This is, hands down, the moistest chocolate cake I've ever made. Don't be intimidated by the beets - they're easy, healthy, add the moisture to the cake, and make it taste interesting but not beet-y. This recipe, however, will test your baking skills in other ways. I'll describe it more below, but I am now confident that I have the patience to ( Read more... )

Parsnip Apple Bites on Lacy Cheese Crackers

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Sweet-Potato Buttercream Tarts in Dark Chocolate Crust with Cinnamon Apple Chips

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Ganked from foleyartist1 because I started reading through the list and there were damn few movies that I hadn't seen, so I had to go through the whole thing: ( IMDB 250 )

More 'splodey is more plot. More plot is more movie. More movie is more better.

We recently read a case in Contracts that began "The issue is, what is chicken?" and then preceded to dissect the meaning of chicken, the different types of chicken, whether a chicken is a chicken or a chicken... My prof just posted the following video to our class website:

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This is one of those classic cases that every law students reads... and ( Read more... )

The Manchester Guardian reports on a study that proves what we girls already know:
British psychologists have shed light on one of the most enduring mysteries of human courtship: why men persist with chat-up lines that send most women running for the hills. A survey of people's reactions to chat-up lines revealed that while women were more likely ( Read more... )

At 10,000 losses, the Philadelphia Phillies are the losing-est team in history. Kinda makes you feel good to be a Pirates (current standing: 40 wins, 51 losses) fan, doesn't it ( Read more... )

Why the internet is an amazing place:

Cheddar-Vision TV, watch English cheddar age. In real-time.

126 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes, and 1129273 hits.

British scientists are planning to develop deflector shields.

No, really. Read the article.

Star Trek here we come!