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Recipe: cranberry sorbet

damn straight i did!

Have you ever begun a recipe with moderate to low expectations only to be completely dazzled by the result? One night while I was falling asleep, an idea popped into my brain and I said aloud, “cranberry sorbet” to no one in particular. I have about a 70% chance of remembering my thoughts the following morning.

gems

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This is all Manisha‘s fault ;)

aspens outside of marble, colorado
september 2008
nikon d200, 18mm, f/8, iso 100, 1/200 s

Jeremy spent a few hours researching the ballot initiatives for Colorado last night because he is a good and responsible citizen. There are a lot of initiatives on the ballot – the second highest number for Colorado ever. So he found a progressive reference site on the ballots which discusses the issues in detail, but also has short summaries that are pretty hilarious. My favorite summary is about ballot initiative 58 which increases state funding for higher education. The oil and gas industry is adamantly opposed to it:

Update: The No on 58 group claims that students will just waste this money on beer. The Oil & Gas companies would rather keep this money for hookers and blow.

Last week when I met with Manisha and Kitt for lunch, I took the traveling NaBloWriMo canvas home with me to add my bit of *creative artistry* before passing it along to Kitt. I don’t draw. I don’t paint. I didn’t even know how to use pastels (I had to look it up online). I consider it a huge victory if my drawings come out looking better than my nephew’s (when he was 6). Today I finally busted out the pastels, drew in my share, and then sprayed it with fixer. It’s ready for Kitt, now.

now you see why i prefer photography

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