Monthly Archives: August 2018

Toaster Oven Mini-Cakes

Original ingredients and directions: TOASTER OVEN SNACK CAKE 1 cup flour pinch salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 2-3 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract Preheat oven to 350°F. On a sheet of wax or parchment paper, sift together flour, salt and baking powder (or whisk […]

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Plastic straws are a phony issue for phony people

There is a lot of trash and litter here in the Philippines. It is everywhere. Sometimes the stench is awful. Plastic trash is ubiquitous. Many products are sold in tiny, single use cellophane packages and bags- salt, soy sauce, chili powder, baking powder, pepper… all kinds of things are single use items in plastic or […]

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Current K-Dramas

My I.D. is Gangnam Beauty- I didn’t expect to like this one much at all and almost didn’t even try it. The cultural differences between my culture and Korean when it comes to plastic surgery and beauty standards are just not easy for me shrug off, so when plastic surgery for appearances is the theme […]

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Teach men and boys what?

The problem with illegal aliens who kill and or rape girls is not illegal aliens or our porous borders and it won’t be fixed by securing our borders. We just have to teach men and boys that no means no and they should listen to a woman and….. blah, blah, blah. I can’t even listen […]

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Stinky Fruits

I have eaten 3 of the five on this list. I don’t think Jackfruit stinks at all. I had a marang in my refrigerator for the last 12 hours and I don’t think my house will ever smell the same again. I may have to take everything out of the fridge and pinesol the every […]

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