Where are all the posts I promised?

I’ve been busy with things in my life. A business trip segued into the holidays, which in turn segued into my Mother having major surgery (hip replacement) just before the new year which segued into most of my non-work life being occupied with travel to her rehab facility daily. Blogging just paled in comparison.

I just wanted to touch base here. Mom’s likely to go home from rehab this weekend, which will free up a LOT of my time, allowing me to get back to (among other things) this blog!

Thanks! — Steve

New blog to watch about workplace issues

I just ran across a new FireDogLake bog titled “Work In Progress“. Based on the announcement, there may well be postings there that relate to the workplace related posts I’ve done. I’m hoping they are forthcoming.

There is an RSS feed on the blog page, but I still haven’t embraced RSS, so I simply followed @WorkProgressFDL in Twitter to get alerts on new posts.

I’m going to keep my eye on them.

I’ve lost my faith in Obama. Here’s why.

I’ve been having a Twitter conversation with @sourceofthought (which you can see by clicking 2 links: Click Me First Then Click Me) which now causes me to want to delve deeper into this than is possible in a series of tweets, so here goes…

My Search for the Perfect Pizza – Episode 2

Wherein the author briefly mourns the loss of a kitchen tool, then celebrates the arrival of it’s replacement. The celebration isn’t the greatest – another formal try at Perfect Pizza – details included – with pictures!

Compromise in my personal life just got de-stressed – thanks to a book I just finished!

I just finished reading Catherine Friend’s The Compassionate Carnivore (purchasing info at the end of this post) and it clarified a lot of my thoughts over the past few months. In many ways, Catherine’s reasoning gave me “permission” to not feel bad about my gradual approach to changing things, not only in what and how I eat, but more widely how I live. I highly recommend it no matter what kind of “vore” you are, but even if you have no interest in clarifying your thoughts on meat, the process she leads you through provides a great argument for making personal changes slowly.

Apples on my mind!

Something came over me this morning as I planned my shopping. Only firm plan was to pickup a reserved Massa Organics Duck at the Berkeley Farmer’s market. Vague plan to cook it somehow involving Hoisin sauce. Then found myself stumbling across 3 recipes that featured Apples and all of them made me salivate! Read on for details

My first try at Stock

This post is about cooking, not about the stock market, so if you’re not here for “stock” in the cooking sense, then I don’t mind if you stop reading now! Otherwise, read on

Another Victim of New Media Overload

Podcasts, Blogs to follow, THIS blog to maintain, RSS feeds, Twitter, Facebook, Chat Groups, Netflix, even the DVR. What do these things have in common? They consume time, and my time just ran out…

Bad Taste in my Mouth – but well cut!

Wherein I discover a great culinary resource, start cooking school, improvise with the detritus of my first practice session, and write this entry with, literally, a bad taste in my mouth!

Please help me decide whether or not to buy a $32 bottle of wine

In my previous post, I made passing reference to the best Pinor Noir I’ve ever had. I’ve done a bit of looking, and couldn’t find it locally at any wine merchant. It’s not in the current inventory of any wine wholesalers. Most of the merchants tried to sell me a comparable wine, but one on 4th Street in Berkeley (whose name and number I should have taken so I could properly credit them – anyone want to fill this in? It’s the shop just west of the Peet’s coffee – just add a comment and see this paragraph change quickly!) was very sympathetic and, instead of trying to sell me something they had in stock, actually helped me and suggested I try the web. I did, and now I face an agonizing decision.