Staying Busy Pizza Partay!!!

Monday's project was pizza dough.  I don't really know dough, so texture, consistency, color - that was all a guessing game.  After a few spins in the bowl and a few kneads of the knuckle, it looked good enough to me, so I threw it in the fridge over night and waited for it to rise.

Homemade sauce was easy - just tomato paste, water and olive oil.  I also included dried rosemary (crushed), basil, oregano and chopped garlic.  No cooking necessary!!! 

All the other stuff was pretty intuitive.  The best pizzas always have basil, mozz and any combo of olive, mushroom, artichoke, tomato, etc. 

Making the dough into acutal pizza was a little aggravating.  Dough is stupid and stubborn, so getting it into a form that looked like it could accommodate toppings was a process that took a lot of finessing.  But in the end, ta da! Motorino, Roberta's, Paulie Gee's - all rolled in to one! 

What Does Your Profile Pic Say About You?

I could build that:
Lady of Leisure:
Inner Romanian gymnast:
Knows how to make a swan out of a napkin:

Burrito fetish:
Believes in witch craft:
Living in the past:
Has a blog to anally keep track of money:

Why This Blog Is A Service To You

On Christmas 2050, when you are sitting around your hologram fire place with your robot grandchildren and they ask you what you were like in your twenties, you can get on your invisible, levitating computer and pull up my blog and answer a few questions for them.

Grandma didn't always use a thermos to hide it:


Grandpa used to love the finer things:


So thaaaats why Uncle Nick went to prison:


Wasn't there once a movie about being born an old man?


Right after Uncle Paul proposed to Aunt Sophie:


Old Timmy Traynor was always an embarassing dad:


Grandma Krausey right before "the surgery":

Go Ricki! Go Ricki! Go Ricki!

I signed up for the New York Marathon today because it was time....*


*This picture was not photoshopped.

Snow Day Part 1: Some Amish Highlights

We went to an all you can eat buffet. They call it a "smorgasbord" in Amish country. Sorry Mom!



If you're wondering why Tim looks so proud in this picture, its because he had just thrown a ton of snow at me.


The lady in the middle is who I'm going to be for Halloween this year.


This soup had everything Amish country had to offer in it: fresh veggies, homemade sausage, cream straight from the udder and tranquility.

Daily Mensa G-Chat With Mac and Kea

me: dr. glovinsky
whats your middle name?
Mac: you dont know?
me: mmmmm
mac donald glovinsky
?
Mac: what?
really?
you know this....
me: I KNOW
but i forgot
i know its something idfferent
Mac: oh krause
kea marie krause?
Mac: your meddle name is marie right?
me: no
Mac: middle
me: shut up
Mac: meddle
oh, wait, its a weird one right?
me: i sense you are effing with me
and i do not like
me: so whats the name, the middle name?
Mac: youre initials are knk right?
kmk
me: why are you doing this to me!? just tell me!
Mac: hahaha
me: is your middle name a sherpa name?
Mac: mac alexander glovinsky
me: MAG
Mac: yup
me: huh
Mac: huh what?
me: i dont thitnk i did know that
Mac: you did
whats yours?
me: mcnally
Mac: AAAH, right
me: ha
my everything is chapped
Mac: im outta here

Week Day Warrior

Stars in the 80's

Sweet photo of Grace Slick in the 80's. I wonder what Janis Joplin would've looked like in the 80's?

Ghost Surprise Party

Pre-party was a little lonely.

Finally! Photographic Evidence of Gnome Infestation!

Publicly Commissioned Artwork

Paint Application Artwork Compilation

bored.bored.bored.bored.bored.boferrd.dlfougfd.shoiursdlg.adrhaeoiud.adsoufdafdsa.

You Ever Wonder Where People Go When They Say They Are Going To Work?

Like when your roommate leaves for 8 HOURS a day and then returns and its like nothing has changed except for the fact that they've just spent a majority of their day at their mystery job? And you try to picture where they sit and what they have on the walls but you can't because you can only picture them at the bar. Then you start to imagine them making lunch choices at generic midtown cafes and making small talk with coworkers and you realize your "friend" is a "virtual stranger."

HAHAHAAA!

Look at Mac. Now look at Adam. Now look at Ann. Their faces are saying_______.

Greeeeeeeeenpoint.

Creepy, Right?

Hole Digging: A Life Guard's Sudoku

This life guard dug a huge hole at the beach the other day, guess he was bored. His back was turned away from the water the entire time. Just saying.