That’s robins as in birds. There’s a nest in the wisteria over our deck. Little blue eggs started to appear in it, until there were four. Now there are no eggs, but there do seem to be some very tiny birds. I haven’t had a close look at the chicks. The robins were smart enough [...]
Posts under ‘Home Entertainment’
The Winter of…
My favorite album of 2008 was The Midnight Organ Fight. On reason for mentioning that is that the MP3 download is currently available for $5 at Amazon. Indeed, that’s where the link will take you to. I’ll also link to a 2008 post about the album. Another reason for mentioning Frightened Rabbit is that they [...]
Now the Day is Really Bright
The coffee machine has broken! Or rather, on Saturday evening, after a busy day, it refused to drip water. Sunday wasn’t too bad. But Monday morning without coffee was tough… until I remember that I have backup, in the form of a French press. I’d actually prefer to grind beans and then use the French [...]
Listening to Pre-Release Albums at NPR
I’m currently listening to Broken Bells, the collaboration between Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, among other projects) and James Mercer (The Shins). It’s yet to be released, but NPR has the good habit of streaming good albums pre-release. If you click on that link, you’ll be able to see what’s currently available for streaming. You’ll also [...]
Red and White
Red was doubly appropriate for yesterday, since it was both Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year. It still seemed appropriate this morning, as there was a trip to Target (big red T) to spend some of the red envelope money. We have a white afternoon, though. The snow has started to fall yet again. It [...]
Snowstorm Menu
If you have power (which some people round here don’t) on such a cold snowy day, you might as well use it to cook. We made soup and bread. I made Fast French Bread using Mark Bittman’s recipe. I found it in How to Cook Everything, so did Heather, a fellow blogger who was kind [...]
Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail and…
Last night saw a fall of light snow: enough snow that I can’t quite belittle it as a light snowfall, but light enough and little enough snow that I don’t think that schools should be closed. But closed they are here in Montgomery County. That said, I continue to like the county. Max and I [...]
Home Theater Without TV
In this theater, he part of the TV is played by a projector and a screen. The projector is hooked up to a PC, and points at a Da-Lite 72X96 Pull Down Screen. The theater opened with a screening of Kung Fu Panda , a family favorite that we’d only previously seen on the small [...]