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19/12/2009

I knew there was a catch….

I knew there was a catch to this stuff. Even if it worked as advertized, 99.9%, what about the stuff that remains? How drug resistant do they become? I for one will choose a “normal” product over an “antibacterial” one just for this reason along. However, as the WSJ reports, these products undergo some more than favorable testing to reach their 99.9% effectiveness .

17/12/2009

Chocolate Crinkles

ok…these are the best Christmas cookies in the entire world. My mom made them when we were kids…I love them. Cyndi has taken to making them around Christmas. here’s the recipie:

1 cup cocoa
1/2 c oil
2 c sugar
2 tsp vanila
4 eggs
2 c flour (perhaps 1-2 Tbsp more if the eggs are large)
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt

Mix cocoa and oil
Mix in sugar
Mix in vanila
Now, mix in the eggs one at a time
Mix in 1 c of flour and the salt
Mix in remaining flour and the baking powder. The dough will be thin.
Put in the refridgerator overnight
Roll into teaspoon sized balls.
Coat with powdered sugar
Bake 8-10 minutes at 350 F

Note: remove them from the oven even if they look underdone. The trick is to pull them out before they set. They should be chewie like a brownie….not crunchie.

Image by iampoohie via flickr

04/11/2009

Neat Video

12/10/2009

This is dumb

Whatever….and I’d like to redefine the word work too. But, it isn’t goin’ to happen…..

Image from NASA and woodleywonderworks via flickr

12/10/2009

ARG!

Arg! How long will it be? How long will it take? The reasons many Americans don’t like government run stuff is because they don’t work (look at Social Security) and not some sort of racism.

Image from allison chase via flickr.

07/10/2009

Putovanje po Srbije

We have some family visiting us. Yesterday, we went for a drive through the country. Here’s a few pictures of what we saw:

Wooden Statue of Jovan Micic in Mokra Gora	Lydia played in a spring
We saw this huge woodpile (also in Mokra Gora)	We had coffee in a kafana
We saw this really cool wooden house being built
We saw a really neat train station at Jatre for the Sargan Eight	Cyndi took our Picture
we went to drvengrad (it means wooden town/city)
We ate lunch at this real pretty restaraunt in Perucac. And had MEAT!	Lydia looked at the fish
We saw a neat lake on the border of Serbia and Bosnia.	Here’s a view of the river below the dam. On the right is Serbia and on the left is Bosnia
We drove by this funny monument so we stopped. Turns out it is a monument at Kadinjac Workers Movement

If you want to see where we drove, have a look at these KML files (you can view them in google earth):

20091006091634.kml
20091006135251.kml
20091006160011.kml

23/09/2009

They want Peace

I read thisnews story in the examiner today talking about the numbers of students in the balkans desiring peace.

From the article:

In Serbia 90% of students polled stated that “war shall never be the choice of the Serbian people with its neighbors and war should only be used as a last resource.” 95% support Serbia to become a part of EU and they strongly believe that if all Balkan nations became part of the EU problems of ethnic division would disappear. They also believe that the economy would flourish in the Balkans.

In Albania 97% of students support a peaceful solution in the matters of Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia. 100% support Albania joining the EU.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, 85% support a peaceful solution with Serbians in any dispute over land and other problems. 93% support their country to become a member of the EU.

In Kosovo, 95% of students are against the war with Serbia and prefer peace instead. 99% support Kosovo to become an EU member. 100% support Kosovo independence.

In Macedonia, the poll showed 100% support peace among ethnic groups and 100% support their country to become a member of the EU.

Image from Nieve44/LaLuz via flickr

09/09/2009