“I know what bugs taste like.”
and
“So there I am–eating tick juice.”
Oct 03
Quotable: Les Ollila
“If your wife comes home and the front end of the car is rearranged you have to decide, ‘Do I want a good car or a good marriage–you cannot have both at that point.”
Oct 02
Quotable: Augustin
“How many sheep there are without, how many wolves within!” (Homilies on John, 45, 12)
Oct 01
Sriracha
The first time I tried Sriracha pepper sauce it was in a peepee jar.
Lemme esplain. I have this friend who works in a hospital–but not in the department where they use said jars for said purpose. She and her coworkers use them for beads and other little odds and ends. Anyway, she was totally hooked on the stuff, and she wanted to share some with me, and she happened to have a bunch of the aforementioned containers available.
At first I thought it was OK–neither glorious nor terrible. She thought it was amazing; she ate it on crackers, apples, anything.
So a few years later I learned to stir fry, and Sriracha quickly became one of the must-have ingredients, long with sesame oil and low-sodium soy sauce.
My boss has a Malaysian friend who insists it is pronounced SREE-racha, not srracha. I’m easy either way.
So, thank you Stacey, for your generous gift. It has now become one of the many things which I can’t abide an absence of.
Sep 30
Special project for October
Hey, I’m back, just like I said. I’m starting a new project this month in MadMania: you email me a photo that you have personally taken and don’t give me any details about it. I will post the photo and a story I make up based on what I can observe in the photo. Sound fun? Just email your photo to photostory -AT- madmangraphics.com (use regular email address–I just don’t want my email scraped by spambots).
Later,
Dan
Sep 20
So…
Sooo…I haven’t posted for a while (duh). No apologies, just taking a break. No promises when I will update again, but check back again in October. Go out and enjoy your autumn, the prince of seasons.
Sep 05
Free iPhone Wallpaper: Kinda Sorta
I turned one of my former student’s Facebook comment into an iPhone wallpaper. Download and enjoy for free:
Sep 03
Overheard: 65 yr old female
“They got him so medicated he can’t feel his butt with bofe hands.”
Aug 31
…and no TV make Dan something something…
So losing my TV has made me more productive (duh). Sunday night I read to the girls seven chapters of The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler, Monday night I picked The Baby up from tennis and we went driving around. Tuesday night I went home and cleaned parts of my office, living room, dining room, and kitchen (parts of all, all of none) (see this post).
I would have gotten more done, but doing more takes money. Sitting on the couch playing X-Box costs virtually nothing, just a little electricity. Doing stuff–fixing the sink, cleaning the house, changing the oil in the cars, all cost money. Of course the trade-off is real productivity–smithing in Skyrim nets you nothing in real life, whereas fixing the sink saves you money and makes you a better steward of your resources.
Last night I helped an older couple with a couple of computer problems then came home and got a lot of work done on a friend’s blog, then read some more Chandler to the girls and drew a picture for the oldest.
I seem to be handling the DT’s OK so far. But I think it makes me more tired, doing more work instead of slouching down relaxing, but last night I must have finally slept enough to catch up on sleep–I woke up irreparably awake today at 4:15.
Aug 27
My TV is a goner pt. 2
This blog was birthed because my TV was having problems in December of 2008. Now, it has finally died. Eight years of mostly loyal service. It’s terminal this time.
And so, we will have to start TV shopping some time. I’m not in a huge hurry, as I have a ton of other productive things I have to do, and other more important expenses, like replacing the water heater.
Upside for the two of you who read this blog: I should start posting more often.
