We have had this 20% off Bed, Bath & Beyond coupon sitting around. I usually ignore them, but in this case we were looking for a better laundry bin solution (to give you some insight into the Exciting Life of the Writer-Game-Designer), so yesterday we got some brunch and headed off to the Pleasantville-mart that is BB&B. Only there were no adequate ( Read more... )

Hi all -- to make up for my super-long post most of you don't have a context for, have a fast and delicious steamed fish recipe. Made this for dinner tonight along with twice-baked potatoes and sauteed spinach. It's extremely fast and unreasonably delicious for how healthy it is.


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Valentine's Day dinner at home: steaks broiled with garlic and pepper, twice-baked potatoes with horseradish cheddar and scallions, spinach sauteed with shallots and garlic. And I know it's good because I set off all three smoke detectors with the steaks. Dessert was supposed to be raspberry lemon souffles, but I can't find the beaters for my mixer ( Read more... )

1. Use an eight inch sushi knife to remove a quarter inch of apparently excess fingernail while chopping onions for an omelette.

2. Using same knife, pry a recalcitrant cube of frozen parrot food bean mix from a $1 ice cube tray that was overpriced. Apply sufficient leverage to snap said bean cube five feet in the air where it will ricochet off ( Read more... )

Since he's already announced it, I gather that it is safe to mention here that Eric "lightning draw" Marin has accepted "Whatever Shall Grow There, Dear" for the June 2008 edition of Lone Star Stories"Whatever Shall Grow There, Dear" is one of three themed stories using lines from John Donne's "Lovers' Infiniteness", stories that wound up cutting ( Read more... )

And with apologies for the back-to-back posts, Happy Chinese New Year to you all as we head into the Year of the Rat ( Read more... )