Street Cred

Again I am feeling like the last person in my age group to know this slang term. The Urban Dictionary seems divided on if it's a good thing or a bad thing. On the one hand, it sounds like what my parents or grandparents would have called an Horatio Alger (story). But on the other hand, it sounds like a short version of "street credibility" wouldn't mean you'd made it, just that you were tough and had some credentials like illegitimate children, maybe even jail time. Hmmm....

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made chocolate chip cookies the other night. They came out great. Apparently the compulsive baking wasn't enough, so I went through all of the photos I'd taken in the past year. If I found a double print, I sorted it to send to various relatives. The only problem is I made something like 20 piles. It's going to take a long time to write that many letters!

Baking Frisbies

Well I guess I forgot to mention the cake I tried to bake for Victor's birthday. It was supposed to be just an easy yellow cake, but the cake mix was old. The batter tasted bad, so I should have started over then. I was tired though and I had hope. I've never seen anything quite like it. They were shrunken in the pan and were very hard. I swear if I'd thrown one out the window, I could have made it to my neighbor's house. I didn't try. We went out for dessert instead. We had Japanese Tapanyaki (sp?) and their dessert option is fried bananas (tempura style) with ice cream.

Tired Out

Now I have time to waste on blogging and I have no mental energy left.

The well is dry!

I'd Rather Be Blogging

Just sneaking over to my blog for a few moments. I'm reviewing resumes. I hate going through recruitments. I would hate to be looking for a job. I will be so glad to have this settled.

Back soon to talk about my last two weeks of baking and OCD activities. I know everyone can't wait :P.

Charles I's Miracle

The pope beatified 5 people this weekend. Not sure if they will all make it to sainthood. This one was particularly funny to me:

The "last Austro-Hungarian emperor... Charles I sat on the throne of the now defunct empire between 1916 and 1918."

"According to the Vatican, he cured a Brazilian nun of varicose veins."

Suicide and Country Music

Winner of an Ig Noble this year: The Effect of Country Music on Suicide.