Black Mage

Thanks for the heads-up, bdftesla. I just emailed our man Olrad about the issue.

I live in northern Mormon, though I am not one.

Is everything going well for everyone? Any issues, happenings, or problems?

God thread idea. For my Dad: a quarter-zip fleece, a "survival-kit-in-a-bottle" thingy, a glove and hat set, a few other things I can't recall, plus my brothers and I put together a stocking for him as well with candy and a few other misc items. Sean (little bro 1): a heavy-weight hoodie, a cool double action twisty ratchet tool...dammit, I can't remember anything tonight...another thing or two. Kenny (little bro 2): new ear phones, Dickies work pants..and once again I can't recall. I think the wine is interfering with me memory tonight. I also made many a cookie and made cookie bags for the neighbors. Even the ones next door who, I am pretty sure, have stolen stuff from our shed on at least one occasion). Cookies included: mocha biscotti, coffee-anise biscochitos, a couple kinds of chocolate chips cookies (including my signature recipe...yum), lebkuchen, and almond spritz cookies.

Man, getting free stuff is such a chore! Oh yes, I'd have to agree, I get to wait now for my birthday on friday. Keeping my fingers crossed for a DS.

iPod clock radio thingy new snowmobiling helmet new goggles a couple of LEGO Exo-Force mechs (sweet) ratchet set probulator (probe thermometer, a la Alton Brown) candy Target gift card ($50) BestBuy gift card ($25) a dutch oven cook book mortal and pestle shared gifts with my brothers: Guitar Hero HeroScape Master Set A number of HeroScape add-on sets (bridge set, castle, plus a few character sets)

Didn't Ramadan end on October 23? And Nollaig Shona!

That's no odd combo. Have you never ordered jalepeño poppers from a restaurant before? Try telling that to my family. They are, shall we say, "culinarily conservative," and afraid to try new things. It's really quite aggravating for me. Another combo I once made with dinner was mashed pumpkin potatoes. I knew it was going to be great, but my dad insisted that I get a box of instant mashed potatoes "just in case."

Looks fine on my end.

Cranberry sauce with jalapeños. The two work wonders with each other!

Hm, I still prefer "tromboner," myself.

Here's a simple recipe for what really is my favorite breakfast of all time Banana-Maple Oat Bran 1/3 cup oat bran 1 cup soy milk 1/3 cup water 1 banana 2 tbsp real maple syrup pinch of salt Add the oat bran, soy milk and water to a small pan, over medium heat. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. While oat bran heats, cut the banana into slices, then use a fork to coarsely mash it. I like a coarse mash because that gives a good mix of smooth banana mash along with a good amount of chunks. (Just a personal note, I like to reserve three slices of banana, cut on the bias, for garnish). By the time you're done with the banana, the oat bran should be about done. If it evenly and smoothly coats your spatula, you're good to go. Now just add in the banana mash, maple syrup and salt. Give 'er a stir, transfer to a bowl. Give an extra drizzle of syrup on top, and enjoy!

You should definitely try the grizzlenuckels, then. They're pretty hard to screw-up, plus the chocolate peppermint variation kicks ass.

I just figured an all inclusively titled thread would better serve the purpose than one that's just about sandwiches. As good as they are, there are many more recipes to be discussed than just sandwiches.

Someone in the sandwich thread suggested that we could use a general cooking thread. And I though said idea was, indeed, a good one. Thus arises the plainly, though aptly, named Cooking/Recipe Thread (cue trumpets). I guess I'll start it off by posting one of the simplest bar cookie recipes in my repertoire, which is also one of my favorites. Grizzlenuckles 1 can sweetened condensed milk 2 cups graham cracker drumbs 1 cup flaked/shredded coconut 1 cup chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a 13 x 9 inch baking pan with *parchment paper. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Pour the batter into the lined baking pan and gently press into an even layer (the batter will be thick and sticky, so I'd suggest spraying your spatula with non-stick spray). Bake the cookies for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit until cooled. Life the sheet out of the pan and cut into desired sized pieces (I usually get between 36 and 48 bars). Enjoy! *It is important that you use parchment paper and not wax paper. I made that mistake once. Once the cookies cooled, the paper had glued itself to the cookies. It took my half an hour to peel it all off, and I lost ¼ of the cookies in the process. The thing I love about these cookies is that there are endless possibilities for customization. The recipe above is just the basic one. Here are a few suggestions. - Replace the plain graham crackers with chocolate ones, and replace the chocolate chips with Andes Peppermint Baking Chips, or original Andes Baking Chips. - Try them with chocolate graham crackers and white chocolate chips, or raspberry or cherry or orange baking chips? - Maybe use toffee bits, or peanut butter chips

Yes, that always bugged me as well.

Haha, well, theoretically it could be just an enormous sub. That would be badass. And like 1500 calories. And... yeah, you'd think unthaw would mean re-freeze, but it doesn't. I shouldn't say it, I suppose, but it happens sometimes. Same deal as like flammable and inflammable - technically, in the dictionary, they mean the same thing (just like thaw & unthaw). Just seems like it would be a double negative. Hm, even dictionary.com says unthaw (and dethaw, for that matter) are synonymous with thaw. Odd, but...there you go. Now, for my sandwich... 1 can tuna, drained 1 small apple, diced 1-2 tbsp chopped walnuts, toasted 2-3 tbsp raisins 3-4 tbsp plain, fat-free yogurt 4 slices whole wheat bread, lightly toasted and cooled salt and pepper to taste In a bowl, combine the tuna, apple, walnuts, raisins, yogurt, and salt and pepper. Mix gently. Apply to the bread. Enjoy. (Makes two sandwiches) Note: I don't really measure the ingredients, I just judge it by eye. The best damn tuna sandwich I've ever had. Also, while reading through this thread, I could not help but remember what I heard of This Week in Tech. Seems McDonald's is attempting to patent the sandwich.

I first saw the recipe and like "Damn, that's one monster sandwich," what with two cups of pasta. Then I saw that it makes multiple. Also, just as a matter of semantics, wouldn't unthaw technically mean to refreeze?

At a number of point through the movie, they both say that they're on a mission from god, as they are trying to raise money to save the catholic orphanage they grew-up in.

Yes and yes. Happiness at 26.67 Gross daily income/person = $110.28/day I have an awesome collection of trades giving me six bonuses, environment at 5.13 (though I only show three stars, the two values never really match-up), I have 2 banks, a harbor and a school. Emperor's on the throne, all is right with the world.[/NERV] Also:

No problem. Again, here's a fixed version of the remix on megaupload.

Fixed song I ran it through GoldWave and just uploaded it to megaupload, if anyone is interested. It work on my iTunes now (v 7.0.2.16).

Not sure what's wrong with this file, but iTunes just doesn't like it and won't play it. I had to run it through GoldWave and re-encode it in order to get it to play.

Firefox, 'nuf said.

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