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Carrie & Josh’s Wedding Shower Cake
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Reduced sugar devil’s food cake with half sugar/half splenda swiss meringue buttercream. Marshmallow fondant used to cover the cake and for pink heart decorations.
Ebay auction for MarsCon Dementia Track
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
This is my 3rd re-listing of this item. I’ve dropped the starting bid to $35. If this doesn’t work, I give up.
I’m auctioning off a white 1000 thread count king-size sheet set, proceeds to go to the MarsCon Dementia Track Fund Raiser. If you are local to Chicago I can deliver. 
http://bid-url.com/h06fdu
Recycling Christmas Trees in Villa Park, Illinois
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
This isn’t posted anywhere on the web so I thought I’d toss it up on here:
If you live in Villa Park, IL and want to recycle your christmas tree, just leave it out on the curb anytime during the first 2 weeks of January (bare – not in a bag). Waste Management will pick it up and take it to be recycled.
I wish
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
…for an end to world hunger, but that’s a long-term goal.
If you were wondering, here’s my Amazon Wish List for the short term.
(And I like used books just fine.)
Wow.
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
I’m blown away. President Obama. My pessimism wouldn’t let me believe it until McCain conceded.
Not only that, but we’re well on our way to a Democratic Senate and House. I have to admit that makes me a bit nervous. We’re going to have to still be vigilant, as citizens, to make sure the laws we pass are what the American people need, and not what the party needs to stay in power. Remember what absolute power does, kids.
Also, most of the states were won by Obama by 10-20%-ish. That means that right now, there’s a lot of Republicans out there that have been terrified by this campaign, and they’re still wide-eyed and hair-triggered now. We have a lot of work to do to make sure this country isn’t torn apart by fear.
McCain gave his eloquent and heartfelt concession speech and it was the John McCain I respected in the past. I didn’t respect his campaign. It was dirty and divisive, and I don’t think he was steering the ship. Now, he can be Senator McCain, a dedicated Senator and advisor like he has proven himself to be, without the millstone of the GOP around his neck. Be mavericky, Mr. McCain. I can’t wait.
I can’t say I’m not pleased as punch that useless woman isn’t going to be in Washington. Go back to Alaska, Mrs. Palin, and stay there. And while you’re there, try and do some good, or at least, don’t make it any worse.
I know I still sound like a pessimist. But I really am surprised by the American people, by the system, that it is not truly corrupted, it is not decrepit, it is not lost. Maybe, just maybe, we can.
Go Illinois! Yay for Lisa Madigan!
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEW9FYay0lFbUS4UMghrpSYEKE9AD93D6DH00
“Attorneys general from 13 states on Wednesday protested a proposed Bush administration rule that would give stronger job protections to doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.
In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the states said the rule is too vague in defining abortion, and may be interpreted to include birth control.
“It threatens to drastically discourage and even deter a woman’s right to choose,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. “This proposed rule unconscionably puts personal agendas before patient care … failing even to acknowledge the rights of rape victims and others to access birth control and related vital health services.”
Other states joining Connecticut in protesting the rule are Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont.”
Lisa Madigan is the Illinois AG. I plan on sending her a thank-you card.
Setting the PHP path in OS X
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
So this will be obvious to you unix/linux geeks, but it took me a while to remember, so I’m putting it here.
I was trying to use the new install of PHP (on the command line) that I’d added instead of the default 4.4.7 install that comes with OS X 10.4. But nobody really says how to do that anywhere.
When I ran “which php” it said I was using /usr/bin/php. I wanted to be using usr/local/php5.
So, in .bash_profile for my user, I added the line:
# Set PATH for php (override default /usr/bin/php)
export PATH=/usr/local/php5/bin/:$PATH
then I saved that and ran “source .bash_profile”.
Now when I run “which php” it says /usr/local/php5/bin//php.
Yay!
A rose by any other cupcake…
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Or something. Anyway, today I made cupcakes for Linda & Jered’s engagement party, and here they are…
I’m not sure why my buttercream does that rough thing at the edges. I’ll have to work on that.
Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on the Anniversary of 9/11/01
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
He is as outraged as all of us should be.
If I am ever this eloquent, I’ll die happy.
Sadly, I have done this.
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
This is entirely true.