Not exactly my thought but I read it today and it resonated with me.
Your words will tell others what you think, your actions will tell them what you believe.
Category: Grab Bag
Stuff about stuff
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Peace
You know how sometimes you read something and it just resonates with you in a special way? This is one of those things.
The word Jerusalem in Hebrew is Yerushalayim which is made up of two Hebrew words; yeru which means “you will see” and shalom which means “the peace of God”. So Jerusalem is supposed to be the place where you will see the peace of God.
Jesus told his followers that “… the Kingdom of God is within you”, which means the “peace of God” is within us.
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Faults
If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer.
He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone
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Weekend with Grandkids
We had Easton and Clark for the weekend, which was a lot of fun. Part of the weekend was a “guys” trip to Fort Whyte Alive for some outdoor activities on a very warm and sunny Saturday afternoon.
I was interested in the geese, but the boys were way more interested in the ice, water puddles and sticks.
Trying to break through the ice 
Always need to have a stick when you’re out on a walk. The geese were quite accommodating to a photo or two and allowed some quite close approaches before flying off all the while honking loudly at this guy who was disturbing them.
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How To Use Instagram On A Mac: Upload Photos Without An iPhone – Macworld UK
This is an awesome and simple hack that will change how I post to Instagram
Source: How To Use Instagram On A Mac: Upload Photos Without An iPhone – Macworld UK
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Rullu pylsa, or Rúllupylsa
The annual (sort of) tradition of making Rullu Pylsa is living on this year with a bit of a first ever twist.
In late November we called Thor’s Meats in Selkirk, our normal supplier of boned lamb flank, and were told it was unavailable and we should have called in September to secure this hard to come by cut of meat. This was a little disappointing, which led to some googling which led to some “other” recipes where they used beef flank. So, that’s what we did this year, same recipe, different cut of meat. It will be interesting to find out how it tastes! So different, beef vs. lamb, lean vs. quite fatty, but we got them done and are now in the 5 day marinating period. Here is the prep stage.
I started with 3 beef flanks and managed to split two in half to make a thiner layer for rolling. The third flank had “issues” so its in the original thickness and resulted in a much fatter roll. End result, 5 Rulla Pylsa for Christmas.
The “official” recipe from my mom.
If all this is too complicated, time consuming etc. there is a Canadian made option! Order it from vinaterta.ca, and while your there get a Vinaterta too! My wonderful sister made me a Vinarterta and shipped it from Saskatoon for my birthday, yum!
On a more tech/blog note I was looking at the site stats recently and while the site traffic is very low, the most popular post ever is Rullupylsa in the Raw and visits peak in December, prime time to make your Rule Pylsa. Happy cooking!
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This New App Is Like Yelp for Noise at Restaurants | Food & Wine
We recently went to Cafe Carlo and had a fabulous time and excellent meal. However, it was very noisy! The food was so good that the noise level wouldn’t stop us from going back but, I’ll be using this app to give them a rating. At the end of the evening, when we stepped out onto the street we all commented on the high noise level and how good it was to get back into a quieter area.
I really think restaurants need to get back into taking this into their design considerations. I like a good energetic buzz/vibe/energy etc., but there can definitely be too much of a good thing. Just sayin’
Source: This New App Is Like Yelp for Noise at Restaurants | Food & Wine
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New Eats & Drinks
The Keto saga deepens. Bulletproof coffee is now a daily routine and I’m enjoying it! Actually, after you push by the idea of drinking butter, it’s very good.
Today’s breakfast (sorry no pictures) eaten after 11am as per the program, was three scrambled eggs and 1/2 a tin of sardines in olive oil! I like sardines fortunately but even I found the initial smell a little “rough”. Thankfully, the tase was much milder that the smell.
Next up on the new program was an exogenous ketone supplement.
This stuff is brutally expensive at almost $10/per serving so I’m not sure this will be a regular part of the diet. Today, as recommended, it’s 1/2 a serving to allow my body to adapt and avoid what Keto folks call disaster pants :-). Apparently a lot of exogenous ketone supplements taste pretty bad. While Pruvit apparently has the best taste on the market, there was one online comment that said it tasted like “death”! Fortunately, this seems to be quite an over reaction. The Raspberry Lemonade was quite acceptable, if fact I found it very tasty and surprisingly sweet. I considered the sweetness a “treat” because not much on the Keto diet is sweet. Learn more about the product here. It’s only been a few minutes but I have an inner warmth feeling in my stomach. Who knows what will happen next.
What’s for dinner? Pizza! S is making a cauliflower/rice crust and I’m going to make the Fathead Pizza Dough crust. Perhaps there will be a post later about how that went.
