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Clickie's Journal: another gelling thing!
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21 February 2008 - 11:40 pm - another gelling thing! Adding to the list of plants used for gelling. I just found out that bracken fern rhizomes, in the family Dennstaedtiaceae. Woo! Looking at the list, I note that the Japanese must be really into gelled things. Traditional Japanese desserts use glutinous rice, bracken, konnyaku, agar, and kudzu.five of the nine. 2008-02-22 09:32 am (UTC). Cornstarch gells up nicely, but you've already got Poaceae. 2008-02-22 11:01 am (UTC). 2008-02-22 11:57 am (UTC).
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Indeed: June 2004
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Things that seemed important enough at the time. Monday, June 21, 2004. Taking a page from Amul. Here's a recipe that I used the other night. (credits go to mom). Soft butter (or spread). No measurements needed, you just have to do it right :). Separate the tops and bottoms of the hot dog buns. Spread a thin layer of butter on the sides that used to be the inside of the hot dog bun (it helps if the butter is soft). Cut the buttered hot dog buns into one inch wide pieces. Wait for the oven to cool down.
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Indeed: December 2003
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Things that seemed important enough at the time. Tuesday, December 30, 2003. For anyone who didn't get my "I haven't seen you in a year" recap in the past couple of weeks:. As 2003 started I was working on secret stuff that was still pretty new to me. I was working with winter percussion for the first few months of the year as well, but most of my time was at work. I went back home for our homecoming game at ISU - well, I went back to see people, and the game was the excuse. It seemed like the year to ta...
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Clickie's Journal: reading and TV correlation?
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19 November 2007 - 09:33 pm - reading and TV correlation? From this NEA study. I guess I'm the exception that proves the rule? I must watch somewhere between 2-4 hours of TV a day, but I've already read 50 books this year. And passed my qualifying exam. 2007-11-20 05:58 am (UTC). 1 A difference of 24 minutes of TV a day doesn't really sound that significant. That's one Friends rerun. 2 12 books a year is a frequent reader? 2007-11-20 06:18 am (UTC). 2007-11-20 01:01 pm (UTC). 2007-11-20 11:24 pm (UTC).
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Clickie's Journal: swarming bugs
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24 January 2009 - 01:14 pm - swarming bugs. When it rains in California, weird bugs start swarming out of the ground. Usually it's just ants, but this storm has brought out some kind of gray swarming thing onto the patio:. Here's what one looks like at 10x magnification:. They ". come in a wide variety of decorator colors, including white, pink, yellow, green, orange, red, blue, and indigo." I'm not sure it makes me feel better to know that my swarms are tastefully colored. 2009-01-24 09:29 pm (UTC).
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Clickie's Journal: a small dream realized
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6 August 2008 - 09:13 pm - a small dream realized. I have been obsessed with sloe gin. In concept) for a pretty long while, because it's gin! Flavored with a plum-like fruit! That tastes slightly almondy! These are all things I love! Finally, I read. In the New York Times. That Plymouth started exporting a limited quantity of the Real Thing to the U.S! Yay It is plummy, with a hint of bitterness and a hint of almond. After I post this, I will probably have another, my third of the evening. I always wonde...
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Clickie's Journal: bad poster
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10 March 2008 - 11:50 pm - bad poster. I got this in an email.isn't it horrible? It just screams "Look at me! No, really, I am! It makes me sad that someone made this on purpose. 2008-03-11 04:39 pm (UTC). Index funds are interesting! They're the opposite of the lottery- a financial benefit for dumb people who actually understand how dumb they are. With no scruples. Like me. 2008-03-11 05:34 pm (UTC). Oh, I'm all for index funds; I just thought that that flyer was trying way too hard to make them AWESOME.
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Clickie's Journal: burnin'
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23 October 2007 - 02:16 pm - burnin'. The light coming in the windows is somewhat orange in tone. Outside, you can see a light ashfall covering the cars. It's very eerie. The fires aren't too near me, but the entire LA Basin is full of smoke, and I don't know if it's psychosomatic or if it's real, but I swear my lungs hurt and my thinking is not up to snuff. Bleh. 2007-10-23 10:29 pm (UTC). 2007-10-24 12:35 am (UTC). I've been wondering how all my CA people are doing. 2007-10-24 12:41 am (UTC).
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Clickie's Journal: bad luck
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18 October 2007 - 06:31 pm - bad luck. Two flat tires. Two days. Anyway, I came home after school, a bit early because I was feeling stuffy and tired. I turned into my driveway and hit the curb hard, like an idiot. When I got out of the car, I heard the hissssss of the tire going flat. Bah! This hole was in the sidewall, so UNREPAIRABLE. Fortunately, I am now quite familiar with the procedure to change the Prius's tire, so twenty minutes later, I'm headed back to the tire store. 2007-10-19 01:53 am (UTC).
