07 Thursday Jan 2010
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Hanna’s parents sent us down from Maine with a nice four-shelf bookcase that we’ve pressed into service for Hanna’s DVDs and our inch plant collection, which is pictured below in all of its rampant glory (from right to left are Mona, Heero & Duo, and The Ood).
04 Monday Jan 2010
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I snapped this picture out our kitchen window on New Year’s Day morning before the dusting of snow melted.
01 Friday Jan 2010
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The Charles River frozen over earlier this week. via Twitpic by @BostonTweet.
10 Thursday Dec 2009
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Last week I stumbled into a great slide show put together by the Guardian; a history of the iconic London tube map in pictures.
Tube maps have been part of London life since the birth of the Underground, and were initially as confusing as the city itself: a tangle of different lines woven around the curving River Thames. Enter Harry Beck, an LU engineer who in 1931 came up with the radical idea of presenting the ever-expanding network as a circuit diagram rather than a geographical map – so creating a modernist design icon that has never been bettered. But as the Oystercard zone expands, are its days numbered? Take a look back at the changing face of the tube over the last century.
Hop on over to the Guardian site to check it out.
09 Wednesday Dec 2009
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She first appeared as the titular Runaway Bride in the 2006 Dr. Who Christmas special, so who better to top our tree this Christmas than Donna Noble (played by the aforementioned awesome Catherine Tate)?
And just in case you’re up for a little Donna nostalgia I bring you (via Hanna, who posted it first at …fly over me evil angel…) an awesome fan video.
07 Monday Dec 2009
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Saturday night, Hanna and I tried this recipe for lava cakes:
Ingredients (4 people):
6 oz. Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate (or use your favorite 70% dark chocolate bar)
6 oz. Butter (diced, room temperature)
3 Eggs
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1/3 cup Flour
Butter for Ramekins
How to Make It:
Preheat oven to 350°F
1. Melt chocolate on low flame in a bain-marie (double boiler). When melted, take of flame, and…
2. Stir in diced butter, until it melts.
3. In another bowl, beat eggs and sugar, until it starts to whiten.
4. Stir in melted chocolate and then the flour.
5. Butter 4 individual ramekins, and pour in chocolate batter.
6. Cook for about 10 minutes.
7. Tip ramekins upside down onto dessert plates and serve.
Voilà!
They were definitely, as Hanna says, “tasty goodness”!
01 Tuesday Dec 2009
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Hanna and I picked up this little tree at the Whole Foods near work; we got it home and realized it has this tendency to lean toward the (ahem) left. Here it is in all its splendor on the kitchen table, decorated with bamboo stars and paper cranes. Plans for a Dr. Who angel for the top are in the works.
28 Saturday Nov 2009
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Act I: Preparation
Act II: Contemplation
Act III: Devour!
26 Thursday Nov 2009
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Hanna and I are planning to enjoy the day sans things academical and plus Charles Shaw merlot and a Tofurky roast from our local Trader Joe’s.
Bonus Radical Feminist Link: Women Postpone Thanksgiving Dinner to Meet Militant Feminist! a 1909 news story via Sociological Images.
10 Tuesday Nov 2009
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This clock stands on the southwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street and presides over my commute to and from work every day.
the feminist librarian 