It's finally done: the oven saga is finished. Some of you may recall a few months ago I posted an update about nothing much in particular that turned into a rant about my oven. To sum up, I had purchased several new appliances in 2021 from Lowe's in addition to the Protection Plan that they... Continue Reading →
San Jose, Et Cetera Part Two: The Food
We try to follow one big rule when we travel and that is: don't end up in jail a long way from home. The next big rule is only eat at places you can't get at home. This doesn't always strictly apply in the airport because sometimes time just isn't on our side (although the... Continue Reading →
DIM (Did It Myself) Subway Tile Backsplash
I've been in this battle with the oven for a while now. Well, I guess I'm not in a battle with the oven, but I'm battling over the oven, which I really liked until the nonstick coating inside decided it was so nonstick that it wasn't going to stick to the oven and started flaking... Continue Reading →
Uneventful Update
I've been writing a little less than usual because I've been doing a little less than usual. The weather has turned positively wintery (we even had the tiniest dusting of snow this week!) and most of my activities have been boring, routine maintenance things like making sure that the hoses got disconnected from the outside... Continue Reading →
Bean Juice
There was a time in my past when I dreamt of owning a coffee shop. It was a nice dream. One slow morning at my first law office job, the boss asked me to make a pot of coffee. I don't think I made it to his liking because he never asked me to make... Continue Reading →
The Return of the GBBO Translation: Æbleskiver
Okay, people, I guess we're doing this. I've seen the jokes about cooking blogs taking forever to get to a recipe, so here's your chance to skip all the intro and notes (a.k.a. the fun stuff) and jump right to the end. I mentioned recently that after idly poking through statistics from my old baking... Continue Reading →
Statistics and Inferences
I can tell I've already lost you. It's not your fault; I picked a crummy title. Statistics are boring. This one's more for me, anyway. Thinking out loud. Well, not out loud, because this is written word and not spoken word. Unless you're using assistive programming to read this to you. I digress. I've long... Continue Reading →