There hasn’t been any “copying and pasting of news” this week – it’s been a busy one with a lot of deadlines. It’ll return come Monday. I also went to the launch on Baker Street last night of Trading Places, a new book by award-winning photographer and all-round good chap Steve Bloom. Also my dad. So that’s why posts have been scant: but it’s Friday, so I thought I’d cheer you all up with a few tips on how to survive the Christmas do…

The Christmas party: that perfect time to let your hair down and throw your reputation to the winds. What other time of year can you mock your boss, flirt with your co-workers and dance in your knickers, all at once?

But as legions of office drones know, that opportunity comes with a priceless hangover.

A good story was told by Adam, of High Street, Cardiff city centre. Things went wrong at his old job when fire fighters got more than they bargained for in a call-out.

Adam said: “My old work, a now-defunct bank, had a Christmas party in the office in 2003. There was a buffet, an awards ceremony for the year’s work, and karaoke machine, with added smoke machine.

“So the party was in full swing, people singing, people dancing and the smoke machine smoking. After about two hours of this, some men dressed in fireman outfits arrived at the office. Some of the female staff – including managers – assumed these were strippers.

“They started, well, gyrating around the men, trying to take off their ‘outfits’. The thing is though, they were actual firemen: the smoke machine had set the alarms off.

“Not surprisingly, that was the last Christmas party we were given in that office.”

So how does the humble worker bee prevent getting into pickles like these? Here are some ideas. Which type are you?

FOR THE NEW GUY

You have got to be extra-careful. For you have just entered a parallel world, in which your every move will be scrutinised to fit with the ‘banter’ of man-all-man employees who’ve been spending longer with each other than their wives for several decades.

So if you’ve been waiting for that perfect time to share your secret love of musicals, discuss French theatre, come out as gay or, worse, as a vegan, your first Christmas party isn’t it.

And beware, because it will seem like a good idea when you’re nine pints down and standing on the table without trousers or dignity.

Instead the best policy is cower in the corner, if possible with other trainees, and talk about ludicrously safe subjects.

Think along the lines of cars, ties (not shoes), bitter (not lager) and possibly politics, but make sure you tow the standard line: “Just how bad is that Gordon Brown?” Or you could stick to the ergonomic management keyboard:

FOR THE NEW GIRL

You’re over here. The punch is over there. In the middle is overweight Gwyn from accounts who always puts himself deliberately between you and the photocopier so you have to squeeze past.

This should be as good a hint as any not to drink anything. You’re young, fresh-faced, intelligent and unknown to you most people in the office are competing to be you, or worse, especially in Gwyn’s case.

So if they get you drunk, you’ll slowly turn into them: following the downward course until spring, when someone even younger and prettier comes in and sure enough, you want to be her.

Or, worse, you’ll canoodle in the corner with lovestruck Gwyn who, come 2010, will make sure he’s not only blocking the photocopier, but also the vending machine, water cooler and door.

But you’ve not got the same option as the New Guy. You can’t lurk in the corner with the fairer sex and a G&T, because unlike office guys, who mumble into their pints and keep eyes on ties, office girls will make sure they’re heard.

So it’s a no-go, especially if they have any gossip on Gwyn. The best bet is to flirt briefly with everything in the room – and walk away with your head held high.

FOR THE SAD HACK IN THE CORNER

You’re the only person older than the boss, so to rub in the fact you didn’t succeed even more you’ll be asked to toast him/her. If you’re sober, this will be an excellent exercise in brown-nosing. If you’re not, it’ll be an exercise in damage limitation.

You will be inclined to make a cruel joke. Do not bend to this temptation. It will probably come out wrong, meaning after 26 years of the same old story at the office do, you’ll be repeating yourself again in the new year. Someone else will get that promotion, and you’ll be stuck counting down the days on your free calendar to the next party.

You’ll also be inclined to do your famous boss-impression. Unfortunately, its fame is probably due to an in-joke among your younger colleagues, and isn’t actually funny. Plus, impressions at office dos are seldom better than that dance Ricky Gervais did in The Office. Often, they’re worse.

So don’t do it. And especially, please, don’t try and impersonate Ricky Gervais. Just no.

FOR THE BOSS

Finally, if you’re the boss and you’ve not been told about the office party, it could be a surprise do for you.

Be prepared to walk through that door after ‘urgent business’ calls you in to be greeted with party poppers and bubbly by the whole staff. By the time they’ve finished stroking your ego you won’t be able to get your head through the door.

But it more likely means you’ve not been invited.

So a word of caution: have a good think about how well-liked you are. Do you bend, bad breath and all, over the hunched shoulders of your well-meaning employees and whine you-could-probably-do-this advice in their ears?

Do you give motivational speeches standing on tables where you use star-charts and words like “self-fulfilment”? Do you keep everyone on past 5.30pm in the name of “building a community spirit”?

If any of these things apply to you, you are probably one of those Hated Bosses you’ve heard so much about. Your best bet would be to stay at home with your kids. They’re too young to realise how irritating you are yet.

Wow, it’s been pretty much forever since I last blogged. I better not make a habit out of this. So ya, anyways… Where to start.

I may as well say it now, I’ve completed only one thing on my list. LAME! I played DDR with my friend after we went to watch 2012 (And totally owned at it 8D) I even had the opportunity to hit someone with a rubber chicken (#60)! Hmm. Well, I’ve got someone’s address to write to them AND I’ve got the opportunity to buy a bobblehead for someone for Xmas. And I might even learn a little guitar…

Bah, 2012 wasn’t as good as people made out it was. Some parts were wayyyyy too Hollywood. What I mean by this is that some bits were a little frickin’ predictable. I mean seriously, what are the odds that driving away from an erupting.. Well.. Ground, that the flying pieces of lava and rock and allsorts don’t hit you? I mean COME ON. For an action-filled disaster movie, I guess it was okay. For the movie of the century, chyeah I doubt it.

Hmm… Social life! I have one now New-ish friend inviting me to play pool every Tuesday (Call him D).. Isn’t that awesome? Uh, no. I suck at pool. Learnt that out the hard way last Tuesday and there’s noooo way I’m going to get better. But, being the gentleman he is, he’s offered that next Tuesday I could have a separate table with him so he can ’show me the ropes’… Suspicious <_< He apparently talks about me every now and then when he’s around his friend’s (We’ll call him T) and T appears to really want me and D together. I met that very friend at pool, he’s nothing like I thought he’d be. Though, he did drop a hint as we were leaving the pool place that went like this:
T : So am I dropping you off at yours, Vix?
Me : Um yah, in *insert my town name here*, is that okay?
T : Yah I guess, I just thought you’d be over D’s house for the night *sly grin*
Silly T. But yah, he’s awesome. Even bought me a drink n_n   Also, in other news, the guy from the Skindred gig (mentionned in post um.. 2) is a little pushy. The age difference is like 4 years so yah.. I don’t know. He keeps wanting me to go over and he likes seeing me in cosplay which is a little weird but I don’t know.. These new friends are real awesome though :3

Universityyyyyy! AGH! My teacher has only JUST finished my damn reference for my UCAS application! Sucks. Suckssuckssucks. I’m not going to get ANY offers from Universities, am I? I mean, my personal statement is pretty much finished and the person in charge of sending them off says it’s good but damn my teacher.

Still need a dangly phone charm. I’m bored of Bidoof now and the Pokémon sticker from it came off. Now I get people asking me why the hell I’ve got a beaver in a neckerchief attatched to my phone. It makes no sense. I think I’ma buy a Hello Kitty charm from the mall next time I’m out.

AAAAAAAHHH! LADY GAGA! She’s so awesome, ne? I watched her video for Bad Romance the day it aired which was rad. I heard her video for VideoPhone got leaked onto the internet for like a half hour or something? Eh, I wish I’d seen it. I totally have tickets to go see her in Nottingham in March. How awesome is that? VERY. Final Fantasy XIII is out in March too, isn’t it? Wow, March will be a good month ^_^

Speaking of games.. My dad just got me Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition,  Grand Theft Auto VI, Prototype and Assassin’s Creed 2. And d’you know what sucks the most…? I never have any damn time to play on my Xbox! D’: Maybe during the holidays… I’m still trying to complete RockBand and GuitarHero too though so.. Meh.

I’ve decided to end these from now on with a DTWLED thing. Me and my friends text this to each other when we’re bored to get a conversation started. Each letter stands for: Doing, Thinking, Wearing, Listening, Eating, Drinking. So um.. Yah.

Doing : Attempting my Psychology assignment and Biology reading task. Waiting for my driving instructor to arrive in a half hour.
Thinking : Oh gosh, it’s freakin’ cold… My fingers are freezing while typing this.
Wearing : Light blue jeans, a Powerpuff Girl Bubbles necklace, a white jacket and a random white tee with orange, purple and green clouds and stars and rainbows and castles and puzzle pieces and lightning bolts… I’m pretty sure this is what the inside of my head is like ^w^
Listening : Mindless Self Indulgence – Due
Eating : Smoked salmon and pepper sushi
Drinking : Coffee, of course :3

Until next time… See ya!

It’s just four more weeks until the days start getting longer again on winter solstice, December 21st.

Until then, daylight is brief and soft. All the more reason to focus on indoor lighting to enhance a space or create a mood for entertaining.

Start by picking a central location in each room and do a 360. This will help identify problem areas which the following hints may solve.

1. Floor lamps can add drama, brighten a corner, open up space and make a room feel bigger.

2. “Up” lighting can make a room feel taller and more airy. Consider small table lamps on top of low bookcases.

3. Create your own space within a space by positioning a conical floor lamp near your favorite reading chair.

4. When decorating for holiday gatherings, use strings of white lights in unusual ways–such as clustered in a glass cylinder vase and placed on a credenza.

5. Dimmer switches are incredibly easy to install and allow your existing lighting to go from bright task-type lighting to warmer entertaining-type lighting in a smooth glide–or remote!–operation.

6. Go big or go home–add drama to a dining area by installing an oversized equator pendant.

7. If you don’t have a junction box directly above your dining table, hard-wire a pendant lamp where you can and “swag” the fixture so it hangs above it.

8. As a last resort, consider placing an arc lamp near the dining table positioned so the light falls onto the centerpiece.

9. Guide guests throughout the house, to the bathroom or coat room, using directional lighting such as smart candles down a hallway. Bonus: unlike candles, they’re safe to leave unattended while lit.

10. Save energy and use CFL’s instead of incandescent bulbs when possible.

Hello,

you’re planning to visit New York or you’re already here? You’re looking for information on “how to” and “where to”? Welcome to my Blog!

I want to share what is of interest for the visitor of this great city: eating, drinking entertainment and more. Advice you won’t find in your travel guide.

I’m a New York resident and a licensed Sightseeing Guide specializing in tours for a German-speaking audience.

See you!

You’ve sent an open invitation for your party–so do you really know who’s coming to dinner?

For large parties, the easiest way to serve is buffet-style. Consider setting up early–even the night before so your day can be spent cleaning, cooking and getting dressed up without sweating the small, last minute stuff.

Following are 10 essentials for the modern buffet.

1. Create a festive mood with cylinder vases filled with Christmas ornaments in fresh colors.

2. Keep the setting clean and modern with stacks of white square dinnerware.

3. Sleek marta barware is perfect for any cocktail, soda, juice or wine.

4. Have plenty of party flatware for each guest–and each course so you can be mingling instead of washing spoons for dessert.

5. White restaurant napkins are made for hungry crowds.

6. Water in beaker glass pitchers. Be sure they’re never empty since everyone’s drinking more of it.

7. Scatter tealights for the warm glow of candlelight.

8. Shadow white porcelain serving bowls for pasta or green salads.

9. An oversized aluminum tray to serve cheese, fruits or breads.

10. Two corkscrews and plenty of your favorite wines. Open a few bottle early to let wine breath before pouring.

They’re all inexpensive–even in multiples. Isn’t that something to celebrate?

Hint: Have plenty of everything so unexpected guests feel welcome.

After releasing one of my favourite albums of the year, in the form of 27 Devils, Flevans is dropping another sure-to-be gem on 14th December. The 28th Devil contains remixes of tracks from 27 Devils as well as remixes done by Flevans for others, including fellow Tru Thoughts artists Kylie Auldist and Azaxx.

For your listening pleasure, here are snippets of two tracks taken from the release:

You can purchase the album from all good retailers, however I recommend the Etch Shop (LOL I don’t get commission, it’s just that they are a) generally the cheapest and b) the artists see more of the money).

We love a good flea market find–and sharing a good secret–so check out the Brooklyn Flea Market…in Manhattan!

Starting on Black Friday, November 27th, thru December 24th, the pop-up venue will feature 50 vendors–just in time since the market goes on winter hiatus November 22nd.

For more information, including directions and hours, visit brooklynflea.com.

This delicious, flaky pastry was originally described in Cooking Light as a main dish, perhaps a vegetarian main dish for Thanksgiving.  I have been making it for years, taking it to friends’ houses as a Thanksgiving appetizer. It was always popular, and every year my friends would ask “you’re going to bring the mushroom thing, aren’t you?” Now the friends go south every year before Thanksgiving, and I fly across country to my daughter’s home for the annual feast. But the grocery had packaged mushrooms on sale for an unbelievable price, and I thought this would be a good main dish for a wintry day.  Whether you slice it thin for an appetizer or thick for a main dish, this is one of the best vegetarian low-fat dishes I have ever made. It requires just a little fussing, but it never fails.  It also has a pretty decent “wow” factor to bring to a potluck or a friend’s dinner table.

Mushroom and Caramelized Shallot Strudel

1 teaspoon olive oil
1 1/2  cups thinly sliced shallots (about 8 ounces)
1/8 teaspoon sugar
1 Tablespoon water
4 (8-ounce) packages presliced mushrooms (or you could thinly slice  2 pounds of mushrooms)
2  Tablespoons Marsala or Madeira wine
2/3 cup non-fat sour cream
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
8  sheets frozen phyllo dough, thawed
Cooking spray
1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs, divided
1 Tablespoon butter, melted
Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 400°. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and sugar; cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

Thinly sliced shallots.

Sprinkle with water; cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until shallots are soft.

Caramelized shallots

Add mushrooms; cook, uncovered, over medium-high heat 20 minutes or until liquid evaporates, stirring frequently. Add Marsala; cook 1 minute. Remove from heat, and cool. Stir in sour cream, parsley, salt, thyme, and pepper.

Place 1 phyllo sheet on a large cutting board or work surface (cover remaining dough to keep from drying), and lightly coat with cooking spray. Sprinkle with about 2 teaspoons breadcrumbs. Repeat the layers with 3 phyllo sheets, cooking spray, and breadcrumbs, ending with the phyllo. Spoon 1 3/4 cups mushroom mixture along 1 long edge of phyllo, leaving a 1-inch border.

Starting at the long edge with the 1-inch border, roll up jelly roll fashion. Place strudel, seam side down, on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Tuck ends under. Repeat the procedure with the remaining phyllo sheets, cooking spray, breadcrumbs, and mushroom mixture. Brush strudels with butter. Bake strudels at 400° for 20 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes.

Cut each strudel into 4 slices. This makes 8 main dish servings at 5 grams of fat/serving.  When I used this as an appetizer I cut each strudel into 6-8 pieces, so the appetizer was a little over 2 grams of fat/serving – which was light enough to precede a Thanksgiving meal.

One main dish serving

I actually halved the recipe and made one strudel. I find that food made with phyllo doesn’t keep several days without getting soggy – and it doesn’t always reheat well.

Hint: I often have a problem finding the time to fuss over food preparation when I get home. This is one of those dishes where you can make the filling ahead and then fill and bake the strudel when you want to eat it.

Hey guyz!

It’s me K4boj3, I’m the new editor on the site! I am glad to be having this job. Thanks Fumph for giving me this job. Also I’m here to give updates about CP. That will be good right? Here are some things about me:

- My real name is Cyrus

- I live in Washington, USA.

- My penguin name is K4boj3

- I started playing CP in 2006

That’s it! Also.. Here are some updates:

Log on to CP..

Go to any server…

Go to the Plaza…

Try to go to the Stage..

And watch this light:

You will have to wait.. Then the light turns on for 3 seconds. Then it makes you go into the Stage.

Well that’s all for updates I have found!

~K4boj3

Ok everyone, we promised a big announcement and we’re going to give it to you.

You see, due to the overwhelming response we recieved to the resources we are providing FREE to the public, we have been struggling to keep up with the demand. So, we decided to see if we could turn this struggle into something positive for everyone and we think we have come up with a solution.

Introducing: Huney-Do Helpers

So that we can focus on more video tutorials and focus on answering your questions better, we would like to free ourselves up. Here is where you come in.

If you have a website, or blog, or anything you’d like to advertise this solution is designed to help you achieve that at no cost to you. What we’d like to do is open our blog to you and let you be a guest contributer. You’d have your own account on our blog and you would be able to write your own tips and suggestions right here and while you are doing that (which helps us greatly) you can use our blog as a platform to market YOUR product or service.

That’s right… free advertisement with no strings attached. All you have to do is contribute a few minutes of your time in a post on our blog and it doesn’t matter if you only want to do it once or if you want to be a regular contributor.

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In the next seven weeks family and friends will gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa–and New Year’s!

You’ve made the most gracious offer to share your home with holiday visitors for a few days–what greater gift is there? As a guest, most often we’re concerned we’re an inconvenience to our host’s routine and space. Reassure them by saying “Welcome!” with these thoughtful gestures.

1. A simple cora carafe on the nightstand shows you care about their well-being. Adding a slice of fresh cucumber or citrus makes the gesture even sweeter.

2. To give guests some personal space in the bath, tie a ribbon around a new bar of soap and their own stainless soap dish. Placed on top of folded towels at the foot of their bed, its a luxurious amenity comparable to a 4-star hotel.

3. Make guests most physically comfortable by providing a bed, or a flex convertible sofa, in a spare room. Maybe you’ve been thinking about it and this is just the motivation you need to seal the deal?

4. If your budget for the season will be spent on gifts and an air mattress instead, consider a new set of percale sheets and keep them dedicated to future guests.

5. A cable throw across the foot of the bed can warm feet at night or at the very least, guests won’t have to ask for an extra blanket if they’re feeling chilled.

6. Offer some reading material that expresses how happy you are they’re spending time with you. “Here’s to You!” is a compendium of inspiring quotes to celebrate the special people in your life.

7. Print some of the photos you’ve been sharing via email and post them around the house using magnetic photo frames. When guests are packing for home, be sure to wrap them safely as a momento of their visit.

Some are small, special touches while others require time, effort and a budget. Those are the long-term investments–gifts for yourself perhaps? In the end, guests will feel welcome, less stressed feeling less of an inconvenience, and more able to fully enjoy holiday festivities.

I wish I wrote that title, but I didn’t. I did however write the text that follows, about designer Yuima Nakazato’s wild shoe designs. Here, on the Hint Blog.

Esse cara tá sumido! Pelo menos eu não tenho muitas notícias dele. Aqui eu coloco as duas músicas do Pensador que mais me interessam. Aviso, para quem nunca as ouviu, que as letras são um soco no estômago de bundões. Nádegas a declarar além disso. (:

Gabriel o Pensador – Até quando

Não adianta olhar por céu, com muita fé e pouca luta.
Levanta aí que você tem muito protesto pra fazer e muita greve, você pode, você deve, pode crer.
Não adianta olhar pro chão, virar a cara pra não ver.
Se liga aí que te botaram numa cruz e só porque Jesus sofreu não quer dizer que você tenha que sofrer.
Até quando você vai ficar usando rédea?
Rindo da própria tragédia?
Até quando você vai ficar usando rédea? (Pobre, rico, ou classe média).
Até quando você vai levar cascudo mudo?
Muda, muda essa postura.
Até quando você vai ficando mudo?
Muda que o medo é um modo de fazer censura.

Até quando você vai levando?
(Porrada! Porrada!)
Até quando vai ficar sem fazer nada?
Até quando você vai levando?
(Porrada! Porrada!)
Até quando vai ser saco de pancada?

Você tenta ser feliz, não vê que é deprimente, seu filho sem escola, seu velho tá sem dente.
Cê tenta ser contente e não vê que é revoltante, você tá sem emprego e a sua filha tá gestante.
Você se faz de surdo, não vê que é absurdo, você que é inocente foi preso em flagrante!
É tudo flagrante! É tudo flagrante!

Refrão

A polícia matou o estudante, falou que era bandido, chamou de traficante.
A justiça prendeu o pé-rapado, soltou o deputado… e absolveu os PMs de vigário!

Refrão

A polícia só existe pra manter você na lei, lei do silêncio, lei do mais fraco: ou aceita ser um saco de pancada ou vai pro saco.
A programação existe pra manter você na frente, na frente da TV, que é pra te entreter, que é pra você não ver que o porgramado é você.
Acordo, não tenho trabalho, procuro trabalho, quero trabalhar.
O cara me pede o diploma, não tenho diploma, não pude estudar.
E querem que eu seja educado, que eu ande arrumado, que eu saiba falar.
Aquilo que o mundo me pede não é o que o mundo me dá.
Consigo um emprego, começa o emprego, me mato de tanto ralar.
Acordo bem cedo, não tenho sossego nem tempo pra raciocinar.
Não peço arrego, mas onde que eu chego se eu fico no mesmo lugar?
Brinquedo que o filho me pede, não tenho dinheiro pra dar.
Escola, esmola!
Favela, cadeia!
Sem terra, enterra!
Sem renda, se renda!
Não! Não!!

Refrão

Muda, que quando a gente muda o mundo muda com a gente.
A gente muda o mundo na mudança da mente.
E quando a mente muda a gente anda pra frente.
E quando a gente manda ninguém manda na gente.
Na mudança de atitude não há mal que não se mude nem doença sem cura.
Na mudança de postura a gente fica mais seguro, na mudança do presente a gente molda o futuro!
Até quando você vai ficar levando porrada, até quando vai ficar sem fazer nada?
Até quando você vai ficar de saco de pancada?
Até quando você vai levando?

Gabriel o pensador – Se liga aí

A gente pensa que vive num lugar onde se fala o que pensa.
Mas eu não conheço esse lugar.
Eu não conheço esse lugar!
A gente pensa que é livre pra falar tudo que pensa mas a gente sempre pensa um pouco antes de falar!

Se liga aí, se liga lá, se liga então!
Se legalize nessa comunicação.
Se liga aí, se liga lá, se liga então!
Se legalize a liberdade de expressão!
Se liga aí, se liga lá, se liga então!
Se legalize nessa comunicação.
Se liga aí, se liga lá, se liga então!
Se legalize a opção!

Pensa! O pensamento tem poder.
Mas não adianta só pensar.
Você também tem que dizer! Diz!
Porque as palavras têm poder.
Mas não adianta só dizer.
Você também tem que fazer! Faz!
Porque você só vai saber se o final vai ser feliz depois que tudo acontecer.
E depois a gente pensa.
E depois a gente diz.
E depois a gente faz… o que tiver que fazer!
O que tiver que fazer!

Refrão

Deixe ele viver em paz.
Cada um sabe o que faz.
Deixa o homem ter marido.
Deixa a mina ter mulher.
Deixa ela viver em pé.
Cada um sabe o que quer
O que é que tem que tem demais cada um ser o que é?
Deixa ele chorar em paz.
Cada um sabe o que fez.
Deixa o tempo dar um tempo.
Cada coisa de uma vez.
Deixa ele sorrir depois.
Deixa ela sorrir também.
O que é que tem que tem demais cada um ser dois ou três?

Refrão

Diz o que cê quer dizer, fala o que cê quer falar, faz o que cê quer fazer, pensa o que cê quer pensar!
Fala o que cê quer falar, diz o que cê quer dizer, pensa o que cê quer pensar, faz o que cê quer fazer!

Refrão

Liberdade relativa não é liberdade.
Liberdade atrás da grade não é positiva.
Liberdade negativa é negar a verdade.
Liberdade de verdade é vida, viva, viva!
Viva, viva, viva, viva!
Viva, viva, viva!
Live, live, live, live!
Live, live, live!
Vida, vida, vida, vida!
Vida, vida, vida!
Livre, livre, livre, livre!
Livre, livre, livre!!

The more clues the more conclusions that im getting =)…………………

for more info concerning the text above read below:

Okay gang, this is your fifth clue for Flyboy’s upcoming adventure! A few of you have made some good guesses, does this help at all?

Just to let you know, Thursday we’ll be having a “Bon Voyage” party for Flyboy. He’ll be announcing where he is going and the details of his trip at the party. Let me be the first to say that it is very exciting.

The party will be happening at 16:00 WST this Thursday. We’ll give you the server and location sometime tomorrow. Flyboy won’t be the only special guest though. A lot of you have been asking to meet developers and artists such as Colegate and Juiceking. Not only will Colegate and Juiceking be there, but there will be a few more Webosaurs artists coming to the party that you’ve never met before!

This is going to be a great chance to wish Flyboy good luck and meet some of these rare dinos. Looking forward to seeing you at the party!

-Rex

Sometimes, if you have a hard time proving something, you might try digging from the end, sort of like digging a tunnel; you just have to make sure that at the two holes connect.  Let , so that , and say you could find an increasing sequence such that

,

then the theorem would follow, wouldn’t it?

This is the 3rd clue giving us a hint of where Flyboy is going,its a picture of a shark,hmmmmmm………………………………………….

for more info concerning the text above read below:

Goodness gracious! Check out clue #3… Nothing quite as dangerous as the jaws of a great white shark! WHERE IN THE WORLD IS FLYBOY GOING?

If you want to get out of the city map and back to the world map, then get to the city map page and select the icon at the bottom of the map, in the middle.

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I am going to a potluck tonight where we have been asked to bring a dish that was traditional in our family. This is the cake that was at every occasion. It was at holiday dinners (okay, not Passover) and at casual family gatherings. There was usually some left over to be eaten later for “coffee with a little something”.

My Grandma Fredyl, being from the “old country”, never used a recipe when she cooked. She threw in a handful of this and a pinch of that until it felt right. Whatever she made always turned out fabulous, especially the baked goods. My memory of my grandmother’s little apartment is that it was full of long taffeta gowns (she was a seamstress) and always smelled cozily of baking butter and cinnamon.  Family legend has it that Aunt Gladys, fearing that the formula for her mother’s wonderful cakes and cookies would vanish when Grandma passed on, shadowed Grandma around the kitchen as she baked. (My image of this is rather funny, Gladys being a large woman about 6 feet tall, and Grandma a diminutive white-haired lady, barely 4’10”.) Each time Grandma threw a handful or a pinch into the bowl, Gladys stuck out a measuring cup so she could codify the ingredients.  This cake is one of the results of her efforts.

I was surprised when I dug out the recipe that it wasn’t all that high  in fat. It doesn’t have as much butter as some cakes, and all I did to lighten it up was to use egg substitute and non-fat sour cream. I also used fewer nuts, although my memory of the cake is that it only had a sprinkling of nuts. I toasted the nuts to bring out their flavor.  It also makes a lot of servings without the slices having to be paper thin. Given that this was a dish to take to a gathering, I didn’t try to bring the fat down to 2-3 grams/serving by substituting applesauce for some of the butter, but it is still reasonably low fat/serving.  And when I baked it the whole house smelled like a memory of home,

Grandma Cake (Sour Cream Coffee Cake)

Cooking spray
1/4 pound butter (1 stick) softened
1 cup sugar
2 cups all purpose flour (plus a little for the pan)
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup egg substitute
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup non-fat sour cream
1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, toasted (my mother used walnuts, but I knew that someone at the gathering tonight was allergic to them)
cinnamon sugar mix (see hint)

Preheat oven to 325. Spray a tube pan (the standard size) with cooking spray and dust lightly with flour. Be sure to tap the pan so that excess flour comes out.

Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.  In the bowl of a mixer, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until smooth and well blended. Add egg substitute and vanilla and beat until well blended.  Add flour and sour cream alternately, starting and ending with flour. (I usually add the flour 3 times and the sour cream twice. I used to think that this alternate adding was the result of Aunt Gladys’s recipe recording technique, but I’ve actually seen it in other recipes.) Beat on low speed after each addition until combined. Don’t over beat.

Put I/2 of batter in tube pan and spread more or less evenly. Sprinkle generously with cinnamon sugar mix and then sprinkle nuts evenly over cinnamon and sugar.

Spoon remaining batter over cinnamon-sugar-nut layer, spreading gently so the batter more or less covers that layer. Bake at 325 for 40-45 minutes or until a wood pick inserted in the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes. If you have the kind of tube pan with a removable center, loosen the cake around the sides with a knife, and cool for 20 more minutes otherwise cool in pan for 30 minutes.  Remove from cake from pan and sprinkle  top with cinnamon-sugar mix (my mother sprinkled the top with more chopped nuts, but that would have added another gram or so of fat, and besides, it’s my recall that most of them fell off when you cut the cake. Cool completely on a wire rack.

This makes  20 servings at about 6 grams of fat/serving.

Grandma cake on Grandma’s glass serving plate.

Grandma cake on my plate. Ooops, it didn’t make it to the potluck. And it tasted just like my mom’s.

Hint: If you don’t keep cinnamon-sugar mix handy, you should mix some up.  It’s useful for sprinkling on so many things – oatmeal, toast, bananas, whatever.  There’s no recipe – just add enough cinnamon to the sugar to make it as cinnamony as you like.  I keep mine in a shaker right on the table.

Flyboy is going somewhere and the team is giving us clues so we can probably find out where hes going =).

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Hey everyone! Maybe you’ve heard, but next Friday Flyboy will be embarking on a very important journey for Webosaurs. He is going somewhere in the world to do some awesome stuff. Rather than just spoil it for you and tell you right off the bat we’re going to give a clue every day until he leaves.

The picture on top is your first clue in tracking down where Flyboy is headed to. Can you guess already? Can you guess what he is going to be doing?

Stay tuned to the blog for more clues and important updates about Flyboy’s magnificent upcoming journey!

Een stille hint:

We have just finished our first period of practice! I was in a group with three other girls from class (I’m even learning names now! *is proud*). We were going to be in a 6th grade class. The kids are so cute! Most of our class were Twilight-fans!! I must say that I am a bigger fan of Harry Potter, but it gives me hope for the next generation to see the kiddies like good literature *grins*.

They also like my T-shirts. One of the boys told me I had, like, thousands of T-shirts with different motives. I think this is fun!

But, sadly, because of illness, we didn’t get the best of experience, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. And we get to see them after Christmas, because then we’re going back to the same class *does the happy-dance*

Now, we’re back to school and in maths class. Yes, I’m in class now. Mom, dad; if you’re reading this, I do pay attention to the teacher, don’t worry! *stage whisper to the rest* But it’s so boring!

I was on a Halloween celebration on Saturday. It was brilliant. I had a cape that my aunt had made for me, and I got lots of compliments for it! *jumps up and down in excitement* I also wore contact lenses that were pink, with slit pupils *grins widely* I also got some compliments for those and it was all really fun!

Yesterday was the usual Wednesday-party at Martin’s place (one of the guys in class, he’s cool). It was 70’s themed! I was dressed as a hippie, and didn’t get to bed until three in the morning. Quite reduced today, in other words *grumbles about maths workshop that prevents me from sleeping longer in the morning*

Our maths book is in English. I don’t like that; it’s annoying! The book is so more difficult than it had to be, and it isn’t properly marked. It’s not one chapter for each theme or something like that. I think the maths they teach us consists only of fractions. And yet they expect us to do well on their tests. I didn’t by the way. I did okay on the last one though! This is good because that’s the test that means something.

But now I should get back to pretending to pay attention. Oh joy..

Special thanks to curtis, catalog art director, who contributed the following.

Raise a glass to toast a new signature cocktail deliciously propping libertini in our current catalog. Created by Tom, our resident mixologist, he calls it the Tennessee Sparkler since it’s based on ”the Tennessean”. Cheers!

1-1/2 oz rye or bourbon
1/2 oz maraschino liquor
the juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/2 oz simple syrup

Shake with ice
Pour into a chilled glass
Add fruit garnish
Top off with champagne or prosecco