In which I cooked a lovely meal. I have today off! Slept in, got up, took some saag paneer out of the freezer to defrost. Made rice and dal fry in the electric pressure cooker. Made carrot raita. Here’s lunch! Considered making some naan or papad, too, but didn’t. Four courses is plenty. Yum!
In which this is a pain in the arse. I’ve been using Flickr for image hosting since 2006, and have nearly 14k pictures there. They recently announced they’re moving to a for-pay model, and even though I do like their photo editor, I don’t know that I like it enough to pay fifty bucks a […]
In which I had the day off and did a bunch of domestic crap! My beloved got a new job, which he started today. So he got up and went to work early this morning, and my lazy ass slept until 10:30. Whoo! Then I ordered groceries, made the bed, and tidied up the apartment […]
In which I found this recipe online somewhere and it’s fantastic. This is the red sauce Taco Bell uses in their bean burritos and on their enchiritos. Copycat Taco Bell Sauce 1 8-oz can tomato sauce 1/3 cup water 1/4 tsp chili powder 1 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp onion powder 1 tbsp white vinegar […]
In which I got sick as hell. Sunday I got off work, came home, had some cape cods, Skyped with my friends, and went to bed. Monday I woke up late morning feeling normal, and within a couple-few hours I was sick. I thought it was influenza. Fever, cough, aches, pains. Exhaustion. Oh, it was […]
In which I do an op-ed. There’s a Twitter feed, called Well Regulated Militia (find it at @Well_Regulated_), that posts about nothing but the gun-related incidents and accidents that befall our, well, “militia.” Here’s a common example of its content: “A member of our well regulated militia sleeps with a loaded gun under his pillow. […]
In which I have thirteen inks!? Well, this is my fountain pen ink collection. I don’t think I realized I had so many! The hues I have are these: Grey, horsetail brown, tundra green, teal, damson purple, rouge opera red, black, violet, apple green, orange yellow, rose pink, lavender blue, and syrah red. The syrah […]
