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putting teeth onto/into things?
100 untimed books prompt 50: no idea how I feel
Well, I have mixed feelings about Bobby Flay. I viscerally dislike the whole Throwdown caboodle.
That said, the man likes horses, he seems to support progressive candidates, and I like what I've read about him as a working chef and talent assessorFor that matter, I have mixed feelings about the ( Read more... ) -
some splooshes of Amontillado
That's what went into the version of wild rice and mushrooms (recipe by Shellie Holmes, adapted by Ligaya Mishan) I cooked tonight. I used half the mushrooms and butter specified and added onions.
For the tuna steaks, I used a Bobby Flay recipe as a starting point for the marinade/sauce, simplifying it to what I had in terms of ingredients and ( Read more... ) -
hauling (gl)ass
I was not the only Nashvillian who decided to haul their past weeks' worth of glass to the East collection center this morning:
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plus ça change
While hunting for some tights I'd stashed somewhere out of the way, I came across a sheet of notes for a paper I was drafting back in 1991 or 1992. At this remove, I don't quite understand all of it, especially as it refers back to even older notes from February 1990 (a Michael Murrin lecture on the Holy Grail), but I am amused to see this quote ( ( Read more... ) -
semi-seasonal
I had planned to wear my old cobweb cloak and gloves to the office tomorrow, but they are not where I thought I'd stashed them. I did find the bat-decorated kerchief a groomer had tied around my dog's neck a decade ago, which may suffice as a hair decoration.
One of tonight's reads: A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream (text by Kristy ( Read more... ) -
roses with honey
When Miss Dog nosed me off the couch this morning, my head was still aching and my throat still raw from the cold that hit me toward the end of last week, and I staggered back to the cushions thinking that I'd be flat on my back for another day and in no state even to watch videos (a library copy of The Crossing, is waiting for me; it may be of ( Read more... )
