http://briansp.com/blog Here's to the ladies who lunch... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Courtesy of xkcd.com http://briansp.com/blog/2010/03/10/404/ Or, better yet, "Ho, Ho, Ho, the humanity!”... http://briansp.com/blog/2009/11/30/397/ Like the rest of the world, cold weather makes me yearn for comfort foods. I had some leftover Meatballs in Red Wine Gravy (which my husband really likes) and wanted to serve those with mashed potatoes, but felt the yearning for a vegetable accompaniment. Cabbage seemed appropriate, and I wanted ... http://briansp.com/blog/2009/11/23/396/ This is my version of something I had at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, where I was last week for a technical conference related to my paid work. I was surprised throughout the three days that the conference offered meals how good the food was, despite the fact they were ... http://briansp.com/blog/2009/11/18/394/ I like to cook, and my husband likes to eat, and we like to share, so we often have a friend or two over to share a weeknight meal. Our friend Kevin, who practices family medicine and obstetrics near Detroit, has been our regular diner for some time now, and ... http://briansp.com/blog/2009/11/17/392/ As usual, this is my variation of something I found elsewhere, this time on Epicurious. My idea for this pasta was to create a sauce that would capitalize on the inherent creaminess of fresh corn, and to use the vegetables in both their uncooked and cooked forms. Fresh, good local corn ... http://briansp.com/blog/2009/06/22/387/ If memory serves, I discovered Laurie King's "Mary Russell" books from Diane Rehm's "book group". I've never read the Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes" mysteries (for some reason the Holmes character didn't particularly interest me, perhaps because of the ham-handed way Star Trek: The Next Generation used the trope), but for ... http://briansp.com/blog/2009/06/08/386/ http://briansp.com/blog/2009/05/08/385/ This has been floating around for a while, but I saw it at the back of this month's "Windows IT Professional" (*sigh*). My previous employer changed its name from "Nephros Therapeutics" to "RenaMed", which meant that they re-named the company to renamed.com. That company is, shockingly, no longer in business. But that's ... http://briansp.com/blog/2009/05/06/384/ OMG I love this bird. And I *hate* cockatoo and cockatiels. I had one as a kid, which apparently had been abused. Somehow I still have all of my fingers, despite the fact that the bird tried to remove them. TOTH to MadPriest. http://briansp.com/blog/2009/05/05/383/