Chef Julia Child Dies at 91

Chef Julia Child Dies at 91

Julia Child, the tall, gregarious chef who redefined the American culinary landscape with her landmark books and television shows, died Friday August 13, 2004 in Montecito, CA, after bouts with kidney failure; she was 91, two days shy of her 92nd birthday. At a commanding…

System Back Up!!!

System Back Up!!!

After nearly three months of downtime, two replacement motherboards, countless emails to software authors & support folks, and hours & hours of time spent working to restore the system, this site is finally back up and running on the now-restored server hardware. Nearly everything in…

Funny Stuff, to me at least…

Funny Stuff, to me at least…

This morning, as I was walking in to the office, I spotted the following vanity license plate in the parking garage: Click the picture for a larger view in a new window. I suppose the driver intends it to say, "I Love Him Too" and…

DrewVogel.COM network — now considerably safer

DrewVogel.COM network — now considerably safer

Thanks to the gentle (persistant!) urging from Weezul, I’ve installed a router on our internal network. This protects the webserver and other machines from various nasties. If you encounter anything unusual, please let me know. BIG thanks to my buddy Weezul for helping configure the…

Pictures from Drew's Culinary Training in Photo Gallery

Pictures from Drew's Culinary Training in Photo Gallery

If you click here, a new window will open with pictures from Drew’s culinary training at CSTCC. I hope you enjoy viewing the pictures… You can even add a comment if you’d like. My current plan is to take this term (Fall 2004) off, and…

Oh, our poor animals!

Oh, our poor animals!

Ya know, it’s really hard to be an animal. Especially one of ours. For, you see, every now and then Wendy & Drew get a ‘wild hair’ and decide to, for example, buy baby clothes to dress their animals in. And Wendy & Drew bring…

HAPPY MOUTH — July & August 2004

HAPPY MOUTH — July & August 2004

Because of schedule madness, the members of the supper club weren’t able to meet during July. So we decided to do the first-ever “Happy Mouth Double-Header” in August. So, in August, we met for lunch, a mid-afternoon activity, and dinner. It was a blast! Chuck…