What amuses me

Here are some things that amuse me at this time:

Someone at Sharper Image read my mind and came up with this amazing tool! It's a psycho -bacteria- in -my -food freak's dream come true!!
http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productdetails/sku__FQ300

http://www.domystuff.com/
very cool website where you can outsource things in your life that you need doing and people bid on doing those things for you. The more bidding, the lower price it'll cost you for that service. Check it out...it's the future!

http://paintingadayproject.blogspot.com/
this lady is very talented. Get yourself an original painting for really reasonable prices.

Books:
The Sneaky Chef
(getting your kids to eat stuff that's good for them)

Brainy Brownies
from The Sneaky Chef

butter or nonstick cooking spray
6 tblsp unsalted butter
3/4 C semisweet chocolate chips
2 lg. eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C Purple Puree (see note)
1/4 C plus 2 tblsp flour blend (see note)
1/4 C rolled oats, ground in a food processor
1 tblsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 C chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter or spray only the bottom of a 13x9 in. baking dish.
In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt the butter and chocolate chips. Remove from the heat, cool about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in another bowl, stir together the eggs, vanilla, sugar and Purple Puree. Combing egg mixture with the cooled chocolate mixture.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour blend, cocoa powder, oats and salt. Add the chocolate mixture and blend thoroughly. Mix in the chopped walnuts if using, then pour the entire mixture in baking dish.
Bake for 30-35 min., until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely in the pan before cutting the brownies. Dust with confectioners' sugar, if desired.

*Note:
*Purple Puree:

3 C raw baby spinach leaves washed, or 2 C frozen chopped spinach or frozen chopped collard greens.
1 1/2 C fresh or frozen blueberries with no syrup or sugar added
1 tsp lemon juice
3-4 tblsp water.

Place the spinach in some water, bring to a boil and reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. If using frozen blueberries, quickly rinse under cold water to thaw a little and drain. Drain spinach and place in a food processor along with blueberries, lemon juice and 2 tblsp water. Puree on high until smooth as possible.

*Flour blend:

combine 1 C all purpose unbleached white flour, 1 C whole wheat flour and 1 C unsweetened wheat germ.

The following jokes:

When Dan found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sicklyfather died, he decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with.

So, one evening he went to a singles bar where he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.Her natural beauty took his breath away. "I may look like just anordinary man," he said as he walked up to her, "but in just a month or two, my father will die, and I'll inherit 20 million dollars."

Impressed, the woman went home with him that evening and, three days later,
she became his stepmother.

Women are so much smarter than men.


Little Johnny's neighbors had a baby. Unfortunately, the baby was born without ears. When mother and new baby came home from the hospital, Johnny's family was invited over to see the baby. Before they left their house, Little Johnny's dad had a talk with him, and explained that the baby had no ears. His dad also told him that if he so much as mentioned anything about the baby's missing ears or even said the word ears he would get the spanking of his life when they came back home.

Little Johnny told his dad he understood completely.
When Johnny looked in the crib he said, "What a beautiful baby."
The mother said, "Why, thank you, Little Johnny."
Johnny said, "He has beautiful little feet and beautiful little hands,a cute little nose and really beautiful eyes."
"Can he see?" asked Little Johnny.
"Yes", the mother replied, "we are so thankful ; the Doctor said he will have 20/20 vision."
That's great", said Little Johnny, "cuz he'd be shit outta luck if he needed glasses


Peace out!