Jan 27th---
You can totally make polenta in a rice cooker! (I used 3 cups water to 1 cup cornmeal)



Jan 26th---
I read an interesting article suggesting that the 2nd Amendment was all about protecting the South's right to slave militias. This article suggests it's not accurate. Still, someting to think about.

Jan 25---
Thanks to a spotify playlist of garden related songs from the Guardian I was listening to while organizing my seeds by start date, I was turned on to The Coup who have quickly become one of my favorite groups. So glad they have several albums for me to explore!
Also, DJ Pam the Funkstress scratches with her BOOBS! And owns a cajun restaurant and catering company in northern California.

Jan 24---
I had to fix a leak under the sink all by myself with the phoned in counsel of rebby. In the process I learned what Channellock pliers are. Made in PA!

Inaugural Catch Up

I was out of town for my birthday and the inauguration. I learned a lot in DC!

Jan 23---
Cinnabons are really kind of disgusting.



Jan 22---
Julia Child loved cats!

Indian Peace Medals were a thing. A really embarrassing thing.

First Lady Grace Coolidge had a pet raccoon.

President Chester A Arthur had 80 pairs of pants!



Jan 21---
Obama was the first president to ever mention gay rights in an inauguration speech. I was there to hear it.



Jan 20---
Union Station is a magical place.



Jan 19
A very simple explanation of why defending civil rights is everyone's job.

Jan 18---
took this quiz to find out which Dr Who companion I most resembled. Answer is Donna Noble. :)

Jan 17---
I have been trying to avoid the whole gun thing as much as possible, but this ad makes me want to cry. I can't believe our society is really coming to this.

Jan 16---
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Dr Who fanfiction is a thing.

Jan 15---
during the second world war, all specialty cheesemaking in Britain ceased so that all milk could be used to make uniform ration cheese, called white leicester.

Red Leicester, my favorite cheese, is so named because of the addition of anatto to distinguish it from the boring bland ration version.

weekend catch up

Jan 14---
Alan Cumming has a new movie out about a gay couple in the 70s trying to adopt a kid with down's syndrome called Any Day Now



Jan 13---
I will still go to the mat for Jodie Foster. I agree with Frank Bruni.



Jan 12---
I can happily pass 45 minutes in a comic book store (as long as there are thousands of used paperbacks shoved haphazardly everywhere, and a shop cat)



Jan 11---
David Tennant decided at age three to become an actor because he wanted to play Doctor Who.



Jan 10---
Global warming has changed my planting zone so significantly that most things will go in a whole month earlier than I'm used to.

Jan 9---
Jackie Gleason was a believer in UFOs and amassed an enormous collection of books and materials on paranormal phenomena, which his wife donated to the University of Miami upon his death in 1988.

Jan 8---
learned there is an Italian groceria/sausage maker a couple of blocks from my house!
Henry Grasso Sausage

Jan 7---
Barney Frank might be a senator again! (at least for a little while)



Jan 6---
Vinegar+Baking Soda=best stain remover

Jan 5---
learned about the upcoming existence of this Lone Ranger Movie. Wow.

Jan 4---
(re)learned how to do line breaks in html.
line breaks and paragraphs

also, learned that Frances McDormand went to high school in Monessen.
Frances McDormand

Jan 3---
there are no La Quinta Inns in the Florida Keys.
however, there is one in Cutler Ridge, which is a two hour drive to Key West.
La Quinta Cutler Ridge

2013 Learn a day

dedicating myself to learning at least one new thing every day.
since I missed starting yesterday, I'll play catch up:

Jan 1---
learned how to play Rollin Bones

Jan 2---
learned how to properly fold a fitted sheet. Fold a Fitted Sheet Like A Pro