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blew the cobwebs out of my muffler today only to find my battery weakly, but managed to recharge it with a little riding and my trickle charger. great day for riding, so after my eye appointment i ran around town hunting down local-organic-non-Monsanto seeds and, y’know, some paperwhite bulbs. it’s

To make Ypocras – or hippocras, probably a diminutive of Hippocrates, a sweetened spiced prestige wine long considered an aperient and digestive –  a medicinal “tonic” drink usually taken at the end of a feast. this one is based on a red wine: another spiced digestive wine, based originally on white

i really like natural kei and dolly kei, and making my own stuff, primarily because i hate paying a lot for something i can do myself. i’ve done a lot of both positive- and negative-image bleach stencilling, although it’s been a while. but sometimes there’s something i like that just can’t be done a

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   this may explain why my heart is hammering, spasming, fluttering, skipping, and stopping periodically, lately.  i can feel it stop: i get dizzy; then it races to catch up.  i’ve been moderately dizzy most of the time for about the last

Boyfriends Vespa covered in abusive graffiti by vengeful lover | Mail Online. either this girl was nuts to begin with, or else she’s developed a deathwish concomitant to her little affaire. a tip of my Phrenology Helmet to Eric A over at ModernBuddy, who always finds the bestest stories.     [...]

we went to chez jane, in her infinite wisdom, which absolutely applies to food. it is a potluck, with everyone bringing a thing that is assigned informally, as part of a balanced meal, so we don’t get like four turkeys and three hams and five things of bread. i make salad, because i’m really good [.

*NBNOTX. new band name of the X! see note below. Fig. 1. The French do not know how to spell "Chile."   Just because it’s delicious. You do not have to wait until a snow day.   Downtown Denver Chili, or, Ranchero Miso Chili   a fast, lean, mild and gluten-free 1 chili which [...]