It was my birthday on Saturday.
A delivery guy arrived at my door mid-morning with a gorgeous bunch of flowers.
They werent for me- they had the address wrong.
Suck.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
New Kitten
Tigerlily died just before Christmas. Very sad, but she was a very old cat, and had a fairly fantastic life.
Eddie is still full of beans, and it felt like the right time to find a new friend for her - so
Berry is here!
Eddie is still full of beans, and it felt like the right time to find a new friend for her - so
Berry is here!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Dolphins
Saw this video today.
Stunning!
(And the physics of creating the bubbles is fairly cool too) /geek.
Stunning!
(And the physics of creating the bubbles is fairly cool too) /geek.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Rock Stars
My brother John is Logistics manager for a fairly large company in Australia. He's on 8 weeks leave to play bass for an industrial/goth/punk band travelling around south america, the usa and europe!
He living the rockstar life, wine women and rock and roll ... and loving it!
Their website is www.myspace.com/volkmarsins
and some really poor quality video footage of one of their south american concerts is below. John is the guy on the right hand side of the stage bobbing around. Id recognise his bassplaying style anywhere!
Theyre playing support for Nine inch Nails in the US. Im so proud!
He living the rockstar life, wine women and rock and roll ... and loving it!
Their website is www.myspace.com/volkmarsins
and some really poor quality video footage of one of their south american concerts is below. John is the guy on the right hand side of the stage bobbing around. Id recognise his bassplaying style anywhere!
Theyre playing support for Nine inch Nails in the US. Im so proud!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Career moves
From the ages of 6 to about 10 I had one career and one career only that I wanted to do.
I was going to be a solid gold dancer and nothing could stop me.
I wonder where that grand plan went!!
I would have been great.....
I was going to be a solid gold dancer and nothing could stop me.
I wonder where that grand plan went!!
I would have been great.....
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Recipe (What we're having for dinner tonight!)
Lamb Shanks
Take one or two lamb or hogget shanks per person. Trim off all the fat and sinewy bits you can. sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brown quickly in a frying pan if you can be bothered.
Preheat the over to about 190 degrees C
For Four shanks,
Chop up into dice two medium sized onions and two or three carrots (depending on size) and place them in a large roasting dish along with four or five cloves of garlic. You can also put a couple of chopped sticks of celery if you like it, but I dont. Put two or three sprigs of rosemary in with the veges.
Place the shanks on top of the mixed veges.
Add a carton of readymade stock (I use beef but it doesnt matter much) and some water to cover about 2/3 of the shanks. If you dont have a carton of stock you can use stock cubes and some water, And if you havn't got stock cubes, just use water.
Add a good slosh of red wine and a bit more salt and pepper.
Put the dish in the oven and ignore it for about an hour, then turn take it out and turn the shanks over.
Put it back in the oven, and ignore for another hour and a half.
When its cooked, the meat will be coming away from the bones and be soft & yummy.
Take the shanks out of the dish, and using a potato masher or a blender, puree the vege/stock mixture to make a sauce. Sometimes it needs to be thickened with cornflour, sometimes its thick enough as is. Taste and season as necessary.
Serve the shanks with lots of mashed potato and the sauce on top of everything. Oh, and some steamed broccoli is good to have with this.
Mmmmmmmmmm
(A variation on this is to add some cubes of Kumara to the dish halfway through cooking, and not puree the sauce at the end.)
And again, Mmmmmmmm.
Take one or two lamb or hogget shanks per person. Trim off all the fat and sinewy bits you can. sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brown quickly in a frying pan if you can be bothered.
Preheat the over to about 190 degrees C
For Four shanks,
Chop up into dice two medium sized onions and two or three carrots (depending on size) and place them in a large roasting dish along with four or five cloves of garlic. You can also put a couple of chopped sticks of celery if you like it, but I dont. Put two or three sprigs of rosemary in with the veges.
Place the shanks on top of the mixed veges.
Add a carton of readymade stock (I use beef but it doesnt matter much) and some water to cover about 2/3 of the shanks. If you dont have a carton of stock you can use stock cubes and some water, And if you havn't got stock cubes, just use water.
Add a good slosh of red wine and a bit more salt and pepper.
Put the dish in the oven and ignore it for about an hour, then turn take it out and turn the shanks over.
Put it back in the oven, and ignore for another hour and a half.
When its cooked, the meat will be coming away from the bones and be soft & yummy.
Take the shanks out of the dish, and using a potato masher or a blender, puree the vege/stock mixture to make a sauce. Sometimes it needs to be thickened with cornflour, sometimes its thick enough as is. Taste and season as necessary.
Serve the shanks with lots of mashed potato and the sauce on top of everything. Oh, and some steamed broccoli is good to have with this.
Mmmmmmmmmm
(A variation on this is to add some cubes of Kumara to the dish halfway through cooking, and not puree the sauce at the end.)
And again, Mmmmmmmm.
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