http://idiolectal.org Matt Diaz for President Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Readers over here probably haven't noticed, but readers over here certainly have noticed that I've renewed my dedication to the blogosphere of late. Anyway, as part of this pursuit, I decided that it was time to upgrade my camera. Of course, I needed a camera that can take beautiful pictures ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/04/22/new-camera/ This is the stack of books I pulled out of my bookshelf that I had started but never finished. I've had some of these for years and forever reason just didn't get into them when I started them. Maura was making fun of me for having such a huge pile of ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/04/12/the-unread-books-pile/ This is a delicious, healthy, and incredibly easy (though you can fancy it up with little work) recipe that I adapted from a recipe in the local MSM rag several years ago and have cooked a handful of times. Their recipe called for couscous, but I started replacing it with ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/04/03/quinoa-artichoke-heart-salad/ On Friday and Saturday we went to the exhibition games between the Braves and the Indians at Turner Field, the first of the 83 games we have tickets for from our season tickets. The weather was cold and wet all weekend, but I enjoyed the games and it put to ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/03/30/where-ive-been-and-will-be/ Cooking is one of my sources of little adventures in life and rabbit has been on my list of food adventures to have for a while now. I selected Rabbit Stew with a Touch of Chocolate from The New Spanish Table from among the half dozen rabbit recipes in my ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/03/16/delicious-fluffy-bunny-rabbit/ Of course blues and barbeque have a long history together, but blue ribs? I had a hankering for ribs over the weekend, and it seemed to me that there probably isn't much easier to cook in the world than ribs in the slow cooker. Slather with barbeque sauce and cook ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/03/12/blue-ribs/ In Spain, a tortilla is not one of those delicious lard-and-flower jobs that wrap our burritos. Rather, it is a thick potato omelet. Tortillas can be be made with any number of meats or vegetables as a filling. But rather than cooking the eggs and wrapping the fillings, the fillings ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/03/05/flipping-the-tortilla/ I've decided that I should be drinking more wine, making a glass with dinner a more common occurrence. I enjoy a glass of wine, the health benefits are well known, and it's a great way to wind down from a long day or loosen up a bit for a ... http://idiolectal.org/2008/03/03/pretty-bottles/ It begins: http://idiolectal.org/2008/02/25/it-begins/ Maura got me herbs for Valentine's day. Well, they will be herbs some day if they can survive my brown-nay-black plague-thumb. These will be salsa one day! These will be... ummm... Italian-y goodness. For now though, it's all just dirt. http://idiolectal.org/2008/02/20/herbs/