10 Friday Nov 2017
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**[#6 is a damn fine recipe however. So there’s that…]
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“How to knock someone out with one hit”
I reckon I’m gonna have to rethink my visit over there.
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Come on, admit it Andrew. I had you at Chocolate Guinness Cake.
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Yup … you did.
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If you come for a visit, I promise to show you one of the things from my list. (That gives you a one out of six chance of Chocolate Guinness Cake!)
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I’ll end up with the stun gun or if I’m lucky, with a baby (they’re so cute) rattlesnake.
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Baby rattlesnake facts: they are venomous, and don’t rattle yet. Booked your ticket yet?
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I’m thinking about it. I can’t wait to meet Piri.
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Geez, Barb! It looks like you’re training to beat the crap out of someone, then send them a ‘get well soon’ cake in the hospital.
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Don’t be silly. Waste a perfectly good cake on someone with a concussion? Obviously, the cake is for bribing baby rattlesnake wranglers.
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Damn! I get none either way.
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That’s kind of a ‘good news/bad news’ scenario. (Sorry about the cake.)
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I can see why you might need chocolate cake 😉
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PLUS it’s so seriously densely heavy, it could get it’s own bullet point in the one-hit-knockout list.
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I may have to try it then 😉
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Cake hint: be sure to put it into a bundt pan (or something with hole in middle) like I used in the picture above. Otherwise you’ll be investing some serious time in waiting for that sucker to set in the middle. And the best part? You get to announce, “Oh, no I’m not just making an obscenely rich cardiac event opportunity because it’s so delicious. It’s for my book.” You’ll be amazed at how many people line up to help with the research.
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I can imagine 😀 As my imminent guest is a Guinness and chocolate cake lover, I really will have to make this one 🙂
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Barb, it is when we stop questioning ourselves that we are really in trouble. Some politicians spring to mind… As for the windows open currently, one was a great Spanish poet, one is a language program, P.T.S.D. formerly called Shell Shock during WWI, however, there are a few more to be opened soon and that would be too telling! 🙂 Alas I have gone sugar-free so the best I can do is a small square of pure dark chocolate. 🙂
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You’re probably right about the cake…we should require a note from people’s doctor before dispensing.
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Or perhaps the dietitian? It is disconcerting to discover how little doctors know about nutrition… 🙂 Keep questioning!
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A lot of interest in that cake, I see. Can I register some too? And tabs? Well, one I have open is titled ‘I am writing. Be afraid. Be very afraid.’ Sounds like some kind of threat.
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[shudders] I’d close that #AmWriting tab immediately. It sounds dangerous…
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Nothing bad has happened so far…
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Hahaha that made me laugh out loud, Barb! Can’t wait to read the novel when it’s finished!! 😉
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Thanks Shelley! (The cake definitely plays a role there.)
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we have been warned ! ))
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Indeed. (Care for a piece of chocolate cake?)
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Mine’s open mainly to recipes…
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That’s because you are a MUCH nicer person than I am.
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Maybe I just make it look like I am. 😉
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It sounds like you are going to have to take a couple nips of that Guiness before adding it to the cake after reading the first five topics.
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That’s the really great part of that recipe. You buy a six-pack of Guinness, and you have 5 1/2 bottles left!
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Wisdom Panel for dog DNA. My daughter wants to know the origin of her mutt. I think it’s German Shepherd and Bull Dog. I would like my own DNA test since I’m a mutt too.
Good luck with Nano! Hope all is well!
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One of my daughters said she was intrigued by DNA testing, but I had to tell her that they probably don’t have forms long enough to include everything that went into her–more varieties than Heinz 57 ketchup.
Thanks for the good wishes on NaNo. Are you doing it this year?
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I was all for reading this until i saw the image of the s***e.Shudder!! can’t do it… can’t do it! Sorry
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No, I’m the one who should be sorry. I’m not a huge fan of snakes, but it’s clowns that get that kneejerk outta-here from me. Sorry!
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Clowns have always terrified our eldest grandson … and he’s twenty-one.
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Well yeah…CLOWNS. [shudder]
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I would rather face the snakes and the clowns than try again for NoNoICan’tDoItNoMo
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I know what you mean. There’s something about my Novembers that seems to be a trigger for massive personal issues to develop. BUT I’ve spent an entire year working on the house renovations and really need some push forward to get a couple of writing projects finished. So fingers-crossed NaNo will not turn into NoNoICan’tDoItNoMo! (On the plus side, my loos do all have doors now. So maybe that past year hasn’t been a total loss…)
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LOL… Barb, you’re a researcher after my own heart. Enjoy!
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I get a TON of joy out of imagining your tabs!
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LOL. I haven’t gotten past email yet this morning, but yesterday you would have seen: a real estate search for Whimberley Texas, Dutch expletives, Convert photos to line drawings, Best places to live in Austin TX, and Name origins.
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my browser? Erm, the nearest Bupa hospital, the wiki entry for Lavrentiy Beria, a youtube of the Life of a Plastic bag (seriosuly funny – https://youtu.be/GLgh9h2ePYw – UK TV comedy shows for September 1987, four other blogs, my own and yours… and you had me at cake….
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That breathless BBC narrator “The cement jungles of California, home to literally dozens of animals.” I’m still laughing. You’re right—hilarious! I feel like I owe you a cake. When can you stop by? (Better make it soon…The lifecycle of the Guinness Chocolate Cake is a remarkably short one.)
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Ooo now there is an offer.
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Tonight my tabs are fairly tame but the other day I had “gun laws in D.C. vs. Virginia,” “Can decayed flesh be tested for DNA,” “Veterinarian anthesia’s effects on humans,” “scythes vs. machetes.” … Um, No, Mr. FBI Agent, I am not plotting a terrorist attack, honest!
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Scarier than a terrorist—it’s Kassandra Lamb plotting the next Buddy adventure!
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They are all interesting, Barb, but the last one sounds really delicious.
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