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Summer Sauce

This recipe had its origins in how to get mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, pickles, relish, and olives on a hamburger without having it all end up in your lap. The solution we came up with was to combine these all into a single sauce. The result is something that is not quite like any of these …read more…

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Henry James

Published on 20 June 2012 at 12:00 pm

…it could happen to you…

I was reading this over on Boing Boing (while waiting for an oil change at PepBoys; thanks for the free wi-fi): Ninth Circuit to DEA: putting a gun to an 11-year-old’s head is not OK – Boing Boinghttp://boingboing.net/2012/06/18/ninth-circuit-to-dea-putting.htmlThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals told the DEA that holding a gun to an 11-year-old girl’s head …read more…

In which I create an ebook…

Since migrating to a new (different, anyway), I’ve switched completely over to OpenOffice, instead of using Microsoft Office. Nothing against MSO, really: it’s a fine product with a high learning curve and an even higher price tag. OpenOffice is open source, which has both an attractive price tag and an even more attractive philosophy behind …read more…

Thanks

Thanks to Julian L. and a much belated thanks to David M. for the recent donations. They are much appreciated!

Published on 15 June 2012 at 9:10 pm

I can see Korea from my house…

My alma mater, Western Michigan University, participates with Experience to help students and graduates find jobs. In an ideal world, this would mean good employment opportunities are being delivered to your inbox every day, but this is far from an ideal world. When I set up my account, I specified that they should let me …read more…

Upgraded to WordPress 3.4…

…and I got this message: which is so cool I had to tweet about it: Just upgraded to WordPress 3.4. Oh, yeah! #blog #blogging #wordpress #awesome — Professor O (@iswpw) June 14, 2012   But this is the sucky part: As cool as those new Twitter embeds are, there’s no way to center them, or …read more…

Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Albert Einstein

Published on 14 June 2012 at 10:47 am

You know you’ve done this…

OMG! Is that an Apple Newton he’s holding?

Lemons…the hidden epidemic…

OMG! — all those words are spelled correctly!

Mistakes were made…

Oh, happy day….

Canada is such an anal place….

Teacher says every time you laugh at a Canada joke, an angel drops down dead. (With apologies to both J.M. Barrie and Jimmy Stewart.)