Monthly Archives: January 2009

Two Good Meals of Venison

I received the picture that was taken during the meal and was too eager to share it to wait for me to do a real write up.Β Β  Venison medallions with a pan sauce made from the juices of the tenderloin and garlic, roasted asparagus served cold, and roasted red potatoes. But just one picture seemed [...]

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Law and Order in the Laundromat

Ever since my clothes got burned up in a laundry accident at my apartment, I go to a laundromat to wash my clothes.Β  I used to have a real negative vibe with laundromats for some reason.Β  Now I appreciate the ability to do all my laundry in an hour.Β  Though I would prefer a washer [...]

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The Third Diaspora

The concept behind this short piece of fiction started when a friend wrote a short piece of fiction about a guy who was working at a particle collider and dealing with all sorts of bizarreness.Β  It was inspirational and I wanted to piece together an anthology of similar stories… common people in crazy circumstances.Β  Even [...]

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Cooking Bambi

Maybe it was Bambi’s dad.Β  I don’t know.Β  I can’t say.Β  I wasn’t there when the animal was shot.Β  This is what I know, aΒ  good friend’s boyfriend brought fresh venison (fresh as in killed in December, not freshly butchered) down from the Upper Peninsula.Β  Wait, I read some statistic somewhere that Americans are clueless [...]

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Quick Fix: Chicken Pot Pie

Originally postedΒ  March 12, 2008 As a single man in the city, I sometimes struggle with the concept of eating well.Β  Sometimes eating well to me is not eating the entire bag of tortilla chips.Β  I was discussing the process of making dinner with a coworker and he talked about making chicken pot pie by [...]

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Map Theory

Originally published Wednesday, October 06, 2004 Maps are windows to the past, though many hold a map and pretend they see the future. β€œHere is where I will go,” they say pointing to a location on a map. That location represents their future to them, but it is actually the past. If I hold a [...]

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