You know, there’s a certain fallacy to the no-bake cookie. I’d like to spend a moment talking to you about that. I like no-bake cookies. I like them a lot. But no-bake cookies imply a certain ease of preparation, I think. I mean, the whole idea is crazy. A cookie you don’t have to bake! [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Rants/Raves'
Rant: The Fallacy of the No-Bake Cookie
September 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Endless Blathering, Rants/Raves
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Where I Try To Avoid The Subject And Fail Miserably
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Rants/Raves
I’m going to stay away from the politics today (in this blog, anyway; I seem to be viewing CNN and reading blogs obsessively these days, and even dreaming about this election) as I said my piece yesterday and the speech last night was exactly as I suggested it would be. She did great! She’s a [...]
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Republican Hypocrisy Drives Me Insane
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Rants/Raves
I am so angry at the hypocrisy of Republican evangelical women right now. Let’s just run through the stupid nonsense point-by-point, shall we? Yes, we should leave Palin’s 17-year-old pregnant unmarried daughter out of the politics. You know who else we should leave out of it? Palin’s four-month-old infant! Except that the Republicans (including McCain and [...]
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Smoothies, and Other Words I Hate
August 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Endless Blathering, Rants/Raves
For weeks and weeks now, I’ve had this constant craving for juice and smoothies. It cannot be sated by the kind of fake smoothies that are made with powder and ice, which is what you get if you order a smoothie most places. In Columbia, as far as I know, it’s what you get anywhere other than Main [...]
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Curses!
June 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Endless Blathering, Rants/Raves, Travel
I seriously believe that my house may be cursed. Okay, I don’t seriously believe that at all, but it certainly does seem like everytime I fix one thing, something else decides to quit working. Last weekend, we got all that gardening done and then these things happened: the three-way switch on the kitchen light quit [...]
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Yay!
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Gardening, Rants/Raves
Woo! The landscaping people are at my house right this minute, getting that work done! I am very excited, as the retaining wall was starting to lean dangerously close to the sidewalk after all the rain we’ve had this year. And they should have the flowerbed in the backyard done by tomorrow. I hope they [...]
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The Bad and the Good
June 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Endless Blathering, Rants/Raves
I have a huge insect bite on my neck that is bright red and itches and has been there since Friday… the air conditioning in my office is turned up high and it’s freezing me out… Kayotea, the little teahouse/cafe around the corner from my office, has stopped serving sweet potato chips with sandwiches, and sweet potato [...]
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Rant: Irresponsible Bunny Mothers
May 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Rants/Raves
I like bunnies. We have a lot of them in my neighborhood. We don’t have a lot of mature trees, so we don’t have many squirrels. We have a lot of birds and sometimes deer come through, especially if there’s a layer of ice and they are hungry in the woods… they gnawed on my [...]
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Things I’ve Bought That I Love: Salad Bowl Edition
May 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Rants/Raves
Last year, I impulsively bought this bowl at Target at the end-of-summer (in late June) sale. It was maybe $3, but I’d been looking for an airtight salad serving bowl for quite some time. And this one was so cute with the little salad serving utensils in the lid. I was happy to see that they [...]
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Sleeping Better
March 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Rants/Raves
I am sleeping better! It’s like a miracle. I had the suggestion from the lovely Stephanie to take melatonin, which apparently works for her and lots of other people. I read up on it and found that a little bit goes a long way with melatonin, and if you take too much you can give yourself [...]
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