Lazy man’s Thanksgiving dinner for two

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, now is an excellent time to share my official lazy (read: efficient) man’s Thanksgiving dinner for two (on a budget). It works for Christmas dinner too!
Aren’t able to get home to see the family this year? Don’t really want to leave the house? Too busy to spend all day [...]

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Genealogy of music (and the Skeksis departed)

I really enjoy seeing artists’ renditions of the genealogies (or family trees) of music, specifically rock music. Last year I bought a vintage t-shirt on eBay that shows a rock & roll family tree, starting with Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, and Louis Armstrong and progressing up the trunk to the outer branches of popular late 1980s [...]

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Body Worlds 3 at OMSI (plus Newport dining)

The past couple of weeks have been filled with regional tennis tournaments and traveling. What’s been great is that the weather in the Willamette Valley this summer (so far) has been very cool and mild. It’s been much more pleasant than last summer (and apparently most of the rest of the country).
I had family [...]

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Adventures in waffle-making **

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Baby is a skeksis **

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The center of the Norovirus epidemic **

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A history of baby names **

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Rankin/Bass Holiday Specials **

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Mallo Cup and Boyer Candy **

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Mascots and my rooting interests **

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