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      It has arrived.

      January 9th, 2006 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      It’s here.

      It’s here.

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      work

      January 9th, 2006 by mike d. in Quickthoughts, Work

      My entire workplace today smells of chocolate chip cookies.
      I tried to hunt them down, but the scent is everywhere.

      My entire workplace today smells of chocolate chip cookies.

      I tried to hunt them down, but the scent is everywhere.

      Authored by: mike d.

      This Cow is Hardcore

      January 9th, 2006 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      The subject line states it all.
      Update:
      This mouse is also hardcore.

      The subject line states it all.

      Update:

      This mouse is also hardcore.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Weekend update!

      January 9th, 2006 by mike d. in Weekend Update!, Dreams

      currently eating: an egg!

      This weekend was good. In addition to tons of guitar playing, there was a jam session, kung fu, cooking, gaming, and plenty of work on the acclaim. I also managed to clean out a good portion of junk that’s been cluttering my room. I’m going to try and get rid of as many of my unused posessions as possible over the coming weeks. Old Clothes, old papers, old computer files, everything. Simplification is the goal and the trash barrel is the means.

      Update:

      I forgot to mention, last night I had a dream that I won the grand prize in a contest. as a result, I got to spend a whole afternoon with the entire cast of the hit 90’s TGIF show: Step By Step.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Mike D Eats: Empanaditas!

      January 9th, 2006 by mike d. in Food, Features

      Empanadelicious!

      This weekend JonAbad and I made Empanaditas out of the Martha Stewart appetizer Handbook.

      Oh so delicious.

      empanaditas are essentially little pastries that are baked or fried. The dough is soft and flakey and they can be filled with all sorts of taste sensations from cheese, to jam, to beef. we, of course, went the meat route.

      And that meat filling was a champ. it had diced tomatos, cinnamon, sugar, cumin, red pepper flakes, tomato juice, onions, and ginger in it. And it tasted delicious.

      the dough was just butter, shortening, flour, salt, and water. There was an alarming amount of shortening and butter in the recipe.

      The process was simple enough, and the results were top notch.

      After the dough was formed, we cut it into circles and filled with the beef extrodinaire. Jon did a great job folding.

      I filled, Jon formed

      After they were all filled and sealed with some fork action, they were ready for the oven. **Note the speed action of the fork in the photo below. Oh so fast!
      into the oven!

      Ian was a fan.
      Ian loves Empanaditas

      The whole process took an hour or so from start to finish. While tasty, they were definintely appetizers. We made them as a meal, and it wasn’t quite filling enough. I suspect they would make a great party starter.

      Mike D’s rockclimbing food ratings:

      Deliciousness: 5.10a
      Difficulty: 5.9-

      Authored by: mike d.
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