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[cellio]

In an unrelated thread, lemonmerchant offered a response to my newspaper problem. I just have to share this:

Thanks, Lemon!

Oh my -- appealing and terrifying at the same time (link from xiphias, who goes on to ask: Could you, in effect, use cake batter AS a heat sink?). Pity it appears to be a hoax; I wanted to know more about "Caffeinated Meatloaf".

It's been raining today. A lot. The good news is that it's not raining in my house. The bad news is that we have lake-top property. Not too bad yet (streams, not inches-deep puddles), but there's definitely a basement-cleaning job ahead of us when it's over. (I'd like to hire someone. Recommendations from the locals welcome.) The last time this happened it was supposed to be a decadely phenomenon (on average). We haven't been here a decade; I feel cheated. :-) And last time was on erev Shabbat too, when dealing with it is more of a challenge. Whee.

Edit: No, we don't live on low ground. But there's a lot of ground-water seepage right now, so high ground doesn't matter.

If Coronation is cancelled tomorrow, would someone do us a favor and call? I'm going to services first, so we'll be leaving later than most.

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[ichur72.livejournal.com]

I had an Easy-Bake Oven, years ago ... the bleepin' thing never really worked (stupid light bulb), so Mom threw it away fairly quickly. She did let me keep the little packets of mix and the pans, but I was still young enough at the time that I wasn't allowed to turn the oven on and cook the stuff myself -- which took most of the fun away.

[cellio]

I remember having one as a kid, but ours worked ok. I mean, the cakes were never what you would call good, but that wasn't really the point -- I got to "bake" them myself, and they were good enough for kids. :-)

[aliza250.livejournal.com]

As it happens, I'm currently working my way through the first season of Rocky and Bullwinkle. The serial drama involves Rocky's cake recipe which turns out to be perfect rocket fuel.