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Christmas Recipes: No Fail Chocolate Fudge | Submitted By: Terrie —14679 days’ago’
This fudge recipe is super creamy and everyone requests it during the holidays. While preparing, be sure that you don't let the mix get hotter than 238 degrees or it gets really dry but still tastes good.


Easter Recipes: Strawberry Pie III | Submitted By: ANTLALA —14679 days’ago’
The crust for this terrific pie is made with crumbled zwieback (twice-baked) toast which adds a wonderful texture to the finished pie. Its first layer is a sweetened cream cheese layer with whipped topping and mini marshmallows folded into it. The second is a chunky strawberry gelatin glaze. Chill the pie until it 's firm.


Halloween Recipes: World's Best Pumpkin Pie | Submitted By: MRSLIZBIZ —14679 days’ago’
Here is a simple, uncomplicated melding of canned pumpkin with sugar, cinnamon, eggs and milk, baked in the crust of your choice. A dollop of whipped cream is all the frou-frou you need.


Hanukkah Recipes: Gingerbread Waffles | Submitted By: DIANA38 —14679 days’ago’
A real tasty treat and smells great too! These waffles will impress your breakfast guests, and they are also more nutritious than regular waffles.


4th of July: Angel Hair Pasta Salad | Submitted By: Jill Cross —14679 days’ago’
Delicate strands of angel hair pasta are tossed with shrimp, green onions and ranch dressing for an easy and delicious cold salad. Combining the dressing with warm pasta helps the flavors to meld. Toss in the shrimp and onions when the pasta is cooled.

Finnotan's Read

What the F***? – Why we Curse. —14679 days’ago’
Steven Pinker in The New Republic The strange emotional power of swearing–as well as the presence of linguistic taboos in all cultures– suggests that taboo words tap into deep and ancient parts of the brain. In general, words have not just a denotation but a connotation: an emotional coloring distinct from what the word literally refers [...]


Republican rats scrabble to take over the sinking ship —14679 days’ago’
Gerard Baker in The London Times This year it’s different. While the Democratic race is, as I noted last week, turning into an extended coronation for the Sun Queen, the Republican contest is a fog of competitive chaos. This is all the more striking because the polls suggest that the party is on course for a [...]


The unbridgeable gap between law and science —14679 days’ago’
Steve Connor in The Independent It is always amusing to see how the legal mind treats science given that both aspects of human activity are about the search for the truth. The trouble is, the law, like politics, is about certainties, whereas science is as much about what we don’t know as what we know for [...]


Gore Wins the Nobel. But Will He Run? —14679 days’ago’
Eric Pooley in Time For the past year, Al Gore has gone about his considerable business without showing much interest in running for president. While picking up an Oscar and an Emmy, publishing a very smart book and playing host at a global concert for the planet, he’s never done more than tease the idea. And [...]


What has Al Gore Done For World Peace? —14679 days’ago’
Damian Thompson in The Telegraph So Al Gore is the joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Admittedly, he has to share it with the United Nations’ climate change panel – but, even so, I think we need to declare an international smugness alert. The former US Vice-President has already taken over from Michael Moore as the [...]