My first attempt at making oyakodon was better. This one turned too dark. The third attempt will, hopefully, get posted in the blog.
One of those terribly hot days when Speedy made iced coffee instead of the usual scorching hot drink that we like.
When I was giving the photos their file names, I wasn’t sure whether to say “green butterfly” or “green moth.” I’ve always thought that if it’s colorful, it’s a butterfly; if it’s a drab gray, black or brown, which we see mostly at night, it’s a moth. But in resting position, the insect on my ... (more)
Bad news come in threes
Posted on June 7, 2011 · 17 Comments
It’s good to be back. I traveled through hell, you know, and made it back. Here. It started exactly a month ago. I was doing some geeky things to the food blog, did something wonderfully right and things turned out awfully wrong. “Wonderfully right” means traffic tripled. No, more than tripled. “Awfully wrong” means the ... (more)
My grade school teacher was wrong
Posted on April 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
My grade school teacher said gas is invisible. Steam is water in its gaseous state. Steam can be seen even by the naked eye. Ergo, my teacher was wrong.
No blade of grass
Posted on April 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We talk to the moon and play with shadows
Posted on March 20, 2011 · 21 Comments
Three of the four dSLRs we have recently went to Canon Customer Service for cleaning, one after the other. Speedy had tested the EOS 350D and the EOS40D several times under different lighting conditions; I had yet to test mine thoroughly almost a week after I got it back. On Friday evening, a little before ... (more)
Vangelia Gushterova (Baba Vanga) and The One
Posted on September 4, 2010 · 40 Comments
Over lunch of homemade siomai, leftover eggplant torta and chicken menudo, Alex talked about a strange dream she had about a school project that we organized and how it was sabotaged. In her dream, the event takes place on September 26 but, after the sabotage, she resolves to go back to September 21 to somehow ... (more)
Vampires can’t get in your house unless you invite them in, right?
Posted on July 22, 2010 · 37 Comments
Last night, I logged off a little after eight o’clock and went down to the family room to watch No Reservations with Speedy. The second floor corridor was dark but I could make out the figures of our cats excitedly moving about. I didn’t think anything of it — they often play at night. Almost ... (more)
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