01.7.12
Johnny Walker Black. I’d not tasted it since i was about 10. For some reason i bought a bottle at the Talent Hardware/Liquor store. It reminds me of my father.
01.2.12 
jspeer
As Aimee Mann observed “i’ve always been fascinated by addiction; both as a ‘thing’ and as metaphor.” So it is with me and various flavors of navaids: lighthouses, VORs and to a lesser extent omni beacons.
01.1.12 jspeer
We decided to see something new for New Years Day: Applegate Lake. I had no idea it was an Army Corps of Engineers project, i thought it was, you know, a lake.
Nothing better than to get up at a reasonable time, breakfast on Oeufs en Cocotte, take a brisk hike up to Pilot Rock, then return home ahead of the rain and prepare Julia Child’s Beouf Bourguignon (p. 315 from the cookbook). The kitchen smells so good right now it’s almost a shame there’s only about 90 minutes cooking time left.
