Saturday: Woken up to the incredibly loud sound of birds outside the window. Kim’s and my eyes shoot open at around 6 and with difficulty, we get back to sleep. Sunday: Again, 6 AM, birds are SCREAMING at us. No sleep. So, that afternoon, I open the A/C partition (it’s a window A/C, so there’s…
The site’s been down for about a week when, i THOUGHT, my OS X installation died. After trying this and that, I ultimately reinstalled, and that failed. And then it failed again, and long and short, all of my problems were more than likely caused by one l’il ole’ bad RAM chip. But, who would…
One of my all time favorite actors/comediens, John Cleese, has a very nice interview with Jennifer Senior of the NY Times. He’s just too funny. It’s hard to describe, but partly it’s that I can always hear him saying things, and he has wonderful timing, and I hear that in my head when reading anything…
This is from a chef named Alain Passard and it seems like a brilliantly simple recepie–to my mind, the best kind. Chicken with peanuts In the bottom of a cast-iron casserole over low heat, brown a chicken that has been cut into eight pieces in salted butter; turn the pieces and half-way through the cooking…
From the NY Times. Looks quick and easy. I’ll let you know if it’s any good. 1?1/2 pounds boneless chicken, preferably dark meat, in ?1/2- to 1-inch chunks ?1/2 cup flour, more as needed 4 tablespoons neutral oil, like corn or canola Salt and pepper 2 tablespoons slivered garlic ?1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to…
Are they kidding? This is the new Playstation hand held device. If the game looks like what’s on the screen, I want one. BAD.
Driving home from dinner tonight, the following conversation from the back seat, all Katie: “The tiger walks through the tall grass and POUNCES on his prey and eats him. Then he walks around and POUNCES again. And then he POUNCES and POUNCES all over. Then he lies down in the tall grass and goes to…
The Kodak Imagination booth at EPCOT did this to my 6 year old. Should I sue Walt?
For those of you peeking in on this little blog, my family and I are at Disneyworld. I thought that a hit/miss list would be interesting, or at least useful. So, here are my impressions (yes, I do impressions…) of a few rides/attractions were successfull/not successfull with a 3 and a 6 year old (and…
This courtesy of the lovely and talented Di, a really cool flash drawing thingie. While away the hours and then send it to someone to amaze.