| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
cult_movie
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1:44p |
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dfordoom
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1:06p |
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| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
blooferlady
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6:29p |
Berlin wall
I can't let this day pass without commenting on the Berlin Wall. What happened 20 years ago today was a momentous event, with enormous consequences for Europe and indeed the world. (By the way, I think that Reagan is given too much credit at times, as if he single-handedly tore the thing down. If one person is to be singled out for the momentous wave of change, it would have to be the Polish trade union leader, Lech Walesa.) I was in Berlin during the summer of 1956. There was no wall at that time (it was erected in 1961) but it was still difficult to get into East Berlin. I managed to do it. I was traveling with a group of students (World University Service) on a scholarship that comprised a 3-month international conference tour. It was a brief visit, but a visit nonetheless. In spite of dozens of trips to Europe since then, I have never gone back to Berlin. I'd love to see it now. |
kunst_weimar
[ iridescence544 ]
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5:17p |
* Buy advanced tickets and save a dollar! Click here.
* May include other special performances, such as tribal fusion belly dancing and living
statues!
* Free music demos will be available!
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germancabaret
[ iridescence544 ]
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5:15p |
* Buy advanced tickets and save a dollar! Click here.
* May include other special performances, such as tribal fusion belly dancing and living
statues!
* Free music demos will be available!
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bohemianbanshee
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2:50p |
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tmbw_news
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8:50p |
Kids Go! is officially released today (although it has been shipping from Amazon and other retailers over the last week). If you haven't already gotten a copy, pick it up from Amazon.com for $10.57. -- Delivered by Feed43 service |
darkvictoria
[ crimsonbiblio ]
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10:43a |
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bohemianbanshee
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12:29p |
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bohemianbanshee
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12:20p |
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alphasarah
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12:09p |
Sunday Dinner: Moroccan Chicken with Lemony Couscous
Continuing with the theme of "recipes that are on my computer and so have never gotten made", last night we had this Moroccan Chicken, the recipe for which I pilfered from a blog, but now I don't know which one. I think it was most likely Jen at Life's Too Short to Eat Fat Free Cheese, but it could also have been from J at Ten Dinners. Searching both of their blogs didn't turn it up, though. Anyway, no matter who I stole it from, it's based on this recipe from America's Test Kitchen (ha, I almost typed "America's Test Chicken"). And LORDY is this stuff tasty. It's too complex to be a weeknight meal - but I expect it will be just fine as leftovers. It was kinda too complex for last night, when I didn't even think about starting to cook until 5:30 because the kiddo took a long and late nap and then we took advantage of the weather to get the garden's garlic perimeter planted. I'm pondering if it would be possible to do it in the crock pot... I think the answer is probably yes, but it would require browning the chicken first, which for me kind of defeats the purpose of the crock pot. The modifications from the original recipe were largely in process... - The lemon zest & garlic didn't get minced together.
- I didn't cook any lemon zest with the onions.
- I put in all of the garlic and the spices in all at the same time, followed very shortly thereafter by the stock and the carrots.
- Once all of that stuff came to a boil I added the chicken and simmered 'til it was done.
- I made 3 c. of couscous having added the juice of 2 lemons (from which I took the zest) to the cooking water.
- Oh, and the modified recipe called for EITHER olives or caperberries. I used neither.
I roughly doubled the recipe. The original recipe, which serves 4, called for 4 chicken breast halves; I had five MONSTROUS breasts - so big that I had to cut them in half or even in thirds to get slightly under 4 oz chunks. It's definitely going to feed the three of us for at least two dinners, possibly 3. Both M and I liked it quite a bit. TRex didn't like the lemon-flavored couscous but loved the chicken. |
victorianera
[ crimsonbiblio ]
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10:38a |
Airships
A fun book for any adventurer who wants to go in style (shame about the cover, though). Can be found here : http://crimsonbooksinc.storesecured.com/ Airships – Patrick Abbott “The first projected lighter-than-air flying machine of all time was the strange vessel planned by an Italian…in 1670, which was to have been propelled by sails and kept aloft by four hollow copper globes, from which the air had been exhausted to produce a vacuum.” ( Read more... ) |
alphasarah
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11:35a |
Spreadsheet nerds unite!
Here's the spreadsheet for tracking net in/out stuff: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArwYp6ayPngMcjRRd1VPVVZRNzJWNk9Hd2lUSDl5VlE&hl=en
Enjoy! |
| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
cult_movie
[ dfordoom ]
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2:21a |
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| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
bohemianbanshee
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9:01a |
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sepiachord
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6:53a |
11/9 Seattle WA~ Sepiachord Companion CD Sale
11/9 Seattle WA~ Sepiachord Companion CD Sale Tonight the Sepiachord Companion will be on sale by the Sepiachord Crew for the special price of $7!    For those folks in the greater Seattle Metropolitan Area the Sepiachord Crew will be the 11/9 Steamvents meet-up at the Wayward Coffee House in Greenwood ready to sell you your very own copy! Mon, November 9th, 7pm Wayward Coffeehouse 8570 Greenwood Ave N Seattle 98103 |
sepiachord
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6:30a |
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sepiachord
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5:44a |
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dfordoom
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10:00p |
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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
craftygoths
[ kiki_clutch ]
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11:05p |
Ok, so I'm haveing a bit of a prob. I want to pain some candles. But, I was reading that I should use Candle painting medium. I work at a craft store, and a bunch of my coworkers are pretty crafty. We didn't have anything called Candle painting medium and after talking to a almost all of my coworkers they had no idea what candle painting medium is and had never heard of it. One of my coworkers says I should just use craft paint and paint hem anyways but I don't know what that would do once someone started to burn the candle. I'm not sure if it was start a fire of some sort. Help plz? |
lis77
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9:33p |
You Tube Nasties!
Wow I did a video on youtube the yesterday and the topic was about how Sharon Osbourne dissed and attacked Susan Boyle and how it was because people attack things they are threatened by. Well my god the comments (more than 47 of them) were just horrid! I'm serious. They commenters proved my what I said was right, but of course they couldn't see how they were being bullies. Fortunately I"m able to shake it off because I know what they're saying is really about their own sick little minds, but I say it was nutters! I mean I got called the usual fat bitch, fat head, go get a treadmill (when I work out all the time), you name it. It was incredibly uncalled for, but very predictable. I knew that was coming and what do you expect dealing with people who listen to such drivel radio shows and support nasty people like Osbourne and Opie and Andy talk show. It was quite sickening. I actually eventually just disable comments because these people obviously had mental issues. But I won't take that video down, it can stay there! |
| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
oklahoma
[ sarainc ]
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12:18p |
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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
alphasarah
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9:31p |
On minimizing...
There are two forces that are constantly warring in my mind... First, I am a shopper. I'm not ashamed to admit that i like the mall, I like new things. I have, at many points in my life, preferred quantity to quality. But second, I am trying to have less stuff. Yeah, this is in direct contradiction of the first point, and I'm well aware of it. And i am trying to reconcile these two things, trying to tip my way towards the "less stuff". Deliberately favoring quality over quantity, making what I have last longer, favoring "new to you" over "really truly new". When I realized that TRex needed sweaters/sweatshirts, I hit ebay. I really need to find out where the good kids' consignment stores around here are. When I get holes in my socks, I darn them. If I catch M's socks before they get so holey I can't rescue them, I darn them, too. In the early part of the summer, a friend of mine from grad school issued a challenge: end the summer with 1000 less things. That's a LOT of stuff! After some discussion, it was decided that it should be a net loss of 1000 things. That's even MORE stuff, considering that at some point you'll have to buy something. Consumables (food, toiletries, etc.) were not counted in these numbers. I didn't come anywhere NEAR net -1000 items in the house. Instead, I am working very hard at getting rid of more stuff than we bring in... and I've been pretty successful. I'm sure I've missed some things, but by my count, I've gotten rid of 419 things and brought in 259 things since I started keeping track sometime in early June. (For those who are as math-slow as I am, that's a net decline of 160 things). Not great, but not bad either. I have donation receipts from al most every month since May. This week we are going to be divesting ourselves of TRex's old indoor swingset that she's miles to big for (but still distraught over its departure) and a couple of big-ish toys that she has outgrown. In January when J, J, & C come to visit us, we'll offload a bunch of S's too small clothes and probably some baby toys as well. (They already got a huge pile of baby-related things when we went there in August.) Someday I want to move to a nice warm climate and live in one of these houses; I'm most partial to the B53. It's got just over a third of the square footage of our current house. I don't imagine living in one with the three of us, but I think two people could do it just fine. I told Matthew this and he said, "There's no way. You will never be able to have little enough stuff to do that. When it comes down to getting rid of stuff from the study or the sewing room, you won't be able to do it." Little does he know... I have been getting rid of things from those rooms, too! And I freely admit, the reason I won't even consider one of the one-bedroom models is because I require a craft room/study. It's nice to think of and work towards living more simply, less cluttered. |
cult_movie
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_tomwaits_
[ xhellsfirex ]
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