Comments for Snerkology http://www.snerkology.com snerk (n): An utterance which suggests amusement/disgust/derision/disbelief. Tue, 15 May 2012 01:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Broken Arrow Trail, Sedona by Tiffany http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/04/broken-arrow-trail-sedona/#comment-37115 Tiffany Tue, 15 May 2012 01:48:22 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5755#comment-37115 Get yourself a polarizing filter, Jayne! It makes all the difference! Get yourself a polarizing filter, Jayne! It makes all the difference!

]]> Comment on Mucho gusto! by Tiffany http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/05/mucho-gusto/#comment-37114 Tiffany Tue, 15 May 2012 01:47:52 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5764#comment-37114 That recipe sounds DELICIOUS. The next time I'm feeling ambitious I'm going to give it a try! That recipe sounds DELICIOUS. The next time I’m feeling ambitious I’m going to give it a try!

]]> Comment on Mucho gusto! by Katharine Coldiron http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/05/mucho-gusto/#comment-37095 Katharine Coldiron Mon, 14 May 2012 23:43:09 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5764#comment-37095 "two guys with a slide guitar and a keyboard, singing Lionel Richie and Journey… phonetically." AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! Also, if you want decent tres leches, you got to do it yo'self. Alton Brown has <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/tres-leche-cake-recipe/index.html" rel="nofollow">an amazing, wonderful recipe</a>. Matt and I made it once, and yeah, it was a giant pain in the ass, and it was far too much for just two of us to eat before it went bad, but OMFG. SO. WORTH. IT. “two guys with a slide guitar and a keyboard, singing Lionel Richie and Journey… phonetically.”

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Also, if you want decent tres leches, you got to do it yo’self. Alton Brown has an amazing, wonderful recipe. Matt and I made it once, and yeah, it was a giant pain in the ass, and it was far too much for just two of us to eat before it went bad, but OMFG. SO. WORTH. IT.

]]> Comment on Costa Rica by Maryanne Sawyer http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/05/costa-rica/#comment-35313 Maryanne Sawyer Fri, 04 May 2012 19:36:39 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5761#comment-35313 sounds like an awesome trip, i added you on fb, can't wait to see the pictures! sounds like an awesome trip, i added you on fb, can’t wait to see the pictures!

]]> Comment on Costa Rica by Amanda http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/05/costa-rica/#comment-35037 Amanda Thu, 03 May 2012 00:13:57 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5761#comment-35037 I vote Facebook! (I don't use G+ or Twitter) Smart move about the camera. At first my jaw (literally) fell open, but at least you'll still be able to take pictures. Costa Rica - SIGH I vote Facebook! (I don’t use G+ or Twitter)

Smart move about the camera. At first my jaw (literally) fell open, but at least you’ll still be able to take pictures.

Costa Rica – SIGH

]]> Comment on Broken Arrow Trail, Sedona by Jeanette http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/04/broken-arrow-trail-sedona/#comment-34989 Jeanette Wed, 02 May 2012 13:14:38 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5755#comment-34989 Beautiful photos of a beautiful place! Beautiful photos of a beautiful place!

]]> Comment on Broken Arrow Trail, Sedona by Jayne http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/04/broken-arrow-trail-sedona/#comment-34774 Jayne Tue, 01 May 2012 08:10:07 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5755#comment-34774 Stunning photos of an incredible area. To hear that you were photographing near midday ... wow. I'm *hopeless* at photographing in bright light but here the sky, the colours - just gorgeous. Stunning photos of an incredible area. To hear that you were photographing near midday … wow. I’m *hopeless* at photographing in bright light but here the sky, the colours – just gorgeous.

]]> Comment on Broken Arrow Trail, Sedona by Katharine Coldiron http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/04/broken-arrow-trail-sedona/#comment-34466 Katharine Coldiron Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:28:22 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5755#comment-34466 Oh, good golly, planet Earth. I went to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs last week. I couldn't effing believe it. I hope you're been there, and if you haven't, you must go. Oh, good golly, planet Earth.

I went to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs last week. I couldn’t effing believe it. I hope you’re been there, and if you haven’t, you must go.

]]> Comment on How I Have Lived by Jean http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/04/how-i-have-lived/#comment-33256 Jean Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:47:13 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5752#comment-33256 When Mark and I were out east a couple of years ago we wandered through a lot of old cemetaries. Very cool slate headstones with creepy skull carvings in them (appropo, but still weird). Several of the headstones for wives said "WIFE'S NAME - amiable consort of HUSBAND'S NAME". I told Mark I wanted that on my headstone. He advised me that I would need to start being amiable~pronto or he wouldn't even consider it. He's such a charmer... I especially like the Scandanavian tradition of having the wife's maiden name and her parent's names on the headstone. In addition to making geneology easier, it establishes the wife in her own right. As opposed to WIFE OF... When Mark and I were out east a couple of years ago we wandered through a lot of old cemetaries. Very cool slate headstones with creepy skull carvings in them (appropo, but still weird). Several of the headstones for wives said “WIFE’S NAME – amiable consort of HUSBAND’S NAME”. I told Mark I wanted that on my headstone.

He advised me that I would need to start being amiable~pronto or he wouldn’t even consider it.

He’s such a charmer…

I especially like the Scandanavian tradition of having the wife’s maiden name and her parent’s names on the headstone. In addition to making geneology easier, it establishes the wife in her own right. As opposed to WIFE OF…

]]> Comment on The Upstairs Neighbors by Jayne http://www.snerkology.com/blog/2012/03/the-upstairs-neighbors/#comment-33102 Jayne Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:19:59 +0000 http://www.snerkology.com/?p=5712#comment-33102 Ah... *space* ... the room to *breathe* ... I reckon that's the underlying nub of it. It relates back to the old 'rat experiments', i.e. a few rats in a space can live harmoniously. Increase the numbers and at a certain level the rats start behaving violently towards each other and eventually killing. That's exactly what humans are doing. We haven't decided whether to take a trip this summer but if we do New England/Maine north to Bar Harbour pulls us emotionally. Seriously, I know I've said this before but Maine is like Jersey on steroids. The people of the east coast US are more in tune with European thinking, the atmosphere and architecture has a history that we feel comfortable with and the people of Maine, in particular, have that charming 'countrified' feel - the overwhelming majority are open and friendly. I've been elsewhere in the US and in the past naturally applied my small-town small-island thinking: offer to help pack the groceries of the woman in front in the supermarket queue / offer to help her to the car if she's coping with babies + groceries. Of *course* that's regarded with suspicion by any sane person but in a small, safe community such things are more the norm. That's more the way I perceive things in Maine - people are still connected to nature, to their community and to each other. ...And now I'm writing my own blog post, so I'll just shut up. Ah… *space* … the room to *breathe* … I reckon that’s the underlying nub of it. It relates back to the old ‘rat experiments’, i.e. a few rats in a space can live harmoniously. Increase the numbers and at a certain level the rats start behaving violently towards each other and eventually killing. That’s exactly what humans are doing.

We haven’t decided whether to take a trip this summer but if we do New England/Maine north to Bar Harbour pulls us emotionally. Seriously, I know I’ve said this before but Maine is like Jersey on steroids. The people of the east coast US are more in tune with European thinking, the atmosphere and architecture has a history that we feel comfortable with and the people of Maine, in particular, have that charming ‘countrified’ feel – the overwhelming majority are open and friendly. I’ve been elsewhere in the US and in the past naturally applied my small-town small-island thinking: offer to help pack the groceries of the woman in front in the supermarket queue / offer to help her to the car if she’s coping with babies + groceries. Of *course* that’s regarded with suspicion by any sane person but in a small, safe community such things are more the norm. That’s more the way I perceive things in Maine – people are still connected to nature, to their community and to each other.

…And now I’m writing my own blog post, so I’ll just shut up.

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