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Shared Apocalypse Storm in Sydney
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Downloading a bunch of episodes of the old Tales from the Darkside tv show… We’ll have ourselves a marathon for slumber party night 🙂
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I’ve had this idea for a long time of ditching syrups from my bar and just using natural extracts and such plus natural sugar syrup to taste
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I posted to my blog: extracts and such instead of syrups on my coffee bar http://bit.ly/uqjqh
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Shared 5 photos.
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this morning… making coffee while wesley plays in the sitting room… http://flic.kr/p/72jZEg
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balloon glow 2009 – alamogordo, new mexico (light) http://flic.kr/p/72jZV8
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balloon glow 2009 – alamogordo, new mexico (dark) http://flic.kr/p/72oZi7
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one of my recent faves – clouds dwarfing mountains http://flic.kr/p/72k22g
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I uploaded some actual photos to flickr – haven’t done that in awhile.. So, if you wanna see what i do with a REAL cam, click those links..
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and, while i’m trying to pass myself off as a photographer, i might as well plug my bloated "best of" set… http://tinyurl.com/n9cw37
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@Jaeckle thank you 🙂 it’s a shame i pay for a flickr pro account but am lazy or something so most of my best stuff is in my ‘puter 😛
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Irish coffees and Space Channel 5 part 2 (in the original japanese on the Dreamcast) with @nurseterra – slumber party night has begun! 🙂
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Lifestream for September 25th, 2009
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extracts and such instead of syrups on my coffee bar
see, even though my coffee bar is built around budget equipment so i can’t make perfect espresso, i still make better stuff than most coffee shops… better beans, better water, better ice, and much less sugar… when the main ingredients are good, you don’t have to mask the flavor 🙂
anyway, i stock a dozen or so syrups on my bar… well, i often make unsweetened drinks – for instance my drink i call “mocha simplicity” is made with unsweetened cocoa powder and the flavor of the coffee is powerfully present as well as a deep, rich chocolate taste and i never miss the sugar…
well, i’ve had this idea for a long time of getting rid of all the syrups and just using extracts and oils… a vanilla latte with only pure vanilla extract, for instance… if you want it a bit sweeter, i make simple syrup from natural demarara cane sugar and it can be added in moderation… see, with syrups, if you want more vanilla flavor, you add more syrup – which means adding more sugar, too… well, with my idea, you could add more extract and not add to the sweetness…at wal-mart yesterday, i picked up vanilla extract, cinnamon extract, and i already have peppermint extract and the unsweetened cocoa powder i mentioned…
so, i’ll begin experimenting… and i am open to suggestions…
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Lifestream for September 24th, 2009
Never caught on that @jennawilde is on the local pop/rock/??? station… (only radio i listen to anymore is public – news and classical…)
The weekly grocery shopping trip is when @nurseterra and i always discuss sensitive subjects – it is our most emotionally neutral state… -
Lifestream for September 23rd, 2009
A latte macchiato experiment this morning http://flic.kr/p/71NUhe -
Lifestream for September 22nd, 2009
ok, i agree this seems worth spreading — http://tinyurl.com/qeebvn direct2drive has some top-notch current games on sale for $5 each…
"I started thinking, how was it possible to make quality espresso 50 years ago before these machines?How do people in less afluent countries make espresso at home where they cant afford 500+ in equipment? Â Certainly a larger population in these countries enjoy espresso so anything made at home would have to be decent quality.I imagine they use some combination of a hand grinder and device that requires the water to be heated. Â What are they using?The more I think about it, I probably would enjoy the hands on process and I’m not affraid of a learning curve or the extra steps that might be involved. Â What should I look at?"
dug out sleeved shirts, jeans, dusted off my doc martens – eagerly anticipating the end of months of dressing like a beach bum with taste 🙂
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Lifestream for September 21st, 2009
Housework and audiobook on my psp… I’ve been listening to The Great and Secret Show lately – a favorite from my youth…
Found a non-pressurized filter basket at Savers that fits my portafilter 🙂 modified the handle so now it’s not pressurized either 🙂 🙂
so now the leak inside the espresso machine is the only thing keeping it from being much better than it was designed to be…
(now if only i knew someone with the necessary metal-cutting stuff to make it a bottomless portafilter!)
they were just talking about clove cigarettes on NPR… They are now illegal and replaced by mini-cigar equivalents that are terrible…
Now that dinner is done with, i can spend the last couple hours of the evening playing BioShock – @nurseterra bought it for me today 🙂 🙂
I don’t like fps without kb/m but the Ayn Rand-esque story/world it is set in had me sooo hooked after playing the demo so i have high hopes
@Thorobredz WTF?! Dancing With The Stars??? BWAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAA!!!!! and you call ME gay???
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Lifestream for September 20th, 2009
Had a great day in Cruces and only went two places! Got very cool stuff at Ross and the new Savers – spent a LONG time in each… -
Lifestream for September 19th, 2009
@livin4hymn ha! Good point – i totally did not think about you… No offense 🙂
Tethered hot-air balloon rides by the high school http://flic.kr/p/6ZBgTK
At the balloon glow…
I uploaded a YouTube video — Balloon glow – Alamogordo, NM http://bit.ly/mTmUw
Approaching the balloon glow – Alamogordo, NM http://flic.kr/p/6ZKkxK
Balloon glow ending – Alamogordo, NM http://flic.kr/p/6ZKmMZ
Shared 4 photos.
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Lifestream for September 18th, 2009
Queued Ghostbusters
Queued Poltergeist
despite everyone’s constant hashtag advice, i somehow keep forgetting to be awesome 😛
Any locals know a source to keep an eye on whether balloons are flying or not tommorow morn? When it’s wet, they usually don’t…
Making irish coffees (again) for slumber party night 🙂 i would say it qualifies as a "classic cocktail" http://bit.ly/2X6RO
(originating in the 40s = just barely qualifies as classic cocktail… And, btw, i am using hand-whipped cream and press pot coffee…)
Well, @thorobredz, people who want to enjoy drinks at my coffee bar should probably make it a point to live close enough to stop by 😛
I was just thinking something… What happened to the name shawn/shaun? I can’t remember the last time i met someone with that name… -
Lifestream for September 17th, 2009
DAYIM!! Over $300 of brake repair on the car today! Grrr, i need a to-do list app that gives me electric shocks whenever i delay an item…
Wal-mart checkout line needs to hurry so we can get this stuff to the car before it starts pouring…
Grrrrr, too late… Standing inside wal-mart foyer, watching the rain…