http://gripedujour.com/ Copyright 2008 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:43:19 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.31 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Love and liquid holiday cheer for all, grumpypants PS: No, no, the dog didn't just swallow an antelope whole. She's just, er, full-figured and good for snuggling.... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/12/merry_whatever_yall.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/12/merry_whatever_yall.html Gripes Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:43:19 -0500 I like Monday mornings. Yeah, yeah, I know but here me out. So I work on Sundays from 11:30 until 3ish and then from 6:30 until around 11. I don't work on Mondays until 2, so I have a full... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/12/id_never_thought_id_.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/12/id_never_thought_id_.html Gripes Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:16:32 -0500 One thing they do in kitchens which I find totally marvelous is that, after everyone has worked / sweated their fool butts off for 10 hours or so, they give you a cocktail of your choosing while you're wrapping things... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/11/one_for_the_kitchen.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/11/one_for_the_kitchen.html Gripes Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:47:20 -0500 [Slideshow] Love and a pint of stout, grumpypants PS: Yes, yes, most of these photos have already been posted by the Mister, but they are nice ones and I am a bit on the lazy side today, having spent... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/11/irishland_the_photo_.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/11/irishland_the_photo_.html Gripes Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:11:46 -0500 Hello again! The Mister and I have just returned from ten splendid days in Irishland! We frolicked with leprechauns, drank pints and pints and more pints, spent time with family and friends (including the aforementioned Mr. MacSweeney), took various day... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/11/shane_macsweeney_sho.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/11/shane_macsweeney_sho.html Gripes Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:45:53 -0500 That's eye-talian for tasty, tender rabbit braised in a garlicky sauce with chicken stock, a fistful of bacon, white wine vinegar (lots, actually, and so it gives it all a nice snap), and heaps of parsley. I even cut up... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/10/coniglio_a_succhittu.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/10/coniglio_a_succhittu.html Gripes Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:24:07 -0500 The Mister is at some geekfest at the Microsoft offices*, so I've had the whole day to indulge in all sorts of late-summer putterings. I went to, not one, but two! farmers' markets this morning. Farmers' markets are one of... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/saturdays_grumpypant.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/saturdays_grumpypant.html Gripes Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:45:16 -0500 Dearest, loveliest Karen who lives in Rhode Island, Please leave a comment on my blog before you leave one on the Mister's! I know it's not a competition, but I'd like to win all the same! Love and a little... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/dear_karen.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/dear_karen.html Gripes Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:23:09 -0500 So now I know I did offer to help out at my old (now very old) job, but I gotta say, I never really figured that they would take me up on it. But they have. And how! This is... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/sucker_with_a_capita.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/sucker_with_a_capita.html Gripes Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:45:31 -0500 Well, hello there. Grumpypants here, back from a rather extended vacation. It's been a good summer, really. Last summer I worked five bazillion, jillion, mumbobillion hours, so I don't recall much about the summer except that it was hotter and... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/back_to_school_.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/09/back_to_school_.html Gripes Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:03:33 -0500 After careful consideration of his many, many merits, the good ol' US Embassy has seen fit to grant Neighbour Steven his fiancee visa!!!! Let the wild rumpus begin! Love and pints and pints of celebration. grumpypants... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/07/hooray.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/07/hooray.html Gripes Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:15:49 -0500 The future co-chair of our Favorite Neighbo(u)rs Committee here at Casa da Grumpypants y Pretentious, the much adored Neighbour Steven, has the interview for his fiancee visa at the US Embassy in jolly old England tomorrow. We here at Gripe... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/07/all_fingers_and_toes.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/07/all_fingers_and_toes.html Gripes Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:46:07 -0500 The dark shadow of Chef Turdyturdkins has lifted, and life is happier for it! On Thursday, after having a postively amazing class during which learning occured for the first time in months, the entire class stormed the office of the... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/06/bowls_of_cherries_an.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/06/bowls_of_cherries_an.html Gripes Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:49:58 -0500 Chef Turdyturdkins, I hate you and your ass face. The school has many, many fine instructors, but you, mi amigo, are not a fine instructor. In fact - at your best - when you are actually endeavoring to teach and... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/06/an_open_letter_to_my.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/06/an_open_letter_to_my.html Gripes Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:51:04 -0500 Scene: Grumpypants is changing into her pajamas - e.g. old yoga pants and a tank top - and the Mister is in bed, admiring her changing. He sighs and looks at her (boobs) and says . . . "I don't... http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/06/and_they_say_romance.html http://www.gripedujour.com/archives/2006/06/and_they_say_romance.html Gripes Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:18:24 -0500