Archives for "June, 2006"

Posted by benesek on 29th June 2006

Mind Itch Recipe Club: Lentil Bolognese

Since moving to Latvia I have reluctantly begun to eat meat again – my diatribe concerning lifestyle choices in Latvia is coming soon but this is neither the time nor the place. Suffice to say, when I cook, I still cook veggie every time. This is an amazing dish – incredibly versatile, cheap, quick and [...]

Posted by benesek on 29th June 2006

Pillows of safety

It’s been an eventful couple of weeks with definite highs and lows. The highs have been a couple of really good party weekends – my wife and I have birthdays 6 days apart so we celebrated this year with a 3 day party at our place in the countryside (a pet project – renovating a [...]

Posted by Markus on 23rd June 2006

Sound of Music

Being a serial lover of music in all its forms, setting up the playlist to your wedding is great. However, time is limited and the two hours of music I was asked is creating problems. After going through my song library and really cutting down on the songs with a strict set of rules (not [...]

Posted by Markus on 22nd June 2006

Married with children

Well, no kids yet, but were working on the marriage thing. Even though we’re doing everything as simply as possible, it’s still quite an endeavor. Currently we have 103 guests RSVP’d to attend the celebration and that means feeding those people and making sure there’s enough space and entertainment (besides from us getting married, that [...]

Posted by Markus on 14th June 2006

Football!

Oh yes, the world has turned its gaze towards the grassy pitches of Teutonia and the fierce combatants of the ball of the foot. Another interesting cavalcade of entrants to compete for the World Cup and oh yes, I’m loving every second of it. As you can guess, this means that I will be very [...]

Posted by Markus on 6th June 2006

Mind Itch Recipe Club: Hardy Chili Stew

Since we cook a lot, we’re going to have some recipes for you to show off to your friends and to lather your pallet with love. This one is an old classic, a variant of the legendary American chili. We also have to decide whether we’re going to have these in imperial measuring units, or [...]

Posted by Markus on 2nd June 2006

Identity

Some of you might already know that I’m getting married in the end of July, a few of you have even been invited to participate amongst the horde of thousands of guests. Unlike Benesek, I’ve never had a unique name. I’ve never actually even used my first name anywhere, since everybody has been using my [...]

Posted by Markus on 1st June 2006

Oh Google, where are thou?

This is strange, I was glad to notice Mind Itch rise in the google search results, but today it seems to have disappeared from the search listing. Could you try and google “Mind itch” and tell whether you see www.mind-itch.com on the results page (last time it was in the top ten) and tell us [...]