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Catching up on the news --
When I weighed myself this morning, I discovered I was back down to my high school playing weight. As I have related here previously, I was one of the few people in my Navy Boot Camp company who gained weight -- eating was the only pleasure we were allowed (other than the "grab-your-socks" variety).
I have flipped my life completely over now that I no longer have children living with me, I am living with my children -- my wife and son are sharing my daughter's condo. The son is away this weekend refereeing at a youth soccer tournament in the Lake Tahoe area -- the tournament organizers are so desperate for referees that they are providing hotel rooms for the imported refs. I have been gently suggesting to my other son (now selling cars in Albuquerque) that he should work out his schedule so that he can return to coaching or reffing in that area.
And finally, news from the area near the town where I graduated from high school --
www.wmur.com
I remember when my girlfriend and I went skinny-dipping in their swimming hole one summer (it was called Mt. St Mary's Episcopal School in those days, and it enrolled only girls).
When I weighed myself this morning, I discovered I was back down to my high school playing weight. As I have related here previously, I was one of the few people in my Navy Boot Camp company who gained weight -- eating was the only pleasure we were allowed (other than the "grab-your-socks" variety).
I have flipped my life completely over now that I no longer have children living with me, I am living with my children -- my wife and son are sharing my daughter's condo. The son is away this weekend refereeing at a youth soccer tournament in the Lake Tahoe area -- the tournament organizers are so desperate for referees that they are providing hotel rooms for the imported refs. I have been gently suggesting to my other son (now selling cars in Albuquerque) that he should work out his schedule so that he can return to coaching or reffing in that area.
And finally, news from the area near the town where I graduated from high school --
White Mountain School in Bethlehem announces its closing
A North Country school is closing its doors for good.
www.wmur.com
I remember when my girlfriend and I went skinny-dipping in their swimming hole one summer (it was called Mt. St Mary's Episcopal School in those days, and it enrolled only girls).
The young cowboy espola. Thanks for sharing. How old were you?
c yesterday --
"One Day Dictator" can also be, "One Day Crush." Today will be my last day.
Liar.
Back when I was a member of the NRA (their hunter safety course was a requirement for young people getting a hunting license, and it included taking our hunting rifles to the local high school to demonstrate that we had learned the lessons) the stated missions of the NRA were safety and marksmanship (our shooting range for the marksmanship portion was in a church basement). Question for the NRA -- What is it about "bump stocks" that fulfills those missions?
I spoke with my son the other day. He sells cars at a dealership in Albuquerque now. We were talking about different topics, but I had to ask about this since it was in the news. He said that at their dealership, after agreeing on the terms of the sale with a prospective buyer, they have been issuing extended loaner agreements for the car in question with the intent (hope?) that the deal can be finished once CDK has solved their problems.
Putting this here because I can never find it when I need it --
I woke up when it was still dark (2AMish), did my toilet duties (that was what woke me up), then heated up the last waffle in the freezer, after which I went back to sleep with a YouTube video on the laptop. I woke sometime later within YouTube running some long video about the French Air Force in WWII, the sun shining and the air cool, so I looked at my clock to see the time -- it was reading 7:01. "Jeezum crow, I slept the whole day!" I tried to bring up the Don and Mud show (Padres game) on MLBTV, but they were showing a repeat of yesterday's game. Only then did I look at the time in the lower right corner of my laptop screen -- 7:04 AM.
I did two administrative things in response to this situation --1) I entered "WAFFLES" on my pocket notebook shopping list; 2) I changed my laptop time display to 24-hour mode (HH:mm instead of hh:mm, and please don't ask how I found the place to do that), although I won't know if that worked until it reads 13:01 or later.
I did two administrative things in response to this situation --1) I entered "WAFFLES" on my pocket notebook shopping list; 2) I changed my laptop time display to 24-hour mode (HH:mm instead of hh:mm, and please don't ask how I found the place to do that), although I won't know if that worked until it reads 13:01 or later.
Is this your diary now?
Puzzled after an internet search -- for oil and vinegar dressings, I wanted to find suggestions for the herbs and spices therein. I found oregano, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper, plus a few unexpected -- mustard, honey, horseradish (are there more?). Then I noticed that the different recipes included many different ratios of oil/vinegar, from 1/3 to 3/1, sometimes buffered by a majority of hot water. I am forced by personal bias to believe that the recipes calling specifically for "'extra virgin olive oil" would be more easily digested, since that is the point of EVOO, or even OO, for that matter. I am thinking of 2/1 EVOO/Red vinegar, with all the spices from the list above (in yet-to-be-defined quantities) that I can find in the current condition of the kitchen spice rack, with a little mustard added.
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We make all our salad dressing. I just eyeball most recipes now. I go about 3 parts EVOO to 1 part vinegar (your choice) dash of salt, pepper, I add a bit of an Italian seasoning mix. The wife likes to add Dijon and maple syrup.
Maple syrup might turn the taste to a different direction.
When I used to take the whole family out, I would order my salad with oil and vinegar, which usually meant that little bottles of oil and vinegar were delivered along with the salad. I mixed the two on the salad, with no other spices than the salt and pepper at the table.
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Yeah the syrup is just a dab to cut the edge of balsamic.
Isn't the edge the whole point?
At a church supper that happened so long ago that I have no other memories of the time, I learned from an old man sitting across the table from me to put both maple syrup and vinegar on baked beans, so there would be a lot of different flavors in the food.
"three four!'
With my Youtube search pointer aimed in that direction, up popped a video produced by a young lady in Germany (maybe) who played the whole drum part of Garden of Eden, after filtering out the original, including a virtual copy of the whole drum solo in the middle.
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It’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”