Looks like we might have overwatered the red oak leaf lettuce - two plants died. But the (bolting) mesclun greens and herbs are going like gangbusters!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Garden porn!
Looks like we might have overwatered the red oak leaf lettuce - two plants died. But the (bolting) mesclun greens and herbs are going like gangbusters!
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Dinnertime!
Grilled tofu, tempeh, onions, and poblanos, with tomatoes, brown rice, and Thai peanut dipping sauce.
Food porn
Ok,.fine, so I'm bored, waiting for the grill to cook. But that means you get MORE FOOD PORN!
Vegan grill dinner ATL!
J coming home soon. YAY! making grilled tofu, tempeh, onions, and poblanos, with brown rice.
Suitcase
Pretty good looking, eh? Yes, that's a key ring substituting for a zipper pull tab. I really hate throwing things out, and it functionally works fine.
And I hope the baggage crew at Delta gets a kick out of it now and then.
More silly cars & lumber
More adventures with lumber hauling. That's a piece of 4x8 3/4" plywood.
And in the interests of protecting the innocent and the guilty, I boxed out my somewhat astonished nephew's face.
And in the interests of protecting the innocent and the guilty, I boxed out my somewhat astonished nephew's face.
Beer can porn?
Or, in the somewhat crass way it's said in the bar industry about empty kegs, dead soldiers?
For the sharp-eyed (or just ultra-critical) in the readership, no, I didn't drink the Coors. Except one, which I had to shotgun after I lost a silly bet that, surprise surprise, I can't remember what it was.
When buying beer for this, I tried really hard to get the more easily recyclable and much more regularly recycled aluminum cans, though I confess that a few glass bottles were harmed in the making of the fence.
For the sharp-eyed (or just ultra-critical) in the readership, no, I didn't drink the Coors. Except one, which I had to shotgun after I lost a silly bet that, surprise surprise, I can't remember what it was.
When buying beer for this, I tried really hard to get the more easily recyclable and much more regularly recycled aluminum cans, though I confess that a few glass bottles were harmed in the making of the fence.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Got mushrooms?
Long but great day with family in the central valley of California.
Tried to go to the River Cats game with mom but it was rained out with zero played; still a fun time.
Cooking now as much for therapeutic value as anything else.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Friday, May 03, 2013
Friday night, it must be Sacramento
Rebuilding a fence tomorrow.
What, you don't normally use a Hyundai Elantra hatchback for hauling lumber?
Where, friend, is your sense of adventure?
UPDATE: here's another shot that better indicates the, ahem, ridiculousness of this operation:
Fence = done. Mostly. I'm still not pleased with its unevenness on the east side, but that unevenness dates to five or six years ago: we mostly rebuilt the west side. Oh, and all of the struts. And the gate.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Golden Road vegan beer & food
Now THIS is some fucking sold vegan food and beer. Golden Road Brewing, in the North party of LA (practically the San.Fernando Valley.)
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Now, that's vegan food
Not the most amazing I've ever had, but Rasta Pasta in Colorado Springs was delicious, cheap, filling, and the Bristol Brewing Winter Warlock for $4 was the perfect accompaniment to take the edge off of the spicy pasta.
Sadly, kinda disappointed.
J and i had the seitan "buffalo wings" at the otherwise awesome Trinity Brewing in Colorado Springs about a year and a half ago. I remember then as much better. This time they were yay enough, but really just crusty little seitan balls, with a very, very thin vegan ranch dressing. Really not worth the $10 - I'd have been mildly okay with them for half that.
Heading out of the Springs today, and have a kinda weird, last minute itinerary for LA. S, about to email!
Monday, April 29, 2013
My rental car
My calculations suggest it's not quite that good of gas mileage, but the 2013 Hyundai Elantra has been averaging in the high 30s the whole trip, including mountain passes and extensive dirt roads. Good stuff. Now a fairly leisurely evening in Colorado Springs (well, leisurely except for returning some unused rebar.)
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Unknown
Where I'm headed next:
Google Maps, sometimes you're just... silly. But occasionally in a cute way.
In other activities today, I had to take a picture of our jeep to send to my mom. I went through literally thousands of images (not all of them: the "Pictures" folder on this computer has 43,140 items, totaling 100.1gb) to try to find a picture of the Jeep, and couldn't find a single one.
I found scores of pictures of bicycles. I love the balance.
Off to the airport to experience the manufactured FAA personnel "crisis"!
Google Maps, sometimes you're just... silly. But occasionally in a cute way.
In other activities today, I had to take a picture of our jeep to send to my mom. I went through literally thousands of images (not all of them: the "Pictures" folder on this computer has 43,140 items, totaling 100.1gb) to try to find a picture of the Jeep, and couldn't find a single one.
I found scores of pictures of bicycles. I love the balance.
Off to the airport to experience the manufactured FAA personnel "crisis"!
Oh, hell, yeah.
It's all Led Zeppelin, all the time, here at Dangr-us Thoughts World Headquarters. J is... amused. Fortunately for her I'm traveling most of the next couple weeks. Gotta get this shit on my *pod!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Spring cleaning!
Well, kind of of the house, yes, since I'm teaching a sauerkraut making class tonight, and the only time J and I really clean the house is when we have people coming over.
But specifically, I mean of my phone, and the photos that are building up on it. So there absolutely may or may not be a sudden rush of blog posts of not, um, entirely timely travel, food porn, and other such shit. But c'mon: when is food porn NOT timely?!?
And here is delicious vegan food porn from the Little Grill, an awesome worker owned collective in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from our recent road trip. Tofu Rancheros on top, and the delicious Lambert's Platter on the bottom:
But specifically, I mean of my phone, and the photos that are building up on it. So there absolutely may or may not be a sudden rush of blog posts of not, um, entirely timely travel, food porn, and other such shit. But c'mon: when is food porn NOT timely?!?
Here is my beloved Sitba loaded down like she likes it. I don't have any recollection where I was going with my big suitcase on my bike. Memory, such a fickle thing.
And here is delicious vegan food porn from the Little Grill, an awesome worker owned collective in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from our recent road trip. Tofu Rancheros on top, and the delicious Lambert's Platter on the bottom:
Lambert’s Platter (V)
Tofu scrambler, soysage, and fried potatoes covered in groovy gravy. Served with your choice of bread.
Tofu scrambler, soysage, and fried potatoes covered in groovy gravy. Served with your choice of bread.
La Guardia
I'm labeling this "walking out of airports" because it seems silly to create a new label for "walking in to airports". And because technically, you don't need to walk in or out of La Guardia (LGA) just to avoid a bullshit surcharge to discourage people from taking public transit, like JFK.
Rather, several MTA buses (M60, Q48, Q47, Q33, Q72) go directly to LGA for the same as you pay for any MTA bus.
My friend T was curious about why I didn't just take the M60 to LGA, and I explained that as much as I love public transit, I try to avoid buses at all cost. I'm just too damn tall to be comfortable on them. And in particular, I've been stuffed into suffocating spaces with people and luggage on the M60 before.
Anyway, to walk to (or from) LGA without taking the bus, you take the 7 train (subway) to Junction Boulevard & Roosevelt Avenue. When you step off into the utter chaos, traffic, and street vendors, walk directly up Junction all the way to LGA. (It turns in to 94th Street at 32nd Avenue, but you might not even notice.) Here's a map.
And here's the only worthwhile photo I have from the walk, at 94th Street and Ditmars Boulevard, just south of LGA:
The take home message here is essentially "don't run the red light."
Rather, several MTA buses (M60, Q48, Q47, Q33, Q72) go directly to LGA for the same as you pay for any MTA bus.
My friend T was curious about why I didn't just take the M60 to LGA, and I explained that as much as I love public transit, I try to avoid buses at all cost. I'm just too damn tall to be comfortable on them. And in particular, I've been stuffed into suffocating spaces with people and luggage on the M60 before.
Anyway, to walk to (or from) LGA without taking the bus, you take the 7 train (subway) to Junction Boulevard & Roosevelt Avenue. When you step off into the utter chaos, traffic, and street vendors, walk directly up Junction all the way to LGA. (It turns in to 94th Street at 32nd Avenue, but you might not even notice.) Here's a map.
And here's the only worthwhile photo I have from the walk, at 94th Street and Ditmars Boulevard, just south of LGA:
The take home message here is essentially "don't run the red light."
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Big NYC walking days: three boroughs, 9.5 miles!
I'm actually not a huge fan of New York City. As I described to my friend T this morning while walking along the Hudson River greenway, as a result of trying to cram too many different people with too many different needs and interests into too small a space, it's like a low simmering catastrophe, which, with rare exceptions*, doesn't really boil over.
I did a lot of walking in several different parts of the city today...
To get to the Upper West Side to meet T.
From the Upper West Side to Chelsea, where I had a delicious (previously blogged about) Buffalo "Chicken" Sandwich at Terri on West 23rd.
I then tried unsuccessfully to get takeout at Blossom du Jour, which was apparently closed for a private party.
Then I took the subway to Flushing, Queens, and walked from the Junction stop on the 7 train, all the way up Junction to La Guardia. It was a study in some extremes: the first section is like being in a street market, then it's astonishing gridlock traffic for a bit on Junction, then it's a fairly pleasant stroll through a mostly residential neighborhood, until you start hearing the jet engines roar to a start. And LGA, well, it's... LGA. Not my favorite airport in the world by a longshot, but also not in the rungs with the worst (Dallas, Miami.)
Awaiting a flight back to ATL for the first decent amount of time in a bit, which is nice. Home for a couple weeks, then Colorado and California at the end of April / beginning of May.
* Consider, for example, Hurricane Sandy, the NYC Blackout of 1977, the Son of Sam Murders, about half of the Yankees fans who wander the city unattended, the pisspoor thin brown liquid passed off throughout the city as "coffee", and almost the entire New York Police Department.
I did a lot of walking in several different parts of the city today...
I then tried unsuccessfully to get takeout at Blossom du Jour, which was apparently closed for a private party.
Then I took the subway to Flushing, Queens, and walked from the Junction stop on the 7 train, all the way up Junction to La Guardia. It was a study in some extremes: the first section is like being in a street market, then it's astonishing gridlock traffic for a bit on Junction, then it's a fairly pleasant stroll through a mostly residential neighborhood, until you start hearing the jet engines roar to a start. And LGA, well, it's... LGA. Not my favorite airport in the world by a longshot, but also not in the rungs with the worst (Dallas, Miami.)
Awaiting a flight back to ATL for the first decent amount of time in a bit, which is nice. Home for a couple weeks, then Colorado and California at the end of April / beginning of May.
* Consider, for example, Hurricane Sandy, the NYC Blackout of 1977, the Son of Sam Murders, about half of the Yankees fans who wander the city unattended, the pisspoor thin brown liquid passed off throughout the city as "coffee", and almost the entire New York Police Department.
Terri nyc vegan
Buffalo "Chicken" sandwich. Delicious especially after walking here to Chelsea from 96th Street! Terri is very small, about eight counter seats, zero tables, and zero bathroom, but provides tasty vegan food at a good price point for NYC (the above sandwich was $8.75 total.)
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Baseball stadium project game 1
The stadium is big and fancy and huge. The weather is cool and overcast, but not cold. The game is solid, and the Orioles are currently beating the Yankees 5-2 in the bottom of the 5th.
The fans are some of the most obnoxious I've ever been to a baseball game with.
First trip!
Beginning my project to see a baseball game at every major league stadium in the US. Life to date: 10/30.
Total project cost so far: $23 (all ticket).
Staying about five blocks away.
Go Orioles!
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Vegan pizza fixins!
In Vermont. Yum!
Clockwise from left: baked marinated tofu, fried green peppers and garlic, sauteed mushrooms, and delicious caramelized ONIONS!
Friday, April 05, 2013
Ninety-nine point nine fahrenheit degrees
My weather app thingie is confusing the 45 degrees outside at the ATL airport with actually nice weather.
In the airport with J, flying to Vermont, to drive back down to Atlanta. We're looking to visit a couple national parks on the way back, albeit briefly, including Shenandoah, and Great Smoky Mountains. Whee road trip!
The TSA agents were dumbasses as always. When they also irritate J, that really says something.
In the airport with J, flying to Vermont, to drive back down to Atlanta. We're looking to visit a couple national parks on the way back, albeit briefly, including Shenandoah, and Great Smoky Mountains. Whee road trip!
The TSA agents were dumbasses as always. When they also irritate J, that really says something.
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Hampshire
And now for a moment of non-photo blogging. If you're a Hampshire alum, please go vote for me for trustee.
Kimchi!
also spelled kimchee, kim chee or gimchi.
Holy crap, I might be breaking my all-time single day blog posting record. But I'm not inclined to go check.
Holy crap, I might be breaking my all-time single day blog posting record. But I'm not inclined to go check.
RETRO DIRT
This is returning unneeded dirt on my beloved badass bike Sitba. Around eighty pounds of dirt. Newly built and filled raised bed in the background.
I have no idea why, when I re-sized for posting, it turned black and white.
I have no idea why, when I re-sized for posting, it turned black and white.
HOLY FERMENTATION, BATMAN!
This is a whole pile o' fermenting love recently made at a fermentation class that C and I co-taught for the Atlanta Free School.
From left, that's three 2-quart jars of sauerkraut, a 2 quart of kimchi, two jars of (turnip) sauerruben, on the bottom right a jar of mixed sauerruben (turnip and cabbage), and on top, another sauerruben.
The stuff I hung on to is starting to get deliciously funky!
From left, that's three 2-quart jars of sauerkraut, a 2 quart of kimchi, two jars of (turnip) sauerruben, on the bottom right a jar of mixed sauerruben (turnip and cabbage), and on top, another sauerruben.
The stuff I hung on to is starting to get deliciously funky!
Raisin' the beds!
This is a set of raised beds I recently helped make in West Virginia, almost entirely out of scavenged and re-purposed materials. I built the top three; and helped a newbie raised bed builder with the bottom (closest to the camera) bed.
GARDEN PORN!
See, I promised y'all some solid gardening porn, didn't I? I and DELIVERED, didn't I?
And oh, what the hell. How about some food porn?
And oh, what the hell. How about some food porn?
Cameras. and tomatoes!
Okay, so in this post anyway, the tomatoes are really mostly a prop for the cameras. More gardening to follow!
This is comparing my existing digital camera, a Panasonic DMC ZS-19, 14.1mp, a nice camera that is about as feature-filled as you can get in a compact with the new, ultracompact Nikon S01 (10mp) I just bought because I really want something smaller and lighter I can carry around consistently in my pocket.
Both shots were taken with the camera on Auto mode, auto flash (neither fired), at the same distance. This is a screenshot, which of course has its own limitations, but shows the color represented the same way.
Really, the ultracompact S01 takes a pretty solid shot, at least in full daylight, with no zoom. (Haven't had the chance to compare them yet with moving subjects, in lower light, indoors, etc.) The green of the tomato plant is better represented in the more expensive and larger Panasonic, and the Nikon gets a little washed out at the outer edges (upper right) of the soil. But really, a pretty damn impressive showing for a camera that measures almost exactly 2" by 3" (smaller than a credit card!) and weighs only 3.4 ounces all in, with almost 8gb of internal memory. I prefer cameras I can take a memory card out of for easier downloading, but I'll deal.
What I really ought to do is another comparison that includes the DSLR Canon Rebel, and Canon Rebel XT.
I know: you're all waiting with baited breath, right?
This is comparing my existing digital camera, a Panasonic DMC ZS-19, 14.1mp, a nice camera that is about as feature-filled as you can get in a compact with the new, ultracompact Nikon S01 (10mp) I just bought because I really want something smaller and lighter I can carry around consistently in my pocket.
Both shots were taken with the camera on Auto mode, auto flash (neither fired), at the same distance. This is a screenshot, which of course has its own limitations, but shows the color represented the same way.
Really, the ultracompact S01 takes a pretty solid shot, at least in full daylight, with no zoom. (Haven't had the chance to compare them yet with moving subjects, in lower light, indoors, etc.) The green of the tomato plant is better represented in the more expensive and larger Panasonic, and the Nikon gets a little washed out at the outer edges (upper right) of the soil. But really, a pretty damn impressive showing for a camera that measures almost exactly 2" by 3" (smaller than a credit card!) and weighs only 3.4 ounces all in, with almost 8gb of internal memory. I prefer cameras I can take a memory card out of for easier downloading, but I'll deal.
What I really ought to do is another comparison that includes the DSLR Canon Rebel, and Canon Rebel XT.
I know: you're all waiting with baited breath, right?
Photoz
I think I might have some photos for you soon!
A few you've already seen, but I just set up the desktop computer yesterday after months in storage / boxes. This is copying the contents of the SD card (~720 items, ~3.5gb) from my main digital camera to the desktop so I can empty it.
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