a minute.
A few years ago (all right, about 10 years ago) I got this amazing, astounding art-history coffee-table book of Renaissance-era fresco reproductions. Ben will probably remember this huge volume; it's one of the main works I use when I research 15th-century costuming and whatnot. One of the frescoes is the famous "Ascension of the Magi" which ( Read more... ) -
This is good.
If you find yourself with a bit of a loaf of Tuscan-style bread that's past its prime (the artisan type you find put up in paper bags at the grocery store's bakery department, or home-made with a nice slow fermentation rise), this is a good way to use it up ( Read more... ) -
RIP, Little Bit.
This morning she was listless and cool to the touch; she purred and gave Elevator Butt when petted, but otherwise was not a happy camper at all. So we took her to the vet. She went quick and cleanly, purring till the end, and now she is buried out back in the sunshine where we think she'd have been happiest. I'm glad she went before she had much ( Read more... ) -
Little Bit is dying.
My ex-feral, Little Bit, is dying. I'm watching to see when she'll need to make a vet visit. But for now, she's just resting and being very quiet. There's a hush over the house; someone is transitioning, someone is doing the serious work of dying. I hurt, but all I can do is keep her comfortable and help her as much as I can.
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For you dancin' fools
YouTube's being way way dysfunctional today, obviously, but for those who are not out of power and wet behind the ears, this:
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Census.
Did you know the 1940 Census has been released ( Read more... ) -
End of an era.
I don't eat a whole bunch of rice anymore, but I treasure my little Aroma rice-cooker. My mom bought it when I was a small child in Hawaii--man, we ate a fuckload of rice in Hawaii, being both military AND, well, in Hawaii, and I took it home after her death. It's just a little workhorse--not perfect, but it never burns the rice and it's crazy easy ( Read more... ) -
Supernatural
I just got the new Sims 3 expansion, Supernatural. You guys may never see me again, I'm sad to say.
In between that, when my back makes me get offline and rest, I've been reading The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570), which is a reprint and translation of one of the biggest cookbooks I've ever seen. It is as you might guess from 1570, and it ( Read more... )
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