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Opinions needed!
Ok, aside from my host mom being a dirty and manipulative blackmailer, she's also a really nice person. Who has now decided she is going to get me a wedding gift. She wants to know what she should get me, and I have no ideas for something that would be appropriate (we're sending her a packet of stuff, but not inviting her because she WILL come ( Read more... ) -
Unbelievable!
WE HAVE AN ACCEPTED OFFER ON A HOUSE!!
I can't believe it worked out, but Adam and I actually have a house now! It's a townhouse, but still awesome. It's got 3 master bedrooms with walk-in closets, a two car garage, kitchen, dining/living room, a deck out back and a patio out front, as well as a laundry room and carpeted indoor storage area under ( Read more... ) -
Chocolate Redux
Experiment with modeling chocolate: Failure. It scorches too easily and is too heavy for what I want. Sugar artist I am not. But that's ok, because Plan B (not the pill) is just as acceptable, and more of a keepsake. If I buy the glasses off of Amazon, I get a set of 6, giving me 4 blanks that I can screw up on or try different designs for. I ( Read more... ) -
A new experiment!
I'm trying something out way early as a trial run for my wedding. Yes, it's time to branch out from my comfortable abilities into...pastry. Yes, that's right. Specifically: chocolate work. And not just any chocolate work, but white chocolate work (with cocoa butter), the most difficult kind. Why you ask? Because white chocolate needs to be ( Read more... ) -
Here there be monsters
It may seem like an article that is poorly written, difficult to follow, or unrelatable, but I think there is something that every person can recognize in it. The quote at the end is particularly moving and true. The comments to the article are predictable at best, willfully ignoring the point of the article at worst in favor of defending the ( Read more... ) -
Renovations
In a way, renovations, at least. I have a new layout that I think is much more harmonious than the last one, and it has tag clouding, a feature of metadata I appreciate very much. It's right up there with folksonomies! -
A thought-provoking article
I was reading an online paper, and a particular article stuck out to me. Partly because I just love books, and partly because it's the business I'm in and the emerging trends and technology are known for strong implications.
Here's the article, about the death of books.
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Big day!
Adam and I went to Stan Hywet on the 23rd, because they have Christmas lights set up all over the grounds and the manor house decorated for Christmas with nativity art. I thought we were going to have dinner in the stable cafe (there are tables set up in the old horse stalls attached to the carriage house), but he wanted to look at the lights ( Read more... ) -
Fantastic Tea poem
I found this poem via a tea community, and really enjoyed it, so I thought I'd share:
The first cup caresses my dry lips and throat.
The second shatters the walls of my lonely sadness.
The third searches the dry rivulets of my soul to find the stories of five thousand scrolls.
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Today is full of excitement
Some of it is not mine, but since it's Election Day, that's natural. I'm afraid, though, that all the political hubbub won't go away for six months after today. It's highly possible that the voting will be drawn out the way it has been in recent elections, so it doesn't really end until Thanksgiving. This system is absurd, and the electoral ( Read more... )