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My ex-MIL made a casserole called "Bugs" (I have no idea why it was called that). It was a layered casserole of elbow macaroni, meat sauce and mozzerella cheese, sometimes with bacon on top. It was very tasty.
Tastes Great, Sounds Ridiculous
Some foods are so delicious that we almost forget what weird names they have, until we have to explain them to someone from a different cuisine. "Eton Mess," for example: sounds like a tangle of dirty socks, tastes like you saved the King of the Strawberries in your last life and he's still gra...
I just wanted to mention that a new mother who has had a C-section may not be able to eat solid food for a day or two, until her digestive system is working again. When I had mine, I had to eat a clear liquid diet for a day or so (broth, popsicles, gelatin, tea.)
So if you take food to the hospital, make sure that it is something that can keep until she is able to eat it.
How To Be A Good Friend To A New Mother
(Trigger Warning: pregnancy, birth details, breastfeeding, hospital stays) Spring is the time of new life, and I've been thinking about babies. Partly this is because I'm finally going off the antidepressants after a bad go of postnatal depression, and partly it's because spring is springing a...
My sympathy to you and your family, hapax.
TBAT announcement
Due to a family tragedy, hapax will be taking a break from the board for a while. Prayers would be appreciated. At this stage, we do not know how long the break will have to be. Kit and mmy will do their best to keep things running as long as hapax needs to be away. If things go a little slow...
"Whatever you're majoring in, drop it and just major in business because business is the only dicipline worth studyingl; any actual skill you need in your career you can learn in a few hours out of a For Dummies book. Also, don't worry about this class being too hard because business is all just common sense."
I hope his neurosurgeon doesn't think so.
Hey, I've got an idea! I'll write a book called "Neurosurgery for Dummies." I don't actually know anything about neurosurgery, but I've got this nifty book called "Writing Books about Neurosurgery for Dummies," so I'm all set... /brightidea
It may not take a village to raise a child but someone changed John Galt's diapers
I remember the day I lost my last illusions about the possibility of bravely shouldering one's own load and facing life's challenges using only one's own brains, initiative and hard work. It was a hot summer's day and spouse and I were taking advantage of our vacation to repaint our spare roo...
This is more of a global than a personal plan to deal with famine.
I'm reading a book called "World on the Edge" by Lester Brown. It sums up the problems facing the world that could cause the collapse of many societies. The main problems are intertwined and tend to exacerbate each other.
These are: 1) climate change related to carbon emissions, 2) lack of water for agriculture and personal use, 3) loss of topsoil due to wind and water erosion, 4) overpopulation and 5) poverty.
All of those have to be addressed in order to bring the earth to a sustainable state. One thing he makes very clear is that this is a global problem, and not just limited to impoverished developing countries. Almost all countries have some of these issues to some extent, and when states fail, such as Somalia, they become havens for terrorists and pirates, with worldwide consequences.
He also gives numerous examples of countries and organizations that have had success in tackling these problems.
The scary thing is the time frame which Brown proposes. The book was written in 2010, and he claims that the world will need to see significant progress in these areas by 2020. That will take some serious leadership on an international scale, and I'm not sure where that will come from. I'm pretty sure, though, that the US is not up to it at the present.
(Nearly) open-thread Friday July 22 2011
In the last several weeks two major political stories have been dominating the press in the English-speaking/writing world: the various debt-crises (in Europe and the United States) and the government/press corruption that is emerging from the phone-hacking scandal. At the same time the famine ...
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