Cookbook for Working Men

28Feb09

My MIL gave me this cookbook on her first visit to see me. It really has some awesome recipes.. but that’s not the novelty of this wonderful cookbook. It’s that it’s chock full of naked Czech women cooking. If they aren’t cooking, they’re in their naked loveliness doing the most domestic of things (like carrying [...]

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Steampunk Rings!

13Feb09

I saw over on Angelika’s blog her post about Steampunk rings and immediately I giggled! I LOVE Steampunk so I’m participating in the Steampunk Ring giveaway.
Gotta sign up to a newsletter for an entry, make a post for a few more entries, and leave a comment on her site for some more entries. Overall.. I [...]

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Adele and Lulu

08Feb09

I’m watching the Grammy’s and just saw Adele perform and it felt kind of.. familiar. And then suddenly, it clicked. Adele looks (and sounds) similar to Lulu from “To Sir with Love”.
Check it out, yo.
Lulu in 1967

Adele

I absolutely love British soul.. and luckily Peanut is enjoying Adele’s [...]

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Counting Apples with Peanut

05Feb09

We’re teaching Peanut how to add using our fingers and calling them apples. My apples and her apples. We usually have this conversation before bedtime.. and this is what happened last night, almost verbatim.
(Mommy) “If I had 1 apple and you have 1 apple. How many apples do we have together?”
“ONE! TWO!”
“So that means 1 [...]

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