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My Kung Fu Cookies Will Kick Your Ass!

Posted in Baking, Polls, Spirituality/Religion, tagged , , , , , , , on October 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I woke up to this text yesterday:

“Cookies! So awesome! You get the good word from kung fu masters and karate masters alike –they were both all, “She should make more.”

It seems Mike got the package of karate master dvds + homemade toll house cookies I sent. They arrived at the last frickin’ minute, just before his office closed due to a burst water pipe. (Huh?!) Just in time to advertise for the seminar. I needed extra packing material…so I included cookies. Little did I know I was about to change the lives of distinguished martial arts masters.

What about you, did you like the cookies I sent you?

My secret recipe, because I am such a classic girl:

Original NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Cookies.

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Wondering what a zen koan is?

Wondering what the heck is the point of a koan?

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Alternate Uses for Egg Whites–Digital Art Contest #1!

Posted in Art, Contest, Digital Art, Photography, tagged , , , , , on October 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »

During last week’s pie baking frenzy I was inundated with extra egg whites. Like a good like baker, I saved them and googled “alternate uses for egg whites.” I should have made meringues. I could have slimed them on my face. A nice healthy egg white omelet awaited me. But no. I abandoned them in my refrigerator, with the best of intentions, until today. And I discovered neglected egg whites dry into beautiful topaz crystals.

So anyway, this cracked me up. Naming the photos was particularly fun…”Reconstituted Egg”? Fantastic.

Now it’s your turn. Take these photos, do something with them and enter the final products in my Digital Art Contest #1 -Alternate Uses for Egg Whites.

Submit by Saturday, October 22.

Winners announced the week following. First place wins a post dedicated to you and your work. Contact me with any questions or if you need help transferring files.

Thanks! I can’t wait to see what inspired art work comes of this!

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Exploding Banana Bread, or Tell Me Why I Failed–Writing Contest!

Posted in Writing, Writing Prompts, tagged , , , on October 12, 2011| 3 Comments »

I just blew up a banana bread. Fortunately I was lazy, and so did not burn the house down. So next time you are wondering, ‘can I go for a walk for an hour while the banana bread cooks?’…the answer, my friends, is no.

Photo evidence:

It was oozing and bubbling and gurgling, spewing smoke like some alien being on its first visit to Earth.

Sure, it could have been the altitude, or maybe I mixed the ingredients out of order.  Should I have used two pans instead of one? Did my mother leave out an ingredient when she emailed me the recipe I used to know and love? This mess happened halfway through the cook time. What would have happened if I had decided to go for that walk?

Was this an innocuous baking fiasco, or was there something more sinister at work here? (Da-dun!)

I know there is a teaching moment in here somewhere. In 300 words or less tell me why I failed, and I will choose the winner next Tuesday. First prize is an interview with the author of the winning post, which will be published here.

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