Jinked

We had our first (and probably our only) softball practice tonight.  Our coach-coworker brought his two young boys along.  I’d say one was about two and one four.  I do know the older of the two is in tee-ball.  A lot of people brought their kids, which was cool by me.   Anyhow… When the girls would bat, the older boy would come on out to [...]

I wanted to try something I’ve never done before, something new and exciting and in the vein of cooking.  I’ve tired of making cakes.  Cookies.  Even different curries (and boy do I love curry).  After watching this video, I told myself, “I want to make cheese.” And so I did.  The experience was documented, sans a tripod.  I should really invest in one of those.  [...]

I try to buy organic when I can.  Organic produce is readily available at your local grocer.  Organic dairy.  Organic snacks.  Lately though I’ve been questioning how “worth it” it is to buy everything exclusively organic. To have a local, organic farmer in your area, it’s truly priceless.  I however do not have ready access to a fully-stocked organic grower.  Thus, I have to rely [...]

People oftentimes complain that there is nothing to do in Northwest Indiana… that if you’re looking for fun and if you’re looking for culture you have to go to Chicago.  I say, “That’s totally not true!”  I grew up in Northwest Indiana, so maybe I’m biased, but it bothers me when people slam Indiana (especially The Region part of it) for being a bunch of [...]

So, since Friday, I’ve been following a live USTREAM cast of these guys called The Speed Gamers, a group of college-age gamers that get together pretty frequently and have video game marathons.  The kicker is that through these marathons they raise money for different charities.  In the past they’ve helped charities like St. Jude’s, The Lupus Foundation of America and Susan G. Komen.  This time [...]