I know, I know, I never update any more. Well tough. I've been busy. I seem to lose control of the year just after Halloween, and the ride doesn't stop until after New Year's. I've painted quite a bit, spent some time working on the photos from the wedding I shot, and photographing a friend's child. Here's a couple of pics ( Read more... )

ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!

Palin just kills me. She essentially said she was going to ignore whatever the question was and answer however she wanted.

Please please please, have the Katie Couric moment.

What question is she answering? I don't understand anything she's saying.

It's official, Lance is going to try for number 8 ( Read more... )

FAILblog

I have a weird predilection to complete, uhh, unusual tasks while on night shift. Something about being awake at four in morning makes me want to get up and do stuff when I do finally get up.

I've been reading Michael Ruhlman's book Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing and as I recent bought a snifty new Viking stand mixer, I ( Read more... )

Its gone from the near future to very very soon for my grandmother. I'll let you know when I'm headed north.

I've arrived in Dallas without drama (well, other than that fifteen combined minutes of anger about the traffic headed north on 35).

I'm thinking of heading to Cool Beans on Thanksgiving night.

Let me know if you're in town and want to hang out.

Good article from the NY Times about making superb mashed potatoes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/dining/14spud.html?em&ex=1195189200&en=365dfff1061f0dd8&ei=5087

Well I know it wasn’t you who held me down
Heaven knows it wasn’t you who set me free
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key

The Eagles - Already Gone

I want to describe this film to you. Have you understand what it is I saw, what I heard.

I can't. We stood outside the theater for half an hour talking about what we'd just seen.

All I hear in my head right now is "Falling Slowly"...

As I started listening to "Falling Slowly" this morning, I was moved to tears all over again...

EDIT - Here, ( Read more... )