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Senin, 19 Maret 2012

The world as seen by a fish

Did you ever fancy you couldswim like the fishes? I said like the fishes . . . not with the fishes . . . this is no mafiawish list.

According to some theories,at one time eons ago we not only swam like fishes but we were fishes. Now, don’t getall excited . . . this isn’t a theological discussion . . .

Just for chuckles . . . let’sjust say for a moment that at some point in the very very very distant past that our ancestors looked something likeNemo.

Like fishes we . . .humans . . . have a third eyelid. Well,the remnant of one anyway . . . a piece that evolution has yet to erradicatfrom our biology.

Look in the mirror. See that little pink bit in the corner ofyour eye near your nose?? Women . . .you’ll recognize it as the spot where your eye make-up tends to collect.

It’s called a nictitatingmembrane; a clear eyelid that can be drawn across the eyeball for protection. Fish use them to flush out whatever annoyingparticles float into their eyeballs.

Unlike our fishy cousins’,our nictitating membrane is pretty much defunct . . . but, as the ladies know .. . it’s really good for keeping the gunk out of our eyes.

Now you see? If you had that you could swim more like the fishes and . . . well . . . see more like the fishes. Wouldn't that be swell?

Carrot Cake with Canned Carrots

2 Cups Flour

2 Teaspoon BakingPowder

2 Teaspoon BakingSoda

2 TeaspoonCinnamon

1 Teaspoon Salt

2 Cups Sugar

1 1/2 Cups Oil

3 Cups Canned Carrots, Drained

4 Eggs

1/2 Cup Pecans

Icing

1 Box 10x Sugar

1 (8 Oz) PackageCream Cheese

1/2 StickMargarine

Mix ingredients in the order listed.

Stir in eggs oneat a time.

Then stir in nuts

The carrots will fall apart when you mix, so no need for chopping.

Pour in a 9 X 11 greased and floured pan

Bake at 350 until cake tests done (approx. 25-35 minutes)

Mix icing ingredients together and spread over cooled cake.

Rabu, 06 Juli 2011

When I was thinking about what to write about when I was making the following recipe “Gumby and Pokey” immediately came to mind. So I started poking around . . . pun intended . . . to see what I could find about them that might interest me. What I found was intriguing.

Gumby and Pokey were clay stop-action animated characters in a children’s television show. Gumby is a green humanoid and Pokey is an orange talking pony and is Gumby's sidekick.

Okay that much most people know. What I found interesting was how much art imitates life. For example, the personalities of Gumby and Pokey; they nearly mimic hubby and me. It’s almost scary.

To quote the Saturday Nite Live character played by Eddie Murphy . . . I’m Gumby dammit! Gumby is optimistic, trusting and happy-go-lucky. That describes me fairly well.

Pokey is cranky, pessimistic, skeptical and sarcastic . . . that totally describes hubby! And just like in real life . . . Pokey is often trying to offer advice to Gumby; sometimes Gumby listens. And, Gumby get Pokey to do things against his will. Pokey goes along and even has fun on occasion.

Just sayin’.

Along the same theme, when I was growing up we always had cats. We once had a calico cat named Gumby and her daughter who was Pokey. Again, art imitates life.

Gumby was stretchy, long and pliable. You could pretty much move her any which way and she was happy to have the attention. One very cool thing about Gumby is that she would fetch toys and she would walk around with a little pillow that I made in her mouth.

Pokey was a black long-hair and she was . . . in a word . . . slow. As in mentally challenged. She was sweet and loving but dumb as a rock. She would sit and stare into space for long periods of time. What was most annoying and memorable was her lack of knowledge of claw retraction. If you picked her up . . . claws. If she was on your lap . . . claws. If she was marching in a kitty parade . . . claws. Not maliciously or evil . . . just claws.

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