Posted in fun on May 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had the incredible opportunity to attend the live taping of NPR’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” Thursday night at Proctors in Schenectady. Granted, I paid for the ticket, but it was still amazing. I have been a fan of this show for about a year now - I don’t know how long WAMC [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I love to check my blog stats - who doesn’t? I find this unreal, but the most viewed post on my blog BY FAR is this one, concerning a recipe for Sauteed Sirloin Tips. It’s gotten 179 page views since I began the blog in November. I always see “sirloin tips” [...]
Posted in memes on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I lifted this from Sweetpea…so sue me.
TECHNOLOGY
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer? Work: a pcture of my nephew from his 1st birthday party. Home: The tulips one that comes with Windows XP.
Q. How many televisions you have in your house? Two that we use regularly, one that’s not hooked up to anything, and [...]
Posted in Magic Ingredient, herbs, tips on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rosemary. My favorite herb. Broken Sprigs of it tossed into a pan full of fresh vegetables, roasted to perfection - sublime. Added to a salt-sugar brine, left overnight to delicately flavor a batch of pork chops - brilliant.
How do you use it? Do you have a favorite recipe containing rosemary?
Does smelling it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I had a very intriguing offer yesterday from a friend…
My friend C. moonlights as a “pourer” for various liquor distributors and wineries, pouring wine in tasting rooms, fundraisers, and the like. We got to talking about how much we both enjoy wine, and she mentioned that she’ll be pouring for Standing Stone Vineyards (NY [...]
Posted in life on May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
OK, so my brother-in-law did a great job fixing my computer - replaced the hard drive, and it’s running like a dream. I’ve spent the last 2 days re-installing all of my software - what a pain in the ass.
The biggest problem came tonight when I could not find the Product Key for Microsoft [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m just living in Hard Drive Failure HELL. Our home computer’s hard drive failed, I can’t do non-work-related work at work (meanies), and Bob’s only letting me use his work computer once in a while (which I understand because it’s owned by his company and it’s locked down seven ways to Sunday). My [...]
