Well looky here

Looks like my trial period must've ended.  I'm a full-fledged Razorcake contributor now:

On a related note, I took some pics of Handski at the Eagle Rock Music Festival a couple of months ago and they can be seen here.  I don't know what happened to the third one.  :(

A no-kill deliciouso recipe

For reasons I won't go into right now, I've been conciously eating a lot less meat and a lot more grains and veg.  This has led me to a few recipes that I will log here.  Probably more for my reference than yours, since no one reads this blog.  :(

Anyway, this one is a Quinoa dish.

1 cup quinoa
2 cups organic veggie stock
1 small onion, diced in very small slices
1 tablespoon fresh minced thyme
1 tablespoon fresh minced parsley
1 teaspoon olive oil

In pan, heat olive oil, add quinoa over medium heat, turn occasionally for about 5-6 minutes.  In 2 quart sauce pan, add the quinoa and 2 cups stock, cover and bring to boil for 5 minutes.  reduce to simmer for about a half hour, until stock reduces fully and quinoa is done.  Fluff quinoa and add the thyme, parsley and onion and mix well until all are distributed.

Enjoy!

Volunteering for Operation Gratitude

You can feel however you wish about the government and the "wars" we are fighting, but don't forget that most all of the military personnel in our various conflicts around the world would probably be doing anything else if they could.  Many (like my father so many years ago) joined the service as a way of escaping their hometowns and getting some skills for work and life.  Watching the recruiting videos and believing the hype, I'm sure there are plenty of soldiers who thought they were signing up to learn skills to "work with computers" or some such and instead ended up in the desert holding an AR-15.

So, thinking of these poor souls, Chelsea and I volunteered to help pack Christmas boxes for Operation Gratitude who for those who don't know, package boxes to send to the troops at the holidays.  While we had a good time helping out, it was way overcrowded.  I am certain that the whole operation would have gone smoother with about half of those in attendance helping out.  But in any case, it felt good to do something good for someone.  It just gets you thinking about how good we really have it as Americans.  As much as a negative, pessimistic person I am I am still glad I am not a soldier.  There.  I am thankful for something after all.