It was 6°F (-14°C) outside when I woke up. Looked out at ice accumulating on the Mississippi and decided I’m not going anywhere this morning. The “rock” sticking out of the ice is a slowly crumbling pier for the old 10th Avenue Bridge. The bridge was torn down for scrap in 1943.
Category: Home Living
Saturday Evening Routine
After our travels, we’re back to our Saturday evening home routine: dim the lights for a movie, ice cream in the intermission.
Filling the Fridge
Started filling the fridge.
Tip-the-Fridge Week Finale
Prepared the final meals for Tip-the-Fridge Week: strata, ready to bake; risotto patties, ready to fry; vegetable soup. Stale bread, leftover vegetables, homemade stock, and leftover risotto all came from the freezer. I used up all our eggs and most of our milk.
Tip-The-Fridge Week
It’s Tip-the-Fridge Week. You can hide a lot in a pot pie.
Condo Board
Voted for some really talented people to serve on our condo board.
Bike Rack Installation
Finally installed the bike rack on our car. Through choice I haven’t even driven a car since January, and that was to take our other car on a one-way trip to a nonprofit.
In Praise of Tactile Controls
Posted In Praise of Tactile Controls.
In Praise of Tactile Controls
The Navy will begin reverting destroyers back to a physical throttle and traditional helm control system in the next 18 to 24 months, after the fleet overwhelmingly said they prefer mechanical controls to touchscreen systems in the aftermath of the fatal USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) collision.The investigation into the collision showed that a touchscreen…… Continue reading In Praise of Tactile Controls
Jerk Chicken
Made jerk chicken marinade. For something so simple, there’s a surprising number of ingredients. A coffee grinder we keep for spices and an immersion blender brought all this together in short order. I froze half for another day.