An update from my sister on yesterday’s post: Besides the, I think 50, jabs on my back, I had injections up and down both arms. I think I was 10 years old and I cried the entire time. Also, I had a sulfa allergy. I had tonsillitis a lot in winter and that was how … Continue reading This and That
Gallimaufry
Does Anyone Still Wear a Hat?
Or I guess I could have called it: Look, I Bought a Hat! Well, technically it’s a cap.
New Jersey, the Jackass State
Yesterday was April first, and you know what that means. I’m turning today’s post over to John Gruber who has some words for New Jersey for making a joke out of their idiotic refusal to allow self-service gas stations: By far the dumbest Internet Jackass Day “joke” I’ve seen so far is this one from … Continue reading New Jersey, the Jackass State
Before and After
I haven’t been to a barber in probably about 30 years. I let my hair grow in the the cold months. And I cut it short in the warmer months. Meanwhile, I took a Lyft ride and the driver was excellent, even going so far as to carry the bulky package that I was … Continue reading Before and After
Not So Clever Titles
One of the reasons that I usually try to give unique titles to my blog posts is so that I’ll remember what the post was about when I see the title. Except it doesn’t work. At least it doesn’t work most of the time. When I look at the logs of for my blog and … Continue reading Not So Clever Titles
Three Things
Now that I know that measuring by weight rather than volume can produce better results, I want to convert my recipes to weights where appropriate. I found a very useful site from King Arthur that gives the equivalents for many ingredients: Ingredient Weight Chart It’s been awhile since I mentioned The Beatles, hasn’t it? So … Continue reading Three Things
How Do You Solve the Problem of Saran Wrap?
OK, it’s not actually Saran Wrap. It’s Glad Cling Wrap. Whatever. Saran Wrap scans better in the title. It happens every time I open a new roll of the stuff. I cannot for the life of me get that clear plastic wrap to start unwrapping. There’s no starter tape or anything in it and I … Continue reading How Do You Solve the Problem of Saran Wrap?
Odds and Ends
I have several posts in the works but they all require some research and/or work that I haven’t had time for, so here are a couple of odds and ends. I’ve been searching for a copy of the one act play “How the Story Grew” for several years, but the only ones I could find … Continue reading Odds and Ends
My New Squeeze
I’m normally happy with OXO kitchen products, but their citrus fruit squeezer that I got several years ago is an exception. It did an ok job with most limes, but lemons tended to be too large to fit and required too much pressure to get too little juice. Plus, cleaning it was never satisfactory; I … Continue reading My New Squeeze
Tattoos
If I keep referencing Graham and Maria Wanging videos, perhaps I need to make them a separate category. In any case, once upon a time, it seemed that about the only people who got tattoos were prisoners and sailors (assuming we include Marines in there as the Marines are part of the Navy). I didn’t … Continue reading Tattoos