Food that sounds good: Chocolate fudge pudding cake!

I'm usually more of a fruit dessert kind of a gal, but i have a soft spot for things that are gooey. mmmmmmm, goo. Plus this cake is made with whole wheat flour so if i use dark chocolate and omega-3 eggs then it's good for me, right? right? anyone? Bueller? anyway, this cake looks good.
from http://www.pinkofperfection.com/
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Patterns that sound good: Linen stitch scrap yarn scarf!

I love, love, love linen stitch. It looks equally awesome on both sides and creates a warm dense fabric that works well with both solid coloured yarns and the beautiful colourways that you can't resist when your in the store but have no idea what to do with once you get them home (noro, I'm talking to you!). So this is a great scarf pattern for using up all those odd balls and part balls of whatever you've got.

from Zona via Ravelry

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Food that sounds good: bruschetta

I haven't always liked tomatoes. Sure they taste good, but when I was little I couldn't handle the sliminess of the seeds. Even if I couldn't feel them, I knew they were there. Mocking me. Now that I'm all grown up and can do what I want I just remove the seeds! Problem solved! So I'm enjoying exploring tomatoes in ways I couldn't when I was little. A perfect example is bruschetta. I love it. I order it in restaurants whenever I get the chance and ogle the small tubs in specialty stores. I like it fresh, uncooked and garlicky. mmmmm. So when I came across this recipe I thought, that's easy! I can do that! So maybe I will. Or maybe you will. Or maybe no one will and it will be a mystery for the ages but now the link's posted here for posterity either way.

from http://www.elise.com/recipes/

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although there's no way I'm peeling tomatoes. i like tomato skin. and pudding skin. but that's a story for another day.

Merry Christmas!

Some Christmas linkage for your enjoyment! Happy holidays!

http://www.instantriverside.com/riverside-ca-news/penguins-don-santa-suits-at-south-korean-park/2008/12/12/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbyT0cUMNc&feature=related

http://www.cockeyed.com/lessons/xmas_lights/xmas_lights01.shtml

brother from another mother?

may i suggest you check out:
http://gatoisland.com/archive/wilfordbrimleycats/
so you can see cats with a strong resemblance to wilford brimley.
related:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/02/12/diabeetus/
and
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/04/30/funny-pictures-liberty-medical-delivers/

famblys rok

http://ask.metafilter.com/106251/What-are-your-examples-of-family-jargon

the above link made be howl and sob with laughter (as I've said before, this is not hard to do, but i suggest you check it out anyway). It's examples of inside jokes and made up words and phrases that families uses internaly, and where they come from.

examples from the site:
"When my sister was very young (3 or 4), we were in the pet section of a Woolworth's or K-Mart looking at guinea pigs. She'd never seen a guinea pig before and wondered what it was. I said it was a guinea pig, at which point she exclaimed, both surprised and annoyed and a few other emotions mixed in, "A PIG!?!?! with HAIR!!!!!???!?!" Ever since then, now almost twenty years, whenever anything incredulous happens and the family's around, someone's sure to say, sounding a bit like Steve Martin saying "Wellllll Excuuuuuse ME!!," "A PIG!!!?!?! with HAAAIRRR!?!?!?!"

"Soooup? No soup! Soooup?" while making slurping noises/faces. From an old relative's Navy days, with a mess sgt who served the soup with a turkey baster to avoid spillage.

personally,
me: "hey wooler" *tents fingers above head*
Wooler: "pope!"
lol, good times.