Category: Food

McDonald’s iced tea and Facebook

By admin, September 30, 2009 8:01 pm

P1060153McDonald’s iced tea, half sweeten and half un-sweeten. This is wired, but it cures my neck ache.  I found out way back from the show, felt dehydrated with very bad neck pain, like someone is pulling, and drank all in 5 to 10 minutes.  The pain went away soon after.  I tried the same thing with the Gatorade, but did not help.  I had success with this ice tea several times already, and I had the neck pain last couple days, so I stopped by this moring.  It worked like charm.

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I have been trying to figure out the facebook fan page thing.  I found it at the Etsy forum, with help of JDWolfe (etsy mud team member), and set up the page.  I have no idea what to do with it.  If you have time, come and fan me.

It is getting quite chili out here. Studio gets the furnace running today.

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Glazing last two days.  Dug out the buckets of glaze looking for the tomato red. I did not label them or fall out during the move. I have two prospect buckets…  I found the bucket of the chun glaze, though.  I will test all at the next firing.

I added the gallery page today.

Pressure cooker

By admin, September 7, 2009 7:44 pm

The sign of the fall.

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I have eaten the Korean short lib soup at the Secret Garden last couple years while in Syrucuse, NY during the syracuse art festival.  I have not seen this this dish in Rochester.  Once a while I got craving for it, and tried the other day with the normal pot. I simmered for two hours, but the meat was very tough.  Kinda impulse, I got this pressure cooker.

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It took twenty minutes to cook the short ribs, the meat was very tender. Soup was very simple, nappa cabbage, soup stock, soy sauce, chill and red pepper paste.  Since then, I made the custard, chile, pasta sauce.  It cuts the cooking time to at least in third. I should have gotten it much earlier.

Glazed today, and firing on Wednesday. Clothesline festival this weekend.  This is my last show for the summer.

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Scoliosis

By admin, August 20, 2009 9:40 pm

Last Thursday, our daughter went the spinal fusion operation to correct her scoliosis. We have been dealing with the scoliosis since she was 10, and visited the doctor to check her curvature every 4 months to 6 months ever since. It started out a very small curve, went through the painful three years of her wearing the brace 24/7 when it progressed to 30 degrees. It had been stable for last three years around 50 degrees. It was supposed to be the last visit to the doctor in July, it progressed to 59 degrees. We were very surprised and felt sick to the stomach. It was considered that once the body became mature and the curvature will stay the same except the small percent of people. This new progress was the indication of the future progress. She said why I wore the brace if…

The operation took 7.5 hours, and installed two stainless steel rods with more than dozen screws to the spine, and attached the bone graft to fuse it. She came out the operation very well (she can move all arms and legs, and can see), and gained a couple inches in height, and her back was very flat. She was able to stand up and sit on the chair next day and walk the following day, and discharged on Tuesday. The car ride home was very horrifying experience as she got so much pain with the movement of the car.

She still has lots of pains, mostly in neck and shoulder; imagine how much of the body is shifted physically by the operation. We see the activity level increase every day, and think the time will heal her well, and she can attend the first day of her senior year. It has been very painful to see her suffer with lots of pains, but she has been very patient and has great will to get better.

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