http://leslie.overt.org mostly about food, these days Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:16:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Uhhhhhpparently I haven't uploaded any pictures since June. I was thinking I'd just throw up a few recent garden pics and discovered I had a backlog of a couple hundred. We actually did a few things this summer, I vaguely recall. Things like, barbeque ribs. Visit Morro Bay for Debbie's ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/10/01/work-swallowed-me/ I appreciate an unlikely newspaper article (or, okay, blog post I guess) that will make me laugh out loud in the morning when the thought of going to work hurts. The paragraph that did it: Positive psychology types like to say that savoring the moment is a “crucial happiness skill,” and ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/08/11/morning-news/ I've been a little horrified at the "health care reform will abandon old people in the desert to die" meme circulating among (what passes for legitimate news sources on) the Right, so it's nice to see a mild-mannered, mainstream columnist call a spade a spade. http://leslie.overt.org/2009/08/07/health-care-reform-will-kill-your-grandmother/ Is the New York Times spying on us? http://leslie.overt.org/2009/07/08/porkapalooza-update/ This photo from 2003 showed up as my random gallery image, and I thought I'd highlight it. Some feelings are eternal. Related: this feature on who would want to govern our crazy Neverland of a state is pretty entertaining. Here's an Arnold anecdote: Even in the most desperate circumstances, when you might ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/07/05/topical/ Bryan and I got it together enough on Friday to make it out to the beach, but aside from that we've just been at home, bouncing from one lazy activity to the next: dabbling in low-commitment home improvement projects, shucking a few oysters, catching up on blogs, experimenting with beer ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/07/05/long-weekends-are-fabulous/ Last week we ventured out into the city on a weeknight (!) for an event called "Porkapalooza." Really, how could we resist? The hook was that you watched a butchering demonstration while you ate fingerfoods made from that very pig. (A couple of my friends misunderstood and thought for most ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/06/26/porkapalooza/ Okay, now I must tell you about this grilled chicken sandwich we made the other night. I mean, the season of recklessly dumping charcoal smoke into the air won't last forever, right? This post is dedicated to my mother, because I ripped this recipe out of her Martha Stewart Living on ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/06/24/chicken-sandwich/ I've had fun with some crafty home projects lately. One of my recent ventures was making over a beat-up little plant stand I'd picked up around Christmastime to put our mini-tree on. Here's a before shot: I mainly wanted to paint over the truly crummy parts. The top was warped from ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/06/22/table-makeover/ Bryan and I keep meaning to return to our honeymoon spot for our anniversary, but we haven't yet been able to justify the price tag. Instead, this year we boarded the dog and spent a whole weekend indulging in our favorite things. We documented our day in the city fairly ... http://leslie.overt.org/2009/06/11/year-2/