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April 8, 2004

Random Snapshots

Photograph of pineapple upside-down cake.

The other night, when both of our sweet teeth (tooths?) were acting up, Gretchen made us a pineapple upside-down cake.

Photograph of honor code plaque.

I spotted this plaque mounted on a stone in amongst some shrubbery next to a walkway on campus. It reads:

The Penn State

Honor Code

A good name is earned by fair play,

square dealing and good sportsmanship

in the classroom, on the athletic field

and in all other college relations.

We earnestly desire that this spirit

may become a tradition at Penn State.

The Skull & Bones Senior Honor Society

Founded 1912

Erected 2003

There is no apparently relation between this organization and the one that the two presidential candidates belong to, but it sounds like good advice, anyway.

Photograph of hot air balloon.

Gretchen’s camera has been acting up and we just got it working again yesterday and downloaded the pictures that were on it. This balloon went bumping through the farm fields in our valley on February 29th. My guess is that it was colder than they thought and they were unable to heat the air in their balloon enough to keep it aloft.

April 8, 2004

Spring Showing Slowly

Photograph of dafofills.

On my lunchtime walk yesterday, I spotted these daffodils along the side of the road, no house in sight, but showing the ascension of Spring, nonetheless.

April 8, 2004

Fuel Log

11.773 Gallons
$1.699/Gallon
$20.00
285.7 Miles
24.3 Miles/Gallon
7¢/Mile
15 Days

April 7, 2004

IMBBv3

Renee Kho of shiokadelicious! will be hosting version 3 of the Is My Blog Burning? distributed food event, with the theme of A Cake Walk to be held on Sunday, April 18, 2004.

April 7, 2004

Does this seem a little extreme to you?

It was a mouthwatering menu. Not that you’d expect less for $2,000 a plate.

Seered [sic] beef tenderloins with golden tomatoes on an herb-encrusted baguette. Grilled garlic chicken with smoked gouda on a honey wheat wrap. Fruits and gourmet olives and crudite. A gourmet luncheon with only one thing missing: something to eat it with.

The explanation was at the bottom of the menus distributed at President Bush’s $1.5 million Charlotte fund-raiser Monday.

“At the request of the White House, silverware will not accompany the table settings,” it said in discreetly fine print.

No silver. No plastic.

The lack of utensils might have been why many plates went virtually untouched.

The reason: So the tinkle of silver wouldn’t disrupt the president’s speech. [Morrill]

Morrill, Jim. “$2,000 meal, but no utensils.” The Charlotte Observer. 6 April 2004. <www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/8364427.htm> (7 April 2004).

April 6, 2004

What can I make with what I have?

This comes to us via The Red Kitchen: Cookin’ With Google

Judy Hourihan came up with the idea of searching Google to figure out what you’re going to have for dinner and [Tara Calishain] turned it into a Google Hack. One of the most popular ones out there. Doesn’t require an API key.

Just type in the ingredients you’ve got in the fridge and click “Grab a Recipe,” and Google will give you some ideas.

April 6, 2004

Musical Wish List

iTunes application icon The iTunes Music Store does not yet have a “wish list” feature, but it does have URL access to individual songs, albums, and artists now, so I am using that capability to make my own personal list of potential iTunes Music Store purchases.