I was chopping vegetables this morning so I could start dinners for myself and Alex (naiad8 is nauseous again because she restarted her diabetes injections). I guess I was distracted or something because I sliced right through the tip of my thumb. Well, it didn't go through, but I think there's a good 0.5 centimeter gash. Blood gushed out like a leaky ( Read more... )

...amounted to little, really. We took down the Christmas tree, cleaned the car and the garage, and just hung around the house ( Read more... )

I actually had to take a minute to remember which day of the week it is. It's good to be a lazy bum at home. I have this whole week off because of the company quasi-shutdown. It's gonna be hard to get back next week ( Read more... )

Pisto manchego and lavash chips FTW!

naiad8 got me a 12-inch braising pan for my birthday:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005ULQE?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=dealt5010-20&linkCode=asn

I have to say I do have a slight obsession with cookware, and this is going to be great for doing all sorts of braising. In fact, I'm going to make paella tomorrow with this. I think it should work.

I'm also getting a ( Read more... )

This November rocks. I got a new job, we got a new President who I actually voted for, and Les Stroud is back on TV. Yup, I'm a big fan of Survivorman, even though I'll probably never do any of the stuff he does. But at least theoretically I'll know how to build fires with twigs and make shelter with junk ( Read more... )

Eric Ripert of NYC's ridiculously famous Le Bernardin has a blog in which he makes simple dishes in a toaster oven. This particular one really caught my eye. We have some leftover heirloom tomatoes
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Hope everybody had a good weekend.  I certainly did.

The house smells like a restaurant tonight. On Thursday I got $110 worth of lobsters (11 lbs) for
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Right now I'm sitting on the bed, half surfing the web and half listening to NPR (old interview with George Carlin...so sad he passed away). 
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Alex is snoozing away.  This means I got to watch TV and use the computer.  Yay!  He's actually a sweatheart.  Everyday I'm amazed at the rapid progress he's been making.  Today I changed the "the Wheel on the Bus" to work on airplanes and he followed right along.  That's a really good sign since autistic kids don't like changing established ( Read more... )