17,882 words so far. I didn’t write at all over the break, but I’m doing better now.
However, I did finish another term paper as well as an associated presentation. So it wasn’t a complete waste.
I discovered that I get my basic ideas and lines when I walk, and then put it all together when [...]
Liver diseases, including cirrhosis, are increasingly being seen in overweight teenagers, experts report.
Cirrhosis, irreparable liver damage, is commonly linked with alcohol misuse, but can also be caused by a fatty diet.
Lifelong liver damage from a poor diet.
Think about that as you consider those upcoming Christmas cookies.
I love things like this:
Police on Victoria’s west coast have taken 18 garden gnomes back to their station after finding them on the side of the road.
The gnomes were found around 5:30am AEDT, lined up at a pedestrian crossing on Pertobe Road in Warrnambool.
But I especially love that everyone involved seems to have a sense [...]
This is both useful and interesting: The Box O’ Truth.
That’s the kind of hobby I’d like to have. But more importantly, it’s useful in debunking myths about things gun can and cannot do.
Now I want to either move into a brick house, or line the walls of my house with sand.
There was a bit this morning, just as I woke up, on the health aspects of forgiveness.
One comment was that if you forgive someone, and they don’t apologize in response, then what’s the point?
The reply was (in essence) that forgiveness is not to get a response out of the other person who has hurt you, [...]
For those keeping track, (that would be me) my total number of books read so far this year is 139. That’s up from 115 total last year.
However, I read a lot more comics this year, and I can read most comic compilations in less than an hour. And no year tracks the number of books [...]
The Queen of the South (2002) Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Translated by Andrew Hurley
The Queen of the SouthIf you’d like to know the power of Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s writing, pick up this book, read a few pages, then put the book down and try to forget the story. A couple of months ago I picked up a book, thought [...]
I’m thankful for lots of things. Today, most of them are edible.
On an on-going basis, I’m thankful for my health, and my family, and my husband. Not necessarily in that order.
ADDENDUM the First:
Plus apple pie. I may explode.
(First time I tried this recipe. Hope it’s good)
Pre-baked pie crust (This is a good excuse to buy ceramic pie weights if you don’t already have them)
3 large sweet potatoes (4 was too many) You’ll want ~2 cups cooked sweet potato.
1 cup evaporated milk (half and half should work)
1 cup sugar (I think I may [...]
8″ or 9″ pie crust
2 cups fresh pumpkin
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 eggs (2 is the pumpkin is liquidy)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp clove
Fresh whipped cream
Preheat oven to 400F. Mix all ingredients together in mixer. Pour into pie shell. Pie crust shields are your friends. Bake 50-60 minutes.
Warm before serving [...]
120 grams (1 cup) all purpose flour
57 grams (1/2 cup) cake flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
8 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 tbsp cold shortening
4 to 8 tsp ice cold water
Cut butter and shortening into flour, sugar, and salt using food processor. Transfer into cold bowl, and stick in freezer for at least [...]
1 box Nilla wafers
OR
equivelent amount dried vanilla cake
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tbsp espresso powder (Sanka is not an acceptable substitute)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup nuts
3 tbsp corn syrup
1/4 cup bourbon (More or less to taste)
Crush Nilla wafers. Chop nuts. Dump ingredients into mixer. Mix until everything is moist.
Roll into small balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Place [...]
Using a rare and unbroken document trail, scholars have succeeded in tracing a 10-year old girl from her kidnap in Sierra Leone 249 years ago to her life on the plantation in the United States where she was taken, forced into slavery, and re-named Priscilla.
That’s amazing.
Although on am unrelated note, I was highly entertained by [...]
It’s 10:31.
I’ve finished my term paper and as much as I can do for its associated presentation.
We’ve had two people come into the lab so far, neither with questions.
It’s gonna be a long day.
14,092 is the last count. Ten chapters, plus parts of two chapters that appear later, but came to me earlier. Still geeky, and still science fiction elements.
Plus my term paper is mostly finished, with the basics of the presentation done.
I call that pretty productive.
Watchmen (1987) Alan Moore
So, after so many people recommended it to me, I feel guilty saying it. But. I didn’t like Watchmen. Not at all.
I’m not saying it isn’t good, and it isn’t compelling, because it is, on both counts, I’m just saying I didn’t like it. I kept wishing it was over but I [...]
You. Yes you.
Go watch Good Night and Good Luck.
David Strathairn did an excellent job portraying Edward R. Murrow. (And I knew Frank Langella looked familiar, I just couldn’t figure out why.)
But that’s not why you should watch it.
In Morgantown it’s playing downtown at the Warner. Check IMDB for times near you.
Yeah, yeah. Just cuz I don’t program…
An entire week with little to no traffic.
(Excepting, of course, the WVU-Pitt game on Thansgiving.)
Ahhhhh….
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