http://englishbloopers.com/blog Family, Friends, and Life in General Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:22:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's 5:05 pm here on a rainy Sunday in Nikko, Japan. It's been plenty hot and humid lately. I almost up and hit the futon for a nap, but decided against it. I slept quite a bit yesterday (a three-hour nap and a ten-hour sleep) and I will probably get ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/06/22/snoring-softly/ The title to today's post owes a nod to the Guns N' Roses' rendition of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Lots to blog about, as usual, but not much time (really, these days) to write. I've been paying through the nose for a lot of things lately. Like: about $2,500 to secure the ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/06/05/you-cant-get-out-of-life-alive/ Well, we're moved into our new place, which is about 28 km away from the school where I work. Before, we lived a hop, skip, and a jump (a mere two-minute bicycle ride) from my place of work, but now it's a considerable haul. More later, time to try to get ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/05/04/new-pad/ I was feeling sorry for myself, too sorry, so I decided to surf the web a bit, looking for articles on the topic of "marriage and happiness," and then after that just "happiness." What I read surprised me. I mean, I am familiar with most of the principles I read. But ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/04/28/finding-happiness/ Man, I've known about internet radio for a long time, but I never really got into it. Now, all of a sudden, I'm into it---and I'm into it big. Check out Live 365 Internet Radio. A few ads, but I don't mind them. I've only listened to two stations so far, and ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/04/26/goin-music-crazy/ I'm getting better at making omelets. Here's what I made today. A tasty omelet with some sautéed spinach on the side. Omelet Ingredients: two large eggs one slice of processed cheddar cheese five strips of half bacon (half bacon means half the length of regular bacon) butter one tomato pepper and salt Sautéed Spinach Ingredients: olive oil pepper and salt spinach mashed ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/04/24/the-perfect-omelet/ Man, what a workout today. After my university class (10:30-12:00), I ate a banana and took some supplements (most notably tribulus terrestris, green tea extract, and chromium) and headed straight for the car, where I changed, outside, meaning the occasional passerby would have been able to catch me in my boxers ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/04/21/intoxicated-with-endorphins/ Made a darn good meat sauce for spaghetti last week. Here's how it went. Chopped up an onion and fried in some extra virgin olive oil. When the onion was cooked, added a can of stewed tomatoes, and stirred and cooked for a while. Added ground beef. Added lotsa garlic (in this case it was ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/04/21/sometimes-you-cant-win/ I went to a supermarket today and headed directly to the butter station. I was all business. The shelf space for the butter was only a third or half full, and as my eyes took in the stock I saw a sign in Japanese which I understood to mean a limit ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/04/16/got-me-butter/ In December-January, I was in Canada visiting family and friends. My friend Ed and I, and his preschooler son Andrew, and his infant daughter Sabrina, are all pictured below. It's funny, Ed and I are now in our mid-30s, about the same age that our former teachers were when we ... http://englishbloopers.com/blog/2008/04/15/ed-and-me/