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Peanut Butter Cups

As a kid, and even a college student (and even at that point I was still a kid by Henry Link's definition), my Grandpa & Grandma Wood always had peanut butter cups at their house when I visited. I love peanut butter cups. I never gave it

What's with the DonorsChoose widget in the sidebar?

DonorsChoose.org is an organization that helps school teachers find funding for classroom projects that regular school budgets cannot cover. It's pretty simple and works like this:Teachers post their project funding requestsDonorsChoose.org validates

"Stuff" holds me back

While driving home tonight, the lyrics of a song on the radio struck a chord with me: If I ain't got nothing, I've got nothing to hold me back When I left my high paying job at Compuware to start my own company, I was 24, renting a house, driving a

Put your camera (or GPS, iPod, etc.) in a ziploc bag before heading inside on cold days

January and February have been frigid months in Michigan, but that hasn't stopped me from taking my digital cameras outside to snap a few pictures. Usually when I go back inside, condensation immediately forms on the cameras, making them unusable until

My new favorite kitchen gadget makes steaks incredibly tender and flavorful

Last year I discovered a kitchen gadget that has made my ribeye and sirloin steaks more tender than a young girl's heart, and has eliminated the need to use a knife when enjoying my Chicken Marsala. I used to employ a fork to poke hundreds of

Another beef cooking tip - don't pack your meatballs or burgers tightly

I usually use 1/3 of a pound of beef for a single patty and I used to pack them very tightly, so my pre-grilled burgers were at least the size of a normal coffee saucer and 1/4" thick; the post-grilled patties would fill an average bun. Even though I

Free deer - you pick up.

I didn't intend for the blog to take on a "Things in my front yard" theme, but it seems that objects just keep showing up. Yesterday I pulled in the driveway after work and saw a big brown & white fuzzy blob laying in the back yard. "Looks like a

The tree has produced its first lemon

Finally, after diligently watering, pruning, fertilizing and providing ample T.L.C., my Myer's lemon tree has produced its first viable lemon. I bought the tree in May of 2004 and it's bloomed at least 4 times since. During those blooms it produced

No time to write

Wow, it's hard to believe that it's been three months already, but on Tuesday the girls were 12 weeks old. I'm still amazed at how much time and work these two little dandies require and that's the reason I haven't posted anything new to the blog in the

Did I win??

I'm color blind. That doesn't mean that I see in black in white (yes, I have had people ask me that), but I do have trouble distinguishing between shades of certain colors, especially green and red. Normally, this doesn't present too many problems for

Ring.Ring.Click.

Last night, Erin and I volunteered to help raise money for Shults-Lewis Children's Home during their annual telephone fund raising campaign. Neither of us has superb telemarketing skills, so we didn't go in with real high expectations that we'd set any