Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s been awhile. A long while. I need to get better about posting here, and I need to get my 2018 Reading Review post done, which is a task I’m hoping to tackle this weekend. In the meantime, here’s a brief update going over what’s been happening.
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Posts in this seriesGoodbye 2009Closing Out 2012Closing Out 20132014 Wrap-Up2015 Wrap-Up2016 Wrap-Up2017 Wrap-Up2018 Wrap-Up1. What did you do in 2018 that you’d never done before? • Cut waaaaay back on … Read more
I’m far overdue for an sort of update to this site. I haven’t been tinkering anywhere near the level I was at while I was unemployed/freelancing and it shows. I … Read more
I feel this weird need to fill in the gaps in my blog right now. I haven’t been updating much and even missed the April Tinkering update (which will be rolled into an April/May update). A lot has been going on, as you’ve probably managed to infer, and it’s kept me away from a lot of time that would otherwise be spent tinkering. Having Civilization 5 back on the laptop hasn’t helped either.
This blog is supposed to be focused on tinkering/making/hacking stuff. So why am I posting another chili recipe? Well, mainly because I can’t stop tinkering — every time I try a recipe, I mess with it a bit. My Unholy Good Chili recipe started fairly simple and grew over many iterations into a burn-the-hair-off-your-feet monstrosity. It wasn’t something I wanted to cook up for the Birchwood Bike Team Superbowl Party, as I wanted something more mild. So I found a different recipe, and scribbled it down. Then I edited the hell out of it to formulate my own take on it. I’d say about 60% of the original recipe remains, if that.
Read moreOther Chili, Other Stuff
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