We are off early tomorrow morning for a week in Las Vegas. I am on a committee for a large IT conference where I am also speaking. It will be a busy week. My whole weekend is packed with meetings that also extends through the week. I will have free time in the evenings. Brett had an extra week of vacation and is tagging along…..
a question of love
This video has made the rounds on many blogs. I think it is an excellent piece. Watch it if you have not already watched it.
Lemon and Olive Chicken
I have collected recipes for years. That practice has changed dramatically over the past few years. With the Internet, I mostly bookmark a recipe that is a candidate for a future meal. If I think the recipe is a “must try”, I print it and place it on a stack of other “must-try” recipes in my pantry. This recipe is a variation of a Martha…
happy 40th brett!
Saturday night I surprised Brett (I think I did.) with a 40th birthday party with 14 of our friends. I think he suspected something but did not know the details. I had told him we were meeting some friends at Ohio Brewing for dinner. Little did he know the size of the group. Dinner was nice with some bumps in the road that you get…
win emboldens coalition of religious groups
Here is an interesting Associated Press article that was posted on Google tonight. My last post centred on the importance of working within the church to affect positive change for GLBT people. This article is a very good analysis on why Prop. 8 in California passed at the polls. The proposition brought together an usual coalition of religious organizations that would never consider working together…
voted off the island (at least until the tide comes back in)
Wednesday was a day of mixed emotions for LGBT people. Obama winning the Presidency was uplifting. The passage of anti-same sex marriage initiatives, especially California, was disheartening. A message of hope and equality was tempered with a message of not for you, not right now to LGBT people. I spent a day reflecting on this before I wrote this post. The fundamental issue that I…
Turkey Chili
Saturday I spent the day working on a Habitat for Humanity project. I came home exhausted. I had bought ground turkey the day before and decided to make turkey chili. Turkey is a good substitution for beef in chili. The taste is almost identical and maybe even better. I like my chili thick. This recipe results in a chili with a lot of texture. I…