This thing can't be really real, can it?


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Roasted the last of the tomatoes, hot peppers and tomatillos from the garden, added onions, bell peppers, garlic and spices, prepared and canned (okay, glass jarred) three large bottles of roasted vegetable salsa (more or less this recipe, except for the not paying too much attenion to how much of everything I use) before 11 a.m. Boo ( Read more... )

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One week in, so out of things to say...
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It's winter. I know this because the bird bath was a sheet of ice.
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Fascinating thing about Canadian meat chickens on Quirks and Quarks today. (No, they don't get growth hormones or antibiotics - it's selective breeding.) I like very much that the interviewee, Dr. Martin ( Read more... )

The man who invented CorningWare, Dr. Don Stookey, died this week at the age of 99. While not quite as amazing as the invention of air conditioning, CorningWare, in its many forms, is damned close.

Spare him a thought during this most casserole-y of seasons, won't you?
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New Toy Story Movie? Why? The third one was ( Read more... )

In today's episode of *This is How Science Gets Done ( Read more... )