Blurt!Sben

Tonight’s kitchen victory: pan pizza.

Mon., Mar. 17, 2025, 6:06:32pm PDT

Finished reading Matter by Iain M. Banks, another of his Culture stories. Some mind-blowing ideas, and a really good expansion of scope, and fundamentally a good story — let down a bit at the end by an epilogue whose tone feels a little sour compared to the rest.

Sat., Mar. 15, 2025, 11:33:05pm PDT

Ants are back, after a fairly long absence. Can’t say I’d missed them.

Fri., Mar. 14, 2025, 3:28:52pm PDT

The dude came over for dinner last night.

Mon., Mar. 10, 2025, 3:14:16pm PDT

Had Mom over for brunch yesterday, then I went over to her place to set up a soundbar for her TV.

Mon., Mar. 10, 2025, 3:13:52pm PDT

Saturday’s kitchen victory: a ton of Bolognese sauce.

Mon., Mar. 10, 2025, 3:12:51pm PDT

The dude’s band class performed on the UW Seattle campus this evening. We went with Mom; it was really good.

Mon., Mar. 3, 2025, 10:33:40pm PST

The bambina and a friend went to Capitol Hill for doughnuts.

Sat., Mar. 1, 2025, 3:25:21pm PST

We had a brief thunderstorm last night, strong winds, and Mom lost power for the first time since moving here.

Tue., Feb. 25, 2025, 7:05:16am PST

Finished reading Mordew by Alex Pheby; I finished the story about a week ago actually, but I’ve been slowly picking my way through the apocrypha at the end of the book. I picked it up solely for its Feiffer-esque front cover and the description on the back. It was Weird, grotesque, such that after I started reading it at bedtime, I had bizarre dreams inspired by book imagery, and thus banished it from the bedroom. Was it good, did I enjoy it? I’m not sure, but it was definitely compelling, and I’ll probably read his next book after some time detoxing from this one.

Sun., Feb. 23, 2025, 10:55:29pm PST

Mom and the dude came over for dinner (carbonnade flamande with Brussels sprouts).

Sun., Feb. 23, 2025, 9:44:03pm PST

Went to the Flower and Garden Festival with Meghan again.

Feb. 22, 2025, 8:52pm

Sent out a couple more resumes, hopefully (and seemingly?) easier each time.

Feb. 20, 2025, 10:34pm

Tonight’s kitchen victory: pasta with quick-’n’-easy meat sauce, and roasted broccoli: the first time using the new range.

Feb. 13, 2025, 6:41pm
Fried rice in a wok, on a grubby gas stove.

Tonight’s kitchen victory: fried rice, the last batch I’ll cook on this stove, which has served us well for 20 years.

Feb. 10, 2025, 5:45pm