The new chair arrived on Tuesday. It showed up about 10:00. I abandoned work (as opposed to taking time off) to put it together. I have never seen such packing. It was seriously impressive. There must have been a company-wide Tetris contest – in hell-mode where all the pieces are curved. Whoever won decided howContinue reading “Putting a Chair Together”
Author Archives: Mark
It’s a Small World
Just as I get old and cynical, I find the world is even smaller than I thought. I have a Russian co-worker (several of them, but only Sergey is relevant to this discussion) who goes on an across-the-middle-of-nowhere trip every summer. He sent me a video of an ATV trip. These were not normal ATVs.Continue reading “It’s a Small World”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIV
Paprika Peach Pie – Take 2 Much improved. It could still be better. The taste went from peach to tasty peach. I cannot taste the paprika (or all-spice or ginger), but it’s clear there are spices in this one. The filling change was just as I described: Mix the peaches in salt and sugar, letContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIV”
Costing Bread
While at the Farmer’s Market last weekend (to buy peaches for another pie attempt), I noticed that a loaf of bread was $7. Earlier I had noticed that grocery store bread was also expensive. I wondered to myself, I wondered, “what does my bread cost?” I put most of the bread ingredients on the shoppingContinue reading “Costing Bread”
Flag Etiquette Question
Is the US flag supposed to be the largest? It’s at the top. It’s illuminated at night. It’s not the largest. Are the flag police going to come for me? BTW: The one in the background is five blocks away. It’s the YUGE flag at Perkins.
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIII
Paprika Peach Pie It’s getting difficult to keep track of the Roman Numerals; they don’t sensibly sort in the File Explorer. I think 53 is right. I also noticed that I did 50 as XLX. Oh well. No recipe this time. It’s from The Four & Twenty Blackbird’s Pie cookbook. I see no reason notContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIII”
My Favorite Weapon
At the very least, it’s the weapon of mine that gets the most use. It’s also cheap – at least for a weapon. No, I don’t have the laser sight. I also don’t have an annoying fly around my desk. Now, back to work…
Open Carry
I finally understand why the doors come off Jeeps. This was quite handy.
The Chaos
Also known as Dearest Creature in Creation. IMHO, it’s one of, if not the, most technically brilliant pieces of English poetry. I’m going to read the first page or so as Reader/Jokemaster at the tomorrow’s Toastmasters meeting. It must be read aloud. And you must read it yourself, as opposed to having it read toContinue reading “The Chaos”
Garden Progress
In addition to bringing the vanity replacement saga to a close, we continued the garden project, which isn’t really a “saga”; everything is proceeding as planned, just slowly. The next step is to work out from the far corner, because they compost will be in whatever space is left after a 2’x2′ corner and aContinue reading “Garden Progress”
Marked Up 