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Today’s inspiration comes to us from Laurie Anderson:

Breakfast was a slice of cherry pie and a cup of coffee.

At the office I had another cup of coffee.

Over lunch I walked to Pattee Library to return some books and pick up some others. On the way back, I stopped at Otto’s Cafe again and got a Chicken Caesar Salad. I am going to guess that the entire walk was about four miles.

In the afternoon I had a cup of green tea.

It was a three beer night. After work, Gretchen and I sat on the porch and griped about religion and politics while we downed two bottles of Saranac Pale Ale.

Dinner was a salad and squash pancakes and another bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.

Breakfast was two scrambled egg wraps, and two cups of coffee. I weighed 157 pounds.

Lunch was a slice of Foolproof Focaccia and a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.

Dinner was grilled tuna, grilled zucchini, steamed green beans, sautéed in onions, a slice of Foolproof Focaccia, and half a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale, with a slice of cherry pie for dessert.

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UA Controlled Environmental Agriculture Center

The Controlled Environmental Agriculture Center (CEAC) is an interdisciplinary research and training facility located on the University of Arizona’s Campus Agriculture Center (a.k.a. the Farm). Students and faculty from the College of Ag and Life Sciences, including Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Agricultural Education, and Plant Sciences currently participate within its programs.

It is our hope to advance the current state of controlled environment technology, to assist the rapidly growing CEA industry in Arizona, and to train the future generations of CEA scientists, growers, and entrepreneurs.

A Roast Dinner HOWTO

How to roast just about anything — presented in the style of open source software developer documentation

Matrice des sauces au moment

It is all too easy for the novice of French cooking to think that all sauce preparations are delineated in recipes, long ago inscribed in some large book of official cooking instruction. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Recipes for hundreds of sauces do exist in French cooking. (Some can even be found in the archives of this web site.) But in reality, the sauce component of a French dish is often “created” au moment — on the spot — just before serving.

If you peruse the classics of French cooking, such as Escoffier’s Guide Culinaire, you’ll find hundreds of sauce recipes. Many of these sauces, although classic preparations, are in reality, variations on a theme — change one ingredient and Sauce A becomes Sauce B. By applying a bit of imagination, it is possible to see the recipes as elements of a matrix rather than individual prescriptions.

Setting Goals for Weight Loss

There are lots of reasons for people who are overweight or obese to lose weight. To be healthier. To look better. To feel better. To have more energy.

No matter what the reason, successful weight loss and healthy weight management depend on sensible goals and expectations. If you set sensible goals for yourself, chances are you’ll be more likely to meet them and have a better chance of keeping the weight off. In fact, losing even five to 10 percent of your weight is the kind of goal that can help improve your health.

Most overweight people should lose weight gradually. For safe and healthy weight loss, try not to exceed a rate of two pounds per week.

How to Make Homemade Ice Cream (Without an Ice Cream Maker!) – LeAnn R. Ralph

• 2 Eggs
• ¾ cup Sugar
• 2 tablespoons Cornstarch
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1 pinch of Salt
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla

Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs for several minutes until thick and lemon colored. Add 1 cup of milk and blend into the eggs. Mix sugar and cornstarch in a large saucepan. Add egg/milk mixture to the sugar and cornstarch. Cook until thick (about 5 minutes) stirring constantly. Allow the custard mixture to cool to room temperature.

When the custard is cool, put into a freezer-safe bowl. Blend in cream and salt. Freeze for 2 hours or until slushy. Add 2 teaspoons vanilla. Whip for 5 to 10 minutes with an electric mixer. Return to freezer and finish freezing (several hours or overnight).

Variations: After you have whipped the ice cream, fold in 1 to 2 cups of fresh or frozen fruit, nuts and/or chocolate before returning the ice cream to the freezer to finish freezing.

Breakfast was a bowl of cold cereal with banana slices, a glass of orange juice, and a cup of coffee.

Lunch was a two quesadillas and a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale. We ate lunch sitting on the porch, watching the rain. I should not complain, given how long we had droughts here, but I fear for the garden. The tomatoes are getting blossom end rot. One of the plants died completely. The tops of the onions are dying so we dug a few. They are rotting in the ground. To top it off, the peppers are not Gypsies. They are the wrong color and shape, so we do not know how to decide when they are ripe. Some are already rotting on the vine.

Dinner was a garden salad, made with lettuce, carrots, and cucumbers from the CSA, a slice of Foolproof Focaccia, Provençal vegetable stew, and two bottles of Saranac Pale Ale.

I went to the MBNA Fitness Center tonight. This workout includes all of the machines from my new upper body workout, but not the cable exercises.

1. Vertical Chest: 12@75, 12@75
2. Compound Row: 12@125, 12@125
3. Seated Dip: 12@90, 12@90
4. Lateral Raise: 12@75, 9@75
5. Incline Shoulder Raise: 12@65, 12@65
6. Triceps Extension: 12@45, 12@45
7. Biceps Curl: 12@55, 12@55
8. Reverse Biceps Curl: 12@20, 12@20

The pace was good. I am trying for a 3 second repetition and a one minute rest between sets and exercises. I figured that this workout would take 35 minutes and it took 33. I think all of the exercises could go up 5 pounds except for the lateral raise. Doing the reverse biceps curl I discovered that I really do not have 100% range of motion in the arm I broke. I really cannot hold the bar at the right angle. It was a pretty good workout. It was a rainy Friday evening near the end of the summer semester and there were not a lot of students there, so I had good access to the machines I wanted when I wanted them.

Breakfast was a omelette, a glass of orange juice, and a cup of coffee. I weighed 157 pounds.

At the office I had another cup of coffee.

Lunch was the Panda Express kung pao chicken with mixed vegetables on chow mein noodles with hot and sour soup, and a fortune cookie.

Diligence is the mother

of good fortune.

Lucky Numbers 1, 18, 19, 21, 35, 31

Dinner was 2½ ears of CSA sweet corn, squash pancakes, and two bottles of Saranac Pale Ale.