A couple tablespoons of vegetable or corn oil A couple handfuls of popcorn Heat up a fairly large pan on medium high heat with enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Put in a couple handfuls of popcorn (a handful is about 1/4 cup-1/3 cup). Stir until it stops popping. Hold the lid…
Author: Bob Baddeley
On deficit spending; or how flex time can eat you alive
I work in a place with flex time. If I feel like taking off early, cool. If I want to take a long lunch, no problem. I can even work from home if I don’t feel like getting out of my pajamas in the morning. It used to be that I would have no problems…
I’m done with theaters
That’s it. I quit. No more theaters for me. I had to put up with a theater full of screaming little kids who were pulling my hair, getting in my face, talking and yelling, and in general completely distracting me from the movie. Further, I had to put up with the elephants next door all…
Fudge
This is my favorite fudge recipe. I modify it all the time for different flavors (sometimes I use white chocolate, sometimes I don’t put in nuts, sometimes I mix half regular and half mint chocolate chips, sometimes I put in a few drops of peppermint extract). Prepare the following ingredients. You will want to have…
Learning from food while learning about food.
Today was a good day. I woke up early and went skiing. It the last day at Bluewood, and there were lots of people there. The skiing was decent, but not perfect. It got a little warm and the sun melted a lot of snow, making it really heavy. We would hit a sunny patch…
The Spiral of Suck
I hereby coin the term “Spiral of Suck.” This phrase refers to the downward spiral of a person when a single mistake feeds on itself irreparably, leading one on a feedback loop ever downwards. On the racquetball court I have experienced this spiral of suck a few times. It starts with a simple mistake. Perhaps…
Coconut Macaroons
325* for 20-25 minutes. Do it for less than you think, or they’ll get too hard and not chewy Mix dry ingredients together 1 1/3 cups coconut 1/3 cup sugar 2 tbsp flour 1/8 tsp salt Add wet ingredients 2 egg whites 1/2 tsp almond extract (vanilla works just as well for a different but…
ow ow ow
Since the beginning of the year I’ve been playing racquetball on tuesdays and thursdays with friends. It’s a great workout, but it can get a little rough sometimes. Now that the weather is getting better, I’m starting to do more outdoor sports. My weekly schedule is now packed with after-work sports: Mondays: Disc golf Tuesdays:…
One of my greatest fears
The pathway from the mouth to the stomach is not ideal. Humans have evolved a very sharp bend in the esophagus which has been the cause of many deaths. Almost everyone has had a harrowing experience involving some sort of insufficiently masticated food getting caught in the throat. What I fear is that some day,…
Another fabulous dinner
After a very successful day at work in which everything went exactly as planned and I was more productive than a chainsaw in a bamboo field (you could argue that that’s destructive, but cut me some slack), and a good day of racquetball where my cheapo racquet was like a sword that struck down those…