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- June 29, 2005
PawSox Weekend
June 29, 2005Read more
A few weeks ago I was invited by Robert to see the Pawtucket Red Sox. He had a couple of extra V.I.P. tickets, which meant we would get the good parking. Why not? Things to see and eat!
- June 28, 2005
Burger Week
June 28, 2005Read moreTomorrow I’m going to Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage in Harvard Square to sample their famous burgers.
I had a burger at Martha’s Exchange here in Nashua to serve as “the control”. Unfortunately I had to get it to go, since they had stopped seating for the night. It was still nice of them to put my order in. Anyway, Martha’s is known in this town for having pretty decent burgers, served rare if you ask. My “Texas Burger” was pretty good…nice and rare! Not bad at all. There is a disparity between the taste of the burger meat and the butter-toasted bun though…they just don’t quite go together for me. I think the burger to really try is probably the Gorgonzola Burger, which I’ll get next time I get there in time to be seated.
I imagine this week we’ll be grilling too for the 4th of July weekend. My sis is coming with entourage in tow, so I’m looking forward to some good eatin’. Let there be watermelon!
- June 28, 2005
Not Your Average Joe’s
June 28, 2005Read more
I’ve been to Not Your Average Joe’s a couple of times now for lunch, and both times I’ve had a delightful time. The food, the service, and the atmosphere were excellent! I like this place a lot.
- June 27, 2005
Intel Education: Showing Evidence
June 27, 2005Read more
Showing Evidence, the Flash ActionScript 2.0 project I developed with Inquirium, is now public. Awesome! Huzzah!
From the Intel site:
Argumentation is essential to human thinking and discourse. People construct and evaluate arguments everyday in school, work, and informal settings to resolve issues as simple as what brand of soda to buy to as complex as whether stem cell research should be legalized. The ability to evaluate and construct arguments is particularly important in today’s society where individuals are constantly confronted with new information. […] The Showing Evidence Tool provides a scaffold to support students as they create a claim and then support or refute it with appropriate evidence. When an argument is complicated, the components of the tool help students think through justifying a claim.
- June 26, 2005
Klondike Choco Taco
June 26, 2005Read moreI was at the local 7-11 to get a Slurpee®, only to find that the store was closing for good, and all their machines were busted. Quel horreur!
Thinking quickly but not clearly, I got a Choco Taco® ice cream novelty instead. Maybe the novelty of the form would rescue an otherwise disappointing visit to the convenience store, I reasoned in a haze of self-denial.
The Choco Taco consists of a sugar cone in “taco form”, with ice cream and caramel and peanuts heaped in it, then covered with chocolate. Now I usually like this combination of ingredients, and I like the idea of the taco. Unfortunately, this just tasted…well, not very good. Waxy-tasting chocolate coated the rather bland vanilla ice cream, its monotony lifted not-at-all by stale shards of peanut wallowing in a slurry of caramel. Perhaps it was the artificial flavoring, or maybe it was just a really old sample. In any case, it wasn’t to my taste. Kids might like it though.
I like to think there are “worthy carbs” and “unworthy carbs”. Fresh-baked italian bread from the bakery dipped in extra-virgin olive oil with a bit of fresh-ground pepper and basil…those are worthy carbs. Then there’s the Choco Taco. Those are 290 calories I wish I could have back.
