From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Land of Nightingales and Roses

2007.Oct.30 Tuesday

 On the night before his coronation, Sir Hari and his peers dined off the traditional gold plate, while their underlings supped from silver. Next day he rode out at the head of the state procession of elephants. His favorite pony, which trotted after, was decked with a jeweled harness, containing among other gems an emerald [...]

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Micro-Thai

2007.Oct.28 Sunday

 They were very popular through most of the ’70s and part of the ’80s. But when microwave ovens came along, people lost interest in baking and traditional cooking methods.” – David Dahlquist, creator of the Bundt pan Buenos Aires – Local friend Tom recently e-mailed me: There is a new Thai restaurant in Belgrano that [...]

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Free the Rice!

2007.Oct.27 Saturday

 Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.” – Chinese proverb Buenos Aires – No, this isn’t going to be a rant about price increases or boycotts. I’m not out to start another tomato war like the one we just went through here. No, this is about an opportunity. For those of us who spend [...]

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An Apple a Day…

2007.Oct.26 Friday

 There are some limitations when using the Apple Macintosh as a client device for Tarantella: * Printing to client device printers is only supported on Mac OS X version 10.2 or later. * Client drive mapping (CDM) is not supported. – from the Tarantella Administration Guide Buenos Aires – There are, however, no limitations on [...]

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Stop and Smell the Coffee

2007.Oct.24 Wednesday

 The more you love the more you’ll find that life is good and friends are kind and only what we give away enriches us from day to day.” – Helen Rice Buenos Aires – At least once a week, there’s a day… a moment… that truly reminds me of why I love being here. Like [...]

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How Y’All Are?

2007.Oct.23 Tuesday

 Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada…. Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.” – Paul Prudhomme, Chef Buenos Aires – You’d think, given the constant harping about lack of [...]

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The Other Side

2007.Oct.22 Monday

 If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” – Seneca, Roman philosopher Buenos Aires – I generally avoid the Puerto Madero area of town – it’s a multi-block strip of renovated docks and warehouses, akin to something like the South Street Seaport in New York, filled with overpriced [...]

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Drumroll… And now… Presenting…

2007.Oct.21 Sunday

 There is a vulgar belief in Gloucestershire and other counties, that Rosemary will not grow well unless where the mistress is ‘master’; and so touchy are some of the lords of creation upon this point, that we have more than once had reason to suspect them of privately injuring a growing rosemary in order to [...]

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Boxed In

2007.Oct.18 Thursday

 We must be careful of those who are boxed in linear thought with linear solutions to complex problems if we are to propel the human race and continue the forward progression of mankind.” – Lance Winslow, Author Buenos Aires – Some time ago, I got a series of very angry e-mails and post commentaries from [...]

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