6 Random Things Meme from VDog

The rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

Six Random Things About Al_Pal:

1. I love making delicious, stupidly salty food from pantry items. I’m considering a blog to list the recipes.
2. Every one of my fingers, except my right thumb, are double-jointed.
3. When I’m not checking out this group of family-journals, I’m with my "freak family" of Burning Man people, or my "geek family" of Harry Potter fans.
4. In fact, I’m going to a convention for HP fans in Chicago this August...and taking my boyfriend with me.
5. In the past, I went to a few cons with my youngest sister – so this promises to be a different experience!
6. I love living in San Francisco, but am also very glad that I’m in the ‘beach town’ part of the city. It’s quiet and mellow, but I can hop on a light-rail [trolley] and be downtown in 20-40 minutes.

Um...I don't really have six people here, at least not yet. Maybe if I decide to integrate some of my Burner friends into my Auntie life, I can tag... But I'm usually a tag-killer anyhow. I guess that is a seventh random thing!

The chickpea salad was Yum!

Oh yes! So good. I didn't end up using artichoke hearts, but I did manage to use mozzarella, by taking four string cheese sticks, quartering them lengthwise, then slicing them all. There is a nice view of the "rounded cube" of cheese in this photo. :D
This pasta salad was very well received! Like I said in my previous post, I used fresh basil, but I didn't use any of the other suggested herbs, just salt and pepper. Yum!

Chickpea & pasta salad

Friend shared this recipe. I'm out of tomatoes and not willing to go to the store, but I'm going to try pasta with chickpeas, black olives, red onion, red bell pepper, fresh basil, and vinegar and olive oil. Maybe artichoke hearts!

Parent blogging article; thanks to V!

In parenthood, sometimes a blog is born
Pretty interesting. Mentions BlogHer, Twitter and a few stats.

Thanks to VDog for hosting an awesome Mother's Day celebration! ;D

New widget, Lil' green patch

Yeah, it's from the dread lord Fazebook that I found the Green Patch, but it is quite rather fun and hooray for saving a bit of rainforest without having to spend money. Heh. :P

The widget does NOT take you to the book of fazing. :P
[though I'm unsure what their options are. Guess I should check that out]

completely overcast today

I'll see if it's any clearer downtown...
I was reading Bossy's SF recap and saw a comment about "are the skies always blue in Cali?"
Nope. :P
the famous SF fog is saying Hai.

VDog offered up this meme for making an album cover...and I got some pretty fun results. The instructions are on her page there [and I think she's the only one who might ever read this] so I'll just list mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_McCormick Kenny from South Park! Hee!

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
US black nationalist leader (1925 - 1965)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesrdoe/2168143262/