February 28, 2005
Another Snow
This one promises to be a lot of snow - at least that's what the weathermen are predicting at the moment. I hope it's slowed down enough for the roads to be clear for tomorrow's trek to work.
Sorry to grumble, but I hate driving in the snow.
It is pretty, though.
February 23, 2005
What Exactly is a Blogger?
Blogger
According to WORLD WIDE WORDS,
A blogger is a person who keeps a Web log, or blog for short.
The idea started sometime in 1998, but really caught on in 2000,
to the extent that there are now thousands of bloggers and blogs about.
I've been blogging since May 2003.
How about You?
At the beginning, the concept was that a person kept a diary of their explorations of the World Wide Web, making it public for others to inspect and follow up.
But as blogging has expanded, that simple idea has been so much modified that it is now difficult to get two bloggers to agree on what the term means.
Many blogs are online diaries chronicling activities and events as they happen to the writer, often with no reference to the Web at all.
Some writers create only brief entries, while others provide extended essays on life, the universe and everything.
There are several sites where people can create accounts and publish their blogs, most notably www.blogger.com, where blogs often have names like The Magnificent Melting Object, or Exploits of a Dwarf Lover.
February 21, 2005
Somebody wasn't paying attention!
We had snow last night. I woke up to a beautiful scene. Wish I had taken a picture so I could share it, but alas, I didn't think of that till it was too late.
The funny thing is - it snowed, and I have today off.
How often does that happen?
February 20, 2005
Lazy Sunday
Apology to KSW. This recipe was a variation of her Mom's original recipe.. I didn't know that, but would like to apologize to her for stealing this absolutely delicious recipe. - They were really soooo good.
Today is a quiet day here at our home, and Don decided to make his world famous Stuffed Peppers. And he doubled the "stuffed part" of the recipe so the peppers would be very stuffed.
Our house smells so good, I can hardly wait till dinner.
Don's Stuffed Peppers
3 large bell peppers, green or red
1 egg
1 pound ground beef
4 slices bread
1 cup corn
1 can tomato soup
Mix the ground beef with the corn, onions, add 1/2 of the soup.
Cut the peppers in half, scoop out the seeds, and stuff with the meat mixture.
Pour the other half tomato soup on top of the stuffed peppers.
Precook in microwave 10 minutes
375 degrees - for 1/2 hour
Thanks Don
February 19, 2005
Four Seasons
Can you name the 4 seasons?
Salt, Mustard, Pepper and Vinegar
Hope you're enjoying your weekend.
February 16, 2005
Green tea ice cream
We had dinner at our favorite Chinese Restaurant last night, and the owner came out after our meal and gave us each a dish of Green Tea Ice Cream.
I’d never had it before, and after the first taste (it is a little different), I really liked it. Don thought it was pretty good.
So I went on the internet to see where I could buy some, and got no hits. Maybe I’m not that great a searcher. I got lots of recipes to make it, but no store-bought stuff.
Anyone know of a brand?
I'm not really in the mood to get the ice cream maker out
February 15, 2005
Almost 3000 comments
Don't all run, but the next person to comment on my sight will be the 3,000th commenter.
Wow, that seems like a lot to me. Maybe not to you, but it definitely seems like a lot to me.
Maybe I should have a glass of wine to celebrate.
Update - thanks, Barbara, for the 3,000th comment
February 12, 2005
Are you ready for Valentine's day?
It was commonly believed that Cupid was the son of Venus - the Roman goddess of love - and this association between Venus and Cupid was quite popular in myth, poetry, literature, and art.
The ancient Romans often depicted Cupid as winged child or baby who carried a bow and quiver full of arrows. Indeed, the Roman poet Ovid seems to delight in portraying Cupid as a willful and capricious child in many of his poems from the Amores and the Art of Love.
It is also from these collections of poetry that we get a wonderfully vivid description of the god of love.
And while the idea that Cupid was a child with wings appealed to many poets and artists, there were also different conceptions of this important god. One of the most memorable myths about Cupid involves his relationship with the beautiful woman named Psyche. The tale of Cupid and Psyche is told in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius.
February 09, 2005
Meet the Bloggers
I actually met two bloggers last weekend - the two great folks from Budda’s Den and Valley Views.
I’ve been blogging for nearly 2 years and this is the first time I’ve met any bloggers that I’m not related to.
I was also lucky enough to see a few of the bloggers that I already knew, the folks from:
Pegasus
The Honesty Room
and
Buzzstuff
“How cool is that?”
correction - this is the REAL picture. My apologies to all concerned.
Am I embarrased.
February 07, 2005
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Don just called me to the kitchen window to see our newest dinner guest. He had thrown some suet out in the yard, and this very large turkey buzzard stopped in for a snack. He even stayed long enough for Don to get a picture.
Never saw one of those in our yard before.
February 06, 2005
Eagle Mania
If you're anywhere near the Philadelphia area, you can turn on your television any time and see something about the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES going to the SUPER BOWL.
The fans here are going wild.
I got this in my email this week:
Fight, Eagles Fight...
Score a touchdown 1,2,3...
Hit em' low, hit em' high, and watch our Eagles Fly...
Fly, Eagles fly, on the road to victory!
E A G L E S - Eagles!
We're going to to watch the Super Bowl with The Empress and Buzz.
Win or lose, it'll be a great time.
GO EAGLES!
February 05, 2005
Popcorn for the Superbowl?
To the naked eye, a popcorn kernel looks direr than the desert, but actually contains a tiny bit of water and starch beneath the hardshell.
When heated, the water turns to steam and expands.
The expanding steam causes the shell to burst open and turn inside out, and transforms the kernel's starch into that fluffy white stuff.
Is popcorn good for the Super Bowl,
or is it just for movies?
February 02, 2005
February Holidays
I was so busy bemoaning the weather yesterday, that I completely forgot to post the February Holidays list. I hope no one missed a really important day.
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February 01, 2005
BRRRRR- I hate the cold
As I drove to work this morning, my car announced to me that it was 3 degrees outside the car. How horrid.
I decided that there should be a new law passed that all temperatures should consist of 2 numbers - none of those 3's or 101's!
And certainly none of those minus signs in front of the number!