now you li'l whippersnappers never heard of fannie or freddie before · Oct 8, 03:48 PM
Oh, sneering Senator McNastypants continues to condescend and prejudge, even at the town hall meetin’s! (and what’s he doing with that espresso?! Doesn’t he know that’s an elitist Georgetown beverage??)
what is the keating 5? · Oct 5, 05:54 PM
McCain was pushing for the deregulation that caused the Savings & Loan crash back in the day. (You might recall a certain Neil Bush had the same stink on him.) This is not a smear campaign, dude was in the band! Here’s the story of the Keating 5 in 15 minutes. You want this guy in charge of the crumbling economy??
register to vote AND get a mail-in ballot · Oct 4, 11:18 PM
Monday, 10/6, is the deadline to register to vote in the November election. It’s quick and easy to do, you can take care of it online, and at the same time request a mail-in ballot.
check your status or register to vote here or here
Why a mail-in ballot?
Because this year’s ballot is long, more people are registered to vote, and you may end up waiting in line much longer than you planned, or may want to. You can also go over all the issues, amendments, and candidates at your leisure rather than in the voting booth.
If you are early, put the correct postage on and drop in the mail. Or you can drop it off at early voting locations. Or you can drop it off on election day at your voting location. Or you can drive through and drop it off at the designated area near the courthouse on election day.
Mail-in ballots are easy; the ballot comes in the mail with simple instructions (be sure you follow them, so your vote counts), mark off your choices, put in the secrecy sleeve, envelope and seal. You even get your “I voted” sticker with it! You can get just this ballot in the mail, or request all future ballots to come in the mail for some real convenience.
No worries about work issues popping up, long lines, faulty election machines, voter intimidation, blizzards, illness, last minute emergencies, flat tires, dead car batteries, whatever.
sarah palin greeting cards · Oct 2, 09:14 AM
By golly jeezers, such as the Eye-raq, and also, yer darn tootin’ also!
See the rest of the line here.
letterman's top 10 things overheard at palin debate camp · Oct 1, 10:46 AM
10. “Let’s practice your bewildered silence.”
9. “Can you try saying ‘yes’ instead of ‘you betcha’?”
8. “Hey, I can see Mexico from here!”
7. “Maybe we’ll get lucky and there won’t be any questions about Iraq, taxes or healthcare.”
6. “We’re screwed!”
5. “Can I just use that lipstick-pit bull thing again?”
4. “We have to wrap it up for the day—McCain eats dinner at 4:30.”
3. “Can we get Congress to bail us out of this debate?”
2. “John Edwards wants to know if you’d like some private tutoring in his van.”
1. “Any way we can just get Tina Fey to do it?”
mccain's snide, seething personality · Sep 30, 11:00 AM
The Washing Post did an expose on his dickitude, but now there are clips from his angry, condescending answers to the Des Moines press yesterday. Way to win Iowa, dude!
[watch clips]See how pissed he gets when asked for Palin’s experience to be VP. Here’s his list:
1. She’s been a mayor
2. She oversaw energy dealings
3. She was a member of the PTA (no, for reals he says this!)
4. She’s been a governor
5. She’s been a mayor
6. She has experience dealing with energy
7. She’s popular
8. She understands the challenges families have
Alrighty then…
Here are a couple more clips of the real John McCain. The LAST thing we need is a Napoleon-complex hothead and his dim-witted PTA lady.
McCain pointless tirade with NYT reporterMcCain insults chairwoman of the National Alliance of POW/MIA Families (!?!)
gob off [2]
second hand smack · Nov 15, 03:24 PM
Wow. Amy Winehouse’s tour manager quit after finding drugs in HIS system. Hmm, maybe Pete Doherty’s kitty-kat wasn’t on the pipe after all. Also, I think “shambolic” is my new favorite word. (Even though it sounds like something Austin Powers would say.) So if Amy and Pete hook up, should we call them Babyshambolic?
spooky food · Oct 31, 03:18 PM
Bleeding Vampire Bite cupcakes, courtesy of Baking Bites. I used buttercream rather than cooked frosting, seems like too much work and too much room for error. Also beware cherry pits! Next time I will strain the filling after puree-ing, to make sure none of those buggers get through. Unless you want a real trick-or-treat.
MWAAAAHHAAAAHHAAAA
but it's not all sunshine and rainbow sprinkles in the laloque kitchen · Oct 6, 01:11 PM
I follow a perfect sandwich loaf with these carbohydrate disasters. I present to you:
Deformed, Burnt, BrittleI left 4 baguettes to rest on the same pan. Great at first, not so much 30 minutes later after doubling in size. I tried to lift 2 onto a separate pan but they clung desperately to the parchment and I ended up stretching them to lengths that didn’t fit the pan.
Oh, and baked them for the same amount of time as if they were twice as thick, so they burned on the bottom.
Siamese Twins
The other 2 loaves on the sheet grew into each other and there was no separating them, nor making them into 1 congruous loaf. I just baked ‘em as is to see what would happen.
Unsightly, sure, but would it be edible? Eh, probably.
Plain Ol’ Wrong
Couldn’t help it, the joke was there. It was merely my duty to pass it along.
sandwich bread · Oct 6, 12:45 PM
courtesy of America’s Test Kitchen recipe. I almost always sub in 1-2 cups whole wheat flour for white when making bread, and it works fine.
Baked this in a glass pan; the top got nice, crispy brown and the bottom was soft and lightly brown. Pretty much perfect. Especially a warm slice topped with slowly melting Challenge butter [warning: this stuff is so good you may never visit the Land o’ the Lakes again!]
