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December, 2010:

Goat Thing of the Day: Kringle and Bagpipes

Dec 30th, 2010
by Margaret.
15 comments

Little Kringle appeared recently over at Pricilla’s farm. Isn’t he just the cutest?

kringle pricilla

You can find more pictures of him over at The Maaaaa of Pricilla.

Goats in the News

Goats playing musical instruments is crazy enough, but goats becoming musical instruments is a whole new level of crazy. Best to keep an eye on your goats if you don’t want them kidnapped and turned into……bagpipes?!

goat bagpipes

Thomas of 101 Things in 1001 Days told me about this (as well as Nanc of Nanc Twop), and you might be saying, “Oh sure, you’re just showing us a picture. In fact, it looks like the two of them are making out and the goat disapproves of getting caught on camera. How do we know that goat is actually a set of bagpipes?”

Perhaps the video will convince you?

Goats in Other News

Meanwhile, in Sheboygam, Wisconsin, a goat was found shivering on a snowy beach and will now enjoy a heated, mother-in-law-style two-bedroom apartment after being rescued. (Thanks, Nanc!)

Let’s Play Doctor

Dec 27th, 2010
by Margaret.
65 comments

So… how are things? Did you have a good Christmas? Good, good. How’s the family, good? Good, good. Okay, that’s enough about you, let’s talk about me and my problems now.

Our medical premiums went up about 25% in July of this year and beginning on Jan 1, they are going up another 25%. They’re using health care reform as an excuse, along with some gender equality act thing that they are taking advantage of by raising one of our premiums to “equal” the other, rather than lowering one of our premium to equal the other. Jerks.

I figure if I try to go to the doctor right now, my co-pay will be something on the order of twelve thousand dollars, so I figured I’d just save on medical bills and ask you. So, can you tell me what this thing on my hand is?

ganglion

See that ball bearing embedded in my palm below my ring finger? What is that? I mean, WHAT IS THAT? It just showed up out of nowhere. It doesn’t hurt and it moves up and down when I move my ring finger.

My friend says it’s a ganglion (gan gleeon? gangly onn?) and that her sister had the same thing on her wrist.

But do YOU know what it is? And can I just bash it with a hammer? Or a bible like they did on that Doc Martin show? (BBC series, I totally recommend it, by the way).

So diagnose away, my friends. And as always, conspiracy theories are welcome.

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UPDATE (8/7/2012)

So, a couple months ago, I noticed that my cyst was getting smaller (with no bible thumping or anything!). Then the other day I looked at it again, and … it was completely gone! It went away all by itself. That never happens. Magic.

 

Recipe: Walnut & Fig Tapenade with Goat Cheese

Dec 26th, 2010
by Margaret.
7 comments
fig walnut tapenade goat cheese

This goat cheese recipe comes from Robyn of Robyn’s Online World.

Robyn says:

My friend Karen (who I met thru Twitter) had a local BBQ tweetup last summer and served this and it was a hit with everyone! She modified the original recipe she had and so this is the way I’ve made it. By the way, if you have picky people who turn their nose up at goat cheese, just don’t tell them what it is until after they eat it - they will love it!

fig walnut tapenade goat cheese(Image Credit: Karen67)

Ingredients

1/3 cup chopped pitted black olives
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 cup fig paste (thin with a little water)
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
11 oz log of soft goat cheese
1/4 cup walnut halves


Directions

Combine the fig paste, olives, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours for the flavors to blend.

Bring to room temperature.

Slice the goat cheese into rounds and arrange in center of platter. Stir chopped walnuts into the tapenade and place in the center of the cheese. Garnish with the walnut halves. Serve with crackers.

Serves: 15

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Christmas in the Capitol. Also? Harvest Festival Dudes.

Dec 23rd, 2010
by Margaret.
15 comments

Not THAT Capitol. Our Capitol. The one in California.

We risked our lives the other night walking around downtown Sacramento after sunset trying to find variously advertised holiday lights. I’m sorry, but “somewhere in downtown starting at the waterfront and working toward midtown” doesn’t work for me. Can you pick a frickin’ street? And not a path that makes us walk past the Greyhound Bus Station? I mean, yikes!

Nevertheless, since there was more than one of us, I felt slightly safer walking from the ice skating rink at St. Rose of Lima Park…

ice rink st rose of lima park sacramento

to the Capitol.

Christmas tree at the Sacramento capitol

And this is what happens when you try to mess with your point-and-shoot’s ISO setting without a tripod (or the manual) because you think the previous picture is too dark (and because you don’t need no stinkin’ manual).

Christmas Tree at Sacramento Capitol

And that’s the best one of the lot.

Frack.

Oh, hey, did any of you see the dudes at the entrance to the Harvest Festival at Cal Expo this year? I’m talking real honest to goodness “dudes”.

Harvest Festival Dudes

Don’t they look like the rootinest, tootinest cowboys this side of the Pecos? What is a Pecos anyway?

Goat Thing of the Day: Martok, Giggle With the Goats

Dec 22nd, 2010
by Margaret.
10 comments

Meet Ozark Jewels General Martok…

Ozark Jewels General Martok

Martok wants to wish you Happy Holidays (while munching on his wreath)! Martok belongs to Sue who has a website called Dreamgoat Annie.

Giggle With the Goats has a Jingle Bells Holiday Performance Video…

Thanks to Ann Ranlett and several others who pointed this out to me.

Goats in the News

goat warning buzz feed

Thanks, Thomas! (Image Credit: Buzz Feed)

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