Today a soup that I discovered accidentally. It’s influenced by a lot of Chinese and Japanese style soups that I have consumed over the years, but I can’t claim that it actually has any real authentic connection to those cuisines. I threw this together one night in a miracle after a late day at work. So here we go.
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Archive for February, 2010
Dinner in Half an Hour: Mushroom Soup
February 17th, 2010 by psuBiowary
February 16th, 2010 by peterbFear not, gentle readers. Although the curséd groundhog has predicted six more weeks of winter, and although the frightful weather seems to bear him out, I can promise you that Spring is just around the corner. How do I know this? Because this was the week that I decided to switch back to playing Xbox 360 games on the couch instead of Windows games on the desktop PC. (more…)
Side Dish in 20 Minutes
February 12th, 2010 by psuToday, a good all purpose side dish that’s stupidly easy. This is my lame version of roasted brussels sprouts, in which I have tried and failed to duplicate what they do at Legume. Mine are good, but not quite that good. I’ll even do a vegetarian version in addition to the one with bacon.
Mac Gaming: Tales of Monkey Island Released!
February 11th, 2010 by peterbThose of you who are regular readers know that I despise (and, in fact, frequently make fun of) gaming web sites that update a thousand times a day by, more or less, just republishing game company press releases. But today something happened that I think warrants doing essentially that. (more…)
Let it Snow
February 9th, 2010 by psuI feel I have to come clean about this. The recent incredible snowfall in Pittsburgh is my fault. I present the following facts in evidence. Fact: The last storm like this to hit Pittsburgh happened in 1994. Fact: That year I had rented a condo that had inside parking. I was very happy to have inside parking during that storm. Fact: Since then I’ve lived in house that lacked inside parking. Fact: During that time Pittsburgh has been mostly free of huge snowfall. Fact: This year we’ve done renovations on the house which include a new garage. So, just before this huge storm, I had inside parking again.
So, in light of all of this, let me just apologize. Hopefully this won’t happen again next year too. It would be a pain to take the garage down.
Why Football is Better Than Your Favorite Sport
February 8th, 2010 by psuOf course by “football” I mean American football and by “sport” I mostly mean “American Sport”. I certainly do not mean “rest of the world” football, which Americans call soccer. If your favorite sport is soccer than we can just agree now that you will hate me and I will feel sorry for you. With the Super Bowl once again upon us I have been ruminating about why football in general, and the NFL in particular, is clearly the best sport in the country. I thought I stole this idea from Chuck Klosterman, who wrote an excellent essay about football in his recent book Eating the Dinosaur. It turns out that his essay did not say what I thought it did, but it did tickle me to ruminate about this subject for a while. So why, exactly, is football better?
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So You Want to Sell Me a Bag
February 4th, 2010 by psuLong time readers of the site will be familiar with my problem with bags. At times I have an almost pathological need to shop for them. So it was a mixed blessing when I was told by the powers that be that I would be “allowed” to look for a new computer bag. I had become, for no reason, unhappy with my backpack. A year and a half ago, the pack was perfect, but no longer. Bag shopping is a bit different now than even a few years ago because almost every vendor is now on the Intertubes. It’s possible, in a few short evenings, to study a huge cross section of the available hardware. Here is what you learn.
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