Friday, Dec 28, 2007 12:38PM /
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When did it all begin to go wrong, to fall apart?
Can you point to a single incident, an event, a point in time, examine cause and effect?
There must be something there, some warning, something you should have, could have, noticed, acted upon... before things came crashing down around you, your world disintegrating.
Maybe I missed it - maybe I wasn't looking for it. Maybe I didn't want to see it.
I have idle thoughts running through my mind, the madness of a scarecrow's dreaming...
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Wednesday, Dec 26, 2007 4:52AM /
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Well, another Christmas has come and gone, and I've survived.
This would have to be the one day in the year when I feel at my lowest, at my nadir. I don't know why, but I'm just not hard wired for Christmas. I can understand how people can feel suicidal on a day like Christmas - I've had the occasional thought like that myself.
Still, the day is over, and the good news is that there is a full year to go before it comes around again!
I hope you all had fun with your loved ones, and to you, my phantom lover, I hope you had a nice day with your family.
Love to all.
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Monday, Dec 24, 2007 10:55AM /
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In the [ahem] Spirit of Christmas, here's another recipe for you to enjoy. I can't claim ownership for this, but it's still worth reading... Merry Christmas to everyone - love from the surfer boy.
1 cup water
1 cup of sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups dried fruit
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
nuts
1 gallon of brandy
Sample the brandy to check for quality. Take a large bowl.
Check the brandy again to be sure it is of the highest quality.
Pour one level cup and drink. Repeat.
Turn on the electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a large, fluffy bowl.
Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again.
Make sure the brandy is still OK.
Cry another tup. Turn off mixer.
Break 2 legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver.
Sample the brandy to check for tonsisticity.
Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something, Who cares.
Check the brandy
Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find.
Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees.
Don't forget to beat off the turner.
Throw the bowl out of the window.
Check the brandy again.
Go to bed.
Who the hell likes fruitcake anyway
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Saturday, Dec 22, 2007 11:14AM /
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Today it's pouring down with rain, and the rain is forecast to continue through Christmas. We need the rain, so that's good... and I love how it looks and sounds when it cascades down the rain chains I installed.
Here is a photo of rain pouring down the chain in my Japanese garden.
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Thursday, Dec 20, 2007 3:25AM /
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If you like seafood, you might enjoy this... a recipe I made up the other night, which tasted rather nice: a fusion of Asian and Italian.
Get some nice fresh prawns, and peel them. Chop up half a hot chili, and add the chili and some saffron strands to a bowl with the prawns and some good virgin olive oil. Stir to coat, and refrigerate for half an hour.
Clean and chop some baby bok choy, mince the rest of the chili and some garlic. Stir fry the chili and garlic with some shrimp paste in vegetable oil until the flavour comes out, then add the bok choy. Stir fry briefly, add some water and oyster sauce, cover and cook for a couple of minutes until the vegetables are cooked through. They should be coated in a nice thick sauce from the oyster sauce, chili, garlic and shrimp paste.
Remove the vegetables, add some boiling water to the wok [keeping the sauce remnants in the wok], and cook angel hair pasta - only takes three minutes. At the same time, heat up a fry pan, add some butter, and when the butter is foaming, quickly cook the prawns - about a minute on each side.
Drain the pasta, serve in a bowl, topped with the vegetables and the saffron prawns. Enjoy!
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