Archive for January, 2009
- After a weekend of finals, I could sure use another weekend. Anyone have a spare weekend lying around that I could borrow?
- I gave the No-Knead Pizza Dough recipe a try this weekend, with mixed results. The dough had great texture and was nice and light and airy, but it was so fragile that it was really tough to stretch and get thin. After much effort, I finally got it thin enough, and it came out nice and crispy with lots of soft bubbles, which was fantastic. It lacked flavor though, which was surprising considering it was fermenting for 24 hours, and it definitely needed salt. I think I might stick with my usual recipe, but this definitely has potential.
- Want to kill a lot of time and look at the most incredible photo of the inauguration? Check this out. You can zoom in so tight that you can make out who each and every person is. Go try to find Yo Yo Ma taking a photo with his iPhone. It’s like playing Where’s Waldo?
- Awesome new Clif Bar flavor: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut. I guess this takes the place of my daily Peanut M&M fix which I’ve given up. Damn, these things are good.
- Someday soon, I get a bigger office. Not that I know what to do with more space. Maybe a hot tub or something.
- Looks like I’ll be “forced” to take two weeks of vacation over the course of the next few months. Sure, twist my arm.
- Am I the only one who looks forward to getting my W2 so that I can do my taxes and hopefully get a nice refund? Hopefully, we will be adding to the Vacation Fund and the Get a New Oven Fund.
- Due to finally finding a pair of brown shoes that I like, I’ve been wearing lots of brown. I think brown is my new black. Because I wear a hell of a lot of black.
- It’s not allowed to snow anymore because I have nowhere else to put it. Sorry weather gods. Try again next year.
- Happy January 20. Today is a good day.
- I went to the dentist last week and found out that I got my first cavity in 15 years. Shocking! I have no idea how it happened, but I’m blaming the Peanut M&M’s. I haven’t touched a single M or M since then. Cold turkey! I need new, non-cavity forming snacks.
- I wisely spent four hours on Thursday night taking on a final for school rather than wait for the weekend to do it. That left me with an unprecedented three straight days and nights with no school work to do. I had forgotten what it felt like to sit on my ass and watch TV all weekend. Nice.
- Due to my poor blood circulation in my hands, I went on a search for really warm gloves for when I’m out clearing snow. While I wasn’t quite ready to spend more than $150 for gloves that the guys on Everest use, I was willing to shell out some cash for some good ones. Alas, the ones that I bought still aren’t good enough. My search continues.
- Speaking of which, how early is too early to fire up the snowblower? I never want to be that guy who wakes up the entire neighborhood. The rules are different than lawnmowers, I know, but I always wait until some one else it out there first. Does it matter if it’s a weekday or a weekend? Apparently, 6:30am was the approved time on Monday morning, but I still felt a little bad about it.
- We went to Dim-sum on Sunday with some friends, which would more be classified as the Lovely Tess’s official first date. She and her new boyfriend are quite smitten with each other, although, like a good Carpenter lady, she denied him a kiss at the end. Still, she carries his picture around and makes googley eyes at it. We’re in trouble with this one, I tell you.
- I apologize for my tardiness the last few weeks. I’ve been, um, a little busy on Monday mornings of late. I promise to do better. I’m also working my way through a month of photos, so don’t be surprised to see Christmas photos show up soon.
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