Slower and Simpler, when Possible. Reading: Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Playing: Resident Evil 3 by Capcom Listening: Godzilla, Blue...
If you’ve read this before then you already know my biases. If not, then I’m not really sure how you got here. I’m a registered Democrat and someone who finds themselves more and more radically on the left of the political spectrum. So, that is what you are going to see in my recommendations below. Oh, and I’d get your ballot in early, especially if you decide to mail it. Given comments from our…
Attempt 3 It looks good doesn't it? If you don't think so, please go back and see my previous attempts. This is a true leap in quality and presentation. Correct pan. Lowest heat. I'm getting closer. I didn't have any issues with eggs cooking too hot and then sticking to the sides or bottom of the pan. If anything this one cooked just a little too long, as you can see from the dark patches on the…
Attempt 2 It was a longer break than I had planned between this post and my first. . I was waiting for the right pan to arrive. I went with the OXO Carbon Steel Obsidian Series, which I think it is nitrided steel, but I'm not 100% sure. It is is the most non-stick pan I've ever used. No seasoning necessary. No oil in the pan to heat up. I also decided to pick a single recipe moving forward until I…
Attempt 1 Things didn't go quite as I was hoping. I mean just look at that thing up there?! I've been able to scramble eggs forever. I mean it is what the egg dish you were trying to make turns into when things go wrong! I can do soft scrambled, fried, hard or soft boiled. I can even sometimes poach. But, I've never been able to make an omelet. And that bothers me. It is the sort of thing anyone…
I recently went through my old Boy Scout stuff. The sash, above, is my own. According to records I still have I earned my Eagle Scout Badge, and ended by Boy Scout journey, in November of 1997. Twenty-eight years ago. So, why do I still have the sash? Why do I still have my boy scout shirt? Why does the my Boy Scout handbook sit on a bookshelf right next to me? Why until this year did I still have…
As always I try to provide a succinct, yet accurate, description of the proposition, then my own commentary and finally how I will be voting. If you are interested in my bona fides: I have been working in and around the California state legislature for the last 15 years. I have been a legislative aide, legislative consultant, deputy district director, government relations consultant, and…
I was born in 1981. I remember playing with globes in schools that still had that giant red patch across Northern Asia simply marked as 'U.S.S.R.' I remember the footage of the Berlin wall coming down and the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I was born so late in the Cold War and so secure from many of its tendrils that the reactions I saw in my parents and other adults around…
I turned 40 in 2021. It snuck up on me. Mostly because I had spend my twenties dealing with mental health issues and higher education, my thirties with a marriage and divorce. When I entered midlife I didn't have any of the signifiers that culture and history attach to that time. It has only been in the last five years that my professional and personal lives have become stable and successful…
I keep a to-do list. A lot of people do. The list has gone through a number of iterations: apps, sticky notes, pocketbook, back to apps. The current version is in Google Keep, along with a number of other lists and reference documents. I know it isn't fancy, but it meets my two needs right now: access on mobile and sync across devices. I also appreciate how all my notes/lists can be on one screen.…