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Four Things, my first meme

Four Things, my first meme

Scott (Skippy), a plugin author and fellow WordPress-user, has included me on my first-ever meme and it’s my pleasure to participate. Four jobs that I’ve had * Upholsterer * Every possible position at Bill Knapp’s restaurant * Wage-slave at Blockbuster Video * Actor Four movies I can watch…

High Five! Meme

High Five! Meme

From The Unlimited Mood, by way of Virtualzen… Five Items in My Freezer * Herbed Goat Cheese Polenta Cakes — I made it as an experiment some time ago * Vidallia Onion burgers just waiting to be cooked * An old, squarshed genoise cake — it’s…

Book Meme

Book Meme

Number of books I own: Wendy estimates that we own over 400 books, appoximately 1/2 of which are cookbooks or kitchen related.
Last book bought: THE SEASONING OF A CHEF
Last book read: Just finished HEAT by Bill Buford
Five books that mean a lot to me: CULINARY ARTISTRY by Andrew Dorenberg and Karen Page, KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain, THE LORD OF THE RINGS series by J.R.R. Tolkein, HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING by Mark Bittman, and LITTLE, BIG by John Crowley.

10 on Tuesday: 10 Foods You Hate

10 on Tuesday: 10 Foods You Hate

This is a difficult meme since as a foodie, I tend to like almost everything, and I wouldn’t say that I hate any of these (dislike is a better word), but here goes in no particular order: Green peppers (especially raw) Red peppers (especially raw) Celery…

10 on Tuesday: 10 Things You Would Do if You Were Younger

10 on Tuesday: 10 Things You Would Do if You Were Younger

Ah, if only I were younger! I’m not sure if the spirit of this meme is to ask “what would I do if I could roll back the clock?” or if it is addressing things I no longer feel I can do since I’m older… Interestingly,…

10 on Tuesday: 10 Favorite Albums

10 on Tuesday: 10 Favorite Albums

From this page comes this Tuesday’s question… What are my 10 favorite albums? As you will soon see, I was unable to select just 10 favorite albums. Each of the albums below are in the category of “nearly perfect album” in my mind. These recordings stand together as a cohesive whole, and while each album is comprised of amazing ‘parts’, are more than the sum of their parts.

In no particular order…

  1. So or Passion — Peter Gabriel
  2. Deep Blue or Rapture — Peter Mulvey
  3. Fallen — Evanescence
  4. Films for Radio or Drunkard’s Prayer — Over the Rhine
  5. Shaking Off Gravity or One Thru Fourteen — Vance Gilbert
  6. Throwing Copper — Live
  7. The Seeds of Love or Songs from the Big Chair — Tears for Fears
  8. Crowded House or Woodface — Crowded House
  9. Strange Fire or Rites of Passage — Indigo Girls
  10. Oracle or Torched — Michael Hedges
10 on Tuesday: Ten Things You Hate Doing

10 on Tuesday: Ten Things You Hate Doing

From this page comes this Tuesday’s question… What are 10 things I hate doing? In no particular order… Cutting my toenails Cutting the grass Growing older Having to do something that I know will hurt someone — for example, starting a difficult conversation Getting dental work…