Archive for September 2nd, 2007

Sep 02 2007

Five Things You Don’t Learn In Cooking School*

Published by MissMeliss under Foodstuff

cookies

Double the amount of vanilla in pretty much everything.
For most recipes, dark brown sugar works as well as light brown.
When your husband asks you what kind of cookies they are, tell him, “Chocolate chip with nuts.” If he isn’t told they’re pecans instead of walnuts, he’ll never realize it.
Cutting the amount [...]

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Sep 02 2007

Unconscious Mutterings #239

Published by MissMeliss under Unconscious Mutterings

I say… And you think…

Scrabble :: triple word score
NyQuil :: drug store absinthe
Roadtrip :: mobile sing-alongs
Idiot :: summer
Bandages :: Mummy
Series :: World
Summer :: in the city
Prompt :: Coax
September :: Morn
Chicken :: Dance

Like this meme? Play along here.

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Sep 02 2007

iDo Like iDrive

Published by MissMeliss under Geekery, Review

When I used to do tech support for a certain computer company with a fetish for cow spots, one of the things I was often asked was “how do I share my data?” It’s something my husband, the network engineer, has to deal with on a daily basis. How do you safely share files, [...]

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Sep 02 2007

Sunday Scribblings: The End

Published by MissMeliss under Sunday Scribblings

According to the calendar, summer doesn’t end until the autumnal equinox about three weeks into September, but Labor Day Weekend always feels like the fiscal end of summer, even if I no longer measure the year according to school vacations, as I did when I was a child, and as many do who have children [...]

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