Category: family

09/08/11 09:37 - ID#55114

Mike's old room

Not sure how this is fair but (e:Mike) moves out from the parents' house and I end up having to paint his old room.

My dad helped out a bunch although we had differing views on what constitutes complete. Strangely, I was the more picky one which makes me question if I am more of a pain in the butt then my father.

My mom chose bright yellow to paint over the blue. It was hard to make the blue not shine through. I know we could have primed but the paint didn't call for that.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 09/08/11 08:09

Category: animals

09/05/11 12:37 - ID#55098

Creepy Cutey

I found this weird little animal on the net. Not sure what it is and there was no additional info with the pic. It looks like a baby bat.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 09/05/11 12:37

Category: hiking

09/04/11 11:31 - ID#55096

At Niagara Gorge

I had a nice day hiking the gorge with (e:Mike) and (e:libertad). They are perfect for each other. I found some really delicious wild grapes. Hiking the gorge is way easier in the fall than in the spring when I am much more out of shape.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 09/05/11 12:23

Category: food

09/04/11 11:26 - ID#55095

Pears, pears everywhere

There are so many pears this year it is unreal.

The bird sat in the tree with me while I collected them. He kept calling to me every 10 seconds when I went a few feet away. Unless I responsed he would freak out.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 09/05/11 12:23

Category: chemicals

09/04/11 08:14 - ID#55093

My Dishsoap

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 09/04/11 08:14

Category: pets

09/04/11 02:15 - ID#55089

Bird Bath

The bird freaked out when I left the computer where he was perched to take a shower so I decided I would take it with me.

At first he perched on the curtain rod. I kept splashing him and he freaked out until he jumped on my shoulder and got blasted with the shower. At first he seemed scared and ran down my arms but then it was right back up under the water where he seemed to really enjoy splashing and cleaning his feathers.

When it was time for me to soap up I put him on the soap rack where he preened his feathers. Its amazing how much smaller he looked when wet.

Afterwards, I blow dried him while he sat on my shoulder. It was so cute.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: buffalo

09/04/11 12:23 - ID#55086

Tugboat Rebecca Lynn Pushes Oil Tanker Down the Canal

(e:terry) and I were on a bike ride that included squaw island yesterday. When we got there, a giant oil tanker was bring pushed through the canal. I didn't even know giant oil tankers came through here. Nor did I realize just how big the exhaust pipes on those are. You can see it at the end of the video.

Imagine if that thing spilled. The falls would be destroyed forever.

Here is the half of a bikeride worth of tracking data. I forgot to turn it on during the way there.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: biking

09/03/11 07:46 - ID#55083

Biking at the end of the world

It takes all my effort to not jump in the river.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 09/03/11 07:46

Category: alcohol

09/03/11 02:34 - ID#55080

Little Fancies

I went with mini top shelf bottles so that we could taste more flavors without getting sick. The only glaring exception was the UV cake vodka. Believe or not their is no premium cake vodka that I could find, lol. So I went with the next best thing Faretti Biscotti Famosi liqueur has a recipe based on nuts, fennel, citrus and caramel and which tastes like biscotti.

I am particularly excited about frangelico hazelnut liqueur.

I also finally got the Italian lemon frenetic liqueur I wanted for the last million years.

tinypliny writes at 12:45:54 09/04/11 - Comment #64785: Yeah, a fresh salad with red and black raspberries, Madagascar vanilla, Moroccan citrus peel, honey sounds with cashews and almonds sounds pretty delicious.

paul writes at 12:31:48 09/04/11 - Comment #64784: No wonder chambord royale is so good: "Chambord is made from red and black raspberries, Madagascar vanilla, Moroccan citrus peel, honey and cognac." I should make my own.

paul writes at 12:06:27 09/04/11 - Comment #64780: I never thought I would say this about (e:mike)'s birthday party at his first apartment but it was the most responsible drinking party I was ever at. I was even able to drive completely sober at 2am. I think that mini bottles is the way to go from now on. In face all of them were 50% full when I left and the lemon drink was 3/4 full. Mike promised to keep the lemon drink for me. Lets see how that goes. I at least want my mom to try it.

In general there was enough liquor for each person to have their own personal bottle. I guess (e:mike) and (e:libertad) get a good start at having their own liquor cabinet that they can make mixed drinks with.

For the mini bottles:
Faretti Biscotti - delicious as a mixer - I am not a big fan of fennel.
Frangelico - One of the best tasting liqueurs I ever had. It almost tastes like liquid nutella. I think if you mixed it with a dark chocolate liquor you could make an excellent nutella flavored cocktail.
Chambord Royale: A deep blackberry flavored liquor :::link:::
St Germain: The elderflower taste is so sweet and delicious. Great mixed with champagne.

metalpeter writes at 07:57:16 09/03/11 - Comment #64769: UV Cake sounds interesting...

lilho writes at 04:43:26 09/03/11 - Comment #64768: You're so cute. I can't wait to see you again... Honeybadger is coming too. Caviar fancy mini bottles champagne oysters?! Did I miss anything?