The sprinkles contain potassium benzoate.
The Bosch is now named Tungsten.
We did Christmas Eve today, so that I could have my Christmas Eve present to cook with.
Here is the slightly sad story. I made the babka. Babka is a tough bread to make by hand and is, in fact, the only bread that I really actively dislike making by hand. The egg and sugar content make it very tough to knead. Since it is seasonal for us, and I was planning to make it anyway, it seemed like a great way to put Tungsten through his paces. And Tungsten did an *amazing* job. Then, as I wanted to do errands, I left the dough to rise while I was out of the house. Babka is slow to rise, as well, full of all that enrichment, so I usually do not have a lot of patience with it and I rush it. The result of inadequate kneading followed by inadequate rise is usually a pretty dense bread. Well, this time, it rose probably three times in bulk. The dough was light and fluffy to shape, and after it baked, had a gorgeous, fluffy, open crumb. It looked fantastic when I cut it. An absolutely beautiful result.
And Husband and The Barbarian were very sad and disappointed by it. AG33 also said it "does not taste like I expect babka to taste." Husband was very diplomatic, as well. But I guess I will not be making babka like THAT again! :D
Cookies have also been made.
Meanwhile, Husband has totally bough it (no pun intended) on the whole Bosch idea. This morning, he went out shopping for it and in about 10 days we will be fully outfitted with blender, food processor, an extra bowl, and a few more accessories. After watching some demonstrations on the internet, however, Husband elected not to get any attachments that required the meat grinder. And we both agreed that making your own pasta seems a lot like trying to make a cheap, homemade version of holy water.
Welcome, Tungsten!
We did Christmas Eve today, so that I could have my Christmas Eve present to cook with.
Here is the slightly sad story. I made the babka. Babka is a tough bread to make by hand and is, in fact, the only bread that I really actively dislike making by hand. The egg and sugar content make it very tough to knead. Since it is seasonal for us, and I was planning to make it anyway, it seemed like a great way to put Tungsten through his paces. And Tungsten did an *amazing* job. Then, as I wanted to do errands, I left the dough to rise while I was out of the house. Babka is slow to rise, as well, full of all that enrichment, so I usually do not have a lot of patience with it and I rush it. The result of inadequate kneading followed by inadequate rise is usually a pretty dense bread. Well, this time, it rose probably three times in bulk. The dough was light and fluffy to shape, and after it baked, had a gorgeous, fluffy, open crumb. It looked fantastic when I cut it. An absolutely beautiful result.
And Husband and The Barbarian were very sad and disappointed by it. AG33 also said it "does not taste like I expect babka to taste." Husband was very diplomatic, as well. But I guess I will not be making babka like THAT again! :D
Cookies have also been made.
Meanwhile, Husband has totally bough it (no pun intended) on the whole Bosch idea. This morning, he went out shopping for it and in about 10 days we will be fully outfitted with blender, food processor, an extra bowl, and a few more accessories. After watching some demonstrations on the internet, however, Husband elected not to get any attachments that required the meat grinder. And we both agreed that making your own pasta seems a lot like trying to make a cheap, homemade version of holy water.
Welcome, Tungsten!
What problem does a self-flushing toilet really solve?
I rarely get angry about news. I either listen with peaceful interest or I just turn it off.
Well, not so much this morning. I started cussing them out around the time the guy said that football was more important than half the academic programs in the school, and it just went down hill from there. I'm probably lucky no one in other cars was lip reading or had their windows down or anything, or I might have been the victim of some serious road rage by other drivers.
Thanks, Texas, for showing us how little Americans can care about the education of their children. Rick Perry's America. Luckily, he's just as boring and non-viable as the Texas analysts told us he would be, way back at the beginning.
Well, not so much this morning. I started cussing them out around the time the guy said that football was more important than half the academic programs in the school, and it just went down hill from there. I'm probably lucky no one in other cars was lip reading or had their windows down or anything, or I might have been the victim of some serious road rage by other drivers.
Thanks, Texas, for showing us how little Americans can care about the education of their children. Rick Perry's America. Luckily, he's just as boring and non-viable as the Texas analysts told us he would be, way back at the beginning.
A chemist, a physicist, and an economist are stranded on a desert island with a bunch of canned food, but no can opener.
The chemist suggests they put the cans in a hot fire and wait for them to explode.
The physicist says, No, no, that will be very messy and dangerous! Let's just find a couple of large rocks. We can lift the larger one with this system of pulleys and drop it on the can resting on the smaller one.
The economist shakes his head. He says, Really, you are making this much too complicated. Suppose we had a can opener...
Here's me smiling and chuckling, even though I have told this joke, like 200 times. No one else ever laughs.
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The chemist suggests they put the cans in a hot fire and wait for them to explode.
The physicist says, No, no, that will be very messy and dangerous! Let's just find a couple of large rocks. We can lift the larger one with this system of pulleys and drop it on the can resting on the smaller one.
The economist shakes his head. He says, Really, you are making this much too complicated. Suppose we had a can opener...
Here's me smiling and chuckling, even though I have told this joke, like 200 times. No one else ever laughs.
I also am a big fan of
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I think it probably says something about me that the punchline to my favorite joke is: "Suppose we had a can opener..."
My old grill and I have never been friends. My Dad and Mom constructed it for us in the first couple of days I was home from the hospital with The Barbarian. It worked OK, and I used it nearly every day all these five years, but I'll tell you a secret - I cleaned it TWICE. *shhhhh*
Anyway, I noticed that it was starting to corrode through the firebox a couple of weeks ago and figured it was just a small household disaster waiting to happen, so I warned Husband we needed to get a new one soon.
Yesterday, I went out and purchased this lovely creature.
We constructed it as a family yesterday. It's first outing today produced some pretty damned good chicken.
I cleaned it.
And I bought it a cover. Which is on it now.
Meanwhile, remember how I destroyed my wonderful, ancient, ugly yellow Kitchen Aid?
Well, I was bugging Husband ever since about replacing it. There have been sales and deals and he kept blowing me off. And I don't spend a couple hundred bucks on something until we are both in agreement.
I know what I'm getting for Christmas, because Husabdn DID spend more than a couple hundred bucks on something and then got worried it was the wrong thing. I am soon to be the proud owner of a Bosch Kitchen Machine. Husband did some research and figured out that this must be the best device for me. Never having touched it or met it in person, I think he is probably right! Cannot wait for it to arrive. I used some gift card money to buy the cookie paddles. Hoping for its first recipe to be the family babka recipe, second recipe to be Christmas cookies.
Finally, we are refreshing our 35 year old stainless, which is getting all rust-spotty. Lenox Butterfly Meadow Stainless will be under the tree for me. It's simple enough for Husband, but has a nice motif for me, and I had no idea stainless came in different qualities, but this stuff is 18/10, and I got hte serving pieces already for my birthday, and I can tell you that you can defintely eat the rock-hard ice cream directly from the freezer and these spoons could not care less. They WILL NOT be bending, I can tell you that!
Anyway, I noticed that it was starting to corrode through the firebox a couple of weeks ago and figured it was just a small household disaster waiting to happen, so I warned Husband we needed to get a new one soon.
Yesterday, I went out and purchased this lovely creature.
We constructed it as a family yesterday. It's first outing today produced some pretty damned good chicken.
I cleaned it.
And I bought it a cover. Which is on it now.
Meanwhile, remember how I destroyed my wonderful, ancient, ugly yellow Kitchen Aid?
Well, I was bugging Husband ever since about replacing it. There have been sales and deals and he kept blowing me off. And I don't spend a couple hundred bucks on something until we are both in agreement.
I know what I'm getting for Christmas, because Husabdn DID spend more than a couple hundred bucks on something and then got worried it was the wrong thing. I am soon to be the proud owner of a Bosch Kitchen Machine. Husband did some research and figured out that this must be the best device for me. Never having touched it or met it in person, I think he is probably right! Cannot wait for it to arrive. I used some gift card money to buy the cookie paddles. Hoping for its first recipe to be the family babka recipe, second recipe to be Christmas cookies.
Finally, we are refreshing our 35 year old stainless, which is getting all rust-spotty. Lenox Butterfly Meadow Stainless will be under the tree for me. It's simple enough for Husband, but has a nice motif for me, and I had no idea stainless came in different qualities, but this stuff is 18/10, and I got hte serving pieces already for my birthday, and I can tell you that you can defintely eat the rock-hard ice cream directly from the freezer and these spoons could not care less. They WILL NOT be bending, I can tell you that!
Oh my God! ISO 9001 certification is a license to kill! :D
No, you may not use your durable power of attorney to sign your wife's will. *still crying laughing*
Also, from Chemistry Cat: The chemist sees the glass as completely full, one half in the liquid state, one half in the vapor state.
And with those two laughs in rapid succssion, my mood has completely changed. Useless clients, can't do math...
Also, from Chemistry Cat: The chemist sees the glass as completely full, one half in the liquid state, one half in the vapor state.
And with those two laughs in rapid succssion, my mood has completely changed. Useless clients, can't do math...
From AG33, via that comic strip he likes: There's no I in team, but there are two Us in shut up.
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AOL users, watch out for LIFESTREAM if you also use AIM. I logged into AOL for mail, gave up my RL name for account security, only to have my RL name suddenly begin appearing on my AIM. Checking my AIM settings led me to Lifestream (which I did not know existed), where there was a ticky box checked allowing people to search on my full name, and THAT was changing my AIM identity. Un. Be. Lievable.
BTW, changing my Lifestream settings to Private DID NOT stop the problem. I found the answer when I went into my Lifestream profile to delete my name.
I will update when I learn from AOL if I CAN delete my Lifestream. Meanwhile, I think AOL may have just become a placeholder account. That's a pretty major security violation.
BTW, changing my Lifestream settings to Private DID NOT stop the problem. I found the answer when I went into my Lifestream profile to delete my name.
I will update when I learn from AOL if I CAN delete my Lifestream. Meanwhile, I think AOL may have just become a placeholder account. That's a pretty major security violation.
You know a phrase I could do without? "First world problem."
Look, I know you are not coping with your monsoon flooded hut and washed out rice fields, alright? You are not stumbling, dying, carrying your starving children out of Somalia.
I'm clear on that.
You can go ahead and complain about your life. It's your reality, and it is not worthless. There will always be people worse off than you, and better off. Let's get past the disclaimers and move on, shall we?
Look, I know you are not coping with your monsoon flooded hut and washed out rice fields, alright? You are not stumbling, dying, carrying your starving children out of Somalia.
I'm clear on that.
You can go ahead and complain about your life. It's your reality, and it is not worthless. There will always be people worse off than you, and better off. Let's get past the disclaimers and move on, shall we?
AG33 was signing a field trip form.
He said, "So this is where I sign to promise not to burn down the place we're going to?"
And I agreed. "Or blow up the bus."
"Why would I blow up the bus? That's my getaway car."
He said, "So this is where I sign to promise not to burn down the place we're going to?"
And I agreed. "Or blow up the bus."
"Why would I blow up the bus? That's my getaway car."
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I just heard someone yell: "OW! WORKER'S COMP!"
Already certain major donors are trying to subvert the Ken Doll PAC into either an Elect Tony Stark Campaign Fund or possibly a Hot Gay Sex in the Oval Office PAC.
DO YOUR OWN FUNDRAISING!!!!
DO YOUR OWN FUNDRAISING!!!!
( Are the charges real? )
More to the point,
( Should something 'like this' end his presidential hopes? )
Which brings me to my final point.
I believe it is time for me to establish a PAC, compeltely devoted to getting rid of politicians that cause the public to have to think about their penises and the actions of those penises. I would like to be able to throw tons and tons of money at this problem.
This week I was forced to think about Herman Cain's penis. *shudders* It should be illegal. His behavior caused me to envision him in a car trying to get a woman to SUCK HIS DICK. *shudders even more* He should crawl into a hole and not come out.
Until there is a male politician hot enough to incorporate a sexy strip tease and pole dance into his campaign stump speeches (for instance, Michael Shanks (though I recognized that he is Canadian, so not eligible for the office, but someone of a Michael-Shanks-level of hotness)), I do not want to think about any politician's penis. Just no. And there should be a law. Or at least career-ending repercussions.
Please contribute to the Ken Doll PAC.
Thank you.
More to the point,
( Should something 'like this' end his presidential hopes? )
Which brings me to my final point.
I believe it is time for me to establish a PAC, compeltely devoted to getting rid of politicians that cause the public to have to think about their penises and the actions of those penises. I would like to be able to throw tons and tons of money at this problem.
This week I was forced to think about Herman Cain's penis. *shudders* It should be illegal. His behavior caused me to envision him in a car trying to get a woman to SUCK HIS DICK. *shudders even more* He should crawl into a hole and not come out.
Until there is a male politician hot enough to incorporate a sexy strip tease and pole dance into his campaign stump speeches (for instance, Michael Shanks (though I recognized that he is Canadian, so not eligible for the office, but someone of a Michael-Shanks-level of hotness)), I do not want to think about any politician's penis. Just no. And there should be a law. Or at least career-ending repercussions.
Please contribute to the Ken Doll PAC.
Thank you.
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They are bow hunting deer in our neighborhood for the next couple of weeks. I'm right to be nervous, right?
ETA: My cousin assures me that bow hunters know what they are doing, plus limited range of weapon means they "get a really good look at the target," which I assume means they don't confuse the average pedestrian with a deer.
I am mostly reassured. :)
ETA: My cousin assures me that bow hunters know what they are doing, plus limited range of weapon means they "get a really good look at the target," which I assume means they don't confuse the average pedestrian with a deer.
I am mostly reassured. :)
OK, listen up.
It is RUDE to say, "Please leave your name and number and I will call you back at my earliest convenience."
Rude.
It is polite to invite someone else to call YOU back at THEIR earliest conveneince. But you are always going to call the person back as soon as humanly possible. Or you are just going to call them back. Don't say that the return call is a "convenience."
Rude.
And telling me to "Have a blessed day" after that is just irritating.
It is RUDE to say, "Please leave your name and number and I will call you back at my earliest convenience."
Rude.
It is polite to invite someone else to call YOU back at THEIR earliest conveneince. But you are always going to call the person back as soon as humanly possible. Or you are just going to call them back. Don't say that the return call is a "convenience."
Rude.
And telling me to "Have a blessed day" after that is just irritating.
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