Archive December 2009
Aurora photographer Katja Heinemann’s portraits of Denis Dutton, a philosopher of art and the author of The Art Instinct, have been published in the fall 2009 issue of Mercedes Magazine, which talks about the philosopher’s belief that all mankind is born with an innate instinct for beauty and art. “I ...
We've had several earthquakes. One major of 5.9 (that's big), about 30K from us. Two aftershocks of 4 and change.So far, power is on, net is connected. My daughter (the doctah) said:"You played too many church gigs over Christmas. You should have known this would happen."
Television Test Pattern with Chuck Pharis as Indian Head. OITP. Site maintained by DSC Labs.Check Out Our New Commenting System: ECHOHaloscan has passed away. *mourns (briefly)*ECHO is here. Long live Echo.Echo is brought to us by a company called (or was called, I can't keep track) JS-Kit. They bought out ...
Aurora photographer Dennis Drenner’s portrait of Greg Strella, the manager of Great Kids Farm in Baltimore, has been featured on the cover of the latest Edutopia Magazine. The cover story tells about a new initiative from Baltimore City Public Schools, where they are serving healthier food, buying fresh produce from ...
Have Yourself a Merry Little....What ever.I'm in the kitchen most of the day. Our traditional Christmas Eve dinner consists of Tamales, Clam Chowder, Cornbread, Salads, and my favorite Mincemeat pies, made from a noble elk like the one pictured above. I get the chowder this year too.I also have ...
First Though, She Shows OffThe lightening bolt that she saw when we were cutting the Christmas Tree sugar cookies to leave out for Santa tomorrow night. She saw that and said: See! It's just like Harry Potter's scar!That said, it's on to "Killer Kranberry Sauce"Ingredients4 cups (two bags) fresh cranberriesGrated ...
And, Of Course, The Messy Cleanup...Tempering a fine chocolate is a scientific process that also depends on voodoo. Chocolate is strange stuff. Chains of complex triglycerides must be cojoled or conjured into aligning perfectly. Combinations of temperature, time, motion, and many other factors, including relative humidity must all be ...
It's Messy...But, so. Much. Fun. This is the sheer drudgery part of the process. Each pan of ganache makes on the high side of four dozen balls, to be dipped and turned into truffles.Over the years, I've gotten good at it. I'm fast, and accurate. I get truffles that are ...
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