Everyday a New Attack

Is it only me or has the McCain camp based their whole new strategy on criticizing Obama everyday? The headlines for the last week have been:
1.  McCain accuses Obama of skipping injured soldiers to hang out with foreign leaders
2.  McCain accuses Obama of Paris Hilton likeness
3. McCain accuses Obama of playing politics with race (seems [...]

Perfect CC Cookies?

Last week, The New York Times ran an article on the perfect chocolate-chip cookies. It can be found here. It is a brief, but interesting read and after Kelly expressed a desire to have a chocolate cookie, I decided I should try them out. The article talks about three secrets that are…

In the Kitchen

I gotta tell ya, after finishing my cooking series at the FCI, I didn’t do a whole lot of cooking. You’d think with all the new knowledge gained I would want to put it all to good use, but the size of our kitchen along with everything else going on led us to many restaurant [...]

Conversations with Mini Diesel

After three weeks on the East Coast, mini Diesel, aka Drew, is back in AZ.  It’s been fun and at the same time busy.  I’ll miss the little guy and got some unexpected insights from him…
On being asked about whether he has a girlfriend
Mini Diesel (MD):  “Well, I don’t have one.”
Me:  “Why not?”
MD:  [...]

Where the Hell Is Matt?

I’ve been meaning to pass on this hilarious and at the same time inspiring video that Molly posted on her site:

A little background on this:  Matt is an average Joe who one day quit his job to trave through Asia.  One day he did his little dance and when the video [...]

Extending an Olive Branch

Or a whole tree!
KCS got me an olive tree for my birthday…in Italy!
Actually, the tree is only mine for a year, but we do get its full harvest of oliva oil in spring and autumn packages. You can get more info here.
I’m very hard to shop for and this was an excellent present. Thanks KCS!

Happy Bday Dies

It’s your bday.  You’re OLD.  Almost as old as me!