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	<description>...where jack sometimes does stuff, but mostly not</description>
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		<title>awesome salsa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Awesome salsa:

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 small can corn, drained
1/2 a red onion, chopped
2 large tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 can Ro-tel tomato/chile blend, drained
1/2 can Ro-tel &#8220;hot&#8221; variety, drained.
2 limes 

Grab a largeish bowl; dump and stir. Not the limes though. You only ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2010/02/13/awesome-salsa/</link>
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		<title>unhealthy debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The current national discussion of health care has been marked by awful lies and incredible stupidity. Trying to keep up with the debate is a mentally punishing task. I mean, who can stand having to listen to stuff like this?



This is the level of deep thinking displayed by opponents of healthcare reform. 

Elsewhere, other health ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/07/29/unhealthy-debate/</link>
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		<title>quark update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was pretty good!

It ended up sort of a weird process; most quark recipes are acid-set (you ferment the milk until the curd breaks) but I was attempting a lazier and shortcuttier version that introduces a bit of rennet partway through the culturing process. The rennet had no effect that I could see, though&#8230; so ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/05/07/quark-update/</link>
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		<title>don&#8217;t ask me about cheesecloth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why can&#8217;t a fella buy some non-stupidified kitchen tools, huh? 



I&#8217;m trying to make some quark and I need a nice sterile place to put 5 quarts of fermenting milk. I have a few 5-quart bowls, actually, but I&#8217;m going to use 5 quarts of liquid and it needs some sloshing room, so I really ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/05/03/dont-ask-me-about-cheesecloth/</link>
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		<title>oldies but goodies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing new really, these are available in other formats elsewhere on the site, but I felt like adding these old Daphne videos to youtube. Frankly, it makes it easier for me to find them when I want them. 

Meantime, here&#8217;s some memory lane:



If those aren&#8217;t literally her first steps, they are close to it. I ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/04/30/oldies-but-goodies/</link>
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		<title>one iowa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a happier note:



Haha, take that, haters! Ah, I just couldn&#8217;t leave the bitter angry stuff at the top of the ol&#8217; blog page.
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		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/04/25/one-iowa/</link>
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		<title>i want to puke with rage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Logically, there must be some point at which the actions of the Bush administration stop shocking me. A few people have spilled ink about outrage fatigue; the scandalous revelations of misconduct and terrible decisions over the last 8 years were so widespread and relentless that even the most dedicated of Bush haters had a hard ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/04/23/i-want-to-puke-with-rage/</link>
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		<title>yay Iowa supremes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s what I wrote to my state senator (with variations to my state rep, speaker of the house, governor, etc):


  Hi Senator Dvorsky,
  
  I&#8217;m writing to tell you how pleased I am at today&#8217;s Supreme Court ruling affirming the rights of Iowans to marry regardless of their sexual orientation. I am ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/04/03/yay-iowa-supremes/</link>
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		<title>character audiotrack missing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what is up with the recent proliferation of Half-Life tribute films, but I knows I likes it!

This most recent entry is the subject of some debate, with some saying it is probably a student demoreel and others saying it probably cost way too much money and time for that. I must say ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/03/24/character-audiotrack-missing/</link>
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		<title>social flow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

This doesn&#8217;t count deliberate reposts. This, I&#8217;m gonna repost everywhere. Just &#8216;cuz.
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		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/03/16/social-flow/</link>
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		<title>god hates figs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a photoset from a counter-protest against those Westboro Baptist jerkwads. The Chtulhu sign and the flyer about figs are both incredibly great.

   
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		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/03/12/god-hates-figs/</link>
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		<title>conservative porn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the silly ironies of the American political landscape have been well known: that the red states survive on federal largesse far more than the blue states, that southern evangelical christians are more likely to get divorced, etc. 

Recently we got to hear from the Republican governor of Louisiana about how volcano monitoring (which ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/03/11/conservative-porn/</link>
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		<title>unhinged</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There comes a point in the life of a 5-year-old where she has got herself in as much trouble as it is possible to be in. And once her friends have been sent home and she is grounded and confined to her room and is screaming and crying and her parents are trying as hard ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/02/21/unhinged/</link>
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		<title>deer friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It snows and melts and snows and melts and my deer has two new friends. Two!

I see fresh kills along this road almost every day; we&#8217;ve been calling it Deerbuque for years. It&#8217;s really Dubuque Road, but it threads its way along the lakeside and between massive cornfields, now empty save the stubble that is ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/02/10/deer-friends/</link>
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		<title>seven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Urgh, I was going to do this earlier and totally lost track of it. I was tagged by Aprille to continue this pick-seven-things-about-yourself game. So somehow I am supposed to pick seven things that are a) interesting and b) not yet already known by the tiny handful of people who might conceivably see this post. ]]></description>
		<link>http://pinette.org/jack/2009/02/05/seven/</link>
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