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A Tale of Two Company Stores
I have had occasion in the past few weeks to visit two different technology company stores: an Apple Store, and a Microsoft Store. The two stores are in the same mall, practically facing each other. They are similar in size and basic layout. But oh, were they so different in the way they treat their customers.
( My trip to the Apple store... ) -
40-Clove Crock Pot Chicken
I saw this recipe recently and decided to give it a try. Verdict: YUM! Plus lots of leftovers. Warning: you'll need a big crock pot for this one. And vampires need not apply.
Ingredients:
- 8 chicken thighs, bone-in, with skin
- 8-10 chicken legs (drumsticks), bone-in, with skin
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 stalks celery, cut into 3-inch pieces
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A permanent account in an impermanent world
Way, way back in the dark ages of time, what was then LiveJournal offered up a one-time opportunity to purchase a permanent account. I took them up on the offer ( Read more... ) -
A nice day for a walk with 100,000+ others
Fair warning: this post contains a LOT of pictures, so expand accordingly.
Today was the Women's March. I had decided to go along with fisherbear, and my friends A and F decided that this was important enough, and likely to be mellow enough, to be their daughter K's first protest event. Given logistics, we decided to carpool to the light rail ( Read more... ) -
Time for another semi-annual post
...although really it's been almost a year since I last posted here, so I could honesty call this an annual post. Except I don't *mean* for this to become an annual exercise. I'm still working hard at my not-so-new job, I'm writing and gardening and walking and kniting, and the cats remain cats ( Read more... ) -
Why yes, I am alive...
...and so is this journal, although obviously I'm not posting here very often. Things have been very, very busy in Jaunthie-land this past year. I shan't go into details, but suffice it to say that I'm working for another company, that I'm writing and gardening and walking, and that the cats remain cats ( Read more... ) -
Check it out - the Western Bumblebee project needs your support!
As some of you might know already, Will has been studying bees for a long time now. Last year he discovered a colony of rare bumblebees, the Western Bumblebee, and evidence that the species might be spontaneously recovering. He did a ton of work over the fall, winter, and spring, coordinated with the USDA, USGS, the Xerces Society, and a whole ( Read more... ) -
The incidental adventures when making rose-petal jam
So it's that season again. Rose-petal jam season. (Also garden season, but that's a much longer season than RPJ season.) And naturally enough it's fallen into a really busy time, where I was out of town, and then on a deadline, and oh, of course, the weather couldn't actually co-operate, naturally not ( Read more... ) -
Garden garden garden...
I have peas coming up in my garden ( Read more... ) -
Oh look, it's almost November already. EEEEK!
I swear it was just August around here a minute ago... *sigh ( Read more... )