First of all, a big congratulations to Chris, Elizabeth, and Athena on the new addition to their family: Marcus Findley Caran, whose arrival on St. Patrick’s Day means that he will never need to buy himself a beer on his natal day. Smart thinking, kiddo.
Buttermilk waffles are really easy to make, provided, of course, that you have a waffle iron. Friends of ours lent us theirs (they’ve never used it and I made mention of the fact that I wanted to try my hand at waffles and the next day it wound up on my desk) so I thought this Saturday would be a fine time to give it a go. I checked epicurious.com to get an assortment of waffle recipes—I pulled lemon poppyseed, spiced waffles with caramelized apples, chocolate hazelnut waffles, pumpkin waffles—and decided to start simple: Belgian Buttermilk Waffles. This was the easiest thing in the world and I’m kind of mad that I didn’t try this earlier. The batter took about 5 minutes to make, which was just enough time for the waffle iron to heat up. And in about 4 minutes we had nice, fresh waffles. Even though I hate the idea of one more appliance taking up space, I think I’m going to have to get a waffle iron.
I have always like the idea of homemade food. You know, not the boxed cake mixes or brownies or cookies, but really homemade stuff. And it is surprisingly easy to do in most cases. And the waffles just reinforced it. I don’t want to be Mary Homemaker—hello, just look at my bathroom shower to see that I’m not going to win the title—but I do like the idea of making fresh baked goods for my family when I have the time and opportunity. I want Booglet to know what homemade brownies, barely cool from the oven, taste like.
Can someone please tell me why Freddy vs. Jason ever got made? Seriously, that was some wretched, wretched cinema right there. Hellbilly is going through a phase of finding the worst thing on television and watching it right before bed. Isn’t Jason dead? So how would tranquilizers even work on him? And the fact that I’m looking for answers for plot holes in a movie entitled Freddy vs. Jason is bothering me even more.
Hellbilly suckd me into Jade Empire this weekend. I’m still playing Darkwatch but my fears about it came true. After you’ve fought through a couple of levels, you are basically killing the same dead things over and over and it just isn’t a whole lot of fun. I’ll still finish it, but I’ll be selling it back to EB Games as soon as I’m done.
Reading: The Villains Guide to Better Living
Listening to: James Blunt
Watching: Booglet picture show