Friday night in Birmingham, Britain. The hotel was full, but I managed to get an “accessible” room with a really weird bathroom. I left my luggage there and drove around to find a “petrol station” (gas station) to fill up the tank. Then it was off to return the car and walk about a mile […]
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I’m not sure what to call dinner tonight. Perhaps “Ground Bison with Other Things in the Fridge”. I am usually pretty good at using or freezing perishables before I leave on a work trip. That means when I return home the refrigerator is usually pretty bare. Therefore, as soon as my plane touched down yesterday,
These are a bit time consuming to make, but freeze well and are great to have on hand for a quick meal or snack. If freezing, do not deep-fry them. Instead after rolling them place in an airtight container so that they are not touching and cover the top with plastic wrap. If multiple layers
After waking up at 4AM in Italy (10PM Michigan time), then spending the next 15 or so hours driving, walking, waiting flying and so on, I just want to come home and… Then we’re off to Ann Arbor for dinner which was at, of all places, an Italian restaurant. To be honest I picked the
Over the course of an evening and a morning Ann managed to bake enough cookies and lemon bars to fill four of those large Zip-Lock containers. Now, I am not opposed to cookies or sweets, but I really don’t consume them much, (give me savory!), so I was a little concerned about the quantity of
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A long time ago my profession was network security. One tool we used to watch techniques “black-hats” used to break into networks was what was called a “honeypot”. You basically put a tempting target on the internet with various types of monitoring on it and waited for someone to try and attack it. The idea
After a week of work abroad, (mixed of course with a little fun), I was looking forward to heading back home. There are two hotels right across from the airport from where I was departing and I like to book a room in one of them on my last night in town so neither traffic
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In my home office I have a window with a warm, wooden roman shade installed on it. As I like to let as much natural light in as possible the shade is usually up during daylight hours. With the days getting shorter now the shade is open less which makes me appreciate the opportunity to
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FADE IN: INT. STEIN HOME GREAT ROOM – NIGHT DAD is cooking dinner, chopping vegetables on a countertop facing toward the great room. ANN enters through a hallway on the side between the great room and the kitchen carrying a backpack which she tosses haphazardly on the floor. ANN ALEXA, turn off the downstairs lights.
Every year I struggle with how to set up the tables for Thanksgiving dinner. I like a long table where everyone can see each other and feel included. But I also like for people to have space and be able to get up as needed. This year’s arrangement seemed nice, although due to a few
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