Entries from November 2007

November 30, 2007

By Special Request

I’m not Emeril.  I’m not Martha Stewart.  But, a co-blogger from WV Bloggers  has requested the recipie for the chili I mentioned below.  So here it is. 
White Chili

2 tsp vegetable oil
2 med oinions chopped
2 med celery stalks chopped
1/2 med carrot chopped
2 TBSP mild or hot chili powder
4 cloves garlic minced
10 oz skinless ground turkey breast
2 [...]

November 29, 2007

A Weighty Post

I contacted a customer a couple days ago and asked if she’d like to have lunch.  She’s a consultant on style.  I told her that I could use 2-3 pointers since I’d lost weight [with a little more to go], changed careers, and generally have no style.  lol  She zeroed in on my weight loss [...]

November 26, 2007

Breaking A Different Glass Ceiling

May/December relationships are generally thought of as being an older man and younger woman.  The older, wiser man, carrying on a tradition as long as human history itself.  From Yahoo News comes a story with a bit of a twist.
It seems that Kenya is becoming the hot-spot for the older woman [read senior citizen type] [...]

November 24, 2007

Spend Millions To Be Green And Still Get It Wrong

Stumbled across this story this morning, over coffee.  Isn’t it amazing.  You can spend millions of dollars to be environmentally friendly and still get it wrong!  From the Atlanta Journal Constitution …
It is one of Emory University’s most environmentally friendly buildings, a hallmark of the institution’s efforts to “go green.” To hear John Wegner describe [...]

November 23, 2007

‘Twas The Day After Thanksgiving

It’s freaking SNOWING outside.  I kid you not.  Here in the Upper Kanawha Valley, the day after Thanksgiving 2007, there are small little snowflakes dropping in front of my kitchen window.
 
I’m sitting here trying to focus on my homework [a section of a research paper that is due on Tuesday] and I look up to [...]

November 23, 2007

Earworms — Not just for corn anymore

One of my more liberal blogger buddies [there are a couple who tolerate me]  tagged me with that ‘meme’ thing that requires you to list things about yourself and pass it on.  Sorta like chain mail.  That caused me to do a little more reading on the subject.  In the course of that reading I [...]

November 22, 2007

8 Interesting/Random things about me …

I don’t know if I’m happy about this or not.  Jedijawa posted some ‘Tag!  You’re It!’ comment that I have to write 8 interesting/random things about me then, I guess, do the same to someone else.  I’ve never participated in this type of thing so I’m having to cheat by looking at how other people [...]

November 19, 2007

Sesame Street – PG-17?

Now if this doesn’t beat it all.  According to the New York Times, DVD releases of the early Sesame Street shows are for adults only.  Can you believe this? 
I asked Carol-Lynn Parente, the executive producer of “Sesame Street,” how exactly the first episodes were unsuitable for toddlers in 2007. She told me about Alistair Cookie [...]

November 19, 2007

You Think FISA is Bad …

Japan is fingerprinting foreigners!
Japan’s cabinet has given final approval to a plan to fingerprint and photograph all adult foreigners entering the country, six years after the country dropped a similar requirement because of privacy concerns.

… in order to enter the country, those born outside Japan and aged 16 or older will have to agree to [...]

November 18, 2007

Schoolwork and Snoring Cats.

Trying to fit everything in to my days is getting increasingly more difficult.  I’m sure some of it is do to avoidance.  Well, maybe avoidance is a bit strong.  Being overwhelmed is more likely the reason.
I’ve been trying to work on homework for a couple hours already this morning.  Since I’m enrolled in a 90% [...]