Monthly Archives: October 2008

World ChampionChip Cake

Few things get me motivated like a good cake recipe. Last weekend we stopped at Scott’s parents’ house to celebrate his birthday on the way back from State College, and his mom made a chocolate chip pumpkin cake. The cake looked amazing -a lovely burnt orange bundt cake topped with chocolate- and pumpkin is a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

It was a riot.

In the last seconds of the game, an interception in the end zone sealed Penn State’s victory over Ohio State. Hundreds of screaming idiots -I among them- at Bill Pickle’s pub danced, shouted, chanted and high-fived each other. As soon as we could hear each other, Josh said something like,” let’s go riot!” Soon four [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Take My Hormones… Please.

I used to dream about one of my ex-boyfriends frequently. Many years after we parted ways, he would cameo on the dark stage of my subconscious mind every few weeks, sometimes for a couple of nights in a row. The dreams were always the same: we were at some kind of conference or reception in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

200 Hr. YTT: Hours 11-18

OW. But yay!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

200 Hr. YTT: Hours 4-10

As I got out of my car last night and walked toward the house, I couldn’t figure out why my hamstrings felt like they were trying very hard to make me three inches shorter. It did not occur to me until this morning, when I remembered the two dozen or so of sun salutation B [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

200 Hr. YTT: Hours 1-3

I liked (former) Mrs. Boss very much as a boss and loved taking her classes while I worked for her, but as a teacher trainer, LOVE. She is very powerful. After the first few dozen sun salutations, I came to understand surrendering to the practice more deeply than I ever have in great heat or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

This might win.

This might win, were I ever to make a list of dorkiest things I’ve ever done. Tonight I came across a website I wanted to see, and when I clicked on it, a bunch of code came up. So I copied it into another document and fixed the code so I could see what was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

Happy Accidents

I thought that I had finished the online crossword puzzle this morning, but the little “congratulations!” box didn’t appear. So, I scanned the puzzle for typos and found that for 34 Down, “Control Group” I had entered RIOTSQUID. I like that way better than the actual answer .
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Creepy.

I woke up this morning from a dream within a dream: In the inner dream, I was voting, and weird stuff was coming up on the screen as I made my choice for president – extra names and such. One started with a “V.”Later, I was sitting with someone watching the news, and instead of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Drunk and This Orderly

Late this afternoon I decided to make one of my favorite cool weather dishes: fruit compote. It’s my grandmother’s recipe, and very simple and wonderful: 4 cans fruit, drained (I use peaches, pears, cherries, and mandarin oranges)1/2 cup sherry1/4 cup brown sugar or a glob of agave and molassescorn flake crumbsCombine the fruit, sherry, and sweetener. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment