Archive for March 2008
Dinner: Burgers and Potatoes
The BF made a delicious veggie burger a few nights ago with caramelized onions and avocados.
The next night, I made David Hasslehoff potatoes. Okay, maybe they’re called hassleback potatoes, but in my house they’re called Hasslehoffs. They’re made by cutting the potato into connected slices, brushing them with olive oil and garlic, and [...]
The Rats are Home!
Introducing Doctor Gregory Mouse, a cinnamon pearl rat:
And here is his roommate, Sheldon Brown, a berkshire dumbo:
More pictures are in my rats flickr set.
So far, they’re still getting used to all the excitement of moving into a new cage. Gregory seems to be more active and brave, taking pieces of udon noodle and bananas [...]
New Rat Cage
This is my new rat cage from Martin’s Cages. As you can see, there aren’t any rats in there. We’re not getting them until Friday night. It’s going to be a long week! I made some hammocks for the rats this weekend in preparation.
I first made the blue one on the right, [...]
Some Comfort Food
I wanted something simple and comforting on Friday night for dinner. I ended up picking this weird package of stuff to add to your uncooked rice before you turn the rice-cooker on. It had mushrooms, carrots, kombu, and seasoning. It made my otherwise plain white rice pretty delicious.
On top of that rice, I [...]
Ranting
One of the engineers on my team got “let go” last week and at first, I thought nothing of it. I didn’t really know what he actually did and from what I hear, he didn’t do much, so it’s not like we all have to take on a lot more work to make up [...]
