I just saw and took the American Accent online quiz and got a result that surprised me (sorry, i can’t get the results blob working in wordpress). It claims that my result is “The Inland North: You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin? or “Are you from Chicago? Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop. ...
I keep meaning to try National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but once again forget to do the prep work. I suppose that’s the whole point, give yourself a deadline and just do it. Well, maybe next year.
I haven’t done much blogging recently, mostly, and somewhat ironically, it’s because things have been too busy to actually write about them. Sierra’s doing well. She and Darwin are getting along great. They’ll run around the yard, the house or even the couch, if given the chance. There is much mouth fencing. She’s still very curious about the cats – poor cats. Our house has turned in to baby/puppy-gate central. Sierra went to the vet on Saturday. She’s in great health, although it seems that she’s about 50 pounds (from her size, I had guessed 30 – 40). Right now she’s sound asleep, snoring on the couch. Work is busier than usual. I did manage to interview a couple of candidates for an open position. One did very well, so I’m hoping to get approval to extend an offer next week. ...
K’s mom suggested “Sierra as a name for the new dog. That works for both of us, so Sierra it is.
We’ve been needing to get another dog as a friend for Darwin. Today we drove out to Wake Forrest to meet a rescue dog that needed a home. She and Darwin hit it off and so we’ve brought her home with us. Her name is currently Holloway, but she doesn’t know it and we don’t really care for it. We need to come up with something different. We thought about “Goodall, but it doesn’t really roll of the tongue. I’m sure we’ll come up with something, but we’re open to suggestions if anyone has any.
I haven’t posted pictures of the squirrels in quite a while. Here are some from mid-September when they got big enough to move out of the aquarium and into a wire cage… Two or three weeks ago, we put them in the outside cage. Today we opened up the release door, we’ll see if they’re there in the morning.
Statistically speaking, there are apparently 171 people with my name: HowManyOfMe.comThere are:171people with my name in the U.S.A.How many have your name? That sounds like 170 too many to me. On the other hand, K statistically doesn’t seem to exist. Once again demonstrating the problem with statistics: HowManyOfMe.comThere are:0people with my name in the U.S.A.How many have your name?
For HeatherS… First you make a roux [1]: ~1/2 cup oil ~1/2 cup flour Mix the flour and oil into a large pot and turn the heat on low to medium, depending on how often you want to stir. Stir while on heat until a dark brown. While the roux is browning, finely chop: one onion a couple of stalks of celery 1/2 bell pepper You can use a cuisinart, but don’t puree the trinity (inside Louisiana joke). Once the roux is dark brown, add the vegetable mixture and stir for about a minute. Then add: ...
My father once told me about a military training exercise that took place for a month in Egypt. The only available food was early generation MREs. Everyone lost weight except for the cajuns – who all put on 10-15 pounds. Their secret was combining their MREs into a communal pot, add the seasonings they brought from home and produce something that you wanted to eat. Since MREs have 4000-6000 calories, eating the whole thing could easily make you gain weight. ...
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