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It's always good to have some good grub on hand, that takes no time at all to turn into a tasty meal. Here are some good items to consider for your pantry:
Link: Stock pantry with intense flavor in mind - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Deadline cooking is all about the ingredients. Select the right high-flavor, low-prep ingredients and great meals practically assemble themselves.
The stretch of bike path between VRC and Alton Baker Park was closed for quite a while. Crews ripped up the old, worn-out asphalt, and laid a new surface of concrete. Today after work, with errands to run in town and around campus, I glided out of the office to the smooth, light-gray concrete. And friends, it was a nice ride. I had to make myself forget all the little jumps and swerves I was accustomed too. No more bumps to dodge, no more near-potholes to swerve around. I all but glided to the Ferry Street Bridge.
Nice job, Eugene.
Want to make a meal especially tasty? It's easy — just add one or more of the following *
* With the following exceptions of dessert and beverages. However, bacon-wrapped dark chocolate might be a good idea, especially under the stars and marinating in campfire smoke...
This past weekend, Jodie and I were out of town. I forgot to schedule some posts. My bad. Regular ol' stuff resumes tomorrow.
Sometimes, there is just no way to preface bad news, so here is the slap in the face, the ice down the back...
Yet again, for the second year in a row, there are no blackberries in Eugene.
I know, I know what you are feeling, what you are thinking. I know the despair, the torment, the desire to rush from your homes and offices and coffeehouses and check for yourselves. But it is in vain. Do some vacuuming instead. Get some work done. Order another latte, or perhaps a cremosa, with berry syrup, because that's as close as you will get this year to having blackberries in Eugene.
I have already been in contact with the proper authorities. The BSB, Berry Shenanigans Bureau, is currently flying, at supersonic speed, a team of crack berry non-growth investigators to our fair Willamette Valley. Every needed taxpayer dollar shall be spent, invested and trodden as they seek to uncover the truth behind the barren canes. The president suspects Al Queda. The vice president suspects hippie subversives. And vice versa.
Whoever is at fault -- global warming, subprime mortgage lenders, meth addicts, Big Berry -- we may never know. But all I know is that there are no blackberries in Eugene, and there will only be weeping and gnashing, of teeth yearning to be turned purple.
With great sadness at delivering, for the second time, such sad and terrible news, I sign off and retire to my beer cellar.
Angela Hoy's Writers Weekly (newsletter, website, RSS, forum, you name it) is one of the best, no-holds-barred writing resources available today. I've been a reader for years, and after realizing how many saved RSS feed articles I'd been stockpiling, it made sense to do a series of Writers Weekly round-ups. Check out these helpful articles, and be sure to subscribe to Writer's Weekly:
From a release: Tonn Nua gets its name from the Irish words for New Wave. The band is a new generation of young musicians playing traditional music fromIreland and Scotland. They live in the wooded rolling hills of the southern Willamette Valley.
Tonn Nua will play at Sam Bond's in Eugene, 407 Blair Blvd. on Sunday,August 19th at 8:30 PM. Due to the time of the performance, audience members need to be 21 or older. Cover: $5.
Angela Hoy's Writers Weekly (newsletter, website, RSS, forum, you name it) is one of the best, no-holds-barred writing resources available today. I've been a reader for years, and after realizing how many saved RSS feed articles I'd been stockpiling, it made sense to do a series of Writers Weekly round-ups. Check out these helpful articles, and be sure to subscribe to Writer's Weekly:
Great reminder that blogging, like anything else you build or set out to accomplish, is not all huzzah and glory. There are things to keep in mind, things to expect - and this article will give you a good grasp of those:
Link: Blueprint for a Brilliant Blog Launch | Copyblogger.
Launching a brand new blog can be extremely exciting. But it can also be awfully lonely for up to a year as you build readership, unless you plan to begin with a bang
Trying to wrap your head around all those numbers 3-letter financial acronyms? IRA, 529, UTMA — ugh. Getting Finances Done has a plain-language breakdown of what each is, and which you do, and do not, want to pursue. There's something to learn here for everyone; I feel pretty good about my grasp of IRAs and 401k, but the info on college investing — using an ESA, or Education Savings Account, instead of a 529 — was new to me:
Link: Getting Finances Done � Financial Peace University Overview Part 3 - Retirement and College Planning.
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