Rants & Recipes
Fortunately for all of us rarely will anything be posted here, too many other great voices being ignored for me to add to the noise. Proof, you ask? Read Cory, Xeni and company on boingboing.net. What Jon Stewart is to television journalism, boing boing is to blogs. Sortof.
more of the same obsession
Zanzabelle, Halloween Inspired Coloring Pages
Happy Halloween
Three, count 'em three more pointless coloring book pages, no, not pointless: for I proclaim these a tribute to Zanzabelle (Silver Lake) Ice Cream Parlor and General Store. If you've not been you owe yourself a visit to this tiny cabin, chock-full-o retro candies, toys, art, and of course Fosselman's Ice Cream: floats, malts, you name it. Or just a great scoop or two while you blissfully browse Wacky Packages, tin toys, and groovy stuff.
Yikes! Bosses? Fuzzy Butts??!
Valentine #4: I'd Be a Mess Without You
A Mess Without You
C'mon, this is somewhat better, no? It's all about being there, when the going gets tough. No, wait. That could be taken... nevermind. more...
Yikes! Bosses? Fuzzy Butts??!
Valentine #3: Rabbit, Tounge, Fuzzy Hiney
Hey, Boss!!!
OK, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I've no idea why last year was all sweetness 'n innocence, and this year I'm being, well, a tad hateful and now...? Now? Let's be frank; this is mildly offensive. I'll be losing my PG-13 along about now, right? more...
Love is... a steamy, leech-infested swamp of emotion
Valentine's Day Card #2: "Suck Face"
Let's Suck Face!
A theme appears to be emerging for '07's Valentine's Day card lineup, and, lest speculation carry on unabated, allow me this: I emphatically deny such an intent, nor, contrary to appearances has some emotional crisis befallen me. Perhaps it's too, too easy a target, but VD screams for such a polemic. more...
Speaking of: Ed Shepp's "On Love" merits a listen.
Love and Longing, or Dr. Guillotin versus Cupid
Valentine's Day Card
Valentine's Day
Guillotine
Oh, no story behind this one. And yes, I know guillotines never employ ratchets (spent an hour over coffee researching. purchase blueprints online? you bet you can.) Opted to disregard historical accuracy as this seemed more dramatic. Might come back to this for cleanup, but good enough for now.
Sorry for not including Mssr. F.Spaghetti Monster, might try to knock out a new one in praise of all things noodly later this week while on the train.
Check out the great retro VD Cards on flickr, terrifics!
Original sketch
If anyone has pointers on using Corel Painter IX.5, please let me know. Love it, right up until she drives me nuts.
Mainly it's organizing those gazillion pens, brushes, etc. Oh, and inking with nice variable line-weights. Perhaps a new tablet?
Did have a diaster; program crashed, corrupted the file. Had to start over. more...
Screw that dozen roses, print this instead
Flying Spaghetti Monster Valentine's Day Card
Forgiveness, 
that's the greatest gift: I failed to delivery the FSM Advent Calendar, and I apologize. Not that any action on my part can undo this undone deed, but it's time for some Valentine's Day Cards.
If you're like me (insert joke) you loved those cheap-o dime-store boxes of Valentines cards you stuffed into construction-papered boxes in your 4th grade classroom. Well, no need to abandon this tradition. All you need to supply is a dozen pink cup cakes.
2 card designs so far, but check back next week for the Teacher's Card!
Power Outages, Flus, Hurricane Recovery
Pizza was gone, but now it's back. If you really want to know more, well, alright.
Flying Spaghetti Monster Appears in Coffee Froth
Since 
converting and becoming a Pastafariani I've never been happier, but sometimes, say when my eye patch gets lost in the laundry, or someone tries to fob off Costco lasagne on me, well, I've wondered whether I was living as he'd want me to. Well, tonight I received a sure sign of His pleasure -- in my coffee.
Full story
Oh, posted a FSM Ministries pamphlet cover, too!
Hot off the presses: Flying Spaghetti Monster Manga. For the anime-inclined out there who need the cuter, snugglier side of Him, FSM now in a bite-sized glob.
Now a convenient Flickr pool at flickr.com/groups/FlyingSpaghettiMonster
Evolution v. Intelligent Design v. Enchilada Casserole
As 
if the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave weren't enough shame for one country, we've this new-old "debate" raging in
the schools over evolution. In the interests of fairness I propose this alternative: a sticker to be placed in all bibles that are in public holdings such
as libraries and schools. Full story
Best Damned Bibingka, Sez Cracker
Bibingka
Recipe! The simplicity of the recipe belies the depth of this light, tasty Philippine dessert. Make it in time for dinner tonight. Get it while it's hot
Books, Films, and Other Current Ephemera
Some lists. Books, films, and music. Stuff I'm into in some fashion. Even a few endorsements. Read 'em
Oh, and here's that old film list, sans rankings and top-100 designations. Will attempt to update this at some point.
One-Bowl, One-Pan, One-Hour
Baking from scratch, while noble and all that shite, can easily fall prey to the even more impressive half-hour of clean-up. Faced with being overshadowed by too many tools or too much mess here are (in addition to the bibingka above) three recipes that've really made an impression on our test kitchen staff and friends for their strong, unique flavors but most importantly, the simplicity of the ingredients and sparsity of kitchen utensils they require to assemble.
- Tuppakaka by Neeky on allrecipes.com (this one is voodoo -- such flavor from six ingredients is not chemically possible)
- Swedish Nut Cake by Marie on allrecipes.com
- Carrot Cake III by Tammy Elliott on allrecipes.com
