Tuesday, November 9, 2004WAAACHOOO!!!>s n i f f The cold has settled in. I haven't had one of these since January. I do consider myself fortunate. My trick has been some degree of avoidance of people with the sniffles and popping a 1000mg Vitamin C tablet everyday, and two of them a day for 3 or 4 days when someone has come in sick.... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, November 8, 20045 weeks and counting, and the sealed breachI have been going to St. Elias Eastern Orthodox Church for five weeks now. The Catechism class has started, so two Sundays a month until the end of March, I will be leaving the house at 8:50am and not coming back until 2am when I get off work. This church goes all the way back to the 1st century, so... Sign in to see full entry.What's next? Campaigning on Death Row?I just found out that Texas prisoners, who aren't permitted to vote, are being counted with the general population for that ever-popular legislative activity called Districting. This is wrong on SOOO many levels. Hello, Senator, Congressperson, you shouldn't be able to base the size of your district... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, November 5, 2004PISSED!Two years ago a friend and I put together a list of new flavors for Altoids. Among the selections were: Liquorice Sour Raspberry Cardamon And a new proposed line called "Pastels" including: Pear Apricot The response I got back boiled down to them rejecting the list because they have people employed... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, November 3, 2004Someone interviewed on the news notedThat although she voted for Kerry as a protest against Bush, she felt that Bush should have four more years to deal with the mess he has made instead of Kerry spending most of his time trying to undo what the Republicans have done. It will be interesting to see how many people who have threatened to... Sign in to see full entry.A philosophical tidbitI am convinced that bureaucracy is the institutionalization of passive-aggressiveness. Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, November 2, 2004what a surprise... :-|Idaho went to Bush. Sign in to see full entry.Tabouli!!! SuccessCooking Update I modified the tabouli recipe a little. I added 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro to the parsley. It came out a little acidic, so I am going to cut the lemon juice with 1/3 water before mixing in the olive oil. I am also going to buy some cracked bulghur wheat either in bulk or packaged.... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, November 1, 2004Cooking AttemptsI am going to attempt Tabouli Greek salad. I got the recipe from Great Party Recipes Tabouli Recipe 2 cups cracked wheat (bulghur) 2 cups very hot water 1 cucumber, chopped 2 small tomatoes, chopped 1 bunch green onions, (8) sliced 1/2 cup fresh chopped mint, 2 cups fresh chopped parsley 1 clove... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, October 30, 2004The debates clearly explainedPlease vote on Tuesday 11/02/04. Sign in to see full entry. |
