May 2007 Archives

instructables : The End of the Chip Clip

I tried this out with the leftover potato chips from Memorial Day, and it worked great. I'm not sure it will work with the paper-y tortilla chip bags, but I haven't tried it yet.

From Cooks.com:

• 1 cup rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon tomato boullion
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Heat the oil in a deep skillet on medium-high heat. When hot, add rice to skillet and cook until toasty but not burnt. Add the water, then the tomato boullion, and stir well. Reduce heat to low and cook for approximately 20 minutes.

Variations:

• Add a small can of tomato paste, for more color.
• Add a teaspoon of onion powder.

My Garmin Zumo GPS can load personal points of interest (POI). Here are some I'm collecting:

Campgrounds

Ponderosa Campground, Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, California Central Coast

35.99752, -121.38128

Nacimiento Campground, Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, California Central Coast

36.01307, -121.41299

Bottchers Gap Campground, south of Carmel on the California Central Coast

36.33182, -121.79624

Oak Grove Campground, Dixie National Forest, near Leads, UT

37.31703, -113.45307

I saw my first 5Z license plate today, on the way back from Burbank Airport with Carole. It was on a new, dark grey Prius on the 134 in Glendale.

I went on an overnight camping trip on my FJR. Full report is here.

I'm off for an overnight camping trip to the Central Coast. I plan on doing a lot of camping on my long trip to Canada in July, and need to do a shake-down run with my motorcycle camping setup. Carole and Mandy are in Florida, and I need to burn off some vacation time at work, so it's a good time all around.

I watched Stranger than Fiction this morning. I'd seen it with Carole in a theater when it first came out. A second viewing made me realize that it's a really good movie.

INCRA Precision T-Rules - Rockler Woodworking Tools

From here:

There were a lot of things we couldn't do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. People often asked us if, because of this fact, it was fun to fly the jet. Fun would not be the first word I would use to describe flying this plane. Intense, maybe. Even cerebral. But there was one day in our Sled experience when we would have to say that it was pure fun to be the fastest guys out there, at least for a moment.

Carole, Mandy and I did the Revlon Run/Walk for women's cancer research this morning. Over 50,000 people started on Figueroa just outside the Coliseum, with the runners off at 8:45am and the walkers at 9:05am.

The route went north on Fig, west on Adams, a jog down to Jefferson, then south on Menlo (just east of Vermont). We entered the Coliseum through the tunnel, and got a medal and some snacks.

We had lunch afterwards at Twohey's. A fun morning.

Casey Ties PCC Stolen Base Mark, Baseball Goes 1-1 v. Compton

In splitting a home-and-home series against El Camino Compton Center (formerly known as Compton College), the Pasadena City College baseball team had something to cheer about. Sophomore rightfielder and leadoff hitter Sheehan Casey tied the current PCC record for stolen bases in a season with 25, swiping three bases in the team's 4-3 loss Tuesday at Compton.