Month: May 2014
Genius!
We had a discussion about things that needed to be punished, so that made me think of the torture box:
And, of course, that made me think of the conveyer duvet:
Sometimes, I love how my brain works.
Bean going on his first school trip
His school is going to the Botanical Garden in Geneva.
Good to know that right-wing nut-jobs are a universal concept
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right Front National, has suggested the deadly virus Ebola could solve the global “population explosion” and by extension Europe’s “immigration problem”.
At a cocktail party before an election rally in Marseille on Tuesday evening, days before the European elections in which the FN is leading the polls in France, Le Pen spoke of the “demographic explosion” in the world. “Monseigneur Ebola could sort that out in three months,” he said in front of journalists.
Later, addressing supporters, Le Pen, 85, said he feared the French population risked being “replaced … by immigrants”. He said that religion added an “aggravating factor” to this problem because many immigrants were Muslim and Islam had a “conquering vocation … and even more conquering when it feels strong and they feel numerous”
Speaking in Marseille, which elected an FN mayor in one of its districts in recent elections, Le Pen was followed on stage by his daughter, party president Marine. Once again, her father undermined her campaign to convince voters the FN has evolved from its days as a vehicle for the extreme right and Nazi apologists.
This is also an amusing read: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/a-childs-guide-to-nigel-farage-and-marine-le-pen-and-why-they-scare-me-9223571.html
Bonne Fête Pop!
Word of the day
All that fresh air is bad for me
Took my bike to work today (yay!). I’ve been sneezing my ass off since I got here. Pollen season, zoop! zoop!
[recipe] homemade cereal bars
1. Base Ingredient: 2 1/2 Cups, Total, of any of the following:
Quick cooking oats, Puffed wheat, Rice Crispies, Special K
2. Something Sweet: 3/4 Cups of any combination of the following:
Honey, Grade B Maple Syrup, Molasses, Agave or other sweetener.
3. Something Chewy: 1 Cup of any or all of the below:
Dried Cranberries, Raisins, Apricots, Dates, Pineapple, Figs, Cherries, Blueberries etc. (Just keep the size of the fruit relatively small (ie, diced if larger, like dates).
4. Something Crunchy: 1 Cup of any.
Sunflower Seeds, Chocolate Chips, Cocoa nibs, other seeds or nuts (if possible)
5. Something to Hold it All Together: 1 Cup
Try using Applesauce, Peanut Butter, Almond Butter, Pureed Dates, Nutella, Biscoff Spread, etc. (again, avoid peanut butter if sending these to school).
1. Heat Oven to 325F/ 170C/ 150fan.
2. Line an 8×8 Baking pan with parchment paper in cross-wise fashion with lots of extra overhanging.
3. Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl. (ie. base, chewy, crunchy). Add spice to taste. (ex cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, 1 tsp salt).
4. Mix wet ingredients together. ( ie. sweet, and something to hold it all together, 1 tsp vanilla extract).
5. Combine wet into dry, and mix well.
6. Pour mixture into baking pan, and with the extra parchment paper overhanging, press mixture firmly and evenly in pan. When you think you’ve pressed it firmly enough, do it again and press a little more.
7. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool for 2 hours. Remove from pan and cut into desired size (squares or bars).
You can store these in an airtight container for 5-6 days. (if they last that long!)
Good attitude to have
Non-Imaginary Excrement
