By: The Philosophical Fish|13 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: behaviour
I’m sure you’ve had this happen before. You’re on an escalator behind someone. When they arrive at the top they aren’t sure which way to go so they just stop. Unfortunately the escalator is still moving and disgorging more people at the top and the whole thing backs up. Ooops! But I saw something else that was actually funnier today.…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|12 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: food
I’m in a purge mood. I hate it when we build up too much “stuff”. Particularly because we live in a small condo. It always feels like I’ve “cleansed” somehow when I get rid of things that aren’t being used. Today I pulled out the mezzaluna and its board. I think I used it two or three times…and then went…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|11 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: critical thinking . health
I’m a commercial junkie. I could almost watch TV strictly for the commercials. What other media requires an introduction, a plot, a conclusion…. all in 30-60 seconds! A serious art form! But two commercials are bugging me lately. #1. That Mr. Clean Magic Eraser thing #2. The Kikkoman “Umami is in all our products” thing. Both of these annoy me…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|11 September, 2009|Categories: Food Mood . Just Thinking|Tags: food
OK, round five in the muffin challenge. I actually got a lot closer this time. I tried baking them in a popover pan instead of a muffin time to get the shape that they have at Solly’s. When they came out of the oven I wasn’t happy because they seemed too light and airy. Oddly though, I covered them and…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|10 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: pets
This morning I realized that I live with movie characters. Star Wars Movie characters to be exact. Normally the little fur factory (Loki) bothers Kirk at somewhere between 5 and 6 am. He’s not really bright, but he has a seriously freaky sense of time. Enough so that we often wonder if he can actually read a clock. Probably not,…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|10 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: vancouver . weather
Like the flick of a switch…it’s summer again! Yesterday morning Kirk made me get up at an ungodly hour to drive him to the airport. He headed off to Atlanta Georgia, and I had to drive him to the plane in the pouring rain in the pitch black before dawn. Except that there really wasn’t a dawn yesterday. Oh well,…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|09 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: vancouver . weather
I love Vancouver, no secret there. There are so many great things about this city. It has a consistent climate, no particularly harsh winters, no particularly crazy hot humid summers. We have wonderful cultural diversity, great theatres, and the most amazing environment. We have the mountains out our backdoor, and the ocean in our front yard. We have quick and…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|05 September, 2009|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: boating . vancouver . weather
Hmmm, we were scheduled to go boating this weekend. Norvan’s first Labour Day weekend cruise to Gibsons. I woke up at some point and heard Milo digging somewhere, thought I should check it out, luckily he was being busy in the right place. I thought it odd that he was up and using his litter box in the middle of…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|04 September, 2009|Categories: Mac-Attack!|Tags: mac
I upgraded to Snow Leopard the other day on two different machines and I have to say, it’s almost like a Staples commercial…. “That was easy”! I’m used to Windows… you know “OH NO!, A new operating system…. maybe I’ll just stick with the old one until I can’t anymore.” You know the drill. If you were lucky you managed…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|03 September, 2009|Categories: Food Mood . Just Thinking|Tags: food
Last batch were closer, but the lemon was too much compared to the bakery ones. They were darn good though and I’d highly recommend them! That last batch disappeared pretty quick! My aunt visited and applied her Cook’s Extraordinaire tastebuds to them and declared lots of fat in there and definitely sugar. So, next attempt! 3/4 cottage cheese 1/2 cup…
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