2008-05-29

spring csa week 9

  • kale
  • asparagus
  • spinach
  • mesclun
  • scallions
  • mint
  • rhubarb
  • kale-peanut-pineapple stew
  • bulgur patties with mesclun salad
  • more rhubarb margaritas
  • garlic pepper beef with asparagus
  • pad thai with tofu, garlic chives, and ground pork
  • scallion pancakes
  • polenta cake

2008-05-23

sunday indian dinner party

green garlic is definitely the ingredient of the week. Before long, it will all start growing bulbs.

2008-05-21

spring CSA week 8

  • red fire lettuce
  • more rhubarb
  • a whole lot of tender delicious asparagus
  • carrots
  • 2 broccolis
  • 3 kohlrabis
  • green garlic (from Nichols)

supercool

42 Awesome Business Card Designs (With Links to 100s More)

2008-05-19

old but good

I was talking to someone the other day and remembered the classic “mullets of moscow” from the NYT's thursday styles.

lesbionic grunt of accomplishment


We hung our new glassware cabinet. All that’s left is to move the real cafĂ© table with the knockbox cutout up here. The Ikea LED sticks are worth every bit of $50 – they can be just one vibrant color or smoothly cycle through their rainbow that involves cyan and fuchsia.

Playing Dress-Up (Conferences)

Jeanna writes,

I will be in the Windy City this weekend… I also realize it’s IML weekend so I don't need to cut too much into your life :)

Nice of her to remind us. And it provides a perfect opportunity to comment upon the conferences of all kinds. First, last year International Mr. Leather was at the Palmer House Hilton, though this year it’s at the Hyatt. The Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting is typically at the Palmer House, so some parallels are bound to spring to mind.

First, for both political scientists and leatherpersons, conferences are an occasion to play dress-up. While at our professional gatherings, we note an unfortunate number of ill-fitting suits and an egregious amount of synthetic fabric, I give the edge here to political scientists. Also, we typically do not change clothes or otherwise disrobe between panels.

tattoo, back hair, thongchaps, jeans, outside the hotel

Both political scientists and leatherpersons attend organized panels where one or more papers are discussed and somehow clunky binders are involved. I do not know the details of these sessions, but like political scientists, leatherpersons seem to listen absently but feign attention while probably thinking about their own upcoming presentations.


a pup. However, one feature that our professional meeting does not share with that of the leatherpersons is the role of “pups” or people who pretend to be dogs. This commitment to subservience and occasional maltreatment may just be a stylized form of graduate training. However, it is not clear that pups aspire to be masters, nor how the tenure/promotion from assistant master to associate master might work.

Finally, we should all read and relish the speech/poem from 2005’s winner, with its insistent crescendo of clever rhyming couplets.

pymc: cool project, fun logo.


also noteworthy is their discussion of db integration.

2008-05-16

rachel's™ yogurt

These yogurts were on sale at whole foods, so I got a couple. They are sweeter than I like (caveat: I really like moderately sour plain yogurt, with seven stars probably at the top of the list. shout out to traderspoint, even though it's too expensive.), but Scott was more critical: “it tastes like estrogen.

I bet it would be great with some soy nuts.

2008-05-15

spring csa week 7

It is already week 7 of the 8-week spring CSA. So, randomly, it is here that I start taking pictures of each box like I did last year.

  • onions
  • red cabbage
  • lettuce
  • kohlrabi greens/purple kale
  • beets
  • spinach
  • asparagus
  • rhubarb

2008-05-14

a delightful appetizer

It is a good thing I like this green pea mousse so much because it made three ramekins full… baguette from bennison's. recipe from one of my favorite italian cookbooks, Italia in Cucina

minimalist braised short ribs with wine, coffee, chiles

this is the third time I've made this recipe from bittman's minimalist column but the first that got a picture. the sauce has a bit of chocolate and rosemary too.

fun

changes at home

reference

consolidated eu treaties with lisbon reform

2008-05-07