every week i get more proficient at the making and bottling of my mint iced tea. this weeks innovation involved using a two cup measure and dipping into the cauldron then pouring through a funnel into the bottles--and also using a strainer in there at some point when it became necessary. much less waste, much less little bits of leaf in the ( Read more... )

you know what's way harder than you think it ought to be? replacing the band on a wrist watch.

(i just swapped out the still somewhat functional band from the watch with the dying battery for the one that was being held together with scotch tape.)

rhobike and i talked yesterday. neither one of us was enthused by the DIY messiah experience last year, so we don't think that we're going to put together a group this year. we wanted to get out the word to all of you who have done it with us in the past so that if you want to assemble your own groups, you can do that ( Read more... )

[music/chicago]

i kid you not. tonight james told the men they were singing their part of a chorus from carmen "like one of those dreamy monkey space ballads." um, yeah. i think we all know what that means ( Read more... )