Entries from October 2005

340 million reasons to read this

Date October 19, 2005

Everyone have their Powerballs ticket(s)? I’m not typically a lottery player, and truth be told, I spend maybe $5 a year on lottery tickets. We had a lottery pool going in the office for awhile, but I eventually dropped out because I couldn’t justify spending the money on Powerball. I tried to [...]

Tickle-Me-Tuesdays

Date October 18, 2005

I decided to continue my domestic streak, and Saturday night I made a tasty stew for dinner. I took the bus up to Zupan’s Market Friday after work and picked up the ingredients, and then Saturday morning I chopped the carrots and celery, diced the onions, cubed the potatoes and the beef ($5/pound chuck [...]

Sandy fish, DSL, and my 1950’s cooking style

Date October 11, 2005

Lacking my bicycle that I left at Heather’s apartment when I left as well as the intermittent rain for the last week or so, I’ve found myself driving up to Fred Meyer once or twice to grab a few things that I’ve found myself needing throughout the week. On one trip last week, I [...]

Out with the old, in with the new.

Date October 3, 2005

I realize it’s been close to two weeks since I last posted, but I have good reason for remaining absent. Rather–there’s a lot that’s gone on in the last two weeks, and I did start to write several times but abandoned my entry a couple of paragraphs in.
Firstly, my birthday went very well, and [...]