Ingrained Habits

There needs to be a word for the lost strands of shredded cheese that don't quite make it into your mouth when you try to eat a pinch. Come on, Germany, help me out here.

Or the expansion pack, lox.

It's fairly simple. Split a vanilla bean, put it in a jar, and cover in bakers sugar. Every week, come in and shake the jar to keep it from clumping.

I also make my own extract. So I usually take my used beans from that to make the sugar.

I make my own vanilla sugar. When I want double vanilla I just use that .

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke

It was co-opted by the military to be the unofficial theme for Desert Storm. Whenever any of the kids in my class did any sort of presentation about their dads being in the military, they blared it in the background. It was the "Have You Forgotten" of Desert Storm.

Nah, can't give it to someone special next year.

This is a serial killer with an obsession complex.

My black truffle mac and cheese is a potluck warrior. Just one bite and you know it's bad for you.

The Pern series by Anne McCaffery

This is truly the best legal advice we can give.

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

C'mon, what's wrong with slightly sour spiced dirt?

When they banned them, I went out to buy a pipe, some tobacco, and some cloves. Then realized I couldn't pull off a pipe so just quit.

During Trump’s last term, he made over 30,000 false or misleading claims. It’s always important to verify facts. For instance, he once stated that ‘raking the forest’ could help prevent forest fires.

I'm so proud of my city and their inclusion of the auto-erotic asphyxiation demographic.

Remember, libraries are so much more than just a building with books. They are a resource for the community and a refuge for so many with no where else to go.

Gladly.

It's sad to see an institution I have loved my entire life be tossed aside by so many. In our county, they failed to fund public libraries. Luckily, they still survive but are on life support.
People failed to realize that libraries are so much more than a building with books.

The dinner is coming together nicely.

The endgame.

In the middle. The filling as it were.

It has begun!

Since I did say I would bake later, here are the receipts.

Who else here concurs?

Left all mine in Oklahoma.

I did really well with a dark chocolate custard pie using a chocolate cookie crust. Melted Belgian dark chocolates for the custard.

We're just staying with the immediate family this year, so walnut pie will be it for us.

Dresden playing in the tree his first Christmas.

We're moving ever closer to the world of Snow Crash.