Happy Birthday rzep!

Xkcd even made a comic just for yous.

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At some point I will write about my Very Exciting Weekend (tm), but for now, here's a not quite Christmas carol for your enjoyment:

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Evidence:

1. Lack of snow (a Vancouver classic)
2. Mall music "best of christmas" rotation
3. The lack of time to complete anything on your todo list
4. Pumpkin seasonal items have transformed into gingerbread
5. Bearforce1

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I just (bookmarked &) closed 6 browser windows worth of tabs. They are now most likely lost to the abyss that is a bookmarks folder which has been in existence since like 1998. It's pretty much as organized as my bedroom is. Heather is probably the only one who can appreciate the true horror of that statement. When papers are done, I must clean off ( Read more... )

Courtesy of Barney Stinson

Why can't I find any torrents for Blackpool? Also related, this clip makes me really crave soft serve ice cream with a Cadbury Flake sticking out of it ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning I made rum balls. For the rest of the day, every time I opened the fridge, there was a wave of smell reminiscent of a liquor cabinet. Sampled one today and found a bit of walnut shell in there (I did look for shell bits, but I think really its just a hazard of using the walnuts my mom shelled herself in the first place), so while ( Read more... )

Re: previous poll. I was surprised at the lack of love you guys have for the Nanaimo Bars and Snowballs. Also I'm surprised at nigiro not showing up to go "But are they still Nanaimo bars if we're in Saskatchewan?" Answer: YESYESYES. Shortbread seemed to be the favourite. The shortbread I made the other day was the quicky kind that you only have to ( Read more... )

I did a lot of baking yesterday. In my house, Nanaimo Bars were always a Christmas time treat, due to the amount of work involved in making them. At least, I think that's half the story. The other half being that my Grandma would only make them for my mom around xmas too. So it's kind of carrying on the tradition. I don't care what you all say, ( Read more... )