Couple of new kitten pics in the gallery. I let him out into the living room to play and explore. He had a good time. For the present, he is being referred to as "Little Cat Gamma".


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I made dinner last night for people. I made a giant loaf of Challah (no, seriously, it's HUGE), steamed some artichokes, roasted some carrots and potatoes with lemon and rosemary, and grilled a slab of salmon with a honey-soy-blood orange glaze. Everything turned out better than expected ( Read more... )

I just finished dinner, and man, is it good. In that lethal kind of way.

I made Aloo Gobi, from this recipe, which turned out okay, but I think it would have benefited from being made in a slow cooker. I supplemented this with a batch of chili chicken, which is my own recipe. I cut up some chicken breasts into cubes, and marinated them in a ( Read more... )

Per the NYT, there is another week-long CR in place so that the idiots in Congress can write up a budget bill. Apparently they've agreed on something. Whether or not that something is a good thing remains to be seen. I still would like to see all of them take a good swift kick to the unmentionables, as well as pay a hefty fine for fucking around ( Read more... )

The problem with the content filter at work is that it blocks out most of Livejournal. So when I have something to rant about, if I don't remember it when I get home, I forget to post about it. I'm pretty sure there have been several little things that I've wanted to carp about to the internet at large, but they apparently haven't been major ( Read more... )

Last big snowstorm, when I got a couple of days off of work, Kat, Brandon and his friend Victoria came over to hang out. Brandon and I played video games, and Kat and Victoria made cookies. This is the result of those cookies - A velociraptor in a bowler hat.


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Went to a noon vinyasa class today. My usual instructor is at a workshop, so Mandy, the studio owner, was covering her class, and decided it should be vinyasa. I was able to keep up pretty well, though she has a different flow than I'm used to. I was running out of energy at the end, though. Still, a very good class, and I enjoyed it ( Read more... )

Because I can take the time to make a leisurely breakfast. This morning, I made a bacon-feta-chipotle-roasted pepper omelet (cooked in the bacon drippings, natch) served with sauteed carrots and green beans (also sauteed in the bacon drippings. Waste not, want not), with a big mug of English breakfast tea on the side ( Read more... )

Things I forgot to bring to Tucson yesterday morning:

My pillow.

All of my toiletries.

Possibly my brain. We shall see.

However, I did have some awesome tamales and a carne asada burrito at Chileo's restaurant on US 70 in Ruidoso, NM. Holes in the wall are often FANTASTIC for food.

Thanksgiving went pretty well, the food and company were good, and I didn't overeat, even though there was a delicious, homemade pumpkin cheesecake. Go me! Unfortunately, when loading up the car with leftovers to come home, my driver's side rear window shattered when I bumped it with my mighty elbow. Sadly, there are no local supplies of Subaru ( Read more... )