Month: December 2004

The past year has been a bad one all around – for me and for the planet as a whole. I am going to choose to believe that out of adversity grows greater strength, out…

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Time to get started on the second installment of the Paper Chef! The January 2005 version will start on January 7, 2005 at Noon PST. The mandatory ingredient list will be announced slightly before that…

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If you want to donate something toward relief for this horrendous disaster, click below. I get nothing and Amazon says all money will go to the relief effort. In fact, 100% of your donation will…

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Well, we had the murder mystery party. Being the kind of masochist that I am, I decided that I could write one of these things in under a week – no problem. Ha! It’s a…

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I love oatcakes. I always have and I always will. They are better than mere crackers in every way. They taste better, they are better for you and they are more interesting. I have made…

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Jan and I have been wanting to eat at Chez Panisse for about fifteen years. We’ve eaten at the upstairs cafe many times and each occasion has been especially memorable in one way or another,…

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So the murder mystery is under construction. We are at Ponsonby Manor in Welfleet, Suffolk. It is December 24th 1938. Half of Europe is preparing for the long dark nights of war and the other…

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Well – that was a bad week! First, I come as close as anything to getting offered a job finally after seven months only to have it snatched away again at the last minute as…

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It has been brought to my attention that not everyone was happy with my comments about EotMEotE. Apparently some thought my remarks in questionable taste (see comments for previous entry). But what can they have…

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Wow! Not content with hosting real live events that draw our community together (IMBB (the first and still foremost), SHF, WBW, Paper Chef, even the tongue-firmly-in-cheek EoMEoTE) we now have also taken action (well –…

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