One of the housemates has absconded ( Read more... )

I was going to make a chocolate rum cake with caramel-rum glaze today. It was going to be my foray into posh baking.

Asda doesn't have buttermilk, and nor does the corner shop, and like hell am I going out to Canary Wharf in *that* thunder-and-lightning downpour for one small carton of buttermilk just because I have a craving for posh baking. I'm ( Read more... )

Every time I come across an article saying "locking up women and children who haven't actually been convicted of any crime and treating them like shit is a really bad thing to do, guys", the commentors immediately spew vile hate about the filthy illegal immigrants taking their money on benefits, etc etc.

How about a solution, eh? One that doesn't ( Read more... )

I'm in one of my "experimental" moods again. There's banana bread in the oven that needs to be checked in half an hour for done-ness, I have the ingredients for apple crumble and bolognese, and this is a big step because it means I'm not just making sweets ( Read more... )

There are two totally unrelated parts to this post. Part one is very hopeful, all about the future and the things I cannot wait to see. Part two is about giving up and being a bit miserable and feeling vaguely resentful for what's really no good reason at all. Please skip as appropriate.

Part One

Even the professionals agree that the future I rant ( Read more... )

Well done, Texas. So eager to ban the gay marriage that you may also have banned heterosexual marriage.

Dear goodness, these people are thick.