Since we were away on Arthur's actual birthday, I'm doing his birthday round-up post belatedly this year. ladyiolanthe , the Playmobil sets were a big hit, and we all think the dragon is especially cool :) longpig , Starscream has arrived safely, and is very awesome - Arthur took him to bed with him last night ;) It's actually possible that over the past year we didn't take a picture...

I saw these linked on Tastespotting last week, and I wasn't going to let the opportunity to make them slip by, so I bought some streaky bacon and crisped the hell out of it on the grill! The original recipe is from Cooking During Stolen Moments , and it turned out great! They're a bit like the Alton Brown Chewey/Thin cookies, but with added maple-bacony goodness :) I took half the recipe aside...

I was sure that either me or longpig had posted this recipe before, but I couldn't find it in a search..... So I'm posting it again just in case! This is a very delicious spice cake. It's really easy and quick to make. I would say that it is in the same family as carrot cake....as in it is a delicious spice cake made with an ingredient you might not expect! A lot of the time, I won't tell...

I was talking to my lovely sister longpig this morning about the theme this month, and remarking on all the lavender entries. I am biased against lavender, as I'm really allergic! I was trying to think about what other kinds of edible flowers I might have access to, when I remembered my hibiscus tea... I adapted my recipe from an orange cranberry scone recipe posted here by ...

Havocstan player event - awesome swan song for Rhienfelden.  Awesome event for everyone, AFAIK, in fact - food was good, mulled cider was readily available, the setting was gorgeous, the contrabando was plentiful, the alcohol even more so... Rob's  new character, Maximillian Hartley, got off to a flying start, and Lilith has finally been "found" (as in, I think I know, after only a year of play, what...

Meatloaf cupcakes makes 6 servings INGREDIENTS: Cupcakes: 1 lb lean ground beef 1 egg 1/2 a large onion, finely chopped 1 large clove of garlic, minced 1 large handful of oats salt, pepper, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce to taste Glaze: 1/4 c ketchup 1 tbsp brown sugar dash of Worcestershire sauce 'Frosting': 2 medium sized potatoes, peeled and cut up skim milk butter Pre...

I've never used my LJ much as a link-dump ("I have to go dump a link" sounds thoroughly disgusting), but I have thousands of these things hanging around on my Stumbleupon page and never seem to share them with anyone else, so here goes: Linguistics: Singular 'their' in Jane Austen : The fight against pedantry and prescriptivism in linguistic usage goes ever on. Comics: Law & Order & Batman :...

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Just to explain, wererogue runs a D&D game. In a bit of hasty downtime prior to the first session, we were set upon by a family of Owlbears. After getting rid of them, we headed for the nearest town. To show where we had come from in relation to the town and where we had the option of going, he drew us a map. The following picture (minus the caption) was used to identify where we had met...

We got a package from Amazon.ca yesterday, and we don't know if we're supposed to open it or not! Does it contain Christmas presents? I know longpig sent ours recently, but I think they were from Amazon.com, is that right? Could the lovely person responsible please stand up?