They were talking about the Outdoor Classic (or whatever it’s called) on the Tony Kornheiser Show Monday morning. The Penguins will play the Capitals on Heinz Field. Non-sports fans might not know that one game a year in the National Hockey League (on New Year’s Day, I think) is played outdoors, the way most hockey [...]
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Pantry. I said Pantry. Vinegar. Usually three or for different kinds. My go-to vinegar is rice-wine vinegar, which goes on sale frequently and has a nice sweet flavor I find a lot more interesting than cider vinegar or even wine vinegar, most of the time. Honey. I prefer it to sugar as a sweetener. Very [...]
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Good things about this weekend: I got LOTS of sleep. I mean LOTS. I didn’t really plan it that way, but somewhere late Saturday morning I realized that nothing I could do for myself the rest of the day would be better for me than just to take it easy. So I slept and slept [...]
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After all these years, I finally tried the slush float at Byron’s, and it is every bit as good as people say it is. I made the mistake of ordering the medium, which was HUGE, and had to throw almost half of it away. Order the small. I took the young shutterbugs to Ala Moana [...]
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Well I guess I couldn’t have been more wrong about the Super Bowl. I’m disappointed, but at least it was a good game. Props to the Saints who played well, and props also to Peyton Manning who was total class in defeat. Yeah, you know that’s Archie’s boy. I made myself finish the other book [...]
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What’s your favorite “just add water!” food? Costco sells a brand of instant mashed potatoes whose recipe calls for just adding water. Where other instant mashed potato brands have lots of funky ingredients, these just have potatoes, if I remember correctly. For the price, you get a heck of a lot of potatoes and they [...]
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For reasons I’ll not get into, I’m trying to read someone’s entire online journal in reverse chronological order, and it’s taking a long time. I’m not sure, but it possibly goes back to 1999, if I’m looking at the index correctly. Holy cow. I like these things. I’m not going to act like I don’t, [...]
The faculty reports on Monday. Students eight days after that. I have to say this was a pretty good summer, but I think it went by more quickly than any I’ve had in a long time. I got a lot done, I rested a lot, but I didn’t play very much. Part of that is [...]
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I’m in the almost-the-end-of-summer doldrums. Bleah. So, no great thoughts today, except a few scattered ideas as they occur to me. Don’t forget to read DailyWritingTip.com, which continues to be fun. I am proud of the quality work I’ve created there, and think I could do some good. HawaiiBeliever.com is looking for bloggers. If you [...]
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