The opening scene of House just showed a white lab rat starting to munch on the researcher who was working with him, after the researcher had just keeled over on the floor with the Mystery Disease of the Week.
Okay, listen, scriptwriter(s): That just wouldn't happen, okay? Unless it was an absolutely STARVING rat.
Thanks, people, for playing to the illogical fears of all the uninformed rodent-haters of the world. Thanks a lot.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Cream of Carrot Soup with Curry
I just made this up.
Cut up 2 lb. carrots into chunks. Cook covered in as little water as possible till tender. Drain, reserving cooking liquid.
Slice one onion into a large soup pot. Saute onion slices in butter or olive oil till tender.
Place drained cooked carrot chunks in a blender and add half and half, milk or a combination, enough that you can blend the carrot chunks smooth. Add some curry powder, more or less to taste and blend some more. Add the sautéed onion slices and their drippings to the puree and continue to blend. Add the carrot cooking liquid. When the mixture gets to be of such volume that it’s too full for the blender, return it to the soup pot, and simmer and stir, adding milk or half and half as needed to thin it. Season to taste with salt and perhaps some white pepper. Do not boil; just simmer. Serve hot.
Cut up 2 lb. carrots into chunks. Cook covered in as little water as possible till tender. Drain, reserving cooking liquid.
Slice one onion into a large soup pot. Saute onion slices in butter or olive oil till tender.
Place drained cooked carrot chunks in a blender and add half and half, milk or a combination, enough that you can blend the carrot chunks smooth. Add some curry powder, more or less to taste and blend some more. Add the sautéed onion slices and their drippings to the puree and continue to blend. Add the carrot cooking liquid. When the mixture gets to be of such volume that it’s too full for the blender, return it to the soup pot, and simmer and stir, adding milk or half and half as needed to thin it. Season to taste with salt and perhaps some white pepper. Do not boil; just simmer. Serve hot.
At last! It's here once again!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but of course you all knew that, because you all had it on your calendars, right?
Avast.
Avast.
Monday, September 11, 2006
No, the Irony Has Not Escaped Me
I'm wallpapering the guest room closet.
Meanwhile I am stripping wallpaper from the second floor stairwell.
And when I say "meanwhile," I really mean "simultaneously." As in, "while the new paper is booking for 3-10 minutes depending on whose instructions I'm going by, I'm scraping old paper in the stairwell, and then I squirt DIF on more old wallpaper and race back to the guest room to apply another strip of paper while the DIF sits for its requisite 20 minutes of glue-softening time."
Meanwhile I am stripping wallpaper from the second floor stairwell.
And when I say "meanwhile," I really mean "simultaneously." As in, "while the new paper is booking for 3-10 minutes depending on whose instructions I'm going by, I'm scraping old paper in the stairwell, and then I squirt DIF on more old wallpaper and race back to the guest room to apply another strip of paper while the DIF sits for its requisite 20 minutes of glue-softening time."
Remembering the Battle of Flight 93
I have to say I appreciate how Citizen Smash is remembering the events that occurred 5 years ago today:
2001 - The Battle of Flight 93: Passengers rebel against al Qaeda terrorists, forcing them to crash a hijacked plane in an empty field near Shanskville Pennsylvania, preventing the likely destruction of the U.S. Capitol.
It is easy to lose our courage over the fierce wounds our nation sustained that day, and fail to remember the courage of those who won their own part of the war. Hail, heroes.
2001 - The Battle of Flight 93: Passengers rebel against al Qaeda terrorists, forcing them to crash a hijacked plane in an empty field near Shanskville Pennsylvania, preventing the likely destruction of the U.S. Capitol.
It is easy to lose our courage over the fierce wounds our nation sustained that day, and fail to remember the courage of those who won their own part of the war. Hail, heroes.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary, Mama and Papa. Fifty-two years, what an inspiration to those of us just getting started. We love you.
The Most Wonderful Time... of the Year
I just dropped these three off after the obligatory Camera-Mad Mommy Back-to-School Picture on the Front Steps (I wasn't the only one, Jane Meyer had her kids lined up out in front of her house, too). Our school district did some major remodeling over the summer and the buildings smell so good. I love the smell of a school that's reopening after the summer anyway, and combine that expectant sort of smell (I think it's a combination of old wood and floor polish, with a little disinfectant mixed in) with the scent of new paint, new office furniture and fresh vinyl flooring, and MMMMmmmmmMMMmmmmm it's invigorating!
I know January 1st is really the new year, but for me, the year always begins with school.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Wayne's Video
Wayne put together this video taken in Grandma and Pap-Pap Stahl's back yard with the relatives.
edited to add a link to those great Jack Johnson lyrics. I also moved the video over to YouTube where it seems to load a little faster.
edited to add a link to those great Jack Johnson lyrics. I also moved the video over to YouTube where it seems to load a little faster.
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