"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Food & Snacks on Mar 27th, 2009
1.25 cups warm water 1 tbsp sugar 1 packet dry yeast (approx .5 tbsp) 4 C. flour (can do half whole-wheat/half white) 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tbsp molassas 1.5 tsp salt (if using half whole wheat, I add 2 tsp gluten powder so they stick together better) Pour warm water into a large mixing […]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Mar 27th, 2009
1 stick of butter 1 cup of sugar (white or brown, depending on what flavor you want) 1 egg (or 1/4 c. egg substitute) 2 tsp baking soda 2 c. flour Cream butter & sugar. Mix in egg thoroughly. Mix in soda, then stir in the flour gradually. The dough should be fairly stiff. If […]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Mar 27th, 2009
Joel’s mom, Nancy has given me a couple of her recipes recently; one is for mead, the other was for granola. Along with the granola recipe, she sent over her old enameled Dutch Oven that she used to always use for baking the granola in. That would be the beautiful lemon-yellow pot you see above. […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, dumb things I have done, Fashion on Mar 26th, 2009
I’ve decided that I need to find excuses to wear some of my most questionable attire. I think you will agree that the above jumpsuit is one of the most sublimely ridiculous garments ever to have survived the 1970s. Those bells! Holy moley…this is one out-there outfit. This one isn’t quite so whacky as the […]
Posted in Ruby the Dog on Mar 25th, 2009
As you can see, our dog Ruby is one furry beast. She’s got super-fuzzy ears, a fine ruff of fur around her neck and shoulders, shaggy haunches, and an impressive plume of a tail. While she doesn’t exactly have what you call a double coat, she does have what I call a coat-and-a-half. She has […]
Posted in Distractions, videos on Mar 21st, 2009
So for some reason, The Coasters’ big hit “Yakkity Yak” was stuck in my head from when I woke up this morning. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cHB3Rbz1OI] It’s awfully catchy, and I think most of us get that whole “parents just don’t understand” bit, having lived through adolescence in its due season. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-cnq8dAw7E] “Charlie Brown” is another by The […]
When I was a kid, one of my favorite fonts of knowledge was my school’s shelf of the World Book Encyclopedia (1969 Edition). As I was a kid in the ’80s, the encyclopedias were obviously pretty out-of-date, but there was sufficient content that wasn’t really going to have changed significantly in the 20-ish years between […]
Heh…yeah that’s on my mind plenty, but that’s not strictly what’s on my mind today. Today, fine friendly folks, I’m in a musical mood and here’s why: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hkJL6wRBE8] I hadn’t ever realized until today that the title of this song is “Get A Job.” As I’m sure I’ve mentioned, I’ve been doing a lot of […]
Posted in "Greenie II", biking on Mar 17th, 2009
IMG_7699, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. Joel slipped down to the basement today and put Greenie II together! I thought he’d gone over to James’s to cut some glass for his workshop, but instead he was putting my bike together. I took it on a test ride this afternoon, and it is 100% satisfactory and completely […]
Posted in books, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Mar 17th, 2009
This past library run was a real strike-out so far. I’d picked up My Lush Life by Douglas McEwan, ’cause I’d heard it was kind of like Patrick Dennis’s stuff, and I love, love, love me some Auntie Mame. It was, however, a tedious faux-biography that wore thinner and thinner as I read on. By […]