http://laurenlavoie.com A blog Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:22:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kenny and I invented this salad recipe a few nights ago, and if we must say so, it was quite delicious. Salad: 1 cup quinoa (before cooking) ~3 Beets A few stalks of asparagus A few ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/344 Tonight my yoga instructor read a poem about living in the moment, and then shared this quote from Kung-Fu Panda: The Past is history; the Future’s a mystery, but Today is a Gift, that’s why it is called the Present. Sure, it’s cheesy, but ... http://laurenlavoie.com/film/345 One of the ads on my Facebook page today: The ad links to a LinkedIn profile with a detailed resume. I wonder if this ad was targeted specifically at Microsoft employees? http://laurenlavoie.com/geek/342 Kenny and I had a few friends over for dinner on Saturday evening, and we decided that coconut ice cream would make a nice complement to the fresh mangoes that our friend DeAnn had offered to bring for dessert. There were several choices of coconut products at the store, including ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/339 A commenter pointed out (not politely, but accurately) that I have not posted any new content about WPF in some time, which reminded me that I never actually wrote about the job transition that I made over two years ago. I apologize for that, in particular to those who had ... http://laurenlavoie.com/work/328 My best friend Anjali (aka the Alternative Homemaker) and I taught ourselves the basics of knitting one summer when we were home from college, using a “Knitting for Dummies” book, but we never had enough motivation to actually knit beyond a few rows of anything. A few months ago, she ... http://laurenlavoie.com/friends/327 I seem to have lost my favorite baba ghanoush recipe, but this one worked great in a pinch. I didn’t have any cilantro, so I skipped it, and I only used half the quantity of olive oil (1/4 cup rather than 1/2). Yum.   Half-eaten baba ghanoush http://laurenlavoie.com/food/323 Martin Blank = Lloyd Dobbler + 10 years (and a little more derangement) http://laurenlavoie.com/film/320 I’ve been meaning to write up some thoughts on the ridiculous spectacle that was yesterday’s nationwide “Tea Party” protest. But I just came across this post from Kos that quite accurately sums up my feelings on the matter, the following paragraph in particular: What was the ... http://laurenlavoie.com/politics/319 Andrew Sullivan on the brouhaha over Michael Phelps taking a bong hit: ...the only conceivable news is that a 23 year-old had a good time at a party, breaking no professional rules since he was not competing when he was goofing off. And, seriously, does anyone think that ... http://laurenlavoie.com/politics/304