Comments for Behind the Ironic Column

Comment on Black and yellow spring… by bbc

bbc — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:02:44 +0000

Just an update that the American Goldfinches arrived a few days ago. I happened to walk through the Park Blocks yesterday and the cheerful chatter from every tree announced their arrival. It’s amazingly hard to see a bright yellow bird at the top of a tree hiding behind the emerging leaves, but nothing can disguise their social chattering — no doubt discussing the beauties of spring in Portland.

Comment on M&M Days by bbc

bbc — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:24:39 +0000

Note: after the madness was over I ended up with a total of 64 films seen. That’s my personal record for a festival but nowhere near the record of some of the other participants.

Comment on Cookies with optimism… by bbc

bbc — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:46:23 +0000

…cookie dough followup…
After having a substantial amount of coffee, I got out the pan of dough and checked for consistency. As I feared, the dough is dry and crumbly – and couldn’t possibly be sliced or baked.
I had contemplated my other options earlier in the morning and tossing it out still wasn’t one of them. It’s wasteful and the dough tastes ok, it’s just not functional in its current state. So I beat another egg, turned the pan of dough back into a mixing bowl and warmed the whole thing up until it was pliable enough to make balls. (The original recipe called for slicing into sticks but that went by the wayside.) A couple of hours later I have some cookies and the place does indeed smell like baking. It was a lot more work and aggravation than my original plan – but two goals out of three isn’t bad.
Happy Christmas!

Comment on Heaven sent? by David

David — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:34:37 +0000

You have to start somewhere…

David