Minimum daily chocolate requirement

[robinmckinley]

 
 There were no howls from the hellhound crate last night.  I woke out of a few dreams that there were, but . . .

However the car is still dead.  If I am going to choose between an ailing car and an ailing hellhound, I will take the ailing car, yes.  But I would prefer to decline responsibility for either one.  And the weather is still filthy.

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[anonymous]

First

[robinmckinley]

*****Concentrating on the chocolate chip cookies***** :)

[anonymous]

... But of course! :)

Also: I have a question. I don't know if this is impertinent or rude or something, but I wanted to ask your permission to use your "School Assignment Letter" rant... I mean ... essay/letter thing as a source for a paper I am writing about the author as celebrity/ authorship and the idea of the author in the mind of the public?
Or mention you and the views you express there, if I can't quote your words directly?
Please?
I thought, I can't very well ask Mark Twain's permission to write about him. But I (sort-of) talk to you quite regularly here, and so now have the unique opportunity of being able to ask your permission. Not that it matters to you either way, I am sure. But I thought it would be the right thing, the polite thing, to do.
Yay!
Thanks!
Please do let me know.

[have some more chocolate chip cookies, too. here you go. nice big plate of them, fresh out of the oven.] :)

--Julia

[robinmckinley]

I dunno, I think this kind of thing does matter in the Great Karmic Thingy of Existence. I have this fixation on Raising the Light Level, you know? Every time you do something nice, even if no one knows about it, it raises the level. Every time you do something lousy, even if no one knows about it, it lowers the level.

If you want to take this a step or two farther into the twilight zone, you can perfectly well ask Mark Twain. Sit quietly for a moment or two, focus, and ask.

So anyway, in my theory of the universe, you get points for asking me, who is alive and can answer in an easily readable format. :) And yes, I'd be happy for you to quote me. Every point I made in that rant--and you're perfectly right it's a rant--IS STILL VALID.

And *thanks* for asking. It DOES matter to me. :)

[wavestar]

I think when I lived over there, I used yogurt in my recipes which called for buttermilk, and it worked very well. Adds the depth of flavour and moisture that buttermilk brings. I'm afraid it seems like it wouldn't work for you with your restrictions, though.

[woodburner]

Ooo, thanks for the gluten-free link. I have a wheat sensitivity (we don't know if it's gluten or one of the other proteins, it just came back positive on a respiratory allergy test, and wheat makes my face and tummy hurt, so), and it's such a pain to find decent wheat-free recipes. It doesn't help that I'm a big bread fan, sob.

[robinmckinley]

It doesn't help that I'm a big bread fan, sob.

********* Yes, absolute big barfing bummer. Because I do still secretly suspect that I'm at least a bit wheat sensitive, I positively try not to eat too much of it. EVen gluten-sensitives can sometimes eat 100% rye, and do you know the Stamp Collection? Of all the gluten-free 'breads' I've tried that line is by far the best. It also doesn't have a lot of weird chemical crap in it.

[woodburner]

No, I haven't seen that name in the stores - most of what's around here is just Bob's Red Mill. I'll definitely keep an eye out though, possibly I've just missed it.

[green_knight]

Rye is worth exploring; and I've heard of mild cases who had success with spelt - which is related to what, but not identical.

My wheatstraw allergy, on the other hand, vanished when I went organic. Only organic straw is even harder to find than organic anything-else.

[jonquil]

This tickles me. Blackbear's "Mexican Chocolate Cake" is my mom's "Texas Sheet Cake", which I was intending to post soon. The folk process in action, but where is our Cyril Sharp?

[robinmckinley]

Or our Francis James Child. Wait, I think that's what the recipe wiki is for. :) Does yours have Corners To Die For?

[southdowner]

so pleased that the hellhound digestion remains sunny and calm. I hope you got enough sleep, tho it sounds as if you were on alert status in case of more yellow projectiles. Long may their stomachs stay settled, and hopefully you will solve the puzzle.

The weather remains inscrutable; I was in the garden with beasts early this morning, listening to the radio weather forecast saying "sunny" while snowflakes spattered us. Not what you want when you have car problems. I hope your car comes round and speaks to you very soon. Couldn't find Basil Fawlty atacking his car with a branch, but I did find some "car dressage" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpSUGeG_tHk to cheer you up.

[robinmckinley]

I did find some "car dressage" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpSUGeG_tHk to cheer you up.

********* This is *ridiculously* cute. :) If anyone had suggested I watch a bunch of boring Saabs pole bending I'd've told 'em to get stuffed but in fact I liked it so much I've bookmarked it. :) I wonder how many dents the practise cars collected? And how much they spent on TYRES?? And how DO they get them to run on two wheels, anyway?? (And while I would hesitate to *recommend* it, I thought the Funny Car Commercial was pretty funny too. But I have low tastes.)

[southdowner]

mad that cars could be so funny (and they must have been very dented, but maybe not this dented LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGQf9dn0pDk)

***If anyone had suggested I watch a bunch of boring Saabs pole bending I'd've told 'em to get stuffed but in fact I liked it so much I've bookmarked it. :) ***

I didn't quite have the gall to post a link for the green car doing the hamster dance, but I DID find Basil Fawlty beating his car! Hurrah!!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/518139/faulty_towers_thrasing_the_car/

[robinmckinley]

WHAT GREEN CAR DOING THE HAMSTER DANCE?

I'd forgotten the Faulty Towers--oh, oh ow, oh, oh, thank you!!! :)

(I also watched How to Get an Egg in a Bottle! I don't BELIEVE it!!!!)