Archive for March, 2011
Supply & Demand: Hotel Rooms
I was checking for hotel rooms at my daughter’s college for an upcoming trip. I found a hotel in the area that I have become comfortable with. Good clean rooms, and a nice complementary breakfast. So this is where we usually stay when visiting. I went on-line and the rooms jumped over 60% for one [...]
What Final Four? Busted Bracket!
It wasn’t North Carolina, it was Kansas. They took down my last hope of having any team that I picked in the Final Four. I don’t think I have ever never had at least one Final Four team that I picked in the Final Four. I knew this year would be crazy, or should I say [...]
Hidden New Car Costs
I got the fever this spring, and I am not talking spring fever. It’s new car fever! I don’t buy a new car very often, my mantra is find a car you like then keep it until you drive it into the ground. I literally did that to my Camry a few years back with 250,000 [...]
Chicken Tempura
It’s not quite nuggets, but it is 100% whole breast chicken meat. I made a spicy Chinese dish last night with broccoli, carrots, pineapple, water chestnuts in a sweet and spicy hot sauce. I wanted to add chopped pan fried chicken to the mix. So I cut up 1 1 /2 pounds of chicken breast [...]
Crop Walk 2011
It competed against basketball, but the 37th annual Durham Crop Walk turned a good crowd yesterday on the Duke Campus. It was fun and a privilege to be the emcee again for the event. The crowd was festive and the band played before the walk. My favorite activity was watching Wool E. Bull use his [...]
Irish Soda Bread 2011
For St. Patrick’s Day I whipped up a batch of my mom’s Irish Soda Bread. She made this bread for me when I was a child and I still love it. For St. Patrick’s Day she would die the bread green. No, the green didn’t make the bread look moldy, but it did look unusual. I added [...]
Weed & Feed The Yard
It almost seems appropriate that as St. Patrick’s Day approaches things start to green up. I have noticed my grass getting greener. I better get the lawn mower out to see if it still starts when I will need it. The last time I cut the grass was December 4th when after finishing the grass, it [...]
Atomic Clocks
The old phrase: “set your clocks ahead” for daylight saving time, might becoming obsolete. I used to run around the house, twice a year changing all the clocks in my house. I like the time to be as accurate as possible, so I would set them to the second if I could. I have about [...]
Comparing Cars’ MPGs
I have been trying to decide on a possible new car. My choices have been narrowed down to two competing, but almost equivalent models. One of the differences is the estimated miles per gallon. With gas prices soaring this difference is becoming important. In my case car #1 gets 21 mpg overall while car #2 [...]
Mardi Gras Pasta
Someone had left some entrees out in my work’s break room. Food left on the table is meant for everyone. The dish that caught my eye was pasta. I really wanted to try a bite, but I had no idea where the food came from or how long it had been there….at least 12 hours [...]
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