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// January 28th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

Sophia’s Fall :: Musical theater???

// January 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything, magick, news

Whoa!  I just came across this page from a New York theater group who produced a little ditty called “Sophia’s Fall“.  From their “ABOUT” page:

Sophia’s Fall tells the story of the relationship between Sophia, the unknown and purposefully forgotten angel of creation, and Lucifer, the fallen angel, during the events of Creation. Their love, and its consequences, will have a profound impact on their friends, their enemies, and humanity.

Fun!  I’d have liked to have seen that production!

For my favorite Were (about my second fave Were)

// January 27th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // life the universe and everything

For P.

Loyal, nobel dogs…the both of you.  Love.

I have a confession…

// January 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // magick, personal

I have a HUGE and rather embarrassing crush on Severus Snape, and no Mr. Rickman, it’s not just the voice.  It’s the most potent potion master, wizard excellente,  and his dark, mottled persona that cloaks his heart of gold.

(maybe I just told you too much about myself…never mind.  I take it all back! )

Storypeople: Almost New Age

// January 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // funny-bone, life the universe and everything

Here’s the Story of the Day: Almost New Age

Is willing to accept that she creates her own reality except for some of the parts where she can’t help but wonder what the hell she was thinking

Owl Posturing…

// January 26th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // funny-bone

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// January 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

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// January 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

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// January 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

Teeeennny Snacks!

// January 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // funny-bone, life the universe and everything, personal

Yes, I’m still hungry.  So I need a snack, right!  A healthy, 100-calorie, portion-controlled snack.  And I like cupcakes!  I like coffee cake cupcakes, so when I see that Hostess has a 100-calorie cupcake snack I snatch it up. 

 I bring the box to work; it’s about 6 inches square.  When I have a hankerin’ for a sweet, I grab the box and realize that it claims to have “6 – 3 cupcake packs” of snacks inside.  So I’m to believe that 18 Hostess  lie in this small’ish box?

I begin to wonder how big these cupcakes are?

 For the record, they are about the size of a nickle.  Kinda taste like one too.  My co-worker claims that when you take out fat and sugar that things taste like the filler products they are made of.  I think he’s right. 

Pass me the carrot sticks, please!

100 Calorie Cupcakes

// January 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

Teeny, tiny Hostess cupcakes, shown to scale next to a pencil.

Myotonic (not to be confused with Miskatonic) Goats

// January 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // funny-bone

A fainting goat is a breed of domestic goat whose muscles freeze for roughly 10 seconds when the goat is startled. Though painless, this generally results in the animal collapsing on its side. The characteristic is caused by a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita. When startled, younger goats will stiffen and fall over. Older goats learn to spread their legs or lean against something when startled, and often they continue to run about in an awkward, stiff-legged shuffle.

Dieting…

// January 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything, personal

I hate dieting.

I really, really do.  I hate depriving myself of anything.  I’m a hedonist; seek pleasure, avoid pain.  I have taste-buds that like to carol in ecstasy of a rich ganache or a well-grilled piece of beef.  I like food and food likes me.

I’m that girl who never loses her appetite.  I woke up from having a spinal fusion last May and wanted dinner!  I can have to flu and I’ll be in the kitchen making my special “I’m sick” soup. 

But I’m also in my late 30s, have had kids and have a desk job.  Combine all those things and you get a metabolism that rivals the three-toed sloth.  So I ran some numbers; height, weight, BMR, measurement.  The whole nine.  The numbers didn’t look good.  I needed to lose weight. 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

So, I found out what my BMR is, and trust me, I’ll spare you the details, but I’m pretty sure my 8 lb. rabbit gets to eat more calories per day.  And that’s just to MAINTAIN my weight.  If I want to improve that BMI number, then I’m going to have to lower that number on the scale.  That mean reducing calorie intake and increasing exercise.

Ugh!

What exactly do I no like about dieting.  First of all I hate being hungry. “Oh, you’re only hungry for about three weeks and then you’ve adjusted to your new eating habits.”  Well I’m in that third week right now and I’m about ready to eat this cardboard box next to me.  I don’t bring money to work, so I’ve avoided the siren song of the vending machines, but I see them over there in the hallway eyeballing me.  Ogling.  Darn them…darn them all to Heck!

Next up; the obsessive disorder that happens when I diet.  Since I have to track EVERY thing that goes into my mouth, and it’s been about ten years since I’ve last done that I have to write down every iota of information on that nutritional panel.  If I’m eating produce I need it weighed and looked up on livestrong.com/thedailyplate.  I track the 2 calories in each 8 oz. cup of coffee. 

Everything.  It’s exhausting!

I’m using the Phone-of-Doom with the “MyPersonalDiet” app to track my meals, measurements, exercise and goals…oh, and weight.  And I guess that in a few months, once I’ve already entered every morsel of food that I ingest once, it’ll be quicker to just pull it up from my created database of foods, but that’s not helping me (and my hunger) right now.

Right now I spend a lot of time entering in nutritional information.

Have I lost any weight.  Yes, I’ve lost close to the recommended two pounds per week for the past three weeks.  Not exactly six pounds, but I’m in the ballpark.  So the neurotic behaviour is working, but I’m not enjoying it.

Not one bit.

There is a saying; “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.”  Bollocks.   I know some pretty tasty things!

Weight Watchers Sauteed Shrimp (3 pts.)

// January 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything, personal

Sauteed Shrimp   Weight Watchers Sauteed Shrimp (3 Points) POINTS® Value: 3 Servings:  4 Preparation Time:  10 min Cooking Time:  5 min Level of Difficulty:  Easy   Fresh lemon juice and dried seasonings provide simple yet wonderful flavor for this easy sauté. It’s a tasty way to season many types of fish and seafood. Ingredients     1 spray(s) olive oil cooking spray   2 tsp olive oil 1 pound(s) shrimp, large, peeled and deveined   2 tbsp fresh lemon juice   1 tsp Spice Islands No Salt Lemon Herb Seasoning, or other brand   1/4 tsp table salt, or to taste   1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground, or to taste   2 tbsp parsley, fresh, chopped Instructions Coat a large skillet with cooking spray and set over medium heat; add oil and heat. Add shrimp; sauté 1 minute. Add lemon juice, lemon herb seasoning, salt and pepper; stir to coat shrimp. Sauté until shrimp are bright pink and cooked through, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in parsley. Yields about 3 ounces of shrimp per serving.

Been quite the busy toadstool this week…

// January 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

Not many postings this week… Winter. Too much work. Sorry. I’ll try to be back soon!

My perfect form

// January 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // personal

I’m told that my form (at least the chin-to-toe version of my form) is perfect.

New AGAPE published

// January 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // magick

http://lib.oto-usa.org/agape/agape.10.2-3.pdf

Agapé is the newsletter of the U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis, distributed free of charge to all initiates.  They offer here current and back issues of Agapé in PDF format.

I didn’t know Akron had “gangsters”, I knew we had punk members of neighborhood gangs…but “gangsters”?

// January 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

From Ohio.com:

Reputed Akron gangster arrested at U.S.-Canadian border

By Beacon Journal staff

POSTED: 04:58 p.m. EST, Jan 15, 2009

A reputed Akron gang member accused of fleeing Ohio after his arrest in September on federal weapons charges has been arrested at the Canadian border.

Deshaun Antoine Jones, 28, was stopped in November by the Canadian Border Protection Service and the Windsor Ontario Police Service at the Ambassador Bridge near Detroit.

Local authorities said they learned of his arrest a week ago after it was determined that Jones gave Canadian authorities a false name. Police said he used the name of an Akron homicide victim.

Akron police had arrested Jones in September and allege he is a member of the Kaika Klan Outlaws. Jones had two pistols, marijuana and heroin in his possession at the time of that arrest.

Federal authorities charged him with illegal weapons possession, but he failed to appear in U.S. District Court. An arrest warrant then was issued.

Jones was in the custody of Canadian authorities pending extradition to Ohio.

 

A reputed Akron gang member accused of fleeing Ohio after his arrest in September on federal weapons charges has been arrested at the Canadian border.

Deshaun Antoine Jones, 28, was stopped in November by the Canadian Border Protection Service and the Windsor Ontario Police Service at the Ambassador Bridge near Detroit.

Local authorities said they learned of his arrest a week ago after it was determined that Jones gave Canadian authorities a false name. Police said he used the name of an Akron homicide victim.

Akron police had arrested Jones in September and allege he is a member of the Kaika Klan Outlaws. Jones had two pistols, marijuana and heroin in his possession at the time of that arrest.

Federal authorities charged him with illegal weapons possession, but he failed to appear in U.S. District Court. An arrest warrant then was issued.

Jones was in the custody of Canadian authorities pending extradition to Ohio.

Free Akron, OH WiFi in “Downtown Corridor” to start soon

// January 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

From Ohio.com

City wireless corridor to start in months

Free Internet service set for central Akron is highly anticipated, officials say

By Katie Byard
Beacon Journal staff writer

Published on Friday, Jan 16, 2009

Free wireless Internet service could be available in the central part of Akron sometime this summer.

 

Officials planning the much-anticipated Akron digital corridor — covering roughly 10 square miles — said Thursday there is a lot of anticipation around the project. (more…)

Nanalan Mr. Wooka Puppet Show: EAT YOUR VEGGIES!!!

// January 13th, 2009 // No Comments » // Recovery, funny-bone

As I wage battle with the last, and most persistant of my addictions, I present a bit of Nanalan’ humour:

I love Nanalan’

// January 13th, 2009 // No Comments » // funny-bone

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// January 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

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// January 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything

I still think this is funny…

// January 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // funny-bone

I haz cocaines!!!

Babysitter kills 5-mth infant from putting in dryer so she could watch TV

// January 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // 9th circle

I already have a kitchen in the 9th Circle, I guess I need to put in a laundry:

Harvey teen charged with killing baby; she put 5-month-old in dryer and turned it on

by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Friday January 09, 2009, 9:13 AM

A Harvey teen-ager who admitted to detectives that she put a baby in a clothes dryer so she could watch television without disturbance was indicted Thursday on a charge of second-degree murder.

Arielle Smith, 19, is accused of killing Andre Jenkins, 5 months old, on Sept. 11. Smith was watching the infant, his 18-month-old brother, and her 1-year-old son in her home at 512 MacArthur Drive. She was caring for the two brothers for her friend, who was at work, authorities said. (more…)

Xmas 2003: Santa Comes to the Treehouse

// January 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // family

OMG!  I had to get something online in my Yahoo! Briefcase folder and while I was there I started checking out the files.  I used to use Briefcase pretty often, but not so much anymore.

I located a .WMV file of not-so-good quality of my daughter, Medea, on Xmas morning of 2003.  It’s been five years since this time and she’s twice as old.  It warmed my heart to see this video:

http://chinakrysdarrington.com/media/Santa_Comes_to_the_Treehouse.wmv

Today’s DI Meeting

// January 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // life the universe and everything, personal

I coach a group of five kids at my kids 4th grade school in an activity called Destination ImagINation.  Today we had to go over our “skit” that has to be performed in March.  Now, we’re focusing on a critter; Blue-Footed Booby and zoosemiotics: animal communication.  So, me being a rational adult, thought the skit would be a couple of male boobies showing off their blue feet to potiential sutiors and whistling. 

Nope!  Here was the outline:

• Scene: In space
• Characters:
  • Flying Mermaid (Lynne)
  • Robot (Tristan)
  • Green Space Monkey (Shaleen)
  • Booby (Azra & Mia)
    • Male
    • Female
• Rocket ship stolen by the Flying Mermaid and Robot.
  • Trying to get to Pluto
  • Spaceship breaks down
  • Floating in  space
• A Green Space Monkey
  •  is catapulted into space
    • broke the law
    • “No Walking on Saturday“
  • Taken on board by the Flying Mermaid and the Robot
  • Claims to know space
• They see two Blue-Footed Boobies floating by
  • The open the space-ship hatch and take them aboard
  • The boobies explain they wanted to start a pizza shop
    • “Pizza By Boobies”
    • But they only had mustard
    • All other ingredients had been stolen
• Communication Issues
  • Showing of the feet
  • Whistles
  • Wings out/Head & Tail pointed
• Return to Galapagos Planet (Habitat)
  • Button on robot provides translation
  • Boobies are trying to say that the Green Space Monkey is the one who stole their ingredients
  • Ingredients are returned to the boobies
• Green Space Monkey is catapulted BACK to home planet.
• Flying Mermaid and Robot eat the very first pizza made by the boobies.

Mushroom Cap Pizzas

// January 8th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // life the universe and everything

Good Food and Wristwatch Phones

// January 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // personal, professional

On a personal note, I made those two recipes that I posted yesterday; Roasted Veggies and Mushroom Cap pizzas.  And boy were they good!  Double thumbs up! So if you want some fresh veggies into your meal, that’s the ticket!  And easy to make too!

Next up, my “Techworld Daily” report informed me that LG showcased a 3G Wristwatch Phone yesterday:

LG debuts wrist-watch phone 

Touch Watch Phone announced at CES.

Matt Hamblen (Computerworld (US)) 08/01/2009 06:47:00

LG Electronics announced Wednesday a high-speed wireless wrist-watch phone with video chat and text messaging capabilities at the Consumer Electronics Show. (more…)

Food: Roasted Vegetables

// January 7th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // life the universe and everything

Roasted Vegetables

POINTS® Value: 0
Servings: 8
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 25 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Serve these delicious roasted vegetables with any main dish. Or chop them up and add to pasta and rice recipes.

Ingredients

• 4 spray(s) olive oil cooking spray, divided
• 2 medium sweet red pepper(s), cut into 8 thick strips
• 1 medium green pepper(s), cut into 8 thick strips
• 1 medium summer squash, cut thickly on the diagonal
• 1 medium zucchini, cut thickly on the diagonal
• 1 medium red onion(s), cut into large wedges
• 12 oz canned artichoke hearts, without oil, drained and halved
• 1 tbsp thyme, fresh, minced
• 1/2 tsp table salt, or to taste
• 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground, or to taste

Instructions
Preheat oven to 450ºF. Coat 2 large baking sheets with cooking spray.

Arrange peppers, squash, zucchini, onion and artichokes on prepared baking sheets and coat with cooking spray; sprinkle with thyme, salt and black pepper.

Roast until vegetables are tender and golden brown, shaking pan once or twice during cooking, about 25 to 30 minutes. Yields about 3/4 cup per serving.

Notes
If you like your vegetables well-done, broil them on high for 1 to 2 minutes at the end of cooking.