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nicole & i went to see LSF at the fillmore at the TLA (or is it TLA at the fillmore?). it had been a while since my last visit, which was well before it becoming a live nation venue and quite possibly could have been the [...]

site was down yesterday due to an ipowerweb update/move and when it came back, all of my posts were in reverse order. an upgrade to WP 2.5 sorted everything out but the .zip download is missing the wp-admin and wp-includes directories. the .tar file had everything though. i’ve been increasingly annoyed with ipowerweb and the [...]

“go hiking more” is one of my current goals on 43 things and i’ve been doing a pretty good job of following through on it this year. most of my waking moments are spent in a sea of overstimuli and there’s something very appealing to me about going to a place where it’s actually quiet [...]

the movies i’ve seen over the past few months have included the oscar-winning (there will be blood & no country for old men, both sprawling and excellent), raspberry-worthy (cloverfield & jumper nearly halved my IQ after viewing) and downright confounding (with a huge battle scene involving armored bears, gypsies, flying witches and sam elliott standing [...]

“aquaman, you cannot marry a woman without gills! you are from different worlds! (sees neutron bomb) oh, i’ve wasted my life…”
- last week, aaron sent me the first look at the costumes from the upcoming watchmen film. i guess they’re OK. certain comics lend themselves to film, but watchmen definitely isn’t one of them. this [...]

aaron <3s padma, padma can think of a thousand other places she’d rather be
i don’t watch a lot of episodic tv nor do i nerd out over a lot of shows but top chef is one of those rare exceptions; i totally love it. the premise is sound, the hosts have cred and play their [...]

great meal for a cold day! the smells and heat filled the house. this is another slightly modified men’s health recipe; i added carrots, onion & garlic. serves two.
1 whole chicken, 3-4 lbs.
1 1/2 lbs. potatoes
4 carrots
1 large yellow onion, quartered
4 large cloves garlic, whole
6 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp rosemary
1 tbsp thyme
salt & pepper to [...]

from the apple of discord blog:
Our friends Mike & Kim put on shows at Rockwells, an all-ages venue in Sicklerville NJ. Monica and I saw Denison Witmer there last year, it’s an awesome space, the kids are great and Kim & co. put out a ridiculous spread of food. Stir-fry tofu anyone?
They’ve been helping out [...]

the chicken tenders recipe is taken from the men’s health forums, the potato salad recipe is adapted slightly from one i found on epicurious. both turned out really well. the cereal definitely makes for a sweet, grainy yet somewhat clean breading. i double breaded some of the chicken to see if there was a difference [...]

for aaron & beth’s new year’s party i made a turkey lasagna that did not hold up very well upon reheating. it was like eating an old shoe in tomato sauce. luckily everyone else’s entrees were great and in particular, aaron made a ridiculously amazing corn casserole from one of his sister’s recipes. monica was [...]