The Caffeinated Penguin

Posted By matt on August 28, 2007

Liz and I have started cooking together, embracing cohabitation in the kitchen made possible by division of labor. Sunday, we made venison enchiladas (I browned the meat, rolled them up and put them in the pan; she made the sauce), and yesterday we made pasta and sauce (she made the fresh pasta, I made the sauce with tomatoes and peppers from the garden, and garlic, onions and mushrooms from someone else's garden). It is a nice end to a day and is an enjoyable activity.

Arnold (the TDI Golf), went into the dealership for another one of those “things which shouldn't happen but do”. This may be a continuation of the “glow plug problem” (check engine light comes on. Oh, it's the glow plugs. Replace. Repeat 3 times. Then they replaced the relay, and finally the whole wiring harness. This fixed things for 15k miles… until now), or it may just be a similar engine-related problem which (hopefully) will not take as many trips to get fixed. In this case, it is a check engine light which (when plugged in to the computer) says that there is inconsistent ignition. So, I drive it to the dealership. About 5 miles away, it really starts to shudder at about 2000 RPM, like it's going to stall. So, I keep it at about 3500, one gear down from where I would normally be and get to the dealership without incident… but it was a little rattling. Hopefully, it will be something they can fix for certain the first shot.

We played Battletech this weekend! Is was fun. My Hunchback beat the snot out of Liz's Centurion. I used the trees to get close enough to just open up at close range. She went down, and I never let her get back up (shoot, shoot, kick, kaboom!).

I also unburied enough of the utility room to set up my casting table.

Anyway, the rice is done, so I need to go dish up some leftover enchiladas.

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