tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40081771348294390332024-03-12T21:53:02.608-04:00irishthanhy's musings, rants, etc.The title really says it all, don't you think?irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-10675851625720048782011-01-11T22:54:00.007-05:002011-01-17T01:04:43.646-05:00Jon Stewart's take on the Gifford's shooting.Picture from buddytv.com.<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-80786184560961763392010-12-18T21:39:00.004-05:002010-12-18T21:59:00.591-05:00The mile-high blog....On a plane listening to "Short Shorts" by Royal Teens (via XM radio) and using the holiday free Wi-Fi. Oh how far technology has come.My airport (Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson) experience was not horrible. Security took less then ten minutes even with an "incident". Someone shouted what sounded like, "BREACH!" and then the TSA agent at my station shouted for everyone by the conveyor belt to irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-34031375397833015972010-12-08T08:00:00.003-05:002010-12-08T08:00:15.552-05:00You don't know what you're missing.R.I.P. John Lennonirishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-69900596884489585132010-12-02T00:01:00.007-05:002010-12-05T12:30:23.809-05:00Are you sure that's safe to eat?Since I'm always going on about my baking I thought I'd take a moment to talk about my cooking, even though it almost always goes smoothly.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Farfalle Con Piselli Rosemary PotatoesI made these two together from a recipe I found somewhere ages ago (I wish I could rememberwhere). The pasta is farfalle (bow tie) in a cream sauce (cook chopped onion and finely irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-12439422115696121942010-11-25T19:32:00.001-05:002010-11-25T19:34:14.909-05:00I love turkey...on Thanksgiving!Hopefully I'll have turkey pictures later.Happy Thanksgiving.irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-42286945323781223142010-11-23T03:11:00.013-05:002010-11-24T01:45:01.519-05:00I would like you to dance!Another year, another birthday.You can see the tooth pick I used to test the done-ness of the cake and the plate for the pumpkin cookies I baked.Continuing in the tradition of buying/baking my own cake I have made a Duncan HinesĀ® Butter Recipe Golden Cake to enjoy with my mother this morning (I've decided I'm going to have a birthday breakfast with her since I'm going out with friends tonight).irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-56845391188959828082010-11-20T00:16:00.004-05:002010-11-23T05:17:46.336-05:00Bardic Immunity!"Well, I was too brave to spare the elderly."So, I love Dead Gentlemen Productions. Does this make me a geek? Probably, but they're funny. My friend and I stumbled upon JourneyQuest on Hulu; it was listed as a recently added show and we were looking for something to watch. Who can resist with a description like this:Following a group of dysfunctional adventurers on a quest to discover and irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-17574689612330208792010-11-09T14:05:00.009-05:002010-11-23T06:11:29.364-05:00Is she...in the kitchen?I like to cook. I don't really like recipes or measuring things, but I like to cook.I've been trying to cook once a week and you might think I have some horrible disaster story to tell here. Well, I don't. So there. Baking may be another story.Pumpkin Cookies1 cup Sugar1 cup Shortening1 cup Pumpkin (from a can)1 Egg2 cups Flour1 tsp Baking Soda1 tsp Salt1 tsp Cinnamon1 Cup RaisinsCream the irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-34549642772629273962010-11-02T18:46:00.003-04:002010-11-02T18:47:34.320-04:00The attack of the mid-terms.I could sit here and try to think of a clever, long-winded way to say this, but for once I am going to be short.Politicians make me physically ill.irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-40537673437074781962010-10-31T01:05:00.004-04:002010-10-31T01:05:00.286-04:00It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie BrownTonight I gave out candy to the kids in our neighborhood. I had my laptop and iPhone on the porch with me so one of the dads commented that I was a high tech witch. I took that to heart and when I went to get a jacket (I was originally going to throw on my black sweater) I grabbed my pinstriped blazer. For Halloween I was a business witch. Or Sandra Bullock's character from The Proposal.I irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-71376711181630166372010-10-30T03:51:00.000-04:002010-10-30T03:53:01.882-04:00A leash for... your phone?!You can buy a leash for your pet, for your child, and now, finally, you can buy one for your phone! Heaven forbid you ever be parted from your phone. You may die!When I first saw a commercial for this I was struck by how it made the gadget seem like a life safer (like, literally- something that saves you from death) and how we've become a society chained to our technology.Billy couldn't irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-81123383252919927432010-10-29T21:00:00.000-04:002010-10-29T22:52:10.423-04:00Bond, James B---oh great, I've died again.When this game came out two years ago I really wanted to buy it, but I did not. Why? Because I figured I'd be horrible at it, so I stuck to my puzzle (Professor Layton!) and Brain Age games. I couldn't even get to the end of Super Princess Peach! A few months ago, however the Quantum of Solace for DS was ten dollars at Game Stop. I took it as a sign that it was finally time (plus I was irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-88429344128043726992010-10-18T02:30:00.000-04:002010-10-26T02:20:26.161-04:00Are you serious?!I have a problem and that problem is other people.Most people don't understand my sarcasm, sense of humor, and my randomness. Back when I still participated in the joy of facebook people would often ask me what my status updates even meant. Well, to be honest, nothing. If I had a thought and I found it random enough I would post it. I also enjoyed posting quotes out of context. "Three, or irishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008177134829439033.post-40940409575194050512010-09-08T09:38:00.000-04:002010-10-16T20:53:34.437-04:00The evils of American white rice.Dry, flavorless "rice."Uncle Ben's should be outlawed. MinuteĀ® Rice makes me want to seek out the nearest human being so I can be held.If I had, at my disposal, the solution to the mystery of time travel and was able to go back to any single point in history I would go back to stop the travesty that is parboiled rice from being unleashed upon the world. Or, perhaps, I'd halt the productionirishthanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17980898453508188947noreply@blogger.com0