October 6th, 2009
I have found two notes today. The first was on my car windshield. I think I may submit this to passive-aggressive notes
Everybody and there mom parks on that curb in the alley so whoever has a problem with the black truck that parks there please text 630-xxx-xxxx or leave a message with at 101B with your apt number before you do anything absurd.
I am not mad about the note, it’s just weird… First, this note looks handmade, and almost every car had one, so I can only assume someone wrote out like 25 notes by hand. Second, they spelled ‘their’ as ‘there’ which is a common mistake, probably brought on by anger. Last, I don’t know what ‘alley’ they’re talking about. I think they may mean the part in our parking lot where people are not supposed to park but do and make it hard for everyone else to get their car out of their spots. I will say that I do hate people that park their vehicles there. I think that this guy is wrong but to be fair, i think everyone else who parks there is wrong, even those peoples’ mothers! I am going to investigate further (ie. go talk to the guy). Hopefully I can convince him that while it’s convenient to park there, it is a pain for everyone else. ESPECIALLY if it’s a truck cause those things are HUGE and make it even harder to get out of your spot (that is really a spot). MY mom would probably say something like, “if your friends all jumped off a bridge would you do it too?” If I was mad at her I’d say “YES!!!” But in reality we know that’s a rhetorical question and the answer is no.
As an added bonus is this note. Double Sided! All I’ll say here is that someone was buying bacon. They also wrote floor cleaner twice! Which leads me to believe that they are covering up a murder.
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October 5th, 2009
I am in the midst of making my first recipe…
Chunky Corn Chowder Recipe
Chunky Corn Chowder Recipe
- 1/2 pound bacon, diced
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 2 large yellow onions, diced
- 1 red pepper, seeded and diced
- 2 tsp thyme, ground
- 1 tsp cumin, ground
- 1/4 tsp turmeric, optional for color
- 2 pounds white potatoes, washed, skins on and cubed
- 6 cups chicken stock, homemade, chicken base with water, or 4-6 bouillon cubes with water to taste
- 6 Tbsp cornstarch
- 6 Tbsp cold water
- 2 cups heavy cream or half and half
- 4 cups corn kernels, fresh, frozen or canned and drained
- 1/2 tsp fresh black pepper, ground
Directions:
- In large stockpot, fry bacon until cooked and crispy but not burned. Drain fat, reserving 2 Tbsp, and place bacon on paper towel to cool. Set aside.
- Add butter to the reserved fat and cook onions, and peppers until crisp-tender.
- Add the spices, potatoes and chicken stock. Cook on low until potatoes are almost cooked through.
- In small glass, dissolve cornstarch in cold water.
- Add mixture to hot soup a little at a time stirring constantly. This will thicken up very quickly. Keep stirring.
- On low heat, add cream or half and half or milk to the chowder and stir. Simmer for 10-15 minutes until hot. Do not bring to a boil.
- Add corn and black pepper, stir and remove from heat.
First off, I cut up four pounds of potatoes instead of the 2 that it tells me to. All that means is we have breakfast potatoes for tomorrow. Right now the potatoes are getting simmered until they’re almost cooked through. Although it says to cook on Low, I don’t think that’s right, cause the chicken stock was barely going.
I’m also not sure when i’m supposed to re-add the bacon in. I’m going to just do it when I add the corn. The fact that this recipe has bacon in it is just a coincidence. I saw “chunky” before I saw that it had bacon in it.
I think that Tara and I are going to just freeze this and then have it for lunches. I should probably be monitoring it more closely. I forgot to let the milk simmer for 15 min before adding the corn. But I ended up adding more corn than specified (it is corn chowder after all) so maybe that’ll make up for it. Although, the corn might get mushy.
Whatever. I’ll eat it.
And…. Done
October 5th, 2009
Man! I don’t know how they come up with this stuff! If you haven’t been watching House you should rent the old episodes and catch up. I admit it’s kinda repeat from episode-to-episode but there is always something random happening and you’re like “OH MAN THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!” You know something is coming but you don’t know what! That is the best.
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