When the tired sun
sets at 5PM, I feel
my heart sets as well.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
To Do:
I've decided to form a To Do list here of all the things I would like to read or accomplish (for fun or personal development) and keep track of my progress. So:
1. Read the Bible
This goal stems from no particular religious leaning of mine, but rather from an off hand comment my english teacher made sophomore year of high school; that literate, scholarly people have generally read the Bible. This makes sense to me in that so much of literature draws from or refers to the Bible. In any case, I started in on this particular goal a long time ago (years ago) and have only managed to make it as far as Kings 2. Though I have read the previous books, I can't really recall what happened in them.So, I think, to really gain something from the experience, I think I need to start again, and challenge myself to write down a synopsis and my thoughts every couple of chapters so the gist of the information isn't lost to me when I'm done. Enough on that, then.
2. Learn morse code
I'm a fan of codes and alternate alphabets and I think it'd be cool to learn one that has some significance, historically and otherwise. The trick will be learning to translate it while hearing it; learning the dashes and dots will be a cinch. The other trick will be finding a friend who will learn it as well so we can send messages to each other secretly.
3. Learn origami
Well, more than just the little paper cup. I'm going to set a tentative goal of 10 different patterns of origami, preferably known by heart. I need to go to Michael's or somewhere and get myself some origami paper.
4. Read...
That's enough for now. I'll add to this as I think of things....the silly number of odd books I've accumulated in my "random light reading" category. This list includes: US History for Dummies, Sex, Time, and Power, Were You Raised By Wolves, Mein Kampf, Auto Repair for Dummies, and, maybe, The Book of Mormon.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
While it's on my mind...
Some of my most interesting culinary discoveries tend to be made when I'm alone and improvising meals from what's in the pantry. I had one such successful experiment this evening.
I warmed a small pan and coated it with butter. I put one chicken breast in the pan, sprinkled on some red pepper flakes, and drizzled some light, zesty italian dressing over and around the chicken.
I let this cook on medium-ish heat while I was boiling some rotini, occasionally drizzling on more italian dressing and flipping the breast over. At some point I pulled the wheat germ out of the pantry and sprinkled it on both sides of the chicken, allowing it to crust up a little.
Pasta drained, I began to worry that pan-frying the chicken wasn't getting the center cooked properly, so I put the chicken on the pan for my little toaster oven, dumped the remaining butter-dressing-germ-etc remnants from the pan over the chicken, and baked it for a few, closely-watched minutes.
I sprinkled a fair amount of parmesan cheese over my pasta and served my chicken breast on top.
The chicken was really tasty. I'm pretty sure if I added more dressing to the pan near the end on the process that the butter-dressing-germ-etc mixture would have mixed deliciously into the pasta to compliment the chicken.
Overall I was extremely pleased with the outcome and I'll probably try the recipe out on my room mate sometime this week and see what he thinks.
Update: I made a recipe card for it.
I warmed a small pan and coated it with butter. I put one chicken breast in the pan, sprinkled on some red pepper flakes, and drizzled some light, zesty italian dressing over and around the chicken.
I let this cook on medium-ish heat while I was boiling some rotini, occasionally drizzling on more italian dressing and flipping the breast over. At some point I pulled the wheat germ out of the pantry and sprinkled it on both sides of the chicken, allowing it to crust up a little.
Pasta drained, I began to worry that pan-frying the chicken wasn't getting the center cooked properly, so I put the chicken on the pan for my little toaster oven, dumped the remaining butter-dressing-germ-etc remnants from the pan over the chicken, and baked it for a few, closely-watched minutes.
I sprinkled a fair amount of parmesan cheese over my pasta and served my chicken breast on top.
The chicken was really tasty. I'm pretty sure if I added more dressing to the pan near the end on the process that the butter-dressing-germ-etc mixture would have mixed deliciously into the pasta to compliment the chicken.
Overall I was extremely pleased with the outcome and I'll probably try the recipe out on my room mate sometime this week and see what he thinks.
Update: I made a recipe card for it.
Making drinks...
I had a couple of friends over last night and was mixing them drinks. This one was made up in the process:
Blue Raspberry Sour
It is reportedly delicious.
Actually, I think there was something more like 3.5 oz. of the UV in there, but the person in question takes his drinks stronger than the average bear would probably like, so I dialed it back a bit.
Blue Raspberry Sour
It is reportedly delicious.
Actually, I think there was something more like 3.5 oz. of the UV in there, but the person in question takes his drinks stronger than the average bear would probably like, so I dialed it back a bit.
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