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05/15/2006 14:17 #24986

Sugar Plum
Category: beauty
Not that I'm usually a person who gives nto the cult of consumerism . . .
But . . .
there is something quite powerful about buying an overpriced lipstick (sugar plum) and eyeshadow

Many thanks to my shopping buddy M for her dedicated research and worthy advice.

05/09/2006 19:36 #24985

Kara's Ro Ro Rollups
Category: food
This was inspired by the latest Wegman's Menu magazine. They showed a picture of their pre-made wraps alongside a delicious pasta salad. I recreated both, though I will only show the recipe for the wraps here.
Ingredients
1/4 jar roasted red peppers
deli-sliced roast beef
thin sliced provolone cheese
tortilla shells / wraps, go for a fun flavor like spinach or sun-dried tomato
spinach, chopped roughly
Tools
knife
toothpicks
Steps
Dice the roasted red peppers and allow them to drain on a paper towel.
Lay the tortilla shells flat on a plate. Layer the cheese, then the spinach (or other leafy green), then the roasted red peppers, then the roast beef.
Roll tightly from one end, leaving the seam side down.
Place 4-5 toothpicks in the roll.
Slice on an angle.
Trim the ends where no filling is present.

Bring the plate to the table.

That's it. If you think it would be too dry for your tastes, a thin layer of spiced up mayo (try paprika) or a small bowl of vinaigrette dressing for dipping would help.
Mostly I just love the name I came up with for this. ROast beef. ROasted Red Peppers. Outstanding.
mrdt - 05/09/06 20:19
if you want to get a little crazy with this you could mix some cream cheese with horseradish and substitute for the provolone, and try arugala instead of the spinach.

05/05/2006 11:45 #24984

What I'm reading
Category: potpourri
Onebag
Gluten Free Girl - not because I want to be on a gluten-free diet - I love flour - but because a diet based on veggies and fruits, especially with summer and farmer's markets just around the corner, is appealing to me.
Ireland.com - for obvious reasons.

05/02/2006 20:40 #24983

Random Stuff
Category: potpourri
A random link
I like the egg one the most.

I talked with my grandpa on the phone just a few minutes ago. This may not seem like a big deal to most people, but the man has been terribly hard-of-hearing since before I was born. State-of-the-art hearing aids (digital, no less) help him hear normal conversation, as long as you talk directly toward him slowly and clearly. We just got them a cell phone, and the volume on it is loud enough for him to hear and comprehend. We had an entire conversation where I didn't have to repeat myself - that's not something I remember happening often.
So, thank you, cell phone company maker. You've given my grandpa the chance to be one of the cool kids and whip out a cell phone to hold obnoxious conversations in public places.
Wait until I teach him how to text message. Look out, world. They already know how to email and send IMs; this will make them much more dangerous :)

And finally, more proof that the current administration is well into its campaign to destroy the US health care system. Kudos, esteemed senators. I bet taking away access to mammograms in every state, well-child care in most states and dozens of other life saving procedures makes your corporate overlords happy.

05/02/2006 12:18 #24982

New Design
Category: design
Medaille College has a new design.

The concept came from a communications firm, but the code is all from me (with several generous assists from sites with cool, free javascript).
Hurrah.
kara - 05/02/06 20:42
It was the design before the previous design that was so sucky. Slow and bloated. There are still some remnants of that code that I am working hard to destroy.
The dropdown thing in FF has something to do with the way the widths in the CSS render. That's right - the navigation uses CSS, with only a little javascript to do something called the csshover.htc :::link:::

(e:scott) sent me these numbers and they shock me too:
:::link:::
I'm going to compare them to the stats on our site tomorrow.
scott - 05/02/06 15:27
It looks pretty dern good!

I like the layout and the CSS work. Pretty design and easy to navigate.

One little note: The dropdowns don't quite work properly in Mozilla FireFox(firefox 1.5.0.2).
(That's common with free javascript navigation code out there.)

Works fine in IE though.

I can send you screenshots if you'd like.

Aside from the browser trouble, the site itself looks really nice. Good work!

(I'm a habitual tester, since my job includes testing sites in different browsers.)

paul - 05/02/06 12:31
That's so awesome and it is so much snappier than the old one. We always used to make fun of how slow the medaille site was.