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Quote of the Month 21

The quote for February: “…the god that created this universe, if it was created by god, is quite clearly a maniac… utter maniac, totally selfish.” Stephen Fry This was part of Stephen Fry’s response...

Lemon Cake

A neighbor with a lemon tree has been bringing me lemons for the past couple of years and I never know what to do with them.  I make tangerine liqueur and made lemon liqueur...

Quote of the Month 22

The quote for March: “I don’t understand why scientists keep debating religious people.” “Because leaving them unchallenged is like leaving a weed alone and not expecting it to take over your yard.” Kemanorel Kin...

Kayo’s Cookie Recipe

Here’s a recipe for some chocolate chip cookies my friend’s wife makes.  I tried using the recipe from my Fannie Farmer’s cookbook and they turned out thin and flat -> good, just too runny,...

Joomla.xml Upgrade Error

For the last few upgrades on Joomla, I’ve been getting the error ‘Cannot write to joomla.xml’  There are a bunch of articles online about similar stuff and involved work arounds and what-not but the...

Quote of the Month 23

The quote for April and May: “All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are deluded within moments of their occurrence by the continuance of the necessary routines of day-to-day living” Robin Hobb Assassin’s...

Ace of Aces

Recently, a very good friend of mine sent me a present out of the blue.  He had been hinting about it for a couple of months so I was totally intrigued when it finally...

Route-58

Route 58

I had to go out to the Hyakadai park on the Shimabara peninsula the other day and wanted to find a little traveled twisty to make the trip worthwhile. Google maps was showing route...

MyBB

Upgrading MyBB Forum

Okay, so I’m mostly just putting this here because I hate having to look it up whenever I do an upgrade – which is infrequent enough that I inevitably have to look it up....