Zinc Saucier Edition 1 – Biscuits
Why hello there and welcome to Edition 1 of... The Mad Carpenter cooks. Or - The Zinc Saucier. Name the reference, get a shout out. I've wanted to cook home style southern Biscuits for ages. It's something that's been cemented into my cultural knowledge of America:...
Social *expletive deleted* Wefare
Alrighty then. Money is tight in this economy, and it's tough to get by sometimes. Last week, because of Good Friday dole payday was a day earlier. Which was sort of nice, but it meant that I had to make my money [50% of Irish minimum wage maximum by the way] last for...
Easter…. Tuesday?
I don't think there's an Easter Tuesday but it gets difficult to think up fun and interesting names for each and every day. Trying some new stuff for the blog, like picasa, so if things are a little dicky for a while, that'll be why.
Easter Monday
So today I had a big fat steak with barbecue sauce on it. Much like Barbecue Tuesday. And here is [theoretically] the 105th picture of the year. I started posting pictures here on the 5th of January, despite having started the project on January 1st. Today is a rather...
Easter Sunday
I finally got around to watching my Night Watch DVD. Check it out, the third part in the Trilogy is coming out this year, and for the twilight fans out there, it's got vampires. And one of the books is called The Twilight Watch. Other than that I did nothing at all...
The New Doctor Who
No, it's not me, it's that other guy. But anyway, we all headed over to Sin's parents place, hereafter to be referred to as Pete and Francine's, or just Pete's place, and watched the Doctor Who Easter special. I loved it. Thought it was great. Stranded on a planet of...
Friday 10th
And thus ends hat week children. I do have one more post lined up, but that may take several days to properly complete though. So it'll be hat week Mtheusday (Meh-thews-day) or something. But remember loyal fans [and first timers. Hello first timers! Become loyal...
Hat Week Day 14: The Snood
Soooo we're really down into the dregs now, because this is the last hat that I own. Well there's a St. Patrick's day novelty hat behind the couch and I haven't addressed the issue of bandannas yet, but if I start that this fortnight long week will never end. The...
Hat Week Day 13: I can’t stop
This is my black beanie hat. It's the simplest hat I own, and it's alright in a pinch. The only reason I'm still doing hat week is because I can't bear to let it go. I wear a hat every day, the only reason I didn't usually wear them in the daily picture is because I...
Hat Week Hiatus – 2
This post doesn't relate directly to hats, but if you look back at Hiatus day 1, then you'll realise something similar is going on in this post. Taken this morning. For a more recent picture from today look below the jump. That's right! I got a haircut. Doing this hat...
Hat Week Day 12: Special Guest
Hello there Mad Carpenter fans; you're in for a treat today because you're meeting my younger sister Stephanie (again) but since this is hat week she's here to show off her hats. Clockwise from top left: 1. Black instripe trilby: a fairly recent purchase - Pennys of...
Hat Week Day 11: Flat Cap
One of the three hats I got for Christmas, courtesy of my brother Eamon. I introduced him in an earlier post in case you want to go back and see me beside him. As a sort of proof... that we're related. I prefer to wear it with the top flipped up as it's slightly tight...