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This blog posting could also be titled: my meringue technique needs some work! When I was a kid, my mom baked with my sister and I a lot. And many of the best recipes she had came from magazines. To this day, I can’t pass by a free recipe booklet in a grocery store without […] →Read more
But the photo doesn’t have a Creative Commons license, so you’ll have to go to the Flickr photo page to see it.Update: Janette is awesome and put a Creative Commons license on this photo, so now I can share it with you here! Thanks, Janette! I hope your little Quatchi gets lots of candy on […] →Read more
Let’s see what interesting things people have Googled lately to end up on my blog lately? betrusted [I’m pretty sure that’s not a word. Yet somehow I’m the second hit on Google for “betrusted.” Yet the word does not appear anywhere on my blog.] buckleys seamen [I think you mean “semen”] a surprising number of […] →Read more
On Sunday, my landlords told me that they are selling the house. Not sure where this will leave me – guess that will depend on who buys the house and what they plan to do with it. The more pressing issue was the fact that my place generally looks like a tornado hit it ((Let’s […] →Read more
This is part of the “operating instructions” that came with the headphones I bought recently: Seriously, it’s just a basic pair of headphones that I use to listen to my iPod. And really, the only “instructions” are “Wear the headphone marked R on your right ear and the one marked L on your left ear.” […] →Read more
The other day, I lost Marla (my iPod) in the most impossible way. I was synching my iPod to put a new audiobook that I’d just downloaded onto her, then put Marla in my purse and rushed ((being that it took so long to synch the book onto my iPod, I was running late)) out […] →Read more
Just saw this on Twitter and it was too funny not to share with you: And when you follow the link, you get this search result from the Vancouver Public Library’s catalog: In truth, I think it’s the Toronto Maple Leaf *players* that need those books, rather than fans. And I just tried to do […] →Read more
Today I hit the 10,000 km mark on Zaphod, my beloved Smart Car! Because I’m a super nerd, I’ve been tracking my gas mileage ((really, any excuse to make a spreadsheet and I’m happy)). And so far, this is where I’m at: days owned 161 km driven 10,021 L of gas used 594 $ spent […] →Read more
At work today, I wanted to see when I’d started a particular document and when I checked the “Properties,” this is what I saw: Somehow I managed to print this document a full month *before* I created it. I’m that good. →Read more
So the other day I read over on Duane’s blog that today is the International Day of the Nacho. And he commanded everyone who read the blog posting to each nachos for dinner tonight – and who am I to argue with that? So I put some brightly coloured nachos ((brightly coloured means they are […] →Read more