• Mini-Posts - Radio

    Listening Post | kitchenradio.ca

    This Internet radio station is a real find; it’s artist-to-artist CD swapping at its finest. Eclectic and fun. CD Baby: THE POLYJESTERS: Kitchen Radio Jason runs a radio station out of his home in Carstairs and internet station www.kitchenradio.ca that feature other indie artists they have met on the road. Some of whom are guest hosts. iTunes recently added Kitchen Radio as a station preset under two categories: Eclectic and International.

  • Food, Glorious Food - Home Improvement - Mini-Posts

    A cook’s favorite, sturdy tool | csmonitor.com

    A cook’s favorite, sturdy tool | csmonitor.com Years later, my brother came to the rescue. He hollered at me for washing my skillet with soap, and sternly informed me that it should only be cleaned with water, coarse salt, and hot oil – never soap. He seized my trusty-but-iffy skillet, scrubbed it with handfuls of coarse salt, and snatched the canola oil, pouring in a very small amount onto the skillet. Next, he proceeded to quickly heat the skillet to a high temperature, spreading the oil with a paper towel. When he was finished, it was smooth and clean.

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    Pestilence Day Three

    GAH! I had Monday and Tuesday off this year between Christmas and New Year’s, and David has the whole week. I’ve been sick with a stupid sinus infection since Saturday. I was relying a little too much on the prescription antibiotic I got Saturday, and wasn’t using the home remedies I should have been. My doctor is usually not very forthcoming with this kind of information, so I had to go looking for it. Now drinking ginger-lemon tea with honey, have taken Robitussin gelcaps and Ibuprofen (my cheeks and forehead hurt), just used a nasal decongestant, and inhaled a little…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Mini-Posts

    Late Boomer No More

    Apparently, I’m actually a “cusper” instead of a “late Boomer” because I was born after 1954 and wasn’t old enough to be a hippie or protest the Vietnam War. And cuspers are suddenly cool. Obama’s a cusper, Caroline’s a cusper, and I’m a cusper too. Commentary: Baby boomers out, cuspers in – CNN.com

  • Mini-Posts - Only in Utah...

    I’m Dreaming of A Red Firetruck, With All The Sirens, Horns and Lights

    This one is even more woo-woo than usual for Utah: Saying he wanted to go see his mother for Christmas, a man tried to drive away in a South Salt Lake fire engine, according to police. The man also is accused of assaulting the firefighters who tried to stop him from stealing the $500,000 vehicle. The episode occurred about 11:30 a.m. Monday. Via Man tries to steal fire engine to go home for holidays, police say – Salt Lake Tribune