benchodroff.com

After stealing two pumpkins from the Halloween at the Farm (which was a bust due to inclement weather), Meredith, Axel, and I sliced and diced until we had created two masterpieces and a heaping pile of pumpkin guts. Axel carved a sailboat into his pumpkin and Meredith and I created a smiley emoticon pumpkin. There [...]

Two nights and two great dinners with friends I don’t see nearly enough. The writer formerly known as Karen Graber, who is now happily married, took me out to the Cheesecake Factory. Of the many people that I have met at Case, few have altered my outlook on life, dating, social responsibility, and the importance [...]

My two favorite Indian chicken recipes:
Chicken 65
Chicken Makhani
I made the Chicken 65 last Friday when Sara came up from North Carolina to visit me. It was excellent, but I have to admit I enjoyed the Chicken Makhani I made today even more. No worries - the company was more enjoyable on Friday. Then again, I [...]

There are still 15 minutes left in this day, but I’m confident in saying that this day is going to be the start of something amazing. Our first day in the Extreme Blue program at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina was filled with activity. Most of the day was spent in orientation and getting [...]

I drove up to New York City on Thursday while popping back some sunflower seeds and listening to the Beatles. God damn, I’m a hippy. En route, I had a conference call with my team at IBM on licensing issues with open source software. There is only one more week before I’m working down at [...]