http://wp.dsafire.net Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:45:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK. Now I haven't done this one before, as much as both Lee and I enjoy it for a reason. There will be folks who will swear that allowing A Damn Yankee to make the sacred Chicken Fried Steak is an abomination not to be tolerated. Let alone a Yankee ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/12/29/chicken-fried-steak-2 Ok, so Ive had an install of Linux running for a bit now. I've been running Kubuntu inside WinBlows as a Wubi install, basically to see if it's something I can easily get the hang of. I like this OS, it's not as complicated as Linux used to seem, ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/11/14/sometimes-im-so-smart-i-astound-myself Just a quickie recipe, without much in the way of commentary... 2 tsp olive oil 6 Italian sausage, casing removed 4 cups of chicken broth 4 cloves of garlic, minced 1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes 1/2 sweet yellow onion, diced 1 cup of tube shaped pasta (Ditali Lisci) Pinch of crushed red pepper 2 15 oz cans ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/10/27/pasta-e-fagioli The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/09/25/248 Once upon a time there were four little girls and one boy who were friends. They played together, laughed, pissed off each other's parents and did all the things that children do, both naughty and nice. They all started to grow up. The girls started to go to bars and ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/08/12/oh-so-proud OK, so yesterday at work the stress got to me, the pressure went up, and off I went into happy vertigo land. Its a fun place, your notice of pending arrival is the room starts to spin really REALLY fast while you hang on and try to keep the nausea ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/08/04/jagged-little-pill OK, first a little background. Toronto and Hamilton are two longtime rival-cities. One, an old manufacturing city, that has been slowly crumbling into disrepair, the other an upstart attempting to ape the cultural and financial capitals of the world. Currently, Hamilton is fighting to gain an NHL franchise. A worthy enough goal ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/06/20/i-am-so-amused Frustrations piling up nicely. Cant do dickall to help Lee get over the most recent hump, all of my ideas have been exhausted. I dont have the energy to do anything active, and my passive pursuits are mostly on hold untill something happens somewhere to our financial status. Hello TV. *disgusted ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/05/13/i-cant-even-snarl I work in a call center. I spend five-to-ten hours a day talking to people who are confused, upset, bereaved, and downright pissed the fuck off. It tends to color my view. It brings out my most cynical side. Often it leaves me disgusted with humanity as a whole. But today, ... http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/04/15/faith The key to putting claw covers on a cat seems to be doing it in the morning while he's sleeping. Also, want something deep-fried. http://wp.dsafire.net/2009/03/28/random