Graph paper notebook

new blog

2009-09-06T17:45:00.001+02:00

My sister and I are blogging now at Abacus and Quill. Should be more frequently updated than this ever was.

see ya there

steph

kitty comic

2008-11-25T13:23:00.003+01:00

comic

internet glue

2008-09-07T12:01:00.002+02:00

Here is some serious internet glue. Some day we will look back and wonder why he didn't just grasp A and wave it over to B and drop it there.

the food tasting meme

2008-08-22T00:05:00.006+02:00

Ok, so this is results you get for a once omnivore now vegetarian answering the food tasting meme. Most of the stuff that is neither bold or striked through I had no clue what it was. Most of the ones which are both are just things I won't eat now because I'm a vegetarian, but there are a couple of things I just not going to make time for anymore, like carob!

Also, while I haven't been to a Michelein 3 star, I did have the vegetarian tasting menue at Charlie Trotter's sometime in the late 90's.

The Food tasting meme

Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
Bold all the items you.ve eaten.
Cross out any items that you would never consider eating (or eating again)
Optional extra: Post a comment here linking to your results.

To make the filling out of this form and generating the HTML for it a bit easier, reddywhp has played around with some PHP. Go to http://reddywhip.org/lj/foods/ and fill it out there. After filling it out, you will be given the code to copy and paste into your blog.

Livejournal users, remember to use your LJ-Cuts!

~~Venison~~
Nettle tea
Huevos rancheros
~~Steak tartare~~
~~Crocodile~~
~~Black pudding~~
Cheese fondue
~~Carp~~
Borscht
Baba ghanoush

~~Calamari~~

Pho

PB&J sandwich

Aloo gobi

~~Hot dog from a street cart~~

Epoisses

Black truffle

Fruit wine made from something other than grapes

~~Steamed pork buns~~

Pistachio ice cream

Heirloom tomatoes

Fresh wild berries

~~Foie gras~~

Rice and beans

~~Brawn, or head cheese~~

Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper

Dulce de leche

~~Oysters~~

Baklava

Bagna cauda

Wasabi peas

~~Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl~~

Salted lassi

Sauerkraut

Root beer float

~~Cognac with a fat cigar~~

Clotted cream tea

Vodka jelly

~~Gumbo~~

~~Oxtail~~

~~Curried goat~~

~~Whole insects~~

Phaal

Goat's milk

Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more

Fugu

~~Chicken tikka masala~~

~~Eel~~

Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

~~Sea urchin~~

Prickly pear

Umeboshi

~~Abalone~~

Paneer

~~McDonald's Big Mac Meal~~

Spaetzle

Dirty gin martini

Beer above 8% ABV

~~Poutine~~

~~Carob chips~~

S'mores

~~Sweetbreads~~

Kaolin

~~Currywurst~~

Durian

~~Frog's Legs~~

Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake

~~Haggis~~

Fried plantain

~~Chitterlings or andouillette~~

Gazpacho

~~Caviar and blini~~

Louche absinthe

Gjetost or brunost

~~Roadkill~~

Baijiu

~~Hostess Fruit Pie~~

~~Snail~~

Lapsang souchong

~~Bellini~~

Tom yum

~~Eggs Benedict~~

Pocky

Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant

~~Kobe beef~~

~~Hare~~

Goulash

Flowers

~~Horse~~

Criollo chocolate

~~Spam~~

~~Soft shell crab~~

Rose harissa

~~Catfish~~

Mole poblano

~~Bagel and lox~~

~~Lobster Thermidor~~

Polenta

Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

~~Snake~~

what's next

2008-06-08T10:22:00.002+02:00

But I am not going to get sucked in to Big Brother UK. Well, maybe a little.

I am going to watch the football though.

idol

2008-05-23T23:32:00.001+02:00

I confess. I love American Idol.

I am also a Eurovision fan.

And I like X Factor.

Please forgive me.

who knew I was a form of poetry

2007-11-23T13:54:00.000+01:00

I am the tanka.
The attention of others
Is unnerving, and
Since I try not to draw it,
I'm left alone. Which is good.

Graph paper dessert

2007-07-07T13:06:00.000+02:00

Holly at Raspberry Debacle has done some serious dessert classification. Geek on!

Puzzle Quest

2007-06-17T15:52:00.000+02:00

Help! I am totally addicted to Puzzle Quest on my DS. I love the combination of match-three puzzles with the rouge-like whomp-a-monster stuff. I am playing for hours and hours. I have two other new games I haven't even touched yet.

peter pan

2007-04-29T16:04:00.000+02:00

I'm a superhero

2007-03-16T19:50:00.000+01:00

Your results:
You are Supergirl

Supergirl		72%
Batman		70%
Hulk		65%
Iron Man		65%
Spider-Man		65%
Catwoman		60%
Wonder Woman		57%
Superman		55%
Robin		52%
Green Lantern		45%
The Flash		30%
Lean, muscular and feminine. Honest and a defender of the innocent.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

2006-11-19T13:15:00.000+01:00

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

Once upon a time, when I was a math major, I ran into e^i(PI)=-1 and it blew my brain. I guess I'm not the only one.

San Francisco in Jello

2005-10-24T00:01:00.001+02:00

Oh, don't you just love the way it jiggles?

First Sunday in August - tomatoes

2005-08-07T15:57:00.000+02:00

Here are August's tomatoes, at the top of the stakes and up close.

Since a double was what I was drinking at the moment

2005-07-31T11:35:00.000+02:00

Thanks to N in Seattle who I thought was being very quiet again but discovered again that it was only my rss reader not pointed to his blog.

We love our espresso maker and burr grinder.

We get our coffee beans at a place that's been in business since 1817. They've recently put a sign on the door that says something along the lines that they only sell beans and ground coffee, that they don't have any to drink/take away. Being almost across the canal from the Anne Frank house they must get a lot of newby tourist who haven't figured out where to go when there's no Starbucks.

We just finished off some organic beans called Barista. Very smooth, no acid taste at all. Now we're working on Paloma. A bit more caffiene in that one. I had two yesterday, and after the second told Patrick not to let me have two today. I was buzzing and bouncing around the place yesterday.

You Are an Espresso

At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic

At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung

You drink coffee when: anytime you're not sleeping

Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

First Sunday in July - tomatoes

2005-07-03T17:25:00.000+02:00

Finally some hot weather in June, which is what these tomatoes needed to grow. They all are blooming, and seemed to be growing from hour to hour.

I uploaded more pictures of the cats and the garden today at Flickr.

weeds

2005-06-28T21:10:00.000+02:00

Patrick says, "At least there aren't any more weeds in the garden taller than I am."

PACOJET

2005-06-16T21:06:00.000+02:00

PACOJET

Oh man, a kitchen gadget we don't have yet. I bet we could make beer sorbet with this. I wonder whether celery root sorbet would be palate cleansing.

First Sunday in June - tomatoes

2005-06-05T10:59:00.000+02:00

IMG_0678_tomatoes5june,
originally uploaded by srm.

IMG_0677_tomatoes5june,
originally uploaded by srm.

Not much sun yet this year, and not much warmth either. But the tomatoes are doing fine. I've seen the first blossoms just this morning (but then, I haven't looked in a while). Full disclosure: I'm just the photograher and eater of garden goodies. Patrick does all the work (well, sometimes I help a bit).

Hm, I still speak 'murkin

2005-04-17T13:39:00.000+02:00

Your Linguistic Profile:

60% General American English

25% Yankee

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Midwestern

0% Dixie

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

I'm boring

2005-03-08T20:04:00.000+01:00

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

tsunami donations

2005-01-01T01:49:00.000+01:00

Something's up. I've seen a couple of lists of charities you can donate to to help the tsunami victims, and MSF/Doctors Without Borders/Artsen Zonder Grenzen isn't listed among them. It's my charity of choice. If you are overwhelmed by the choices, then this is a good place to give.

first post

2004-12-26T15:34:00.000+01:00

It's got to be something.