Here are some recommendations for podcasts and videos that have lately become available. First up is a recent episode of Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane. Graham has an anecdote about his first show on the BBC being interrupted when the pope died, and then he and Maria field dilemmas from a mother who … Continue reading Dilemmas, Diets, and Dick
Broccoli Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing
I was looking for a different kind of salad, something not based on lettuce, and I came across this video with three different salads. I’ve made the broccoli salad, and I plan to try the roasted radish salad in the near future. As per usual, my tiny kitchen gave me problems as I tried to … Continue reading Broccoli Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing
The Purloined Cable
Following up on the other day’s post— The reason I wanted to connect that mic to my MacBook is that I want to be able to record the electric piano for the videos that I may or may not be making in the near future. The lavalier mic is fine for my voice, but I … Continue reading The Purloined Cable
Walking Around in Their Skin
I had something completely different planned for today, in fact it’s already written and ready to go. And then I read CJ’s blog post yesterday, “It’s called empathy”, and I watched the video that she embedded, and I decided to go with that. The Thoreau quote that the video uses reminded me of something that … Continue reading Walking Around in Their Skin
The Danger of Varying One’s Routine
Yesterday morning I decided I wanted to get an adapter for the microphone that I use on my Mac. The problem is that it uses a USB connector and my new Macs only have USB-C ports. I can get around that on my desktop Mac, as I have a USB hub, but I want to … Continue reading The Danger of Varying One’s Routine
Synsepalum dulcificum
Or commonly known as miracle berry. It has the amazing ability to make sour foods taste sweet. At least some sour foods. What it does is block the tongue’s taste buds from sensing sour flavors. So if the food has sugars, such as lemons or grapefruits, the suppression of the sour taste makes it seem … Continue reading Synsepalum dulcificum
The Disappearing Mouse
Longtime readers may recall that awhile back I was plagued by mice. Well, that might be overstating it a bit. But I had a problem with mice, the worst of which were the ones that managed to get up onto my kitchen counter. But for the past couple of years I’ve been mostly mouse free. … Continue reading The Disappearing Mouse
The Word Time Traveler
Merriam-Webster has a nifty (first known use 1865) site on the web called Time Traveler. You can use it to find all the words that were first recorded in print in a certain year. Such as the year of your birth, for example. The year of my birth, 1949, was especially rich in new words. … Continue reading The Word Time Traveler
Every Day a Little Death
I bought this book last year and I realized that I never wrote about it. It’s an anthology of short crime stories, each one of which is related in some way to a Stephen Sondheim song. But not simply related to a song, most of the stories are filled with sly and not so sly … Continue reading Every Day a Little Death
Can You Trust the Poles? Uh, I mean Polls
A rare instance of a second post in a day, but I thought some of the Political Bytes at E-V.com today were worth passing along: Poll Position, Part I: In our election wrap-up yesterday, we noted that the polls of the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary were way off, just like the polls of the Michigan … Continue reading Can You Trust the Poles? Uh, I mean Polls