Posted in Rock Chalk on Apr 5th, 2008
The Kansas Jayhawks play the North Carolina Tarheels this evening. Soon. They will play in San Antonio, but here in Lawrence, people are losing their minds. I know, I know, it’s just a stupid game – but when you live in the very center of the game, the damn Naismith birthplace of said stupid game [...]
Posted in recipes, Rock Chalk on Mar 30th, 2008
Right now I’m about done with March Madness, as in my eyes are two basketballs and I’m reciting beer commercials by heart. Here in the final days of the Final Four there is an ugly turn toward March Mystery – will I stay sane? Does the game really hold life-altering consequences? Will we ever watch [...]
Posted in eggs on Mar 21st, 2008
My family picked up some salad bar last night to go with baked potatoes. They returned from the store, put the box on the counter, and went to watch basketball. Easy enough, I thought – easy dinner and in an hour, they’ll be grinning at ESPN and I’ll be upstairs with dog, coffee, Mac and [...]
Posted in new old house, Rock Chalk on Mar 17th, 2008
Here is your day-late look at Steaming Sunday. Josie made this most excellent “DAD” mug for Greg on his birthday a few years back, at one of those paint-your-own ceramics places. Now it has a nice crackly patina and coffee rings at the bottom. It’s well-loved. The news below it, of course, is basketball news [...]
