Month: January 2010

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Cooking

Northern Style Cornbread – By Weight

I love my daughters, but they drive me crazy. Nothing in the kitchen seems to end up where I think it should be.

My wife asked me to bake something over the weekend.  I decided to make her Corn Bread From Scratch recipe. As I started working in the kitchen, I couldn’t find the measuring cups that I needed for the recipe. “Honey, where is the 2/3 cup measure? I can’t find it.”  Blast!

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Personal

Sum’ar Beard

During the Christmas vacation I ended up with a really nasty cold.  When you are sick you find that your energy levels are just too low to do much of anything.  Shaving was just one thing too much for me.  After about a week, I was feeling better.  However my youngest daughter wanted me to let my “beard” grow.

The results after about 2-1/2 weeks was this Sum’ar Beard.  You know, som’ar here and som’ar there.  I think that it makes me look more like a homeless tramp than a rugged outdoorsman.  Do not expect to see facial hair on this face anytime soon.

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Personal

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to one and all.

New Year’s Eve is a time for reflection on the events of the previous year and a time for planning for the upcoming one.

A list (in no particular order) of the things I am thankful for:

  • My Wife. She helps me be a better man than I would be on my own.
  • My Daughters. They bring joy, a sense of wonder and a certain level of frustration into my life.
  • My Friends. They inspire me, amuse me, and humor me.  Who else can tell you “You suck!” with an evil grin plastered all over their face?

As far as goals for 2010, I have a couple:

  • Learn to program modules for OpenERP.  OpenERP seems to be a business management system that could help improve our business.
  • Learn to play the guitar.  I want to learn enough to at least play some chord progressions in a blues or R&B style.
  • Organize my garage/workshop.  What is the point of having all of the cool tools if you can’t find them, or can’t use them?