Earlier this week I went to a talk by a well-known operations research professor who is also one of the authors of this book that I'm using for my algorithms class, Cliff Stein. We thought there would be refreshments beforehand so we arrived 20 minutes early. No refreshments were to be found, so instead I discovered a bookshelf full of free books! The sign said to take books if you want them and to leave books you no longer need. I found some interesting books on machine learning, logic, and data structures which are now an important part of my textbook collection, and we found one book which didn't belong: The Big Book of Juices and Smoothies . It inspired us to make smoothies during our The Office / Rock Band night tonight. We ended up not using the recipes in the book, but its inspiration was priceless.
Here is my favorite smoothies that I made (all amounts are approximated):
1/2 of honeydew melon
1 kiwi (peeled)
1 banana
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
ice (optional)
Directions: Blend the first 4 ingredients until smooth. Leave as is for a thick juice or add ice and blend for a smoothie. Enjoy! Serves about 3.
(Note: Since my camera is lost, I found this picture if another honeydew smoothie recipe found here. Feel free to try that one. It looks good too!)
A couple of weeks ago, I went to the biggest privately owned house in existence. At least I think it is. It has 250 rooms each of them nicely painted often with ornate wall decorations and neat molding. One of the rooms had a really neat design on the ceiling. I've decided that I want a house similar to it one day complete with a personal garden and greenhouse. I think I could settle for 125 rooms though. 250 seems just a little extravagant to me.
Unfortunately, I lost my camera while I was there. The picture above and to the left is the last place I remember using my camera. Fortunately I wasn't the only one with a camera, but I do miss my camera. I had a canon SD1200 and it treated me very well this summer. Plus it was green which made it very unique. They told me things always turn up in the lost and found but that has not happened yet. Still, when I get around to getting a new camera I'll probably get a different one. Either a cheaper one that I can afford to lose, or one with a wide angle lens.
