Many people, especially locals, have heard this story.

Yeah, we're a part of the whole snafu. Now I need to eloquently and compellingly write our reason why we want/need the house and, as it must be said in 20 words or less, I must write something concise. I don't see how "we'd like to own a home before we're 50 but the economy isn't going to let ( Read more... )

One day way back in 1989 I heard the announcement of a radio promotion that would be occurring the next day at a Metro Detroit mall. It was called "Ultimate Payday" and involved cash hidden inside Payday candy bars. It was an announcement that normally would have gone in one ear and out the other without pausing long enough to even tickle my brain ( Read more... )

My grandma told me, of soda bread, that raisins or currants in your bread was a mark that you were well-to-do, and that sultanas (golden raisins) were for really special occasions. She used sultanas whenever she possibly could. I use sultanas in remembrance of her:


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 Mr. Man is down with the Alien Death Flu, and I've been busy trying to wrap my mind around the possibility of taking on the single biggest challenge of my life---running a festival kitchen that services about 2000 people for 4 days. Terrifying thought, and strangely thrilling all at the same time.  My brain is definitely not in a writing kind of ( Read more... )