Gone Fishin

Well, I wanted to leave y’all with something big to chew on while I was away, but this is all you get. Some pictures on flickr will eventually be going up (hooray for batteries!), there will be a few asinine twitters and I will (probably) post occasionally. Regular transmission, however, is about to cease. I [...]

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It’s Getting to That Time

Our culture is funny about death. We try not to talk about it, we don’t usually see it. When my gran died just over ten years ago, I only knew because I heard it from my mom. I never saw her corpse or even her casket. I don’t actually know where her ashes were buried, [...]

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*grumbles*

It’s cold, it’s raining. I decided it would be OK if I had a cup of coffee about twenty minutes ago because, heck, gotta stay warm somehow. And it’s not like I’m sleeping anyway. Because I’ve been thinking about Onsen. Onsen. On October 28th, with November three days away.
I hate you, Brain. I hate you.

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Snippit

A little wee snippit from Field Guide to Assassins of Muromachi Street. Warning! It contains spoilers! If you read this you’ll know that Jao survives the first book and that’ll ruin everything!

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Mount Baker Senior Secondary

This is my old high school. Back then, it looked essentially the same, except the sports team was the Trojans, which, when you’re 17, is just about as funny as it gets. So now it’s not the Mount Baker Trojans, it’s the Mount Baker Wild, but that’s about all that’s changed. [...]

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Tonight

While the husband is at school writing an exam I am:
Doing dishes
Eating the leftover pear and chocolate bread pudding
Drinking coffee (decaf, promise)
Doing interview questions for Lorna Suzuki
Listening to the BBC’s Ramblings program (the most British thing EVER)
Blogging
Nerd ADD? Got it.

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Mac and Cheese

2 cups sharp cheddar or
1 cup not particularly sharp cheddar and
2 tbsp scary potted cheese product
4 tbsp cream cheese
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp flour
1/4 onion
Olive oil
Dash of nutmeg
3 cups (dry) macaroni
4 pieces buttered stale bread
Cook the macaroni until it’s soft enough to eat, but tough enough to stick in your teeth. While it’s cooking, in a [...]

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Review

From the dark, claustrophobic depths of the sewers to the memory-laden city streets to the oppressive atmosphere of Audel’s sinister golem factory, Tamara Sheehan as created an intriguing world that feels REAL and a plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
So why, you wonder, did I only give it three stars? I [...]

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Ghosts of Sempai Past

Operation November Off (as I’m calling it) is just about set up. I’ve officially decreed I will not be writing for the whole month, and tonight I booked time off at the dojo. My poor sensei. My attendance, which has never been stellar, has been pretty darn abysmal the last few months. Last two months, [...]

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Coconut cake

Under the weather again. (Obviously this is what comes of working too much for too long. Let that be a lesson to me.) Fortunately, I have the day off. In fact, my only appointment is at 6 pm when Jenny Amber and I will be making Ina Garten’s recipe for coconut cake. I love coconut [...]

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