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Over the last couple weeks I've run into several folks who are leaving the city for the suburbs and at the same time I'm reading about permaculture, so it's creating some interesting juxtupositions in my head. This morning on NPR they had a story about...
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Okay, so today the base sales tax rate for the city of Chicago went up to a whopping 10.25%, the highest in the nation. While I can arguably afford this better than some other folks, anybody who cares about urban poverty knows how regressive sales taxes...
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There has been a ton of stuff going on this summer related to our research into farming and trying to learn new things. I'm getting behind on blogging about it, so here are a few highlights. Over Memorial Day weekend, we visited our friends James and...
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So I've gotten really behind on my blogging, my current project schedule isn't very conducive to blogging. I often blog on my lunch break, but I've only been taking a half hour lunch lately so I can leave work early enough to beat most of the evening...
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So actually a lot has been going on in our ongoing research of all things farming, organic and gardening. We are learning a lot, but there is still a lot to process and I don't want to do too much thinking in public. But I can at least talk about what...
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We finally made our first trip to a dairy goat operation this past weekend. Hopefully more details later, but in the meantime, enjoy a couple of photos.
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So the release date for the new Portishead has finally drawing nigh. April 28th in the UK, April 29th in the states. I've heard about 3 tracks now on BBC Radio 1 and it's pretty great. Very big and gloomy. It's hard to believe it's been 10 years. I also...
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One of my favorite cookbook authors, Suvir Saran, waxes philosophical on the wonder of home grown eggs. They have some of the South American Araucana hens, which produce eggs in wonderful shades of blue and green. The deep brown ones are quite lovely...
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Over this past winter I've been reading a lot of books related to sustainable/organic farming and animal husbandry. One recent book I can highly recommend is The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman. The book is chock full of dense, useable information...
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So I don't usually do these "tagged" things, but I kinda think this one is cool. I was tagged by Scott , he has a pretty obscure set of quotes up. Plus I'm curious if my movie geek friends will get some of these. I'm not sure if the point is to be obscure...
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Growing up in a Mennonite church, worship and singing meant acapella, 4 part (at least) harmony with no instruments. While I grew to love all sorts of instruments in music and even learned to play some, that experience shaped a love of vocal music in...
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Boy, do I love this guy. Really great Biblical understanding of the kingdom and God's plans for creation. The fact that what he says sounds unorthodox to many modern evangelicals just shows how far we've slipped from a Biblical understanding of what happens...
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I just finished the classic Joel Salatin book " You Can Farm " and found it to be very thought-provoking. One of the things I like most about it is he doesn't just have good ideas and suggestions, I really like his philosophy. He talks about philosophy...
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As a J.J. Abrams fan from way back, I was probably going to be interested in Cloverfield anyway. And I thought the viral marketing stuff was pretty brilliant. It's always fun when the internet fan boys start hyping things way ahead of time. Kristin and...
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Here's what happens when crazily inventive Moto chef Homaro Cantu get "aholt of" some raccoon meat. I grew up in the country and even I've never tried raccoon, although I have had pan-fried squirrel a number of times. Hope that grosses you out.
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