Category: News

Boy, this can be addicting, let me tell you… Over the past six weeks, I’ve sold off the parts of my old Macintosh G4 tower computer. It was a single processor 1.25 GHz. Boy, I loved that thing. It has been hard for me to sell – to see the tower go, then the components – one by one. Alas, today I sold off the second to last component – the 17″ Apple LCD Studio Monitor – for 70 whoppers.

Over these six weeks, I’ve found Craigslist to be an essential resource – nay, the only resource – in selling my stuff. I’d check to see what other people are trying to get for their used stuff, think about what I’d be willing to pay for it – a fair price, and create my ad. Magic. Days later I’d end up with a friendly email from a buyer. The person would come and pick it up at my apartment, and that would be the end of that.

So, I have to say, I have really enjoyed listing stuff on CL, negotiating a price, and selling stuff. There are at least three more things now that I’m going to be listing in the next week or so: two, old laptops and a Wurlitzer organ – stuff that my family just has lying around and doesn’t use any more.

I think I’m hooked.

Have you ever sold anything on Craigslist?

I’ve been on a cooking kick for the last few days. I love to cook, but it’s rare for me to do it – and even rarer to do it for three days in a row! Main courses are really what excite me. Here’s what was on the menu the last three nights:

Monday: Drunken Steak ala Steve Raichlen (replete with Jim Beam)
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Wednesday: BBQ Meat Loaf

And here’s what’s ahead:

Thursday: Baked Chicken Tenders
Friday: Grilled Tilapia
Saturday: (I’m out of town, so I can’t cook!)
Sunday: Baked Mostaccioli

I even have some ideas for next week already… chili, turkey balls, beef and broccoli…

Yeah, okay, so this is kinda weird. I’m just sort of spouting out food stuff like this. It almost feels like I’m tweeting (but with a much higher character count). But there is a method to my madness:

Preparing dinner is like writing a song – “preparing” a song, if you will. You need to have all of the right ingredients (inspiration, a pen and paper, an instrument) and you have to add everything together at the proper time and place (time to sit down and write, a quiet place to work).

You can’t force a good meal just like you can’t force out a good song. When I force a dish, I usually under- or over-cook it. When I force a song, I blunder it – and it ends up in the trash.

And, of course, if any of you are interested in getting recipes from me, I can get them to you…