Shoes and Pie

I'm a verbivore!

Phooey.

I got nothin’ tonight. Here, stack these together, cover them with whipped cream, and call them icebox cake: I completely forgot about swinging by the tattoo shop until I was almost home from work, so that’s postponed for at least another day. I tried a Morningstar Farms veggie corn dog for dinner. It wasn’t terrible, [...]

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Tue, April 22 2008 » food, holidays » No Comments

Pie Reaches 9 On ScottScale, Baker Is Willing To Stop There

Yep, that’s right folks, my key lime pie is THIIIIIS close to Absolute Perfection. Scott tried to give me an 8.5 or 8.75, but I wasn’t giving in to that. He acquiesced to a 9 when I insisted (pouted). I agree with him that the texture is keeping it from being a perfect 10, but [...]

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Tue, April 22 2008 » food » 4 Comments

time for fresh ink

I have a tattoo. One, measly, “baby’s first” tattoo. Yes, I realize that it’s one more than a lot of people have, but me… I’d wanted ink since I was in my early teens. The catch was waiting to turn 18… and then trying to find something that I could live with FOREVER. The design [...]

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Sun, April 20 2008 » tattoo » 7 Comments

Nom de Vivre

Here on this side of the screen, I go by Tiddleywink (or AmpersandRanch), but in RL, my name, and accompanying business email address, begins with a G. It’s also pronounced like a G, not a J, although that shouldn’t have any bearing on the rest of this tale… A particular project at work involved my [...]

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Thu, April 17 2008 » Ultra Maroon » 5 Comments

Overheard from my big mouth

On Tuesday night, I went over to my friend Scott’s place for dinner. He cooked a nice meal, I brought some not-bad beer, and when we were done, he turned on his giant TV so I could watch the baseball game. But the digital cable was out. So Scott called Comcast, and the tech support [...]

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Wed, April 16 2008 » big fat mouth » 5 Comments