Ruminations

The University was gracious enough to send me out this year to Portland for RailsConf, the big gathering of Ruby on Rails developers and users. The best part about it for me has been the opportunity to finally meet in person several people I’ve only known via the Internet until now: Seth, for whom I [...]

We were treated to a Ukelele/Accordion duet this evening:

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Please join us in congratulating Kathy McMains and Julie Henry, recipients of the 2007 IT Scholarships. Kathy and Julie will receive $500 scholarships through the Office of Student Financial Aid this Fall.
Kathy McMains, a sophomore working toward a Bachelor of Recreational Administration degree, is the wife of Sean McMains, Senior Programmer Analyst [...]

Yesterday marked both the completion of Emily’s 15th year and Mother’s Day, one of those Hallmark-manufactured holidays where, unless you’re a Mother, the best you can hope to do is break even.
We started Mother’s Day with a parade of presents — coffee, chocolate, a piece of wood with nails in the shape of a smiley [...]

Here’s another of my favorite salsa recipes: salsa cruda, or pico de gallo. This one actually violates one of my salsa-making commandments — get all the taste buds firing at once — by leaving out anything bitter. You can add garlic to fill that gap, but I find this combination without the garlic very nice.

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