Archive for June, 2008
Critters ‘n Gasoline n’ Other Stuff
We spent Father’s Day weekend with John’s parents. It was a nice weekend; pretty hot though. When we got back, my Gas Price Barameter (a family-owned non-branded service station), who had held their ground at $3.99 for weeks while every other station in town hit $4+, had hit $4.03 for a gallon of regular unleaded. [...]
Melting Yet?
The house that I grew up in didn’t have central a/c or heat. In the winter, we had electric baseboard heaters and a wood burning stove; in the summer we had a couple of window a/c units (Four?). The window units were on when it was really hot outside; any other time, the windows were [...]
Someone Else’s Sheets
I’m in Huntsville, AL this week for a business meeting. The first flight (to Cincinnati) was decent except for the last 20 minutes when I thought I was going to die (insane turbulence that was lifting me off of my seat). The second flight was a piece of cake. I had dinner [...]
Flourless Chocolate Cake
This is a wonderful (and very fudgy) cake. I use Green & Blacks chocolate bars, but you can use any bar that’s at least 70% cocao. Serve warm with whipped cream and berries.
Ingredients
3 bars Green & Blacks 70% Cocao chocolate bars
12 tablespoons butter
1 cup superfine sugar (put granulated sugar in the food processor; superfine sugar [...]
Wicked Weather
We had some wicked storms in the area today. My office had a dozen brown-outs and a couple outright power failures. After the last power hit that the building took, the network and phones didn’t come back up, so I finally had to just face facts and send everyone home. Power was out everywhere I [...]
Steak with Mushrooms & Onions in Wine Sauce
A really easy but classy way to serve steaks.
While your steaks are cooking (however you happen to like them), saute equal amounts of mushrooms and sliced onions in 2 tablespoons of olive oil. When the onions have softened, add 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce and 1/2 cup of Marsala or Port wine. Keep cooking until [...]
Leaves of Five
I was very productive yesterday — I put down more mulch, did some laundry, worked on the pool chemicals and did a lot of mowing. Being slightly ambitious, I decided to tackle the Back 40. I soon discovered that I just don’t have the upper body strength to keep the mower from wanting to flip [...]
