Monthly Archives: April 2009

263: Fiction 101

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Jen

The Inlander’s 101 word fiction contest results are in. And runners up, which includes one from yours truly.

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264: Pride and Prejudice . . . and Zombies

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Jen

I ran across this book the other day. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! I’m not sure what to make of it, frankly. Though, really, it’s hard not to like a … Continue reading →

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265: Purple Kale Pulao

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Jen

I didn’t really make Purple Kale Pulao. As my mother would say: I looked at the recipe, and then changed it. Actually, no one but me likes peas, so that was out, and I had some cabbage and some really … Continue reading →

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266: Eggs

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Jen

We were invited to dye eggs with our friends the other night, so we brought dinner (Mujadara, cucumber-tomato salad, and broiled pineapple), and then we dyed eggs. My friend is a scrapbooker (scrapper?) and  had lots of really fun stickers … Continue reading →

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267: Missionary Letters

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Jen

My friend Alan and I have had a two-decade long conversation on the topic of missionary letters, as he is a writer of them, and I am a receiver of them. Missionary letters have long irritated me with their vague … Continue reading →

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268: Fingers

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Jen

Farmerteen and her father have no sense of their appendages. I used to joke, of Farmertot, that if her arms and legs and head weren’t stuck on, I’d just be toting around a torso . . . the rest would … Continue reading →

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269: Let the Right One In

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Jen

I watched a really tender vampire movie the other day called Let the Right One In. The Netflix version is dubbed to English, which is kind of a shame, because I think that tends to bollocks the whole soundtrack, but … Continue reading →

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270: Penn Gillette on Evangelism

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Jen

Penn Gillette on evangelism.

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271: Polenta Lasagna

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Jen

I made this polenta lasagna the other night. I didn’t have mushrooms, and Farmerteen hates olives, so I swapped out the schrooms for red peppers and added two Italian fieldroast links.

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272: Atkins

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Jen

We’ve decided to drop Fuhrman and go with the Atkins diet. (This piece is by Nicole Rubel; check out her lovely work at www.nicolerubel.com). Forget this leafy green stuff. We want meat, with bacon on it. No more vegetables. We … Continue reading →

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