I am baking cake right now. This lovely chocolate cake (but with substitutions: balsamic vinegar in place of white vinegar and melted butter in place of oil). Seeing (smelling) as how the cake has turned my apartment into a den of chocolate-scented bliss, it doesn't even matter if the cake turns out. Its work here is done.
Though I've been neglecting my own site (to the extent of forgetting to renew my domain, hence this weekend's outage), I still read a lot of blogs. Some of them are connected in mysterious ways. I've seen announcements for the same birth popping up all over in places I never would have expected.
I have been trying to acquire a wide angle zoom lens (trials, tribulations). My requirements are apparently too stringent. I insist that the lens be capable of focussing. Out-of-focus shots resulting from photographer error I can accept, and do rather more often than I'd like, but the lens ought to have better optical properties than I do. I've already exchanged this lens once and tomorrow I'm shipping the replacement back to the shop. Will the third time be the charm? Eh. I think I'll put this project on hold for a while.
205 words | February 4, 2008 09:41 PM | KitchenI should bake something one of these days. I've been having chocolate chip cookie cravings....
In other news, I'll be teaching in Kansas, starting this fall. Don't ask about plans for the move, etc.: we haven't got any yet!
Posted by: Jonathan Dresner at February 5, 2008 04:34 AMCongratulations on the job! Woody's family must be excited to have y'all back in state. We would have liked to see you on the Eastern Seaboard, of course, or in Hawaii at least until we can manage to take a vacation, but we'll settle for the continental US.
Posted by: 100 word minimum at February 5, 2008 06:30 AMHi, I am updating the website for St. Patrick's Church and would like to use a photo from your Flicker stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/100wordminimum/434239849/
It is a fish-eye of the Irish Festival. Would you mind if I post it on the new site (I'll credit you)?
My email is above.
Thanks!
Beth Gilbert
Ahhh, some of your loyal readers out here were wondering what's happened to your fine postings?
:-)
j.
Oh, the guilt! The posts aren't making it out of my brain and into the machine. Tired and busy is a bad combination. I think I need to set up a writing schedule and stick to it, because the "whenever" schedule isn't working.
Posted by: 100 word minimum at March 11, 2008 06:57 AMA writing schedule? Yeah-- don't we all...! ;-p
Go for it, I say!
J.
Posted by: Janice at March 16, 2008 06:56 PM