writing about food

wrote a gourmand friend an email this evening with the paragraph below describing my dinner. it seemed wonderfully blog-esque, sitting right there, so i plucked it out the redsnapper poached in white wine with shittake mushrooms and beurre blanc was…

the best skillet burgers

my stomach is very full with two of the best! burgers i’ve ever made. however some credit must go to julia for her burger cooking technique. put two english muffins (i prefer thomas’s), separated, into a 200 degree oven. take…

couscous

yesterday a friend invited me over to make some dinner, wanted to use up some couscous, three cobs of corn and some romaine lettuce, so i suggested we get some shrimp, and do a little broiled shish-ka-scampi (which we did)…

on teaching…, or on learning

“You will become more passionate and determined about your convictions.” — fortune cookie so i’ve recently become fluent in the visual basic that underlies microsoft access, which means that my database applications are no longer limited by my technical knowledge–only…

on VBA*…, or how to ruin a friendship completely

JW: i’ve finally broken the access/vba learning curve. i’m actually programming, like a madman. … (meanwhile I’m researching like crazy for a programming alternative) BW: What do you mean “(meanwhile I’m researching like crazy for a programming alternative)”. For example,…

on my big red hot button

i went to talk to my advisor about independent studies because there aren’t a terrible number of classes i’m interested in taking. one class i would like to take, web databases, is being taught by a particularly heinous instructor (and…

on doing quality work

i would like to say a few words tonight on quality. i live in a house, actually sort of a basement apartment. i do not own a car, so some things are difficult for me to do. for instance, it…