At first I thought downgrading from GoogleChrome to the less fancy Mozilla FoxFire was a drag. I mean yeah there are all the nice apps and cool themes but thats nothing compared to the crisp clean look of Chrome. Then I found out you can use this nifty little customization feature called "Personas". You can make your own browser background, use ones others have already made, and preview before using. How fun is that! Right now I am using one that has a blacklight effect being used on bottles of rainbow paint that glow so bright it hurts. In the past I have used a few Go Green! themed ones and a Lady Gaga themed one. It sure is a upgrade from boring gray right? I love it when I am able to give things my own personal touch.

Labels: personas

For all you Wonderland lovers here is the perfect calender. Weather it was the classic books-- Or the fanciful films-- That are to blame for the love of Wonderland and its inhabitants. Here is something a little different. A monthly calender featuring Alice and all her shenanigans in tripy psychedelic colors, what could be better? I'll tell you, NOTHING!! Well maybe some pie or cake. But seriously, this is a pretty neat looking calender. Check it out here. Buy it for me here. Ok I guess you can buy one for you if you want too.

If you would like to learn more about the artist (John Coulthart) at his website and check out his other work in his journal/blog. Its worth looking at.

Labels: 2010, alice in wonderland

Dinner for two, low on food. How do I deal?
Thanks to my sister and her hubby for the lovely Christmas gift of a crock pot. I am now able to pull a meal basically out of my ass.

I was looking in my pantry and saw I had very little food. The cupboards are pretty much bare, a few bulbs of garlic, half a sack of potatoes, a can of tomato pizza sauce. Not much to make a meal out of I thought. But I was thinking, I could make a tomato style soup in my new crock pot! I put the can of sauce in the crock pot, added a few cups of water to thin it out a smidgen. Chopped up garlic and four big potatoes. Added some seasonings, Rosemary, Thyme, Parsley. Found some tabasco peppers and jalapeño hot sauce in the fridge, chopped the peppers and poured about two tablespoons of the sauce in. I then mixed it around a little and turned that baby on for four hours. Still waiting on the results but man does it smell spectacular. I plan on making grilled cheese to go with. Also a sprinkle of cheddar won't hurt the flavor of the soup.

That right there is what I call poor mans meal. Makin' something out of nothing!

Labels: easy, food, poor