Archive for March, 2007

Friday’s Feast 137

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Appetizer - What are you proud of?
My parents, my family, my friend Sandy, and the things I’ve gone through and the things I’ve learned.
Soup - What is the best thing you’ve ever won as a prize?
I almost never win anything. It sucks. But I was surprised that in my last year of high school, I [...]

Friday’s Feast 136

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

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Appetizer: Who is your favorite news anchor/reporter? Why?
In national Canadian news, Lloyd Roberston. Even though I think CBC is a much better news network overall, CTV has better personalities and it’s a little sleeker. I read the news more than I watch it or listen to BBC World Service or RFI podcasts. I also [...]

Monthly Movies: March

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Commentary on movies I’ve seen each month. Annual list.
The Departed (04-5 03 07): Good Scorsese. Now, I have to watch the original again. I really liked DiCaprio in this.
The Holiday (08 03 07): I only watched is for Kate Winslet.
Borat (10 03 07): Some of it was funny. It’s a bit sad, really.
Little Miss Sunshine [...]

Banana Bread Muffins

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

One of the recipes I am trying to perfect or adapt to my own is a good banana muffin recipe. I have a muffin pan, and I am going to use it. This is my third try with it, the first weren’t so good, but these muffins were different but still good. It is more [...]

Bees and His Dark Materials

Friday, March 16th, 2007

The disappearing bees thing has been worrying me for a bit. I love honey, and I love bees. They are quite incredible creatures and honey is liquid gold. I found a podcast from earthfiles.com (episode 10) discussing it. Did you know that 1/3 of human food supply is directly affected by bees with another 30% [...]

Birthday Cookies: Chocolate Chip 1.0

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

For my birthday, I decided to treat myself to my favourite new hobby: baking. I wanted something simple and easy: chocolate chip cookies. I did reserch and had heard about the Nestle Toll House cookie, but I’ve never seen those chips in my supermarket. Taking advice from a couple sites, I modified the cookies just [...]

Pen and Paper

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

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2/365 Days - Pen and Paper, originally uploaded by athena..

My most popular photo on flickr. Sadly, I have been neglecting my pen and my journal of late.
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