December 30, 2005
Run-Run Run Run Run Away
Well, more like ran away...
I managed a keen escape this morning and was able to flee the confines of not only my mother's house, but the town my parents live in all together. After careful, elaborate, and repetitous planning, I was able to make my get away on a train. Not the fastest of exits, but it got the job done.
For the next undisclosed period of time, I shall be in San Diego instead. Blogging may be even lighter - I have many things to see and people to do, you know - but I can't say for sure. In fact, I'd tell you more, but then I'd have to kill you... at least most of you... The hot ones I might keep around for a few extra days...
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San Diego? Good lord. Someone put the Marine base on alert. There are going to be some tired grunts.
I have a feeling I'll be among the first to be killed, though I'm sure now the death will be slow and painful.... just like I like it...
Posted by: RSM at December 30, 2005 03:07 AM (Tdodv)
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RSM - at least you've got pretty eyes, so you'd have to wait your turn.
Me, I'd be the first one to take a bullet :-(
Posted by: Harvey at December 30, 2005 02:47 PM (ubhj8)
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Sorry to hear that your plans got scrapped.
The main thing I'm worried about though, is that statement that you're looking forward to returning to DC. You're scaring me, kiddo.
Posted by: Ted at December 30, 2005 05:44 PM (+OVgL)
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December 10, 2005
Calling All Cookies
The time has come for the annual cookie exchange... and I am recipe-less...
Between finals week and my final week as an intern, I don't have a whole lot of time to put into preparing for this event. However, I have a reputation with the attendees of this particular event. They are under the impression that I am some fantastic and unique chef of sorts...
...No Pressure...
So, I turn to you, dear 'sphere-o-philes...
I know that someone out there has an easy and elegant cookie recipe. Is anyone kind enough to pass theirs on?
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i've got one for molasses spice cookies... just have to find it downstairs, and i'm about to leave for church... i'll try to have it up in a couple hours, okay?
Posted by: amelie at December 11, 2005 10:00 AM (XUQfg)
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2.5 cups flour
2 t baking soda
1 t ground cloves
1 t ground ginger
1 t ground cinnamon
3/4 cups shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg [unbeaten]
4 T molasses
Combine ingredients. Chill dough. Roll in balls. Rolls balls in sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake 325- 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
[study whilst chilling?]
x, da blogniece
Posted by: amelie at December 11, 2005 10:09 AM (XUQfg)
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I have one for you that most people find devine. Follow the recipe on the back of the Tollhouse morsels (semi-sweet) except instead of using all semi-sweet, use half semi-sweet and half butterscotch chips.
Also, if you use an electric mixer AND melt the butter in the microwave prior to adding it, your cookies will be thin & crispy. However, if you just hand mix and add softened butter (I recommend Land O' Lake softened butter made with some canola oil) then your cookies will be plump and chewy.
OH, and NEVER, EVER, cook the cookies according to the time listed. SEVEN minutes is enough time for regular cookies. They will look not-quite-done when you pull them out of the oven, but give them a couple of minutes to cool and they will be great.
Also, to shake things up and make a sweeter cookie, you could switch the semi-sweet for milk chocolate.
People that claim not to like butterscotch will actually eat these cookies and love them. I have seen it happen.
Posted by: Dorothy at December 11, 2005 11:13 AM (8gPTf)
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Oh, instead of butterscotch, you can pour a whole bag of Heath bar chocolate toffee chips (find it next to the chocolate chips in the baking aisle) into the mix.
Posted by: Dorothy at December 11, 2005 11:16 AM (8gPTf)
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another thing that makes a difference in taste is splitting the shortening amount into half shortening, half butter/margarine.
Posted by: amelie at December 11, 2005 03:20 PM (XUQfg)
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I can't honestly say that this is an easy recipe. However, they are in my opinion the best cookies ever. I inherited this recipe from my grandmother's grandmother, and you can see it here: http://perfidy.org/index.php/weblog/comments/great_great_great_grandmothers_cookies/
Short of the effort of producing those divine sugar cookies, the Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie is hard to beat.
Posted by: buckethead at December 13, 2005 09:54 AM (ztNrs)
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December 01, 2005
Crap Queens
Riding home on the train tonight, I encountered two surprises...that when combined just sent it all down in flames...
#1 - the train was damn near empty. Hallelujah!
#2 - two overly flamboyant, broke-down, stank-ass, ghetto queens (and yes, I do mean queen in the way you think I mean queen) thought they owned the joint.
Ordinarily two queens on an empty train would have made for a pretty entertaining situation but these two just jacked that whole idea all to hell.
Most queens have some kind of flashy outfit that is mildly amusing... These guys were dressed in dirty, baggy clothes (mostly black) that looked like they had been worn for two weeks straight. They were complete with nappy, badly dyed hair that had no style. Accentuated by the stupid 'i-stole-a-pair-of-my-momma's-stockings-and-put-them-on-my-head' type hats. (come on, are they 'hats'? really? are they?)
Most queens will entertain you (in the Montel kind of way) with their flamboyant speech and dramatic conversations... These guys were just loud and obnoxious about a whole lot of nothing interesting... across the train from each other...
Most queens have some attention getting 'talent' that is mildly amusing... These guys were not blessed with such gifts... or grace... or talent. Period. They had a CD player that they turned up loud enough to hear without wearing the headphones... to which the one not near it felt the need to sing along with...very poorly. He missed the beat, forgot the words, and just plain sucked.
Scampered about the train and echoing their antics through the whole car, they were perhaps some of the most annoying people I have ever come into contact with. And I've met a fair number of Demorats, so that's saying a lot. So here's what I think should happen as a result of the pain I suffered at their expense...
The real queens of DC should get together and beat these two crap queens within an inch of their lives with their old stilettos. They are giving queens everywhere a bad name ... and depriving the entire metro area of the comedic blogfodder that a queenie encounter should deliver...
(I wonder how many friends my gay republican friend will bring to the fight)
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... you certainly have interesting problems, Cat...
Posted by: Eric at December 02, 2005 08:29 AM (r5XsL)
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I have not seen a drag show in ages...I think I would have been well entertained...
too easy to please, perhaps.
Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at December 02, 2005 12:14 PM (/ZKv+)
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