Chris Gulker: PhotoPhoto channel for Weblog(Untitled)- February 29, 2004 Oh my god... was digging through old pictures looking for shots of friend Joe Ferris, who died recently, and stumbled across this shot of moi, circa 1980. Hehe.. seems to be a trend: bloggers publishing bad photos of themselves...http://www.gulker.com/categories/photo/2004/02/28.html#a2110 (Untitled)- February 26, 2004 The evening sky from my driveway last night. Glorious Bay Area morning, after a wild night of thunderstorms and hail. As we jogged across Stanford campus, a blue heron greeted us on a sidewalk, and then amused us by flying to a limb in a nearby redwood. As big and ungainly as the heron is, it alighted gracefully. As we ran on the levee above Lake Lagunita, 2 huge geese flew in and splashed down, honking loudly and causing a minor riot among the duck 'regulars'. Looking back as we were about to.http://www.gulker.com/categories/photo/2004/02/26.html#a2106 (Untitled)- February 24, 2004 Sorry day for America. Question to President Bush: how does denying marriage to 7% of Americans strengthen marriage Was marriage stronger when laws restricted members of different races from marrying How does the happiness of others 'weaken' marriage The really sad thing here is that, as analysts at NBC and (I think) elsewhere are noting, the President's real goal is to get conservative, right-wing Christians to support his re-election bid. The rights of Americans, real flesh-and-blood...http://www.gulker.com/categories/photo/2004/02/24.html#a2101 (Untitled)- February 22, 2004 Chuck Taggart's Gumbo du Monde recipe is excellent, IMHO. I cheated by using stock on hand (rather than make from scratch,as Chuck suggests), but otherwise followed the recipe. I'd never made Roux before (made by stirring flower into oil over a high heat) and managed not to burn it. I tasted frequently over the almost 3 hours of simmering and was amazed at how the flavors developed. Early on, the Roux's bland mealy taste was quite evident, but by the end a whole range of tastes and fragrances...http://www.gulker.com/categories/photo/2004/02/22.html#a2096 (Untitled)- February 21, 2004 Gov. Schwarzenegger demands end to gay marriages: this is why I can't vote for Republicans. Ultimately they play to the extreme right, and the Republican right has become steadily more bizarre in the past 20 years. At the least, they represent a bastion of prejudice: as Mayor Dailey said so eleoquently, the threat to marriage is divorce, not gay people. And divorce, so far in this country, has been a 100% heterosexual (and largely Christian) affair. (AP photo) I don't buy the argument "it's a...http://www.gulker.com/categories/photo/2004/02/21.html#a2094 |