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Saturday, February 21, 2004

I Don’t Get It III – Gay Marriage   You know, people have been pooching each other a helluva lot longer than they’ve been participating in arbitrary/traditional legal/religious ceremonies to bestow some moral legitimacy on it – so what’s all the fuss about now? 4:01:29 PM    comment []

I was in the middle of listening to Eva Cassidy sing some tunes from Imagine when the music suddenly stopped. You’ve heard my trials and tribs to the HP ew5000 wireless “jukebox,” so here’s my recommendation. If you want School Of Hard Knocks training in 802.11 wireless technologies, then this is the box for you! I have learned more in the past 5 days than I’d ever thought possible. I’ve had to become familiar with every setting on my 802.11b wireless router as well as every dumbed-down setting on the ew5000 receiver. I’ve spent more time dicking around with it than I have spent listening to music from it.   These things initially sold for $300 but I got mine for $130 less than a year after they came out. I expect the ones that don’t end up in trash cans to hit eBay for around $30 in just a month or two. I can tame this beast, but doubt many other people have the patience. So, if you have thirty bucks and aspirations of becoming a network engineer, bide your time and wait for opportunity to strike. In the cage, it is a wonderful toy.   Meanwhile, while the music stopped and started, I made a pressure cooker batch of beef broth and it is mighty fragrant. It’s 70 degrees outside, the sun is shining brightly, and the smell of spring in the air complements the hearty broth perfectly. Lots of house finches on the feeders, It’s hard to believe this week began with a winter storm warning. 3:07:34 PM    comment []

This cover, done by Cal Schenkel, is a classic. The album itself was Frank Zappa’s tribute to the 50’s doo-wop that he loved so much (you can read about all the doo-wop references here).   I made a reference to the cartoon balloon over the Zappa-dog’s head earlier this week, but got it wrong. When I said “this crappy blog,” I should have said “this cruddy blog.” It was never meant as false modesty or self-deprecating humor, it was supposed to be an obscure Zappa reference – but I got it wrong! 10:46:32 AM    comment []

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These are some dehydrated apple bits, being reconstituted over gentle heat with a little water, two tablespoons sugar, and a happy splash of Grand Marnier. When our Salon blogs were infants, Rayne sent me a crate of wonderful Michigan apples. There were too many to use immediately, so I made applesauce, apple butter, apple rollups,  and dehydrated the rest. Much as I love to chew on dehydrated apples, they are better in a pannekoeken when they have soaked up a little nectar. No chilidog for breakfast today, I have reached the weight plateau where my taste buds are screaming for a little flavor, so I’ll indulge them a bit. I’ll break through this barrier later, right now there’s gonna be a pannekoeken.    5:21:58 AM    comment []