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  • Cake for Breakfast

    Cake for Breakfast

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    I’ve always thought the old Bill Cosby skit was hilarious – although I wouldn’t be like the mother in it – and he did (sort of) have a point. I mean, cake is no worse than sugary cereal, and it’s got eggs, which  cereal hasn’t got. Protein to start your day is good. However, the cake…

  • Finding a New Book to Read

    Finding a New Book to Read

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    Looking for a good book for the weekend? My review of Agatha H, Girl Genius books didn’t have you clicking the ‘buy’ button? I’m going to suggest a couple of places where you can go and find cheap, good reads, and even easier, you can sign up for daily emails of recommendations so you never…

  • Review: Agatha H

    Review: Agatha H

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    I’m reviewing two books today, the second and third in a series. I think I reviewed the first, one, you can find that review here. It looks like I didn’t review it, but I did review the comic itself. I really enjoyed reading these two, finished the one and started right in on the other.…

  • Coffee in the Fog

    Coffee in the Fog

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    I’m sitting here sipping coffee with almond milk in it, looking out at the fog. There was a train a little bit ago, with the whistle blowing all the way through town because of the heavy fog. I’m still not used to train whistles, living in New England and Alaska, trains were not part of…

  • Food Photography Challenges

    Food Photography Challenges

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    I’ve been challenging myself with food photography this winter, while the weather is too miserable to get out and find my favorite subjects: bugs and flowers. Taking pictures of food presents a couple of challenges. The first is lighting. Natural light, as I’ve captured in the top photo of berries in sunlight from my kitchen…

  • On Women and Writing, and Science

    On Women and Writing, and Science

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    Dave Freer has an excellent article over at the Mad Genius Club today, and I wanted to share a bit of it – I encourage you to go over there and read the rest, if you like, but like him, I raise an eyebrow (maybe both) at someone who states numbers with no data to…

  • Eat This While you Read That: Sarah Hoyt

    Eat This While you Read That: Sarah Hoyt

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    When I asked Sarah for a recipe, I wasn’t sure what I was going to get. Sure, she’d talked for years (at her blog, According to Hoyt) about growing up in a small village in Portugal. And the favorite joke over in the comments at her blog is to watch out, or you’ll get carped.…

  • Curmudgeon Reviews: Big Red

    Curmudgeon Reviews: Big Red

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    Big Red   Big Red By Jim Kjelgaard was published in 1945 the third of a string of books about boys in the wilderness that would continue until ten years after his death in 1959. I must assume unsold manuscripts turned up. The basic story line is simple and enjoyable for those with some experience…

  • 3 Easy Steps to Load a Book on Your Kindle

    3 Easy Steps to Load a Book on Your Kindle

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    We’ve all been there. This new piece of technology, so shiny, and new, and confusing… what’s more, Kindles don’t really come with a user manual. The First Reader just got a new Paperwhite (touchscreen e-ink ereader, pretty nifty, really) and all it came with was a fairly useless guide on basically how to turn it…