9/23/10

I baked a lemon cake and made lemon curd to fill it with. I iced it with raspberry butter cream and the whole thing came out really pretty.

I might try to make chocolate mousse today, but I haven't decided.

Probably roast pork for dinner, but who knows what I'll find at the store today?

It's nice to be back in the kitchen.

Mystery Solved

Special, gooey chocolate-filled thanks to Glamour Maven Linda Mercury who informs us that the random picture of cute guy in the ugliest sweater in the world is, indeed, Wil Wheaton.

His blog post about the ugliest sweater in the world is absolutely charming.

Remember everyone: Wil Wheaton says: "Don't be a dick."

Good advice.

(Linda wins some sort of sinful, desserty thing...)

Morning News 4/27/10

Gee, thanks. California nixes language calling for cure for gayness. I didn't even know I was sick...

Up yours. Sudanese President Bashir to rest of planet: FU!

"I CAN call you "Hef," can't I?" Hugh Hefner saves the Hollywood sign.

Screw you, Mr. Science. Researchers claim that people who eat more chocolate are more depressed.

Thank god my lesbian cats don't eat out. Restaurant refuses service to man with "gay" guide dog.

(Image of gay dog, George Clooney from "Big Gay Al's, Big Gay Boatride." Another tasteful installment from the thoughtful, wise and mature "South Park." A series suitable for people with all sensibilities.)

Chocolate Smackdown!

Thanks and kisses to everyone who voted in our Dark v Milk Chocolate Poll. Here are the binding, non-negotiable results that we all must live by until we die:

Dark chocolate is the winner by a landslide!

61% prefer dark chocolate.

27% prefer milk chocolate.

11% think that both have their charms.

Nobody hates chocolate.

50% want me to ask about naked men next time.

This week's quiz:  Booze!

I prefer:

Red Wine

White Wine

Whiskey

Vodka

Tequila

Anything, as long as it burns.

Booze makes Baby Jesus Cry

Hey, I thought you were gonna ask about naked men!

Morning News 4/07/10

How do the folks back home feel about HCR? Karen Tumulty over at Time's Swampland has a discussion going about the public's reaction as midterms (already?) loom.

Homophobe Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell declares "Confederate History Month."

Brits argue over who's pro-business and who is not.

Alan Greenspan testifies that the government cannot prevent another financial crisis, sort of.

Recent Polling Suggests that a majority of Californians support marriage equality.

For Wicker Parker, in response to yesterday's I Miss Lynne Russell post: here's Jane Russell in Howard Hawkes 1953 Musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." This shot is from the number "Ain't There Anyone Here for Love?" Those fellas may be there for love, but they're not interested in Jane Russell.  Well, maybe they're interested in discussing eye makeup.

(Only two days left to vote in our Milk v Dark Chocolate poll!)

Morning News 4/06/10

Just 3 Days Left to Vote in the Dark v. Milk Chocolate Poll!

Gordon Brown's labour government braces for May 6 general election.

Record $16.4 million fine for Toyota is still just a slap on the wrist.

88 gay couples have married in Mexico city in the first month of marriage equality there.

On this day in 1930, Mahatma Gandhi lifted a pinch of salt from the beach at Dandi; one of the most significant moments in the Indian Independence Movement.

(Photo of Gandhi from April 6, 1930 is in the public domain in India and the photographer is unknown. Source.)

Morning News 4/02/10

Just Kidding! Or is it April Fool's? Secretary of the Army John McHugh said that gay soldiers he spoke to about being gay under DADT may actually be fired for talking with him openly about their sexuality.

Congratulations! Texas grants lesbian couple the state's first gay divorce. Seriously, best wishes to the separating couple and their young son. Sorry you have to fight so hard for something that most everyone else does without getting the feds involved.

Naive, irritating and shallow analysis from (gasp!) a philosophy major from Princeton about how we shouldn't queer the census. Quick aside to Brendan: Your statement, "LGBT persons are already counted, just not as LGBT persons..." is probably the funniest thing I've ever read. Really, I think I peed a little when I got to that.

Dark v. Milk Chocolate debate on Facebook has so far yielded: 3 prefer Milk, 2 prefer Dark and one person thinks that each type of chocolate has its proper place. I think I'll set up an informal poll here and see if we can get a more statistically significant result.

Perhaps we can combine the Chef's love of chocolate and shirtless/naked men in a future poll?

(Photo of Dark Chocolate Truffle from Oswego Tea.)