My brother's stories about his childhood

He tells the most bloodcurdling tales, honestly you'd believe he thought we were trying to kill him...

From kidz

6th sense technology

Very cool stuff...

Over a year since she was murdered

Memorial March for Martine Magnussen
the suspect still has not faced trial.

Ratcatcher post

I was thinking I was wearing my ratcatcher here, but doesn't look like it.  A ratcatcher is a special shirt worn by equestrians for dress up I guess is the best way to describe it.
This picture was taken in Festus, Missouri in about 1974.  It's me and my dad.  The horse is Carrigan, I was told he was a descendant of Man of War a famous race horse.

Kalyway Hackintosh

First let me tell you that we did buy an install disk, in fact my dad has three install disks, so the license is paid for.  But since I don't know how to apply the patch myself I downloaded one of the Kalyway distributions.  It was exciting to install it last night and see it work fairly well on the old hard drive of my Dell pc; that is I had no sound and no wireless, but otherwise it was a near Mac experience.  Here's what it looked like:

I think that's the aurora borealis glow off of Dave's elbow, actually the standard Leopard desktop image.  Since that effort put me back quite a bit on my REM time I tried hard to make up for that by cooking good food today.  Here's what it looked like:

I got the recipe from the October issue of Prevention magazine.  We keep it on the bathroom floor for lack of better inspiration in that room.  Anyway, here's the recipe:

Prepare  8 oz whole wheat rotini according to package directions.  (I simply boiled some noodles)  In medium saucepan, simmer 1/2 12 oz package frozen butternut squash (I bought an unknown variety on the hoof out near the bus station) until combined.  Remove from heat and mix with 1 c shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese, ( no Cheddar here, just whatever) 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp dry mustard, and pepper to taste.  (I added Lebanese zatar)  Pour drained pasta in to baking dish stir in cheese mixture and top with 1 Tbsp each Parmesan and bread crumbs.  Bake at 375 F for 20 minutes. 

I also added 2 beaten eggs to the squash.  It was kind of a fun way to hack mac and cheese.
As we were eating I dug the label for the noodles out of the trash can to wonder what they used to make them green..."spinach?", we wondered...here are the ingredients:


durum wheat semolina, wheat germ, red chili, black squid ink, dehydrated beet root.  Contains fish...

Anyway it was vegetarian.  I topped mine with chopped walnuts to give my plate a real gourmet effect, it tasted great and I was glad for the crunch as I wondered about the nutritional benefits of black squid ink.