Zucchini: Anyone?

Our lovely principal shared her zucchini harvest some weeks back. Everyone got a small piece, so I was left with the largest one. And I’d never even bought or cooked any zucchini dish prior. So what was I to do with it? Thanks to the internet: zucchini with ground beef, zucchini-raisin pancakes, and zucchini-pear or zucchini-banana shake. And half of it is still in the freezer! Enjoy zucchini!

 

Sour pears were on sale... 

Into the blender they went.

AI & Education

 

Danger of First Frost Tonight

Danger of first frost tonight,

But our mandevilla and jade beans are still blooming,
And someone has just started his tomato garden!
Oh, dear!

Anyone still wondering why there's no AI oversight?

 

What have we done to Johnny and Susie?

They inherited a smart home,
Not a muscle to move.
They inherited AI and humanoids,
Not a neuron to use.

Until there’s a glitch.
Until the system is down.
Until there’s service outage.

Now Johnny can’t unlock the doors.
Now Susie has to hold in her pee.
Without gadgets, children are cranky.

Now Susie can’t order meals.
Or get cash. Or shop for groceries.
And Johnny can’t start a fire.
O put up a tent. Or dig for an outhouse.
Unused brain cells are dead.

Out there, no farms. Just data centers.
Out there, no water. No lake. No river.
It’s 2050. Trillionaires live on the moon.
Johnny and Susie with no brains or brawn
Blaming their parents for something
They don’t even know…
MLJ07092026MankindEnslavedByTech

When will they raise the minimum wage?

When workers go on strike? 

Wages should be increased every year to keep up with inflation. 

Who disagrees? The billionaires and trillionaires who need to buy engineers and scientists who will start their settlements on the moon and Mars? Peace! 

Gloria Steinem

 

35 Years Later...

Still lots to learn...

 

In acrylic

 Summer break practice on used paper.

Puto Pao

Puto pao or steamed rice cake. The recipe is on the box, but there's no corned beef or steamer. But there's lots of bangus sisig... Puto pancakes with sisig filling it is!

 

Second batch of my puto pao. A total of twelve pancakes made with one box of puto mix on sale. (Second tiny bean harvest from our school garden. Too hot and dry summer!)

All day in the kitchen

For peach turon, apple turon, pickled cucumbers, paksiw na bangus (milkfish in vinegar), atchara (pickled green papaya), and bangus sisig (for freezing and pancake filling later). Now I can apply as a kitchen helper...