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These Squash are tough to open, but their flavor is one of my favorites among squash. It is rich and fruity, similar to butternut, but a bit nuttier. This soup requires that you roast your squash prior to combining it with your soup ingredients so I advise you do roast ahead of time, either the…

Q: What do Hydrotherapy, houses built to look like ginger bread houses, injecting the sperm of guinea pigs as a cure for sloth, and Women natural historians of the nineteenth century all have in common? A: Issue 29 of Cabinet Magazine. I discovered this art and culture magazine while poking around the Electric Works gallery…

Whenever I have downtime, I try to make these drawings. I just fill up pages with the same repetitive marks using ballpoint pens. They are turning out to be great fun and I’m going to try to continue them. I’ve named the series Busy Idleness in homage to Cabinet magazine’s (my new favorite magazine) latest…

I’ve self proclaimed November “National Art-Related Article Writing Month” in honor of NaNoWriMo. I’m excited at dedicating November to writing 30 art-related posts, so I was all fired up to see the Tiffany Bozik show at Fecal Face Gallery in San Francisco. Neither rain nor wind nor laziness could keep me from slapping on my…

Happy Halloween. Every year, art teacher Matt Kahn assigns pumpkin carving as an assignment. He says it takes them out of their comfort zones and gets them to look at every day objects in a new light. Here’s to pumpkins, Matt Kahn, and a happy Halloween. I’m going to go home right now and carve…

Thanks Jon Tangerine for this great article on creating elastic layouts using ems in css.

Position Everything has an interesting article about clearing floats and offers a better solution than adding a </div to your code.

On Position Everything dot net you’ll find a handy site devoted to ie 6 bugs with css. Glory bee.

I feel like I regained my identity today in some way. I know that sounds weird, but I think I was struggling with a half artist/half web developer identity. I was feeling very DID. But I don’t know, maybe it’s this amazing tea from Red Blossom putting a spring back in my step, maybe this…

Tom will be playing with Absinthe Glow tomorrow night in Santa Cruz at the Blue Lagoon. Show starts at 9, cheap they go on at 10. See you there?

I taught a class over on the Oakland CCA campus today and saw some school friends (Marcos Weiss, Emily Jan, and Sean). I got to catch a class critique of Leah Glenn’s paintings, which I have always loved. Justin Olerud and Lori Lakhart were having their senior shows tonight so I decided to head over…

Butternut Squash, peeled, seeded and cubed into 1″ pieces5 or 6 shitake mushrooms1 leek1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg1/4 teaspoon fresh sage, buy diced1/4 cup dried cranberriesOlive oil1/4 brothsalt and pepperfresh parsley2 cups wild rice Cook rice in a rice cooker as directed or on the stove top (ratio of 1 cup rice to 2 cups…

Ice skating time in sf Originally uploaded by Alanna Risse The ice skating rink at embarcadero 4 is so close to completion!