Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

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9:25a	Cooking The Micel Folcland Fest was great fun last weekend. I got further on my naalbinded socks, and other good stuff. Folo has photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/folo/sets/72157617574410551/ Mike cooked up a veggie soup that was very good. There was leftover food and I was going to cook it up yesterday after work, but I got talking too late with a friend who was briefly back in town. Then I woke up way too early this morning. I was just going to do chopping this morning & cook in the evening, ... but it went faster than I expected. I like turnips*. I cut up the 2 left over, 1 leek, 2 onions, the rest of the mushrooms, and some of left-over celery, bullion & some spices. Mike's version tasted better (& had more leaks), ... the turnips cooked up fine. I now know they cook up fast and will probably do this more often. *The only way I like sweet potatoes is how my Sister-in-Law's sister cooks them, with turnips. It tastes like food, not the over-sweet candy the dish usually is, with brown sugar & marshmallows ... (Comment on this)
12:06p	Maine governor signs same-sex marriage bill happy dance he had a change of heart: "In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions," Baldacci said in a written statement. "I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage." http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105356.html The usual suspects will be trying to do a "people's veto". (This happened before with "gay rights" bills -- that had to be passed three times in Maine before it stuck.) (Comment on this)

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