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Welcome to EinZwei: Even More Ein. This is Michelle A. Hoyle's (Eingang) personal web log about living & loving in London, travelling around Europe & Canada, Macintoshes & technology, IRC game bots, and spirituality. Everything you wanted to know about Ein... and more! If you're looking for information on her teaching or research, check out the Einiverse research blog or her History of Computing lecture.

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December 31, 2008

Ten Spices, the Variety of Life

:: Posted by Eingang at 13:26 GMT in {Cooke1n}

I was over for dinner Misetak's yesterday and the subject of five-spice powder came up. She'd gone to the local store and examined a bottle of Schwartz's Five-Spice Powder. She quickly put it back on the shelf when she noticed the first ingredient was salt. In our combined, admittedly inexpert, opinion, salt is not one of the classic five spices of five spice powder. We tried to name them off and came up with star anise, cloves, coriander seeds, pepper, and she thought perhaps mace/nutmeg. I knew I had a recipe to make Chinese five-spice powder by hand, so I promised to look it up and share.

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Posted by Eingang at January 24, 2009 03:29 PM

I threw some of the resulting powder into the water for my steamed rice today and it turned out quite nice, I thought. It certainly smelled great as it was steaming!

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September 24, 2008

Defying Gravity: Life Changes

:: Posted by Eingang at 14:12 GMT in {E1n}

Defying Gravity

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap

It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down...

Lyrics from Defying Gravity, out of the musical Wicked.
Lyrics and music by Stephen Schwartz

Photo by Recovering Sick Soul
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License

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July 05, 2008

Dating My Love

:: Posted by Eingang at 13:19 GMT in {L0ve}

I’m no longer married, so I’m not sure that “going out on ‘date’ night with my ‘spouse’” applies exactly, but I still think it’s a good practice, so I had decided to carry it over into my new relationship.

We started off fairly well in achieving this. I set aside Tuesday evenings as “Tuesday Evening Date Night” and then moved it to Wednesday when we had a regular Tuesday evening commitment. That then was shunted to Friday evenings as Wednesday developed a regular activity elsewhere.

Then things went by the wayside. I’ve just gone through a very, very busy period of intense work and buying a house. I admit it slipped. I’m resolved to try to be better and to commit to making a time for this each week. I’m including an additional conditional too: it should involve leaving the house at least once a month. World of Warcraft and movies snuggled together on the couch are fine, but let’s add some variety too!

See more progress on: go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis

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April 09, 2008

[Tweeting on Twitter]

:: Posted by Eingang at 00:40 GMT in {1ntern3t}

I've been experimenting a little (ha!) with microblogging at Twitter. Microblogging is like blogging, except extremely succinct--140 characters to be exact. They call these little updates "Tweets". The web site allows you to submit new "Tweets" via instant messaging (Jabber), SMS, or the web. Other people can then "follow" you around as you post your updates throughout the day. Some people are following thousands of people. I'm not that ambitious. I'm only following a small group of people, mostly people from Howard Rheingold's Brainstorms.

If you want to follow my adventures, my Twitter address is @Eingang.

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April 08, 2008

[Lurking Around London]

:: Posted by Eingang at 22:24 GMT in {L0nd0n, Teach1ng}

OK, so it's been a little while since I last updated anything here. The problem with being world-famous <shifty eyes> is that you need to be careful about what you say in public. It may come back to bite you in the butt when you least expect it.

I suppose, however, it would be permissible to give a big update for those who are interested.

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Eingang said in Ten Spices, the Variety of Life:

I have since made this. I used the nut/cheese/spice smaller blender jar I have for my blender as it was taking forever to use the mortar and pestle. I need some more practice at the spice toasting bit. I think they could have been toasted more, but they weren't burnt.I threw some of the resulting powder into the water for my steamed rice today and it turned out quite nice, I thought. It certainly smelled great as it was steaming!

lenora said in [ADHD Adolescent and Adult]:

I need to hear more about your success. My 10yr old is currently being assessed for Adhd and I want to understand that this will not cripple her.

WaltDe said in [Fifty Books Finished in June]:

Very good reading. Peace until next time.WaltDe

career said in [Terrible Taste and Britain's Best]:

good day!

Pol said in [Songs from a Big Place]:

Nice article outlining Canadian music. There are a couple of errors though. 1. Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy is about the Canadian Pacific Railway, not the Canadian National (which was built later).2. The band members in Chilliwack are not from that town. Most that I remember are from North Vancouver. They were formerly known as The Collectors but changed their name in the late 60s, early 70s (can't recall exactly) possibly because their old name sounded too "early 60s" and the native name Chilliwack probably better reflected the late 60s philosophy.Chilliwack (my old hometown) sits at the east end of the Fraser Valley where the mountains begin to home in on the city.It's not exactly sitting in a narrow canyon, but it's a far cry from the "wide open spaces of Western Canada" that you describe. That phrase might pertain to the Prairies, but not so much in mountainous British Columbia.