Recreational Reading

  • Movie Review: Immortals

    Today was the last day (in Holland, at least) that Immortals was playing, and since the movie looked kinda good (the whole “from the team that brought you ‘300’” thing got me) I decided to go check it out. I was planning on cashing in on the daily matinee deal, but was not really expecting…

  • 3-day baking adventure and poker night

    One of the things I wanted to accomplish on my week-long vacation this winter, other than grilling some tasty meat, was to get my baking in order for my Christmas party this weekend. What I had originally planned as a two-day baking adventure has turned into a three-day expedition, in part due to a decision…

  • I love grilling

    For the past few days, I’ve spent some time at my parents grilling, and I’ve forgotten how much I love that grill. Sunday night, after the soccer game, I had a few friends over for ribfest: Two racks of baby back ribs, seasoned in a dry rub overnight and then slow-roasted for a few hours…

  • Recipe: Cheesy bacon potato skins

    About a week and a half ago, I found myself itching to go bowling, not so I could make a fool of myself and maybe break 50, but because one of the bowling alleys around here has some really great cheesy bacon potato skins. I realized pretty quickly that going to the bowling alley specifically…

  • Pro Tip: Force HTTPS in IIS7

    I recently ran into a situation the other day where a vendor requested that traffic from visitors be required to use HTTPS. Since most users don’t make a habit of knowing when (or that they have to) type https: in the browser to establish a secure connection, this seemed like a logical enough request. My…

  • An Awesome Weekend

    Disclaimer: this is going to be a very, very long post. Friday I got the camera lens on my Evo fixed, so I can finally take clear pictures again. Take a peek… Before: my copy of Halo (which arrived a day late, by the way…way to go, Amazon) looking quite hazy. After: tasty chocolate covered…

  • Spinning the wheels

    So, no progress on the efforts to restore a sense of balance. Last week was basically a train wreck for me. It wasn’t pretty. So we try again. I have better hopes for this next week, largely because I have every intention of getting to bed at a reasonable hour tonight. I’ll need to, since…

  • Weekend Recap

    This weekend I took a break from what I hope will become a (reborn) routine and opted to play some video games. Last week I grabbed Bioshock 2 and The Force Unleashed 2 on Amazon and finally had a chance to give them a try this weekend. My (relatively spoiler-free) thoughts on them are below:…

  • Recipe: Rice Pilaf

    Sunday I had a few friends over and made an insanely awesome dinner with garlic-scented tomato salad, crusty french bread with garlic herb butter, chicken breasts stuffed with feta cheese, artichoke hearts, and roasted red bell pepper, mix greens salad, rice pilaf, and warm apple crisp for dessert. Delicious. I came up with the recipe…

  • Loving this weather

    The weather for this last week has been spectacular. Highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, cloudless skies. Naturally, I spent the entire time indoors, working, but I was delighted to check the weather tonight and find this: Unfortunately, I’m taking a few days off (aka Fall Break) starting on Thursday, so the timing…

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