this is one of my favorite spots in town:
builders concrete
follow the link for for a 360 panorama of the inside !
Archive > January 2005
builders concrete
bug me not
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BugMeNot.com was created as a mechanism to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times).
(currently with 49443 sites liberated !)
phrase origin: …llike the dickens
“Like the Dickens”
Meaning
A lot; as in ‘hurts like the dickens’.
Origin
Nothing to do with Charles Dickens. Dickens is a euphemism for the word devil, possibly via devilkins. Shakespeare used it in ‘the Merry Wives of Windsor: ‘I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him of.’
from www.phrases.org.uk/
french cuisine 101
after watching way too much Chef Sakai on “Iron Chef”, I’ve been reading my French cookbooks, and have just started baking my first attempt - pate ! We’ll see how it turns out…stay tuned !
(Pureed meat is not the prettiest thing)
beck hanson, guero
I’ve barely been able to get past track 2 (”Que Onda Guero”), because I keep hitting repeat and re-listening to it in my car.
“see the vegetable man in the vegetable van with a car horn honking like a mariachi band”
This album reminds me of the flow of mellowgold/odelay with a bit more rockier edge.
as far [...]
tragedy (a joke)
One day an English teacher asked her class if they knew the definition of a tragedy. One boy said it would be a tragedy if the principal died in the middle of the night. The teacher said, “No, though that would be a great loss.” Another said it would be a tragedy if someone accidentally [...]
