February 2010
73 posts
Ran 2.8 miles outside (!) today. Thanks to the new Quincy Running Dawgs for getting me out there.
just realized that 1/4 of my recipes on delicious are tagged ‘dessert’ …hm, sweet tooth much?
remote server deathly slow. guess working from home not going to be as successful as I wanted. le sigh
Oh Sushi Cat, I wish I had never found you! !!!SUSHI FRENZY!!!! http://bit.ly/cnLRpD
Just scored 459,050 points & ranked 2707th for today in Sushi Cat. Beat that! http://bit.ly/d5LFfB
No more boats to catalog! Now doing trade advertisements featuring pilgrims and patriots
Growing hay on salt marshes provided a higher nutrient feed for cattle. http://tinyurl.com/y9d8qee The things you learn while cataloging!
Ok, could someone hold that target still for me for a while? Found out that job description changed between my app &the interview, again…
Thank you #mbta #redline 4 making it impossible 2 get 2 my appointment tonight. I totally wanted 2 spend 2.5 hours w/ you, doing nothing.
RT @NewMSI: Awesome! RT @elizabethskene A wonderful & hilarious music video that explains what archivists do: http://bit.ly/b3qWzw
no class so I spent the morning cleaning. afternoon will be dedicated to job search.
dinner 2night: smoked chicken tacos w/ homemade salsa & an undetermined dessert. I rly want dessert tonight so I need 2 figure that out.
sunday brekie to include roasted taters w/ bacon, a mushroom onion scramble , and LOTS of coffee
trying to get windowsxp loaded on my vm…going through 2nd set up routine…this doesn’t seem right
decision made to drop a couple courses. I have returned to being an adult and not a high schooler now. Thanks for your patience
RT @YarnHarlot: Very cool. http://tinyurl.com/yewvz8d
No good pickled carrot puns
This month’s challenge ingredient was the humble carrot. The humble, very, very low acid carrot. As those of you who have tried water-bath canning know safe canning is based on an understanding of the acidity of what you want to preserve. The acid in fruits and vegetables helps kill harmful bacteria and other germs; if there isn’t enough acid, then the bad stuff can grow and then make...
Frustrated. Frustrated. Frustrated.
RT @common_squirrel: sleep
Going to Finale for “dinner” tonight w/ @thinkpol. Anyone had their food? Is it any good?
I’ve reached the point in my work day when I want to catalog an image as “pile of junk, leaned up on shack”
Very nice essay on the simple cloth napkin by D Lebovitz http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2010/02/french_napkins.html (h/t to @lkrier)
#whatihadforlunch chickpeas, red onions, raisins w/ sweet potato. super delish!
Working on the boat images, but my head is thinking about C++ (and I kinda like it)
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Accidentally Delicious
So here’s what I grabbed on the way out the door for lunch today: about 3/4 cups leftover chickpeas tossed with salt,pepper, red onion and a vinaigrette, a handful of raisins, an orange and a sweet potato. I was planning on segmenting the orange and putting it into the chickpeas, but instead I zapped the sweet potato, mashed it up a bit and threw that it. Add the raisins and HOLY COW was...
RT @DeserontoArch: “The future belongs 2 the small town, small business, small & self-sufficient family.” From Deseronto’s lcl paper, 1977
Grouchy McGroucherson is going to bed. I will be nicer tomorrow, I promise.
#bhcc courses have made me revert 2 my high school self. Bitchy, procrastinating & angsty. & the procrastinating is biting arse now.
“Sea Food with the Tang of the Sea” - pamphlet I am cataloging and why I don’t like the taste of fish.
is it so difficult to transcribe the folder name on to a xerox of an item? #archivesbitching
Hmm, guess it was too good to be true, the Noodle Island ferry doesn’t exist. Turns out I can’t read. Boat’s called Noddle Island.
good morning. today’s plate includes boats and baseball.
my brain is my firefox tabs, just quit w/out saving. can’t remember anything. #firstworldproblem
done w/ homework for tonight. resolution: learn to use divs so nested tables don’t eat me for lunch.
I want to watch the olympics. Is it streaming anywhere?
programming this algorithm had to be easier than solving it. bit.ly/iqiqgame
the intellectual progress we’ve made by replacing cncpt of sex w/ that of gender is an overcorrection. http://bit.ly/blJZkJ (via @bitchphd)
doing school work, not getting much out of it except a flashbacks to high school
mmm root vegetable humor http://bit.ly/dlpCRL
RT @dancohen: Google should go back 2 what it’s good & right at: providing a service & discovery layer over decentralized content. /herehere
working on a job application before heading in to look at more boat pictures.
really on a beans and rice kick. mmm simple comfort food.
RT @TaraLSF: “All the Scholar Ladies”, best video since Lady Gaga a capella IMO. If you learned it, then you shoulda got an A on it http …
reminder: sunny does not mean warm. 4 winters in and I’m still struggling with this.
Evry Val. Day my mom sends us asparagus. Roasting now. I <3 it, and that is one of the reasons to move back to CA. Fresh veg in February.
I need more podcasts to listen to on my commute. Already tapped out on npr/pri. Any other suggestions?
chicken soup is #whatihadforlunch
and it begins #frenchtoastalert #snowday
Why can’t #bhcc make it clear if they are open or closed today!!!
ok #bhcc are you going to sucobe to the weather warnings? (please…)