So we’ve been praying for rain, and yesterday we got it. Let’s Go Rain. Also had been singing Soft Boy’s Mr. Kennedy because in addition to rain it also mentions Pittsburgh. So, love. ♥ Not sure about Pittsburgh giving the synagogue shooter the death penalty, though. On the TV news last night they said 1.68 … [Read more…]
I seem incapable of writing a full length post, but here’s a new muffin recipe. I haven’t tasted a cooked one yet, but the batter I licked off my fingers while I was making them was delicious. Totally gratuitous text added so that you will see “read more” in the listing of posts, and not … [Read more…]
And a show with no dinner. Monday night my plan for dinner was freshly griddled English muffins with various toppings. The English muffins had been rising in the fridge since Saturday night, while we were in Chicago for the day on Sunday; more on that in a minute. The muffins were the Washington Post no-knead … [Read more…]
So, last weekend, I only wrote about chicken, but I actually cooked some other things. On April Fool’s day, I burned a perfectly good batch of sourdough. I set a timer and went upstairs to work and when the time went off I thought I’d go check the bread after I finished an email, and … [Read more…]
I didn’t even write on Sunday this week. Now it’s the Monday before Fat Tuesday, and I just got the turkey gizzards from Thanksgiving out of the freezer, for making dirty rice tomorrow, and set out milk, butter, and eggs to warm up for making a King Cake today tomorrow morning. I guess the first … [Read more…]
Madison Gas & Electric is shutting off our electricity tomorrow morning, so I guess I really have to take the day off from work, although I never have been too good about participating in events in honor of Dr. King. Two years ago when I was in Seattle I looked up all the marches I … [Read more…]
So what the heck happened to the rest of last week, and weekend? (Zombie dragon) Because now it’s Tuesday already. Thursday afternoon I went to a retirement party for one of the technology guys at the main UW-Library. We were in library school at the same time, and he is a good bit younger than … [Read more…]
Since 2010, I’ve been organizing an in-residence orientation, or Bootcamp, for our new incoming class of online graduate students. Bootcamp takes place during the last week of summer classes at UW-Madison, which always fall on the first full week of August. One of my colleagues has started saying, “Bootcamp ruins the summer” – and it’s … [Read more…]
I took the day off on Friday and we took the train to Chicago – driving to Harvard IL to get it. Don’t even get me started on how our evil governor deprived us of high speed rail, because it would have cost us Wisconsin taxpayers too much, and instead we paid for trains we … [Read more…]
On Friday, I baked a pumpkin pie when I got home from work, so we could eat it after the symphony for a late night dessert. I used the leftover pumpkin I got to take home after the baking thousands of pies for Goodman Community Center, the weekend before the election. On Saturday, I traded … [Read more…]