I guess. Tuesday was the election and in some respects the good guys won. We got rid of our evil governor here in WI, but as my colleague Meredith said Wednesday, “he’s already sold the farm to Foxconn.” And the map of our state still looks alarmingly red. New York Times WI election results Of … [Read more…]
Gawd, I started this post a week ago … thinking I’d write about Fall food. It’s just the ever present dread, and the news is so awful – omigod Pittsburgh … and letter bombs … and executive orders to take away natural born citizenship. Not to mention iSchool and advising week, 35-30-minute appointments with students … [Read more…]
I’m at work but I’m waiting for some video to upload and it’s been cranking away for kind of a long time while I worked on some slides for tomorrow’s class – and with the way all Apple products, like Keynote that I was using for my slides – are all backing up to iCloud … [Read more…]
I saw Garbage at Madison WI’s new concert venue The Sylvee. It’s named after Sylvia Frank, the late wife of Herb Frank. They founded a family business, Frank Productions, that started off booking concerts at the Dane County Coliseum, and grew to booking live concerts all over the country. Still family run, at least until … [Read more…]
On Wednesday I went to Chicago to see Robyn Hitchcock. I took the bus both ways, left at 1:00 Wednesday and was back in Madison by 12:30 Thursday so it was a quick trip. Fun though. Robyn had an electric band with him, so I was hoping for more Soft Boys and Egyptians tunes, and … [Read more…]
How does this happen, I think I am writing more, and then I look back at postings and I haven’t done anything for almost a week. I got a new iPhone on Thursday and I’ve been getting all my apps and preferences back to what I’m used to, so I guess I could say that’s … [Read more…]
I think I used to be more interesting than I am now, or more diligent. Or maybe I just had more time. Case in point – here’s this year’s First Weekend of Fall post, and a prior, same title, from 2012. I was cooking more, School Woods was still up and running, celebrating 6 years, … [Read more…]
And it’s still September. Not a very Wisconsinite thing to do, but our exchange student has been complaining of the cold, and upstairs, Mark turned his on already. The thermostat was in sleep mode, set at 62° and it was still 65° in the house, so I had to bump it up to 66° just … [Read more…]
I guess Saturday was the first day of fall, the Autumnal Equinox. I did a bunch of Fall-ish cooking things, including dealing with my 25 pounds of plum tomatoes that I biked up to the Square and purchased on Wednesday morning. In the freezer, I now have a quart of herbed, chunky tomato sauce, one … [Read more…]
Wow, I’ve not written for the same amount of time that was the out of date-ness of the milk that I tried to microwave for my coffee this morning, that turned into yogurt, or almost cottage cheese really, with the application of heat – curds and whey. It’s been busy and I’ve been forgetting, akin … [Read more…]