Phyllis - Here's a picture of my backyard taken from my second floor hall window this morning.

 If you're interested, I put a few pictures on Flickr: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-meggs/sets/72157629323366782/ 

 Believe it or not, it is dramatically improv… Read full post »

This is how my local restaurant forum handles it - they cut off new account creation.

 When you click Register, all you get is a message saying that account creation has been disabled.

To get an account, you have to send email to the administrator telling him what name you want… Read full post »

After last nights dazzling performance, how could anyone doubt Kerry's word about improvements to OS?

Everyone - Let Kerry knw how much the improvements are appreciated!

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She made a post at the end of last week, now OS says there's no such user.

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If you are a science geek interested in anthropology and paleontology, you have to see this movie.

The Cave of Chauvet in southern France, was discovered in 1994, having been sealed by a landslide tens of thousands of years ago.  Inside there are cave drawings and skeletal remains of ice age… Read full post »

My mother is 89 and has lived a full life - and now she's in a nursing home 3 hours away dying.

 Having grown up on a farm (or several) in northern Middle Tennessee during the depression, she went to business school after high school to learn skills that would allow… Read full post »

Here's a link to a BBC article about the American who wrote the handbook that's being used in the democracy revolutions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12522848 Read full post »

Making your own yogurt is easy and the results are more than worth the effort.

Ingredients

• 1/2 gallon of fresh milk - the better the milk, the better the yogurt - whole, 2%, or skim will all make yogurt, but whole makes the best - a small amount of
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I'm going to have dinner tomorow night with friends.   We're making an effort to get together once a month just to spend some time together in the kitchen and around the table.  The way it's shaping up, the host(s) prepare the main course, and anything else they choose.  The… Read full post »

Just couldn't resist any longer....

 After reading all the grilled cheese posts and comments this weekend, I was seized with an intense desire/need for one tonight.

 After reviewing what I had on hand, I decided to try a variation I've never done before - fresh goat cheese.

2 slices whole w… Read full post »

If anyone is interested, I posted some pictures of a quiet sunny evening on the Ohio River near Louisville here:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-meggs

Thanks for looking!

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Does anyone know why Sirenita Lake stopped posting?

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I feel bad having to ask - I should remember.  But, for some reason it struck me tonight that I really miss reading his posts and for the life of me I can't remeber when he posted last. Read full post »

I picked up a new pressure cooker at Penny's today.  The old one works fine, but it's not quite big enough for a pot of ham and bean soup.

 Unlike Mothership's post a while back, I don't have a recipe just a method.

 First I heated some grapeseed oil in the pot… Read full post »

Does anyone know what happened to the miscreant and Hope - the hopeful starving student?

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We've had some nice clear evenings this week, so I thought I'd drag out the camera and take avantage of the evening light.

The Big 4 bridge is an abandoned railway bridge that was seized under eminent domain and is being converted to a pedestrian bridge.

Louisville is comi… Read full post »

Read this article in the guardian.  There are 6 health insurance lobbyists registered with Congress for every congressman.  Baucus has taken $1.5 million from the industry this year alone.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/01/lobbyists-millions-obama-healthcare-reform

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For the last several days I've been "product testing" some antique waffle irons (a word of advice to anyone contemplating doing this - The first time you plug one in, do it outside.   Several decades of crud on the plates can take half an hour or more  to burn off and… Read full post »

The handful of people who read my first post a few weeks ago may remember that the Psycho Boss (PB for short) had the the new guy (TNG) and I recording our activity every 15th minute.  This continues with no hint of when it may end.  To date, the only noticable… Read full post »

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1736,155185-243192,00.html

I know it's not Foodie Tuesday - According to my next door neighbor and his renter, this is the best relish they've ever tasted. Read full post »

05/14

9:15 B*** talking
9:30 B*** talking
9:45 B*** talking about pm meeting
10:00 B*** talking about pm meeting
10:15                          &… Read full post »