Like I said before, this week marks one year being in Minnesota and at my job. I’m really surprised it’s already been a year, it went by so fast.
It doesn’t seem that long ago I was driving my little car packed with all of my belongings toward my new home.
Hmm, now what?
A.H. Belo reports $7.1M second-quarter loss
I came to Minnesota for my current job about a year ago. Before I made the long drive and battle against the heavy winters, I had the choice to go to the Dallas Morning News, which is owned by Belo. Despite favoring MPR initially, it was still a tough choice. A bonus offer was thrown at me from Dallas, I’d be working in a medium I was more familiar with and the weather was a bit more forgiving. On the surface, Dallas seemed to be the safer choice.
Obviously I chose MPR. Needless to say, if I’d gone with Dallas I would probably be unemployed right now.
Sometimes you’ve just got to go with your gut.
Went about 40 miles today, on a new route around five different lakes in the Twin Cities. I know, I know; it’s no Tour de France, but a good ride nonetheless. A lot of fun, but part of the ride was very crowded. I hate having to pass people, or wait, then pass. Kind of takes the wind out of your sails. The best part was that I did a circuit, so I didn’t have to ride back the same way except for the part near my neighborhood.
Now dinner.
OK, so this one was easy math. You can’t really mess up chili; I mean it’s a bunch of stuff thrown in a pot a heated slowly to let the flavors combine. Bingo, bango you’ve got chili. Served it up with a Summit Red Ale, summer style.
Full disclosure, I used canned organic beans. Next time, when I’m feeling more ambitious, I’ll cook the dried beans myself. As it stands, the whole deal only took about 30 minutes from beginning to end. I used two cans of beans though and a little less than two cups of stock, so I made too much.
Another delicious success…that I’ll be eating for a few days.
Looks like a drab, gray day outside today. Funny, last Tuesday was the same, meaning I have to ride the bus. Oh well, could be worse.
Thinking about buying a netbook in order to have an ultra-portable computer. It’s not an ultra-necessity, but would be a fun vanity purchase. However I’d rather have the new camera body first however.
The health care debate is dominating the news this week. It’s both funny and annoying to watch the two opposing forces feint and spar, though some just really don’t have the ammunition they think they do. “Bingo!” Really Michael Steele, that’s your answer?
/Facepalm
Have a good day.
Yesterday was a fun-filled day of biking, sun and pictures of things. Now back to the grind, if it can really be called that. Not really sure what we’re working on this week, but that’s part of the fun of my job.
Onward!
Definitely need this today.
This is honestly the most entertaining thing I’ve seen all day. Bonus appearances from Turbo and Ozone.
And no, I’m not a crack baby nor did I lose a bet. My little finger is just obscured by the book.
And just like that, another weekend is peeking over the horizon. The weather has been kind of dreary this week, so hopefully the weekend shapes up a little nicer. Definitely want to ride somewhere new this weekend. Sun, you’d better cooperate (or what?).
Go!
So what do you do when all you’ve got is an egg, yogurt, the last bit of a jar of peanut butter, a banana and some strawberries that are about to turn, soy milk and you are in a hurry? Well, you make a bloody good smoothie, that’s what.
Quickly:
OK, time to catch the bus, bleh.
OK, not really. Mondays are just Mondays. Weekend was successful for the most part, the only thing I didn’t do was buy new shoes. No big deal.
Rode out to a Bastille Day celebration yesterday. Interesting to say the least. Kind of like St. Patrick’s Day but everyone was suddenly French and drinking wine instead of Irish and drinking beer, and with better music. Oh, and the people are better looking too. My camera battery died suddenly so I didn’t get as many pictures as I wanted. Kinda sucked.
Sotomayor hearings and related stuff all week. I love the theater!
Here’s to hoping your Monday is going better than this:
Great Sunday. Some potatoes, a little early-morning Leonard Cohen and some Costa Rican coffee.
Thinking of postponing my ride a bit so I can catch this and take some pictures. However, it looks like rain later.
If that happens, plan B is movies and finishing a book.
So, homemade veggie burgers with a side salad of mixed greens, blue cheese crumbles, strawberries and red wine vinegarette dressing. I went basic on what I put in them though, next time I might get a little more creative.
Mixed everything together in a food processor. The mix was a little mushier than I thought it would be, but perhaps I needed to either add something or not process them as much. It was hard to make into patties, but it still worked.
If/when I make these again, I need to find that fine balance of thickness and cooking time so that the center gets cooked, but without burning the outside. I did under cook them a bit, but the good thing is there is no danger of salmonella. It’s just beans and veggies!
I was also going to add some tomato slices, but the tomato I bought must have been bad because I eviscerated the damn thing instead of slicing it.
Verdict: A delicious success. Put it in the “win” column.
