Archive for July, 2004
I made a Pork Wellington last night for dinner, wrapping the cooked tenderloins and brie and dried cranberries with puff pastry, then baking until golden. The Wellington was served to albadger, bigjohnsf, dhpbear, progbear, and tardis (who, of course, declined). It was very rich. Served with it were some broiled grilled tomatoes topped with a ...Read more.
a dinner
The Andrea Mosaic
I’ve always been fascinated by Photomosaics, or a photograph that has been turned into a mosaic with other photographs as the tiles. I went on a search of the available software choices, and I decided to first try AndreaMosaic, a piece of freeware by a German software developer. ( of questionable work-safety: a photo-mosaic of a ...Read more.
an evening constitutional
Last night, bigjohnsf and I walked from the house up Haight Street all the way to Golden Gate Park and back. Walking that street after 10pm is a real eye-opener. All the restaurants and shops are closed, but the bars are all open, and people are walking the streets, hanging out, smoking cigarettes, engaged in ...Read more.
The Job Front.
So, I had a phone interview yesterday evening with a company for a part-time web developer position. They are in Allentown, PA, but I’d be working out of the house here.
My Sister’s Wedding
My crazy younger sister, Vel, is getting married next week to her man, Jim. She asked me to perform the ceremony. For a $43.00 fee, one can get a one-day permit to perform a marriage, like I did for my older sister, Erica, a few years ago. Well, apparently, one can also become ordained by ...Read more.
The 27-Fling Boogie
From FlyLady.net: We do this assignment as fast as we can. Take a garbage bag and walk through your home and throw away 27 items. Do not stop until you have collected all 27 items. Then close the garbage bag and pitch it. DO NOT LOOK IN IT!!! Just do it. Next, take an empty ...Read more.
Bruschetta done, and eaten – man, those Dore Alley returning bears are a hungry lot!
Space Girls Are Easy, or TFO, Part the Fifth: Barbarella
Man oh man, what a fun night last night at the Trash Film Orgy‘s screening of Barbarellawas! I was lookin’ hot in my space-bear costume, consisting of my bear mask sprayed with silver hairspray and glitter, my TFO t-shirt, and some black spandex pants, black socks and shoes. I had had silver glitter fingernail polish ...Read more.
Damn you, Ursula Shultz! Enough with your fixation on mastadons!!!! You’re driving me mad! Mad, I tell you! Mad!!!!!!!!!!
Ya know, not having any fuck buddies in this city is really blowing chunks.
This is really cool!
I am flower named bigredpaul ! I consist of my friends! Are you flower too?
