Saturday night, we spent the night in the Denver Museum of Science and Natural History. It’s an event the museum runs every year. We took sleeping bags and camped out on the floor next to the exhibit of our choice. They gave us a snack for dinner, and the museum staff ran workshops and learning [...]
I had never made a pumpkin pie with an actual pumpkin before this week, and by that I mean that I’ve never purchased a pumpkin, cooked it, scooped out the insides, and made a pie out of it. Being somewhat practical, I’ve chosen to buy canned pumpkin to make pies. After all, the ingredients on [...]
There are hundreds of trees all over the world which have grown from seeds that orbited the moon in 1971 with the Apollo 14 Astronauts. It’s a historical oddity that was big news when the plantings occurred but that has since faded into obscurity. The story goes like this: Stuart Roosa, Apollo 14 astronaut, had a [...]
The weather has been turning decidedly chilly. In recognition of that fact, I’d like to introduce to you a favorite dish of mine. Frijoles Charros! This might be the ultimate winter time soup. It’s heavy — lot’s of meat and beans, and it’s a little spicy, too. I don’t make it. This, being a [...]
I made potato chips yesterday! They were such a success that I’m sharing the recipe with you today. They’re also so incredibly easy that even a guy like me can do them with confidence. Besides, they might not look as uniform as Lay’s chips, but they sure do taste a ton better, and they’re [...]
I can admit it; I enjoyed the Harry Potter books and movies. They’ve also made gobs of money for almost everyone associated with the the projects. J.K. Rowling has cashed in on much more than just the films and the books though. Merchandizing is her real cash cow. It seems that people will buy anything involving Harry Potter or [...]
I‘m sure whoever invented glow in the dark technology envisioned a world of safety and utility. Like glow sticks! However apart from glow sticks (and even they make great toys) it seems that making things glow in the dark is more fun than useful. Neil earned some money last week taking care of the [...]
Your kids, like mine, are no doubt full of interesting and surprisingly difficult questions. They’re the age old ones that parents either outright lie to answer or come up with half baked, maybe partially true answers they read once on a cereal box. Either way, wouldn’t you like to have at least one definitive [...]
If you’ve consumed store bought eggnog, and that’s all you know about eggnog, you’re missing out. The real thing tastes nothing like the garbage you buy in the cartons. Last night I did it. It took two attempts, but I made good eggnog. The first was ruined by too much sugar thanks to a YouTube video [...]
A giant foot? Why, yes, there is a giant foot in Google Earth. Someone posted a video of it. I don’t know why it’s there, but is right there on Passieg de la Ribera on the Spanish Mediterranean coast (41o14’05.54”N. 1o48’34.32”E). I looked it up myself just to make sure. So, Google likes to [...]
It isn’t going to win me any prizes for low fat cooking, but it’s been the only cookbook I consistently go back to time and again for hearty, feel good food. It’s the Longfellow’s Wayside Inn Cookbook. The Wayside Inn is the oldest continuously operating inn in America (according to what I’ve always been [...]
