Month: December 2005
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Try ecto. It’s rilly, rilly good
I like being able to compose blog posts even when I’m not online – though that’s quite seldom. And while you could use any old text editor or word processor to compose and format your posts, you’d still have to do a bit of cutting, pasting or clicking here and there. So I’ve been using…
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Even Hay Mee Men get the blues
The working days between Christmas and New Year’s is either called ‘Nothing Week’, or ‘Nonsense Week’ by some of my more unfortunate friends. Those who have to work, that is. (Those who are on vacation – Nabeh, fark orf!) If you haven’t already experienced it, you’d have discovered these past days that work has been…
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Good tidings to you
There was a thunderstorm and a little bit of flooding at Holland Village, enough to make walking to the supermarket too difficult. But thankfully, there were other places to shop at, and Christmas Eve dinner was saved. After the rain, the feast Mr Miyagi’s Christmas Menu: Pumpkin + Beetroot = Soup Fillet Steak with Aubergine…
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O Christmas Tree
Some time ago, I spent Christmas Eve in London, cooking a dinner of grilled salmon on pasta, followed by a dessert of cherries and then a bottle of Scotch. It snowed that night, and quite heavily too. I woke up Christmas morning to take out the trash and fell on my backside on the iced-over…
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Season’s Greetings II
ВеÑелое РождеÑтво С Ðовым годом More Soviet-Space-Age era New Year cards found here. Technorati Tags: Christmas, salve soviet