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MY PEOPLE Thomas Butler, my great great great great grandfather was a wool weaver. I hope to find him today, sleeping in his homespun at St. Catherine’s. But my Irish roots are right here at th...

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We spent most of yesterday afternoon making dinner – tandoori chicken, chapatis, and aloo gobi. Although we usually make tandoori chicken with a mix, yesterday we made it from scratch, which is...

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This weekend, someone I never met passed away quietly in his sleep. Bob was a frequent poster on a mailing list that I’ve been on since the very beginning – the FoodWine mailing list – wher...

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This evening I discovered that the electrical outlets in my garage are wired in series. I discovered this because one of them is a GFI outlet, and something tripped it. I discovered it via the si...

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Another Pumpkin Day has come and gone, and it was a huge amount of fun, as usual. It was very well attended, and there seemed to be dozens and dozens of kids, all of whom were yelling at any give...

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While in Orlando, we had dinner at Texas de Brazil, which was an excellent (if somewhat pricey) Churrascaria. Highly recommended. Sim, por favor!

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Turns out that, as of roughly a month ago, there is in fact an Ethiopian restaurant in Lexington. It’s right at Euclid and Ashland, near Chevy Chase, just a few minutes from UK. They are only o...

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In preparation for Labor Day, I tried to get the grill working. Since the grill has probably not been fired up in about 3 years, it’s not in the best shape. As I started cleaning out the old la...

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After some geocaching yesterday, and a couple hours writing, I ran into Steve Mallet. Steve always seems to know what’s going on. Yesterday, for example, he knew that Drupal was having a confer...

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I just discovered that I really don’t much enjoy Geocaching alone. It’s so much more fun with Sarah. I found one, but kinda lost the passion for it. Perhaps I can persuade one or two other fo...

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