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They Weren't Kidding About the First 10 Minutes of 24

The first 10 minutes of the 24 fifth season opener was the shock advertised!

Posted: January 15, 2006Continue Reading

Adventurous for a Picky Eater

I ventured beyond stawberries, orange juice and grapes to try blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and kiwis. Call me surpised that I liked them.

Posted: November 25, 2005Continue Reading

The Corn Muffin Almost Fiasco

I managed to make myself a batch of corn muffins to take with me to work as a second breakfast. I think that's the first time I've tried baking in years. Mission accomplished, it seems.

Posted: August 27, 2005Continue Reading

Discovery is a Go (updated)

Today, the shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch. The first shuttle mission since the loss of the Columbia. It's a bittersweet day as Dad is not here to see it.

Posted: July 13, 2005Continue Reading

My Version of Chili

In my attempt to keep a few healthy dinners in the freezer, I cooked up some simple chili like what I used to make serveral years ago. It's even cheap.

Posted: July 09, 2005Continue Reading

Multiple Wish Lists in Amazon?

I just found out that Amazon allows us to create multiple wish lists. Now I can actually keep things organized. I'm guessing I'm late to the party again.

Posted: July 05, 2005Continue Reading

Today is the first day... (updated)

The first day after finishing my Master's degree progam. I've weeded, cooked and cleaned. Now what can I do with myself.

Posted: June 04, 2005Continue Reading

"Deep Throat" Fesses Up

W. Mark Felt, former second-in-command at the FBI during Watergate, fesses up to being the infamous "Deep Throat". Woodward, Bernstein and the Washington Post confirm story hours later.

Posted: June 01, 2005Continue Reading

The Saga of Google PageRank (PR) (updated)

I'm learning about Search Engine Optimization and Google PageRank just at the time of a PageRank outtage. Good news. Google PageRank has revived itself.

Posted: May 30, 2005Continue Reading

Time to shape up.

So I came to the realization 5 months ago that I really needed to shape up. You know the usual suspects: eat better and exercise. The eating better was fairly...

Posted: February 09, 2005Continue Reading

Too funny.

So for Christmas I gave my mother a gift card to the movies. She's been talking about going to see Meet the Fockers. Since she did not have to work...

Posted: December 26, 2004Continue Reading

Gumbo, third time's the charm

So I'm on my great quest to pick up cooking again – one step at a time. I started with Chicken Tortilla Soup in September. Actually it was a very...

Posted: November 30, 2004Continue Reading

Lost

Now there's a cool show. I had missed the first couple of episodes originally but I think I’m pretty much caught up. There is so much going on and to...

Posted: November 04, 2004Continue Reading

Chicken Gumbo

Ok, it didn't quite come out as expected. I collected a few recipes for Chicken Gumbo, specifically quick cooking ones because I’m short on time especially now with 2 classes....

Posted: October 13, 2004Continue Reading

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