We're Back
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
If you are one of the 4 people who read this site regularly, you've probably noticed that we were on a 404 vacation. We're back, nothing's new, everything's old. If things are a bit wonky for a time, please pardon the site's quirks. Thanks for stopping by.
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written by Eric Mills at 16:24 
Testing new DNS settings
Saturday, January 27, 2007
This is just a test post because I have changed the DNS settings of this webpage. I know it doesn't seem any different to you, but the changed I made will make the site a lot easier for us to work on. Please let us know if you encounter any problems viewing the site.
Now back to browsing the internets...
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written by Brian C. Mills at 12:20
Mo' Cake Recipe
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Late for the holidays, early for the cake season: this recipe is famous; it's priceless. Evidently I couldn't pronounce "more" when I was 2. So sue me. Better still, sue Uncle Skip, that wise ass.
Just remember: when they call for eggs, they means eggs with no shells. (Did I mention that a strong point of my family is its ability to pick on family members??)
Oma used to make a Mo' Cake for me during college, at exam time. Dead week, it was called. I would subsist on nothing but Mo' Cake and coffee. At least for freshman year. After that, apparently, I was on my own for "finals food." I still can talk her into baking one of these from time to time, but nothing beats the last 2 slices of Oma's Mo' Cake. Really, it's the only cake that gets softer and more moist with time.
Labels: family history, oma, skipmuller
written by Eric Mills at 23:37
Snow No More
Thursday, January 11, 2007
All the snow is gone, for the third time (although we're supposed to get a storm this weekend). They hauled all the heavy equipment out yesterday in the 60 degree sunshine to make piles of snow. I'm not sure which is better, 4 inches of hard-pack on the road, or 14 feet of it on the street corner!
Labels: blizzard, colorado, follow-up, snow
written by Eric Mills at 20:42
Swimming Hole No More
Thursday, January 4, 2007
244 Temple Street was a famous house in my little college town: vineyard in the back yard, path leading to a creek for swimming, long double driveway for student parking. No more. Now, as you can see, there is a "back to the future"-like development going up. No more quiet, no more dirt paths to swim, and no more loud music played until all hours. Now, there are neat little houses all lined up.
Don't get me wrong, people need a place to live. I'm just always let down at the amount of brilliant swimming holes lost to neighborhoods.
Up there in the photo, the barn/garage you see used to be the only thing you would see. The house is to the right, and the new development road cuts right through our old BBQ, dirt path area down to the vineyard/creek.
Labels: college, NY, photograph
written by Eric Mills at 21:28
Black, White, and Orange All-Over
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
12 Bottles of wine11 Home cooked meals
10 Loads of laundry
9 Family members
8 Types of Christmas cookies
7 Pounds gained
6 Appearances by the kitten
5 Stupid penguin jokes
4 Days of skiing
3 Days of snowshoeing
2 Blizzards
1 Snow-woman with a blinking red nose...
