A friend of mine has been running a most delightful old World of Darkness campaign on game nights and I have been having lots of fun. He had us build two characters each, as he expected to have to kill us all off for one reason or another at some point... if we do something incredibly stupid. In our group, extreme acts of stupid are fairly common. ( Read more... )

While in the process of making my octopus cake today, I started pondering once again what I would need in my kitchen when I finally have my own. I decided that I should simply make a list to see what I have, what I need, and what I would like to get. I'll put the things that are optional, or likely to be less frequently used and therefore can be ( Read more... )

Octopus Cake Pan, I want a lot. It would look awesome with the castle cake pan I already have, which when done with the right colored cake mix, looks like a sandcastle.

Today, I decided that Babyland was good Banana bread making music, and the album I have was just perfect for getting the batter done. Greasing and flouring the pan, as well as kitchen clean up during the start of baking, was done to Blue Öyster Cult. Right now the bread's on it's second half of baking.

I'm trying to decide if I want to make lemon ( Read more... )