21st
September
2011
While at coffee this morning, a co-worker mentioned that there was an Asian grocery in town where one could buy the spices necessary for preparation of satay. Fast forward several hours, where the local TV network gave a quick course in preparation of satay. Huh? I awoke this morning, a neophyte. Now all that remains is for me to get busy and prepare, you guessed it… Funny how things evolve.
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11th
September
2011
A couple more hours and it will be over. No, not the birthday celebration. The other thing, that has sucked the oxygen out of the air. Soon, we can return to regular programming, and stop the “weeping and wailing” that our parents warned us was appropriate only in prayer. Not a minute too soon!
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28th
August
2011
I feel like someone who had friends go on vacation and bring back a T-shirt. Something like “The continent got a hurricane, and all I got was some gusty wind with light rainfall”. A letdown. Things could have been much more interesting. Yes, the electricity is hiccuppy, but not enough to do much more than reset the wifi.
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21st
August
2011
I’m always on the lookout for products that make me question the schooling I so painfully received over a long period of time. One of the best places to get that “dazed and confused” feeling: the local grocery store.
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17th
August
2011
The ladybugs are back. For those who care about such things, there are a good quantity in stock, and they are all “six pointers”.
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10th
July
2011
Not exactly breakfast fare, but we did get out for a partial family meal before the end of the morning. The restaurant definitely isn’t in the Michelin, but the menu did boast of more than 100 varieties of poutine. For the record, mine involved meat loaf and Italian sauce. It’s become downright difficult to get the whole family together, now that we all have lives involving work, study and play (in varying proportions). Today was an 80% effort: quorum. No decisions were taken, but there were several new pictures for any eventual album.
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29th
June
2011
The first barbecue of the season. A baptism of fire. Tonight I limited the sacrifice to the deities (by leaving my bottles of cheap sauce in the refrigerator). After all, as I’ve always explained to the family, the meat isn’t burned… it’s the sauce.
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21st
June
2011
While perusing the Creuset catalog, I had wondered about the purpose of some of the items on offer. This evening, during a rare moment of community, I learned part of the answer.
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31st
March
2011
Add this to the list of things we don’t learn in grade school. Foods can be improved by packaging. Let me tell you a little story about that.
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30th
March
2011
Nuts! Cashews, actually, and they are so tasty, it’s nuts! Hey, maybe I can get a job in advertising.
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