Day: April 8, 2006

I heard about this but didn’t want to comment. Still…

Indian director hopes to cast Paris Hilton as Mother Teresa

Has me flabbergasted. No way in the world—no matter how much makeup and “appliances” they add—can anyone make Paris Hilton as good-looking as Mother Theresa…

I wanna know if Ferdy can puzzle that one out… It’d give the cat a break from breaking spammers, at least.

Trying out a “new” coffee this a.m. Gave my Wonder Woman a sip from my cup. She got this strange moue on her face and in a gruff voice, “Manly-man coffee!”

*heh*

Yeh, well, it has body.

O Blessed, Holy Caffeine Tree!

Midi File:

Mp3 File (Courtesy of the Morning Coffee and Afternoon Tea Singers):

Go ahead; sing along. 🙂

(This mp3 is a lower-sampling-rate version of trhe one at the Morning Coffee and Afternoon Tea link above.)

Oh, and here’s another verse, not included in the verses above:

O Blessed Holy Caffeine Tree,
In gratitude I sing of thee,
For all the ways you give life zest,
O Caffeine Tree, you are the best!

N.B.–The graphic above has a word-switch in the second verse that I need to get around to editing. First one to spot it gets two brownie points, redeemable for absolutely nothing but a pat on the back and a hearty “Attaboy/girl!”

🙂

Brewing up a storm at The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns (where y’all can wish Sam a belated “Happy Birthday”) and at Blue Star Chronicles, where Beth reminds us: Never Forget!

Here’s a punch recipe my Wonder Woman glommed onto at a teacher luncheon, slightly edited with a third world county “flavor”:

Ingredients:
3oz package Jello (sugared or artificially sweetened, your choice)
One or two 2-litre bottle of Sprite (the pop, not some fairy, OK?)
[N.B. the recipe I was handed had no amounts for the pop]

Method:
Dissolve the Jello (strawberry-banana or your choice) in 2C boiling water as per package directions.
Add 1 can (size not given–assume large) Dole Pineapple juice (or better if you have a fav)
1 can water equal to pineapple juice
[N.B.–I’d have a can of crushed or chunk pineapple handy for later if it were me]
Stir. Freeze for 48 hrs. Thaw three hours and chunk it up with a large fork.
Serve in punch bowl with Sprite. [Add pineapple chunks or slices if you want–I would.]

I imagine this would work as well served from a pitcher on a hot summer’s evening as an accompaniment to a barbeque meal on the deck.