Month: December 2003

Season’s Greetings

Happy Holidays! Season’s Greetings! Those 2 are still safe, right? I’m pretty sure they are. At least things haven’t gotten as bad as forseen in this humorous posting to the Interesting People list: … Read more

How’s the Weather?

Using a slick Movabletype plugin, I’ve implemented a current weather conditions report, visible on the side navigation of this site. The weather for any number of sites may be listed and I’ve chosen … Read more

Top 10 Astronomy Images of 2003

While I’m not a big fan of year-end best of lists, the top 10 astro photos of 2003 web site is worth a visit. I don’t agree with all of their choices, but … Read more

Mike’s Simple Onion Focaccia

I’ve been wanting to expand my repertoire of yeast recipes beyond cinnamon rolls for some time now, and the receipt of two bread and baking cookbooks (The Bread Bible and King Arthur’s Flour … Read more

Grandma’s Christmas Tree

If this tree looks familiar (to my family), it’s because it was at Grandma Thora’s for as long as I can remember. We sure had some special times at Grandma’s on Christmas Eve, … Read more

A Gift for the Future

While cleaning out my inbox I came across a message that prompted me to action. It seems that famed bluegrass musician Tut Taylor has around 500 cassette and reel to reel tapes that … Read more

Spaghetti Carbonara

(I made this one from memory tonight, though I did double-check the recipe before posting!) Ingredients 1 Lb spaghetti 1/2 pound pancetta (one thick slice) 3-4 Tbs extra virgin olive oil 2-3 cloves … Read more

One Thing Leads to Another

I joined the ranks of firebird and thunderbird users today. So far, firebird hasn’t had any problems rendering the sites I’ve visited, and setting up thunderbird to access my imap mail account was … Read more