Category Archives: Generic Thoughts

Multi-tasking and disjointed

This morning I smoked a hunk of salmon and a whole trout, sans head. I made a marinade for beef brisket. I vacuumed the pool. I took out shredded zucchini and set it to drain. I cleaned up the kitchen … Continue reading

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Punk Rock Girl

The better-half sent this email a few minutes ago and it cracks me up. Mojo Nixon rules.

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Think about what?

A co-worker just finished watching a webcast and then came to talk to me about the feasibility of doing something like that for our clients. We talked about how that’s a good idea, we could easily do it and why … Continue reading

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Like the first day of summer vacation

A few things happened over the weekend that put me in a completely different frame of mind from last week. We finally celebrated Chinese New Year (originally canceled because of bad weather). I have to tell you that I have … Continue reading

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Whoa

30% budget cut announced at work this morning. We’re grant-funded and make zero dollars…so there’s no making up that deficit. Layoffs are coming. We should hear in April. At least we’re all still employed through June 30th. I need to … Continue reading

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A Break In the Rain

Yesterday afternoon it stopped raining enough for us to walk around and take some pictures. We went around the side of the porch and startled a bunny: We checked on the garlic: The kale has rejuvenated nicely in the cold … Continue reading

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Closed

I got up before 6 this morning like I almost always do on a work day (except Fridays which is my work at home day and the commute is much shorter). I took my shower and secretly hoped the rain … Continue reading

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Predictions

We have a prediction of snow for the weekend. Depending on exactly where the storm goes we may end up with as much as 10 inches. This news prompted us to talk about what we need to get from the … Continue reading

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Cooking

We’re having some friends over on Saturday and I bought them a bottle of Garum Colatura di alici di Cetara (which is basically Italian fish sauce that goes on noodles). They went to Italy several years ago but I don’t … Continue reading

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Might as well be walking on the sun

I just saved $22 at the grocery store. I would have saved an additional $.70 if I hadn’t stood there like an idiot with a coupon in my hand instead of handing it over. I didn’t even buy anything that … Continue reading

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