Now that we’re sheltering at home, I find myself experimenting more in the kitchen. Last night, I fixed pan-seared mahi-mahi and wanted to pep up an essentially bland dish with a sauce. So, I went off to Google to find interesting white sauces for fish. I found several flavorful-looking sauces. Most I recognized as being … Read more
I recently read an excellent opening chapter of a thriller. One thing about the chapter got me to thinking, though. The author wanted to keep the gender of their spy secret, so what pronoun should they use? They tried things like, “The spy adjusted its parachute as it glided toward the target,” but I found … Read more
Meow. This is Boris, the Most Excellent Cat in the World. Or at least in Bill’s and Gene’s home, since that’s all I ever get to see. Bill and Gene are upstairs in the media room snoring, and dumbo Bill forgot to shut the door to his secret sanctorum, his office, where he hangs out … Read more
I’ve got a shiny new website, so I should post something, right? The problem I have with blogging is that I can never think of anything to write about. Or at least, anything that anyone else would think is interesting. For want of anything better, I guess I’ll start with food. Who doesn’t like food? … Read more