This Blog has moved!
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Hey all. I have just moved my personal blog to a self-hosted solution using wordpress. The new name is Closet Foodie and can be found at: http://www.closetfoodie.com

Come check it out and let me know what you think. Also, change your bookmarks because I will no longer be updating this site.

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New Look
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

So as you can see (unless you are using an RSS reader I suppose) I changed the look of my blog today. I was getting tired of the previous template. I'm not sure if this look is necessarily better, or even if I like it that much, but I needed a change. I also thought I'd link to a few blogs and sites I check semi-regularly. I may be fiddling around with the look of things for a little bit, so don't get TOO used it yet! ;-)

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Pasta Time
Friday, January 16, 2009

My parents bought me this awesome pasta maker for my birthday, and I finally got around to using it today! I found some semolina flour at the grocery store and made a basic pasta with it. For my next batch I will probably try to mix half and half semolina and all-purpose flour, since I hear that many people like to do that. The pure semolina was fantastic, but its a little more expensive.


Here's the pasta maker after making all the pasta. I managed to make a big mess of the kitchen too.


Here is the pasta after I had flattened it all out and cut it with the pasta maker. The spaghetti on the bottom right didn't quite turn out because I didn't flour the dough and the machine well enough. The fettucini all came out really well though.


Here is the fettucini all cooked and ready to eat. I just tossed it with some butter, parmesan cheese and pepper so I could really taste and enjoy the noodles. It was REALLY good.

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Blogging, Tumblr, etc.
Saturday, January 10, 2009

I have had this blog up for about a half a year. It's interesting how my phases in posting go. As I've started to follow other personal blogs, I have noticed that posting is often few and far between. People do not often make a post unless something major is going on in life, or if they have the time to make a time-worthy post. On the other hand, there has been a jump in popularity of things like Twitter, which allows for simple updates similar to the "status updates" on Facebook. People just post what they are doing, or some short little phrase about what's going on in life. I can see the value in this, but it lacks a lot of flexibility. If you want to post pictures or media of some kind, you have to link to it. Also, you are limited in word count and in other ways.

So I found myself in a strange conundrum. I would like to post in this blog more often, but I usually don't find the things I want to post as being worthy of a full blog post. But, they also seem out of place on Twitter or the status update in Facebook. So something that was more in between seemed like a good solution. Fortunately, I recently found something that seems to fit the bill. So I made a new website on Tumblr. It allows for quick and easy posts, like Twitter, but also is quite flexible with media, links, and other things, like a regular blog. I hope to keep more regular posting on my "tumblelog," but still keep this blog for longer thoughts or posting multiple pictures, etc.

We'll see how things go. =)

http://bmlowe.tumblr.com

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A new year...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

Well, 2009 has arrived and we're almost halfway through January already. I thought about writing a post with a nice retrospective on 2008 as well as looking forward to 2009. But truthfully, I can't really think of how to string it all together. So instead, I thought I'd list some of the important and fun things that happened in 2008. (Forgive me, but I'll probably forget some stuff.) Here they are:

- Cheryl and I celebrated two years of marriage!
- Cheryl's brother Jacob got married to Channing
- My brother Josiah got married to Lauren
- We got our great puppy-dog, Penny
- Isaac and Jessica got engaged

Besides those things, it really has been quite a year. Cheryl and I have been so blessed. God has really been teaching us a lot. We have a wonderful fellowship that we meet with that has truly become our spiritual family in the Lord. Our Father in heaven continues to teach us and grow our love and understanding of Him and His Son. We are so thankful to be children of such a wonderful Father!

As this next year begins, we really look forward with a lot of anticipation to the things that the Lord will accomplish here on earth and in the heavenlies. Amidst all the transitions and changes here on earth politically, economically, socially, and even religiously, we know that our Father in heaven is faithful. We know that His master plan has been set in motion, and that His sovereignty reigns over all. We put our trust and our lives in His hands.

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When the Lord takes hold of you...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

When the Lord takes hold of you; when he changes your life:

You can't claim the credit.

You can't do things the same way anymore.

You see everything differently.

You thank Him constantly.

You praise Him constantly.

You look foolish to the world.

You recognize your brokenness and need for Him.

You can't go back to the life before.

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Writing a little more...
Thursday, November 6, 2008


Well, I'm still gonna try for this crazy novel writing thing. I'm still pretty far behind for the month, but I've gotten started at least. I put a little widget over on the right that shows my word count and keeps it up to date. 2706 words right now!

Update: Well, I never finished, but I got to around 20,000 words before I called it quits. I may go back and work on it later. :D

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