Archive for December, 2007

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GoodReads.Com

a guy i work with turned me on to this the other day…
 www.goodreads.com
it’s a great way to organize your reading library, and there is a plugin available for wordpress that allows you to show your current reading list. (note the icons to the books i’m currently reading on the right of the homepage) it even [...]

31Dec2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Barfield Crescent Park

melissa and i took the dog for a walk to Barfield Crescent park today. we’ve been there before, but never with Güenther. i have to say that i am really enjoying having a dog, and ours is especially fun. we let him off the lead for a bit when we got further into the woods, [...]

31Dec2007 | Jim | 1 comment | Continued
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the after-Christmas spirit

melissa and i decided that we would spend a bit of time shopping the day after Christmas in order to take advantage of the specials that some stores put out for what is remaining after the annual retail feast. of particular interest to my wife were the holiday decorations and wrapping paper, as this [...]

28Dec2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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home food storage?

ok… in my last article i referenced the mormons / lds… and while i was on their website, i came across this:
Family Home Storage Starter Kit
now…i can only assume what this is about… but it seems to me that the mormons are teaching folks how to squirrel away food and water for bad times? how [...]

26Dec2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Fall Salad

1/3 cup hazelnuts
6 cups arugula
1 head radicchio
2 to 3 cups frisée or inner leaves of curly endive
1 Asian pear
2 ounces parmesan cheese
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
Salt and pepper
1) in an 8 - 9 inch pan in a 350 degree oven, bake hazelnuts until dark gold under skins, 12 to 15 minutes. Pour [...]

26Dec2007 | Jim | 1 comment | Continued
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Blue Cheese Stuffed Chicken with walnuts

6 boneless chicken thighs (about 1.5 lbs total)
6 sticks blue-veined cheese (about 3oz. total), each .5 to by 2 inches
All-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 tablespoon salad oil
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dry white cooking wine or regular-strength chicken broth
1/2 cup whipping cream
Watercress sprigs
1) Rinse chicken and pat dry, then place pieces between sheets [...]

26Dec2007 | Jim | 1 comment | Continued
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i’m really not a food snob…

but lately i have had a hard time shopping at our local Kroger grocery store. i’m not usually picky about where i shop, but i really like a well stocked, fresh selection of produce, seafood and meats. when the Kroger down the street started renovations, the first thing that they adjusted was the produce section… [...]

25Dec2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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What’s in a name?

I think it must have been 9th grade. That has to have been the last time that anyone has teased me about my name. I’ll be the first to admit that my last name is not what could be considered ‘normal’. I am certainly not a ‘Smith’ or ‘Jones’. Today I’m flying out of Nashville’s [...]

16Dec2007 | Jim | 2 comments | Continued
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I’m feeling a bit boxed in lately.

So a friend of mine is in Texas taking care of his mom who has been diagnosed with leukemia. He and his wife live right down the road from us, and we’ve been watching their house and cats while they are away. Well… he is in the same industry I’m in, and he left his [...]

14Dec2007 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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stickman’s accordian.js and prototype 1.6.0 not playing well together

yesterday i was having some issues with accordian.js and the latest greatest version of prototype. everything worked fine and dandy with prototype 1.5.1.1, but i was having problems with ‘too much recursion’ errors while using Effects.DropOut from scriptaculous’ effects.js. so… i decided to upgrade to prototype 1.6.0, and that’s when the accordian broke. :*(
 
turns out [...]

12Dec2007 | Jim | 5 comments | Continued
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