Posted in Food recipes on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Adapted from the recipe for “Applesauce Oaties with White Chocolate Chips, Raisins and Walnuts” in A Baker’s Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies by Dede Wilson.
Dough needs to rest at least 2 hours before baking, preferably overnight.
Bake at 325 F.
Oatmeal Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cookies
2-1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oatmeal (NOT instant or 1-minute oatmeal)
1-1/2 cups all-purpose [...]
Posted in Food recipes on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From my grandmother Doris. (Grandma, we still miss you.)
Pre-heat oven to 375 F.
Oatmeal Macaroons
1 stick margarine (or butter)
1/2 cup Crisco (or other solid vegetable shortening)
1 pound or 2-1/4 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1-1/2 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal
2 tsp vanilla extract
8 oz shredded sweetened coconut, [...]
Posted in Comics, Technology and its uses on Fri, Feb 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have active accounts on about a half-dozen different social websites, lapsed accounts on two or three, and there’s another six or ten out there that I’ve heard of and have no interest in joining anytime in the foreseeable future.
Even my “active” accounts are not really all that active.
And why is that?
Because most of the [...]
Posted in internet tools, useful links on Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Found another neat new web thing, the globally recognized avatars. I think it’s part of WordPress (either that, or it uses my WordPress OpenID), and it seems to work pretty well.
It took a couple tries to find a good picture and get it uploaded and cropped, but it’s finally all set.
Sites: Gravatar – http://www.gravatar.com
Posted in blogs, internet tools, too much free time, useful links on Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just recently found the site 97Bottles, which allows users to enter profiles and reviews of their favorite beers. If you have friends that also subscribe to the site, you can send them recommendations for different beers, but I am not that social so I don’t have any friends on the the site.
97Bottles is a [...]
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Entitled College Students — Such a good article, and so awful at the same time
Posted in Current Events, Social commentary, stupid ideas hiding behind technical rationales on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The article is “Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes“(1) The subject of the article is just that — college students who feel completely entitled to good grades just for showing up. (Hat tip to slublog over at Ace of Spades.)
One of the examples cited in the article is Professor Marshall Grossman of the University [...]
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