Archive for May, 2005

Antarctica

Monday, May 30th, 2005

Woke this morning out of a particularly vivid dream; I scraped up my arm and ribs pretty well slipping on a wet rock on a hike yesterday, and slept fitfully, as a result. Kate, Jer Bernstein, and I were living in Antarctica, at a time when the days and nights rotated quickly and unexpectedly. We [...]

Tasty salad dressing I made last night

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

2 cloves garlic — coarsely chopped 1 tablespoon fresh ginger — coarsely chopped 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 teaspoons sesame oil 3 tablespoons tahini Rooster sauce, to taste Process garlic, ginger, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil in a food processor until well combined. Add tahini and pulse [...]

It’s Official!

Friday, May 13th, 2005

Not going to the gym for 3 months means a painful, queasy reentry to the world of working out! (I dropped all my weights by 10-15 pounds and was still straining pretty hard to finish my sets.) Bananas improve protein smoothies by about a thousand percent! (They seem to ameliorate the slightly gritty protein powder [...]

Yet again, I love McSweeneys

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Comments Overheard at a Brainstorming Meeting Between Ted Nugent and the Editors of Gourmet MagazineWhere They Were Discussing the Upcoming Book Gourmet Magazine’s Vegan Cooking With Ted Nugent. That’s where you’re wrong, chief. Plenty of people eat badger. I had badger for breakfast, actually.

The Disney Muppets

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

The Disney Muppets: why that just isn’t funny Good article giving some history about the Muppets and some concerns about where Disney might or might not take them next…