http://www.transportercouch.com NULLA EST INTERROGATIO FATUA - HOMINES TANTUM Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:45:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's the transporter couch, hopefully back up and running fast. http://www.transportercouch.com/2007/09/10/a-new-beginning/ This recipe is called "Sour Cream Waffles" but it is subtitled Flotevafler (the letter O has a diagonal line through it, so I reckon it's Norwegian).  Makes 6 waffles 5 eggs                          1/2 cup of sugar 1 c. of flour, sifted          1 t. ground cardamom 1 c. sour cream               4 T. unsalted butter, melted Beat theeggs ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2007/01/17/my-dads-unbelievably-delicious-waffles/ 9 months ago I weighed, on a bad day, 180 pounds.  On the worst day it was 183.  Today I weigh 147 and actually my doctor put his hands on his hips and instructed me to put on five pounds.  Everyone asks how I did it.  Did I hit the gym?  ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2007/01/17/losing-weight/ Last night we had for dinner a strange, rustic dish called Sheepherder's Delight.  Some might call it Shepherd's Pie but there's something that distinguishes them from one another.  Shepherd's pie is a layer of mashed potatoes, a layer of ground lamb cooked with onions and mushrooms and spices, and another ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2007/01/17/sheepherders-delight/ Don't ask.  Don't even ask where I've been for the past six months.  The shortest version involves the destruction of my laptop when the cats were playing and knocked a cup of coffee into its bowels.  Add to that how busy I was making and selling tortillas and growing a ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2007/01/17/a-voice-from-the-past/ I've posted about this before and there's no sense in belaboring the mechanics of working in a tortilla factory.  However, there is great, great sense in describing how good it has made me feel not just to go back to work but to work in that particular environment.  First, I just ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2006/06/14/working-in-a-tortilla-factory/ A thousand apologies for my absence over the past three weeks.  Several things happened to interrupt my ... flow.  As it were.   For starters, and I made reference to this, I was being of assistance at the tortilla factory.  Then we quite assuredly LOST the counter girl because she got drunk ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2006/06/14/ay-yay-yay/ It's been a long, dry week, as far as this venue is concerned. Been busy with cats, for starters. My sister's cats are staying with me for a couple of weeks while she completes a move. It's been challenging. For one thing, they have to stay ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2006/05/21/wow/ All in all, I thought the President's remarks were well presented, measured, and sensible. One comment I have is that he says these guard troops he's sending to the border will not be "militarization." I bet you they will be carrying guns, though, and that certainly smacks of ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2006/05/16/my-fellow-americans/ I like being nice to people. I have moments of specific anger and I have to act on that but I'm not an angry person. I'm a sweet, kind, polite, giving, thoughtful person. Why would someone want to be mean, rude, stingy unkind and selfish? ... http://www.transportercouch.com/2006/05/11/not-sure/