Jun 21, 2010

Ingredients 12 Savoiardi Biscuits 1 cup strong espresso coffee 1/4 cup of Amaretto 2 eggs (separated) 3 tbsp caster sugar 250gram mascarpone cheese 1 cup stout (250ml) stout, preferably coffee or chocolate stout 250ml thickened cream, whipped Chocolate shavings for garnish A handful of Raspberries Method 1. Combine stout, coffee and Amaretto in a bowl. 2. Add...

How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ‘em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ‘em. — Shel Silverstein

Jun 18, 2010

Here's where our intuitive response is really wrong: we have a tendency to indulge our pleasures without respite, and to take frequent breaks from those things that make us miserable. This is exactly backwards...

Jun 17, 2010

Oh, I’m out of universe, can I borrow a cup from someone?

Jun 16, 2010

Your old cranky typewriter could double as a fashionable (albeit somewhat impractical) USB keyboard for your home computer or iPad.

The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have...

Jun 15, 2010

Our parish was founded about eleven years ago by a priest and a three families from California. We had inquirers' meetings in homes for a few months, then set up a chapel and began having daily services.

Jun 15, 2010

Jun 14, 2010

Etsy seller Jack Zylkin of USB Typewriter offers a decent selection of upmodded typewriters that double as fashionable (albeit somewhat impractical) USB keyboards for your home computer or iPad. Send in your typewriter and Jack will convert it into a USB typewriter for $200. DIY and pre-fab kits are also available for $75 and $150, respectively. (via...