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Flotsam / Jetsam

The Paper Crane Project

I signed up some time ago to participate in The Paper Crane Project. The woman behind the project is making and sending out 1,000 origami cranes. In return, the cranes’ recipients are supposed to take a picture of their crane, print it and mail it to her. I’m not sure what she plans to do with 1,000 pictures of origami cranes, but I thought it would be fun, so I signed up.

I got my crane in the mail last week. I haven’t had much opportunity to pose the crane, but I did introduce it to Marsha T. Cat a few days ago. Marsha did not appreciate the beautiful paper or the crane’s delicate folds. Marsha is something of a Neanderthal.

Eating

A culinary mystery

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I made Kung Pao Chicken for dinner tonight, and it was entirely flavorless. I rounded up the usual suspects, but I still can’t figure out what went wrong. I didn’t leave anything out, and I didn’t use the wrong amount of anything. The only difference was that I used chicken instead of shrimp. Surely that didn’t deflavor the sauce. Did it?

I’m flummoxed. Does anyone know what might have happened?

Diversions

Treat your Papa right

If you’re like me, you’re very, very bad at buying gifts in a timely manner for your spouse. If you’re even more like me, your spouse reminded you just yesterday that you’ve already bought him a Father’s Day present. So you’re all done with the shopping for awhile (hooray!).

I might not be very good at shopping, but I’m great at surfing the Internet. So put my skills to good use and get Dad a nifty something from the Photojojo Father’s Day gift guide.

(And dads in my life? We didn’t get you anything from that list, so don’t think you’re getting a present preview there.)