This weekend we located an Asian grocer in Vancouver and wasted no time in realizing the prices made it worth stocking up. I know it's not nice, but a few weeks ago, when I heard there is a worldwide shortage of rice, my first thought was "that's sad/scary". My second thought was "Boy I could really use some delicious rice to eat!" And I've pretty much obsessed about rice ever since.
In the past few weeks I have purchased: sweet, brown, sweet brown, short-grain, premium short-grain, black (emperor's forbidden), Thai glutinous, red, and jasmine rice.
I'm not proud, I'm just laying down the facts.
The "emperor" rice was such a hit at our Thai dinner, we've been jonesing for our next hit for a couple weeks.
So, yesterday, we bought 25 pounds of Thai glutinous rice, some coconut milk and champagne mangoes and made them up together in a dessert that tasted "just like the restaurant". The only thing we didn't have to make it 100% authentic was the pandanus leaf, which we did buy, but then observed mold thereupon and so discarded it.
If you ever get down this way, I strongly suggest you request this dish from the chef.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Disjointed
I had a dislocated finger yesterday. The middle knuckle of the ring-finger on my right hand was disjointed by about 45 degrees. I'll post the x-ray later.
I'm typing one-handed now.
How did this happen? You may ask.
As to the exact cause I can only speculate, since I wasn't conscious the moment it happened.
Generally speaking, though, I can say with great confidence that at the moment of dislocation a considerable proportion of my 225 pounds was poised above the finger and the tile floor was situated directly below it.
Just before that moment, my body must have been in a free fall from a standing position, with the trajectory of the fall being guided only by the interplay between the laws of physics and the mass and structure of my body.
By chance, my fall avoided numerous obstacles in the bathroom, and my head was completely spared. Indeed, only my right arm received noticeable damage: scrapes on the elbow and "trauma" (minor, with one exception) to three of the fingers.
The series of unfortunate events that lead to all of the above I'll briefly explain.
9:00 am major back spasm erupts while clearing my throat on the kitchen porch. The shock of pain nearly drops me to my knees.
9:05 ingest a muscle relaxant in hopes of a quick cure.
10:00 fall asleep under influence of the drug
11:30 wake with full bladder
11:32 finish urinating
11:32 pass out
12:30 Heidi drives me to urgent care clinic
2:30 doctor "reduces" the dislocated finger after checking for fractures and bone fragments
3:30 drive home with Green Curry, Tom Ka Gai and sweet rice with mango and coconut sauce.
I'm typing one-handed now.
How did this happen? You may ask.
As to the exact cause I can only speculate, since I wasn't conscious the moment it happened.
Generally speaking, though, I can say with great confidence that at the moment of dislocation a considerable proportion of my 225 pounds was poised above the finger and the tile floor was situated directly below it.
Just before that moment, my body must have been in a free fall from a standing position, with the trajectory of the fall being guided only by the interplay between the laws of physics and the mass and structure of my body.
By chance, my fall avoided numerous obstacles in the bathroom, and my head was completely spared. Indeed, only my right arm received noticeable damage: scrapes on the elbow and "trauma" (minor, with one exception) to three of the fingers.
The series of unfortunate events that lead to all of the above I'll briefly explain.
9:00 am major back spasm erupts while clearing my throat on the kitchen porch. The shock of pain nearly drops me to my knees.
9:05 ingest a muscle relaxant in hopes of a quick cure.
10:00 fall asleep under influence of the drug
11:30 wake with full bladder
11:32 finish urinating
11:32 pass out
12:30 Heidi drives me to urgent care clinic
2:30 doctor "reduces" the dislocated finger after checking for fractures and bone fragments
3:30 drive home with Green Curry, Tom Ka Gai and sweet rice with mango and coconut sauce.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Goings On
Here is a link to some pictures of what has been going on:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ZimFam/KidSchoolDays
Heidi took a picture of a Lazuli Bunting at her bird feeder, but it didn't turn out too well, so I'll link to this picture:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ZimFam/KidSchoolDays
Heidi took a picture of a Lazuli Bunting at her bird feeder, but it didn't turn out too well, so I'll link to this picture:
Friday, June 06, 2008
What do May Showers Bring?
Why, June showers, of course!
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, we've had our flowers too. It's just plain funny how much it has drizzled lately.
It's great for the garden though. We've been eating fresh greens from our deer-proof garden for a few weeks now.
Jamey and Arthur performed at their schools spring show last night. They were cute. Arthur sang and kazooed his way through Little Boy Blue and Mary Mary Quite Contrary.
Jamey recited his own poem about aphids. Both poem and recitation were top-notch.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, we've had our flowers too. It's just plain funny how much it has drizzled lately.
It's great for the garden though. We've been eating fresh greens from our deer-proof garden for a few weeks now.
Jamey and Arthur performed at their schools spring show last night. They were cute. Arthur sang and kazooed his way through Little Boy Blue and Mary Mary Quite Contrary.
Jamey recited his own poem about aphids. Both poem and recitation were top-notch.
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