Materials: Piece of Poplar, Oak Dowel, Double-Ended Screws, Ingenuity
Total Cost: <$10
Total Cost: <$10
Monday, January 16, 2012
Home-Made Towel Racks
We've been searching for decent, nice-looking towel racks since the previous owners only believed in hooks. Most of what we found in stores/on-line were cheese, hecho en China or expensive.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
The New Home
It is:
The first home I ever owned and
the first 2-story house in which I've ever lived.
The first home I ever owned and
the first 2-story house in which I've ever lived.
(click on images to enlarge)
The important stuff first, eh?
View from the deck on a misty day.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
'Cause We're Going To High School, Rah-Rah-Rah!
I've decided to collect random quotes I hear in my classroom or in the halls at the high school where I teach. Keep checking for I will be adding more as the year's progress.
"She's gonna murder me to death. I won't be looking too good tomorrow."
"DID I KNOW THIS? NO! Now hug me."
"I don't play sports with my hands."
"I think I want to live with my parents forever."
"I think I pulled a butt muscle in my sleep last night."
"I got electrocuted at Wal-Mart yesterday."
"If it can eat a bird, then maybe it could eat me in bird-sized pieces."
"I'm going to take a shower in ACID."
"I found a dead plant and wrapped it in some alive grass."
"I don't have any abilities."
"I realize how I play well. I unzip part of my shorts."
"Wow, this looks like legit chocolate...the kind you suck, not bite."
"I've created my own unreality."
"I'll be honest, I don't like being honest."
"Anyone who shoots whip cream out of their bra has a bad music video."
"Right now, I'm actually between religions."
"My bubble is permanently burst."
"What's your thing?"
"I had a pass to go to go up to the art room to do my portrait but I lost it because I changed my pants."
"If you use cough drops and you don't have a sore throat, then you get a sore throat."
"There's SO many penises around the school...I see at least one a day."
"And the thing in my thingy is poking me here and it hurts."
"You made my zipper scratch my tummy."
"I'm not a good photographer, I just want to graduate."
"I'm not gay...just a cheerleader."
"If you lick someone's elbow without them noticing, they won't feel it."
"How do you guys get your feet to not smell like funk."
"If I was good at Photoshop, and could make you look skinnier, I would."
"I have growing pains and I'm suppose to be done growing."
"You know, I just realized I'm wearing the same pants as I did yesterday."
"They're talking...it's language for them...it's burping language."
"Awwww...I wish my name was Philip."
"It's better to get a straight 'F' than a randomized 'C'."
"I've had the same cell phone since I dropped it in the toilet."
"He used to be rich...then he married my mom."
"I hate when people chew with their mouth open and talk with their mouth open."
"Look at my brain. It's tiny."
" So if I'm sleeping, I can keep one eye open and the other closed."
"Where are you going?" "Nowhere. I thought we were going somewhere."
"I only tell on people I don't like."
"Dude, I miss the smell of this room."
"I thought I had a worm in my leg." Why? "Because everybody told me I had one. I had my mom take me to the doctor and he asked me if I was under the influence of anything."
"I think I figured out something but I don't know how it works."
"My pants are in the ceiling....a large piece of my pants."
"I wanted to get chocolate but I got nuts."
"Keep walkin' little miss mini-skirt with the ass hangin' out.
"Look what I never told you."
"Wouldn't you rather have dirty hair than a dirty thirty-dollar sweater?"
“I’m a mutt. A. and I are both mutts because we’re not white.”
“If I have to cry, I’ll walk into the boy’s bathroom and cry like a man.”
"You mean he told you that the reason he wanted to go out with you was because you had a big rack?"
"My throat is all stupid."
"It all started because I lit J. on fire."
"She's gonna murder me to death. I won't be looking too good tomorrow."
"DID I KNOW THIS? NO! Now hug me."
"I don't play sports with my hands."
"I think I want to live with my parents forever."
"I think I pulled a butt muscle in my sleep last night."
"I got electrocuted at Wal-Mart yesterday."
"If it can eat a bird, then maybe it could eat me in bird-sized pieces."
"I'm going to take a shower in ACID."
"I found a dead plant and wrapped it in some alive grass."
"I don't have any abilities."
"I realize how I play well. I unzip part of my shorts."
"Wow, this looks like legit chocolate...the kind you suck, not bite."
"I've created my own unreality."
"I'll be honest, I don't like being honest."
"Anyone who shoots whip cream out of their bra has a bad music video."
"Right now, I'm actually between religions."
"My bubble is permanently burst."
"What's your thing?"
"I had a pass to go to go up to the art room to do my portrait but I lost it because I changed my pants."
"If you use cough drops and you don't have a sore throat, then you get a sore throat."
"There's SO many penises around the school...I see at least one a day."
"And the thing in my thingy is poking me here and it hurts."
"You made my zipper scratch my tummy."
"I'm not a good photographer, I just want to graduate."
"I'm not gay...just a cheerleader."
"If you lick someone's elbow without them noticing, they won't feel it."
"How do you guys get your feet to not smell like funk."
"If I was good at Photoshop, and could make you look skinnier, I would."
"I have growing pains and I'm suppose to be done growing."
"You know, I just realized I'm wearing the same pants as I did yesterday."
"They're talking...it's language for them...it's burping language."
"Awwww...I wish my name was Philip."
"It's better to get a straight 'F' than a randomized 'C'."
"I've had the same cell phone since I dropped it in the toilet."
"He used to be rich...then he married my mom."
"I hate when people chew with their mouth open and talk with their mouth open."
"Look at my brain. It's tiny."
" So if I'm sleeping, I can keep one eye open and the other closed."
"Where are you going?" "Nowhere. I thought we were going somewhere."
"I only tell on people I don't like."
"Dude, I miss the smell of this room."
"I thought I had a worm in my leg." Why? "Because everybody told me I had one. I had my mom take me to the doctor and he asked me if I was under the influence of anything."
"I think I figured out something but I don't know how it works."
"My pants are in the ceiling....a large piece of my pants."
"I wanted to get chocolate but I got nuts."
"Keep walkin' little miss mini-skirt with the ass hangin' out.
"Look what I never told you."
"Wouldn't you rather have dirty hair than a dirty thirty-dollar sweater?"
“I’m a mutt. A. and I are both mutts because we’re not white.”
“If I have to cry, I’ll walk into the boy’s bathroom and cry like a man.”
"You mean he told you that the reason he wanted to go out with you was because you had a big rack?"
"My throat is all stupid."
"It all started because I lit J. on fire."
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time To Start Thinking About This Year...?
Here's an animation of last year's garden.
Starts in April and ends in December:
Starts in April and ends in December:
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Chopped Challenge Hinesburg - Entrees
So, Ann and I love to cook...and watch television. Well, certain television...like PBS, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and, The Food Network. I am especially addicted to Chopped. The basic premise of the show has 4 up and coming chefs competing against each other to create a scrumptious 3-course meal for a panel of 3 chef judges: appetizer, entree and dessert.
After each round, one of the chefs is eliminated, or ..."chopped". What makes the competition fun is "the basket". For each round, the chefs receive a basket containing ingredients they must incorporate into their cooking. However, the ingredients are a mystery and there are always some unusual pairings. For example, ingredients for dessert: blackberries, kiwi, wonton wrappers and gummy bears. What the chefs prepare is pretty creative...and as I watch, I always think of what I would cook.
So, I asked to Ann to give me a challenge...and then I gave one to her...and we were off and running. So far, the ingredients haven't been too crazy, because we are trying to use local products, but the results have been yummy. We've decided to post our dishes to the blog:
Challenge #1 from Ann to Philip: tomatoes, broccoli, onions and apples.
The entree: plum tomatoes stuffed with hot chutney poached broccoli and onions, served over rice with curry-braised apples.
The result: not chopped.
Challenge #2 from Philip to Ann: turkey cutlets, eggs, green cabbage and beets
The entree: a breaded turkey burger with a maple-apple, cabbage-beet cole slaw, french fries and a honey mustard/cilantro dipping sauce.
The result: not chopped.
Challenge #3 from Ann to Philip: local potatoes, mushrooms, carrots and maple syrup.
The entree: Indian-spiced potato-carrot latkes, lime-curry yogurt sauce and ginger-maple applesauce.
The result: not chopped.
Challenge #4 from Philip to Ann: tempeh, chard, wild rice and beer.
The entree: a wild rice cake with braised chard and Vermont cheddar cheese and tempeh/Harpoon Red Ale chili.
The result: not chopped.
After each round, one of the chefs is eliminated, or ..."chopped". What makes the competition fun is "the basket". For each round, the chefs receive a basket containing ingredients they must incorporate into their cooking. However, the ingredients are a mystery and there are always some unusual pairings. For example, ingredients for dessert: blackberries, kiwi, wonton wrappers and gummy bears. What the chefs prepare is pretty creative...and as I watch, I always think of what I would cook.
So, I asked to Ann to give me a challenge...and then I gave one to her...and we were off and running. So far, the ingredients haven't been too crazy, because we are trying to use local products, but the results have been yummy. We've decided to post our dishes to the blog:
Challenge #1 from Ann to Philip: tomatoes, broccoli, onions and apples.The entree: plum tomatoes stuffed with hot chutney poached broccoli and onions, served over rice with curry-braised apples.
The result: not chopped.
Challenge #2 from Philip to Ann: turkey cutlets, eggs, green cabbage and beetsThe entree: a breaded turkey burger with a maple-apple, cabbage-beet cole slaw, french fries and a honey mustard/cilantro dipping sauce.
The result: not chopped.
Challenge #3 from Ann to Philip: local potatoes, mushrooms, carrots and maple syrup.The entree: Indian-spiced potato-carrot latkes, lime-curry yogurt sauce and ginger-maple applesauce.
The result: not chopped.
Challenge #4 from Philip to Ann: tempeh, chard, wild rice and beer.The entree: a wild rice cake with braised chard and Vermont cheddar cheese and tempeh/Harpoon Red Ale chili.
The result: not chopped.
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