Guppies are pretty … awful

When I was a kid, I just saw guppies as pretty. Now I see them with different eyes. The males constantly harassing the females. The females constantly at some stage of pregnancy. The fry always in danger of being eaten. But they don’t all get eaten, and some of them are turning out quite pretty.

Re: Mort

In Mort, Terry Pratchett gives us the first in-depth look at the life of Death. The scythe. The room full of life-timers. The great white charger, Binky. Death goes on holiday, leaving his apprentice, Mort, in charge. Maybe not such a good idea, considering that young Mortimer was the last lad on offer on prenticing […]

Re: A Feast for Crows

Like many another sucker I eagerly dived into A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin and quickly found myself saying, Where did everybody go? Who are these people? What does this have to do with anything?

Would you like a bit of snow on your greens?

The first bit of snow started drifting down last night, leaving just a light frosting, not even enough to hold a cat’s pawprint. I think there’s more snow gathered in these collard leaves than ever hit the ground. By the way, these are the same plants that were looking so droopy last week. Tough plants, […]

Re: Just Do It

There’s been a bit of buzz in this past year about couples who commit to having sex every day for n days. A whole year. 100 days. A week. So I finally managed to read one of these books, and really all the advice in it can be gleaned from the title, Just Do It.

Re: A Storm of Swords

When I picked a throughly read copy of A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin at the library, the book’s binding was coming apart. There’s a reason why this is also known as A Storm of Words. Despite the warning signs of bloat, I had a terrific time reading this book.

Re: A Clash of Kings

After finishing Game of Thrones, I had no trouble at all getting into A Clash of Kings, by George R. R. Martin. But I could only read for short stretches, as mostly lots of bad things happen, horrible, gruesome, fascinating bad things.

The Reddened

I know it’s silly (as if writing in a blog wasn’t silly) to get excited about this, but every single one of the tomatoes I picked turned red! We’ve been cooking our way into the basket, and they even have tomato nature in their flavor. A bit acid and not at all sweet, but definitely […]

Re: Game of Thrones

Winter is coming. Don’t let that mild spell fool you. Or the glacial pace of winter’s arrival. It’s coming to get you. Eventually. I think that’s the message of George R. R. Martin‘s Song of Ice and Fire series. And yes, the books have been around for a while, and yes, a lot of people […]

Sweet Potato Pie

As I commented yesterday, today I baked Sweet Potato Pie, using Alton Brown’s recipe. Here it is, fresh from the oven. This being my third pie, I had no problem making my own crust. I started with apple pie. And you can hardly fail to follow up on Thanksgiving without making a turkey pot pie. […]