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02:06 pm
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Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Recipe: Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Prep Time: 15 minutes. Cook Time: 8 hours. Makes: 6 to 8 (3 oz.) servings.
- 1 Reynolds Slow Cooker Liner
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 medium red potatoes, cut in quarters.
- 1 medium onion, cut in quarters
- 1 package (16 oz.) peeled baby carrots
- 1 envelope (1 oz.) onion soup mix, divided
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 dried thyme leaves
- 2.5 to 3 lbs. boneless beef chuck pot roats
OPEN slow cooker liner; place inside a 5 - 6 1/2 qt. slow cooker bowl. Fill liner snugly against bottom and sides of bowl; pull top of liner over rim of bowl.
PLACE water and three-fourths of the vegetables in the lined-slow cooker. Reserve 1 TB onion soup mix. Sprinkle remaining onion soup mix over vegetables; stir gently to coat evenly. Sprinkle and rub salt, pepper and thyme over the pot roast. Place pot roster on top of vegetables. Place remaining vegetables around pot roast; sprinkle vegetables with remaining onion soup mix. Place lid on cooker.
COOK on LOW for 8 to 9 hours OR on HIGH for 5 to 6 hours, until pot roast is tender.
CAREFULLY remove lid to allow steam to escape. Serve food directly from lined-slow cooker. Do not lift or transport liner with food inside. Cool slow cooker completely; remove liner and toss.
March 2013 - Reynolds Slow Cooker Liner insert
(I'm pondering whether I can simplify and adapt this for Pot Roast Tacos.)
Current Location: Anaheim
Current Mood:  chipper
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10:23 pm
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Trying the tri-pot cooker
We recently bought a three-crock slow cooker unit. The crocks are rated for 1.5 qt each, which is small. I can put 2 lb. of meat in each one, or I can use them for some kind of sauce.
Tonight I bought a big chunk of pork, and put about 2 lb. in each one. I've added half a cup of barbecue sauce (Kraft Original), half a cup of sweet and sour sauce (Minors), and half a cup of teriyaki sauce (Kikkoman Sauce/Marinade, which is runny, not thick like the other two).
In about 10 or 11 hours, I'll take it into work and share it. Maybe buy a bunch of fajita-size flour tortillas to serve it. Oh, and I should bring my paper "boats" as I know we're short on them...
(The Reynolds Slow Cooker Liners are awfully big for this project. Do they make any smaller versions? For that matter, I want to know when they go on sale. Do they ever turn up at the 99-cent stores?)
Current Location: Anaheim
Current Mood: chipper
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10:06 am
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The dude abides.
Finished watching "The Big Lebowski" for the first time. Thank you, Alec Orrock for the loan of the DVD.
Current Location: Anaheim
Current Mood: chipper
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04:54 pm
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Not my circus
Ribbon idea, based on something Caitlin Doolittle said:
Current Mood: chipper
Tags: ribbons
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03:22 pm
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Turbo Margaritas
I've been using Maria's recipe for margaritas. We prepare the correctly-proportioned liquor ahead of time, and then mix the booze with the base. For the base mixer, we've tried limeade, the French sparkling limeade they have at Trader Joe's, and lime-flavor Jarritos Mexican soda. But what we haven't tried yet is using "Mike's Hard Limeade."
It will either be horrific, or a huge hit, or both. Find out next week at ConDor!
Current Mood: chipper
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09:37 pm
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Pictures from Gallifrey and other places
Photos I just posted:
SoCal AMCC Cosplay Picnic at Mile Square Park (20-Jan-2013) Part 3
Anime Los Angeles 9 part 31: Dinner with Shyloh and Cherika (23-Jan-2013)
Gallifrey 2013 part 4: Committee Meeting (03-Feb-2013)
Anime Los Angeles 9 part 32: Con Suite Sushi Dinner (26-Jan-2013) et seq.
Gallifrey 2013 part 5: Day Zero, Thursday Night (14/15-Feb-2013)
Gallifrey 2013 part 6: Friday Morning (15-Feb-2013) et seq.
Gallifrey 2013 part 10: Saturday (16-Feb-2013)
Gallifrey 2013 part 11: Sunday (16/17-Feb-2013)
LASFS/Aftermeetings part 500: Coral Cafe (24-Jan-2013)
LASFS/Aftermeetings part 501: Coral Cafe (31-Jan-2013)
LASFS/Aftermeetings part 502: Coral Cafe (07/08-Feb-2013)
Idea for a ribbon: I have the right to set and enforce my own boundaries.
Current Location: Anaheim
Current Mood: chipper
Tags: gallifrey one, pix
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04:52 pm
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Job at my office
A current job posting here includes the following. If anyone's interested in learning more about this opening, let me know...
Desired Skills/Qualifications:
• B.S. Degree in Computer Science, Information or a related technical discipline or equivalent work experience.
• Previous experience traveling for work is greatly desired.
• Working knowledge of the following systems: Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Windows 7, SQL Server 2005 and 2008, Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, IIS, PKI, and SSL. (Architecture, design, disaster recovery and troubleshooting.)
• Experience with storage arrays including SAN and NAS solutions.
• Experience with virtualization technology including VM Ware or Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Superior problem solving and troubleshooting skills at the System Engineer level.
• Exceptional customer service, overall communication and technical writing skills.
• Ability to communicate and work with other internal departments.
• Ability to work independently with minimal management supervision and as part of team.
• Ability to enhance the technical expertise of peers via the development of system training, mentoring of new hires, and team content development.
• Ability to apply technology to improve existing products and systems at customers and for internal use.
• Ability to actively participate in team support by proposing and implementing solutions.
• Assist in developing strategies to gain additional support accounts by contacting and establishing relationships with Account Managers.
• Experience with government technical publications and implementation desired, but not required. (HSPD-12, FISMA, FIPS-140, DISA, NIST)
• MCSE/MCITP, CCNA, Security+, Network+ preferred. Will consider related field (or equivalent) experience.
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12:12 am
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Catching up on the photos
Photos online:
LASFS/Aftermeetings
Equestria LA
SoCal Brony Meetup Picnic in Anaheim (22-Sep-2012) Part 1 et seq.
My Little Pony backcard stories part 1: Year Two (16-Oct-2012) et seq.
SCIFI Board Meeting (13-Oct-2012) Part 1 et seq.
Visiting darcee at her school (18-Oct-2012)
Animé Los Angeles 9
Gallifrey 2013 part 3: Committee Meeting (21-Oct-2012)
Conjecture 2012 part 1: Saturday (06-Oct-2012) et seq.
Pacific Media Expo part 1: Friday (09-Nov-2012) et seq.
Loscon 39 part 1: Thursday (22-Nov-2012) et seq.
Omar's Last Day (07-Aug-2012)
Blue house, suit shopping, monitors (17-Nov-2012)
Shopping for Eggs and Soda (19-Nov-2012)
Growing the Beard (01/09-Dec-2012)
Dinner at Dinah's with Colleen and Shawn (04-Dec-2012)
Remodeling the Office (05/12-Dec-2012)
Shyloh and Cherika (29-Dec-2012)
Measuring Wall Space (15-Dec-2012)
Last Day for Lars (19-Dec-2012)
Maria's Birthday at Buca di Beppo (19-Dec-2012)
Mannequins for Costume Exhibit (22-Dec-2012)
Cars, couches, toners and rosettes (Dec-2012)
Christmas 2012 part 1: Foss Potluck Party (24-Dec-2012) et seq.
Christmas 2012 part 4: Dorothy and Bob's House (25-Dec-2012)
Christmas 2012 part 5: Home with Maria and Lynn (26-Dec-2012)
New Year's Day with Sarah (01-Jan-2013)
Tags: anime los angeles, conventions, equestria la, loscon, pacific media expo, pix
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12:19 am
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A yellow stripe down the left hand side...
I went to Pacific Media Expo last weekend. They were doing something opaque with color coding, I think.
The Information Desk had a sign on an easel, and it had a yellow stripe down the left edge. All of the signs had a colored stripe on the side, but that was the only yellow one I noticed.
On a color-coded map that you could print out from their website, one room was yellow -- the Registration room.
On the "Guidebook" app, some of the program items had a yellow stripe down the left side, such as video game programs.
There was a color coded map that was on the back of the staff badges. There didn't seem to be any yellow rooms on that version.
There was another map that they printed out along with the schedule grids, and you could pick that up at Information. It didn't have any color at all, the map and schedules were printed in black and white.
There was an HTML version of the schedule. Almost all of the program items had a yellow background. (A few of them had light blue.)
Current Location: Anaheim
Current Mood: chipper
Tags: conventions, pmx
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07:24 pm
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Shopping for suits
Today,  library_lynn, missmea and I went shopping downtown for suits.
She and I now have matching black three-piece suits, so we can both dress in "black tie." I have some snazzy black and white shoes to go with my outfit, too.
I also now have an outfit for "Kawarazaki the Turbulent" from Giant Robo. Dark brown pants, yellow shirt, green tie, maroon vest and light brown sportcoat.
Current Location: Anaheim
Current Mood: chipper
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