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Archive for September, 2007


30
Sep

Brown Sugar Pound Cake – round 2

It’s amazing how things turn out when you use the right amount of sugar. I even used standard baking instead of convection just to be sure I didn’t change any variables. Ok, instead of greasing and flouring the pan I greased and used powdered sugar. When I went to make the caramel glaze I found […]


30
Sep

I’m bad at 3-day weekends

Recently I needed to reduce my vacation time and with the current project load not wanting me to take a block of time off I decided to take off a number of Fridays in a row. Either I have a problem with 3-day weekends that begin on a Friday, or I need more mental notice […]


30
Sep

They Might Be Giants

Oppenheimer opened and had a lot of fun songs, and really how can you go wrong when you have a song with an air-horn solo. They Might Be Giants were tight, moving from one song to another with few breaks in between. There were a few mistakes which probably wouldn’t have been noticed had they not apologized for them. It’s still the beginning of their tour so I guess they’re still working out the kinks. One thing is for sure and that is […]


26
Sep

Oops to the cake

 The plan was to wake up this morning and make a cake for Top Chef viewers tonight. ITwo weeks ago I saw a recipe I really wanted to try and everything was set to go.  I mixed it all up and put it in the oven with a timer set to check 25% short of […]


18
Sep

Shoot ‘Em Up

 Shoot ‘Em Up – Lots of guns, rediculous gun usage, not even trying on the physics. I was laughing pretty much from beginning to end. The trailer focuses on action and doesn’t show the humor. I don’t think it’ll be in theaters much longer, but maybe it’ll be on DVD by the end of the […]


15
Sep

Sandworms of Dune musings

Finally I’ve read the end of the Dune series, and unlike “Hunters of Dune”, I thought it was pretty good! The feel of it, the characters, the story, all feel like Frank Herbert and so I feel pretty comfortable in saying that this is the bulk of where his final outline and notes ended up. Hunters […]


04
Sep

Tuesday Media Roundup #22

Superbad – It started off fairly slow but after the first 15 minutes I thought it was pretty funny and it just got funnier as it went on. I also liked the unusual response to alcohol consumption. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – This movie is all over the place. At times it’s fantastic, […]


01
Sep

No Aurigids

I went to sleep at 1AM and the sky was perfectly clear so I set my alarm for the appropriate Aurigids time and when I woke up there was endless fog. Stupid weather!

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