August 2010
2 posts
June 2010
6 posts
Cute Happens
T enjoying the water hose on Sunday.
Floodwaters
We live at the top of a somewhat impressive hill. The view from our backyard, is this:
(That’s an apple tree, by the way.) I took this picture the other day, when I was just taking nice pictures for the sake of taking nice pictures. It turned out ot be a fortuitous move, because it serves as a pretty good comparison shot for how that same view looks today:
That, my friends, is a...
On This Day in History
It’s not an obsession unless you write ominous letters, OKAY?
May 2010
18 posts
This is why 5 am is a Bad Idea. Or a Good one, I...
Enna: I want to tumblr the wikipedia section on duck necrophilia. Because I am a horrible person. Enna: See what you hath wrought. Me: XD I hath wrought great humor upon the world. Me: I like that tumblr lets you vomit your amusement all over it so your friends can see. XD Enna: I think I like it too, though undoubtedly at some point I’ll do something like, say, tumblr some information on...
The other day I heard a doctor say that Tiger Woods's back issue might be cervical radiculitis. I had to Google it before I was willing to believe it was NOT code for "My wife's making me take some time off. She's being ridiculous."
People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
– Abraham Lincoln
April 2010
5 posts
1 tag
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Malarky: Fungah! Foiled again!
So, today was Earth Day. Well, technically every day is Earth Day, but it was Official Do Something Naturey Day, so I made plans to grab the rake and the shovel and go clean out our flower bed. It’s full of weeds and dead rose bushes and miscellaneous I don’t know what that has just been lying there being gross since we bought the house in January.
So, I get up, put on my grubby...
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Recipe: Chicken Fried Steaks with Pan Gravy
This is a midwest classic. I grew up in Kansas and have been eating this since I could chew, and making it since I could see over the stove. It’s best served with mashed potatoes and some kind of bread, but you could do some frou-frou steamed vegetables if you’re weak like that.
Steaks
4 cube steaks
3 Tbs. flour
1 tsp. ground black pepper (fresh is best, just sayin’.)
1 egg, beaten
2 c....