I don’t care if you’re Consumer Reports. Emoticons are not a good idea in the title of your magazine.
On cold rainy days like today, I make soup or stew. My favorite to make is chicken noodle, mostly because it’s dead simple. It goes like this — cut carrots, celery, and chicken into bite sized pieces. Add a bit of thyme, some garlic powder, and a bit of lemon pepper. Cover in chicken broth, […]
So it was the shindig for my grandparents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary tonight. Before we all went over to the restaurant, we hung out in the hotel. My uncle found the shades in the pocket in the back of Mom’s wheelchair and soon enough, my cousin Steph was rocking them. In the pic is Jill, Steph, […]
Just a note that we’re just about a fifth of the way through the month. Whoops.
I’m not feeling well lately, and I don’t have much to say today, so have a picture of some clouds taken at sunrise this morning. Maybe I’ll feel more like talking tomorrow, although my magic 8-ball suggests that’s unlikely.
It’s all Luns’ fault. Besides introducing me to the pleasures of food from other cultures, he forced me to learn to eat with chopsticks. So today, while I was out enjoying Mongolian BBQ with Mom, I decided, on a whim, to try to eat with chopsticks to see if I still could, expecting to switch […]
I don’t really want to talk about the election yet. So this is a random thought and a link on the edge of the night. Meg Whitman’s waiting for 75% of the vote to be counted before she concedes. Guess she thinks the CA governorship is won in an ebay auction — the person who […]
I am a Giants fan because my grandfather is a Giants fan. He took me to my first game, in 1988, and I became hooked on the game after that. I avidly followed my Giants and all the sport news when I had the chance and was thrilled when they won the 1989 pennant thanks […]
Happy Halloween! November is tomorrow. Let’s see how far I can get without going nuts. :) I had good mojo writing my novel and blogging every day, so we’re going to give it another try. This may be a dumb idea, but hey, I run on dumb ideas.
How the parents of a KIA Marine have come to help another Marine (of the four-legged variety) out (Hat tip to Peter Sullivan )
Photo by retstak The first fog of the year has come to Sacramento, shrouding the skyscrapers in mystery. I had to get to work early, so I managed to catch them in that peaceful moment when it’s not night anymore, but it’s not really day yet either. It’s perfect.
Doesn’t your well-stocked pantry include a cat?Originally uploaded by retstak Doesn’t your well-stocked pantry include a cat?
[Fifth in an occassional series about things I see on my commute.] Today, on my way home, I get up on the freeway, and a couple vehicles in front of me, I see a truck. It looked like this: Hmmm, says I, it’s a Duck truck. Now, I don’t root for the Oregon Ducks, but […]