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My name is Mike Hillwig and I live in Salem, MA with my pug, Reggie. I'm a DBA (database administrator) with a high tech company. Originally from the Pittsburgh area, I moved to Providence in December 2004 and then to Boston in November 2005. March of 2008 brought me to Salem on the Massachusetts north shore.

What else do you want to know? I'm an aviation geek, a foodie, have some tattoos and live with Multiple Sclerosis. This year, I'm in my first season singing Baritone with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus. If there is anything else you'd like to know, just ask. I'm hardly shy.

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Quiet Weekend

I totally planned on having a low-key weekend. Really, that was the plan.

I got up Saturday morning and threw a chicken in the oven. That was for the chicken and biscuits I’d be making for dinner. Chicken stock simmered on the stove ALL DAY Saturday. It was glorious. My friend Seth came up for dinner Saturday night. The chicken and biscuits were awesome. Ina’s biscuit recipe is one to put in the arsenal. The brownies were great, but I didn’t cook them long enough. The flavor was fantastic, though.

I tried upgrading Sam’s blog over the weekend and blew up the templates. I have no idea what I did and need to get Paul to fix it, I think. It looks like it should be easy enough to fix. I hope.

Saturday night, I think I was in bed by 9:30.

Yesterday, I did some minor cooking, including some carrot broccoli soup that came out amazing. And I had brunch with the boys who live upstairs. And at some point over the course of the weekend, I got an amazing massage from my upstairs neighbor who is in massage therapy school.

Scott was away all weekend, and we were bouncing messages last night while he was on the train back from New Hampshire. He came up to watch Desperate Housewives. He got to sample some more of my cooking, and Reggie got some cuddle time.

This was my first weekend on call at work. We’re just starting to do this. It wasn’t bad until my phone rang shortly before 6:00 this morning. I’d not been on call in close to seven years when I was at Weirton. This morning, I had a password reset. I’ll take that over the mail system being down any day of the week.

1. The other night as Fritz was beginning dinner, I read him your roasted broccoli recipe.  We’ve been roasting all sorts of root veggies lately and the thought of roasted broccoli was irresistible.

   He changed plans and started making your recipe immediately.  It came out perfectly and we loved it.  Thanks, Mike!

   Posted by Will  on  11/18  at  12:08 AM

2. OOOh, I cant wait to try this at the dinner I have to cook for ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PEOPLE.  Mike, if they love it, Im so taking credit for it..j/k!

   Posted by  on  11/19  at  11:20 PM
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