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TITLE: Revenge of Dr. Random: This Too Shall Blow Up
By Jacob Gibson
In our last episode, Dr. Random created a machine that accessed the writerÆs mind and began to randomize the world. His younger brother Modnar also created a machine that connected to the writerÆs mind and was able to vanquish the villain with the help of some new friends. Now Dr. Random is in jail and the world is safe once more. However, we all know that no one will ever be safe as long as there are... sequels to be made! Prepare yourself for even more lame jokes that few people will understand let alone laugh at! This will also be a good test of how nerdy you are. (Especially if you tell me that I did the game wrong) Fighting for the title of most random FW member.
Modnar: Now this is the life. Relaxing on the beach in a lawn chair with a good book and no bad sequels in sight.
Some guy: You said it. *takes a sip of lemonade* Nothing beats a clich├®d beginning of a story.
Some girl: I just hope this story doesnŌĆÖt have any conflict in it, because that would totally ruin this.
*dark clouds suddenly blot out the sky*
?????: Nee hee hee hee!
Some guy: Oh no! That sounds like an evil villain! Who could it be?
Some girl: Do we even need question marks? We all know who it is.
Modnar: No way! Not him!
*giant blimp descends and a white-haired man steps down*
Dr. Random: ThatŌĆÖs right! ItŌĆÖs-a me, Wario! I mean, Dr. Random!
Modnar: How the deuce did you escape from prison?
Dr. Random: Before I started my evil plan I read the book 'How to Escape from Prison to Allow a Bad Sequel.' Breaking out was much easier than I thought.
Some girl: What do you want this time?
Dr. Random: The same thing as last time... a pony! No, that wasn't it. I want to take over the world with randomness! And this time I have the advantage. I rebuilt my random machine and have used the very fact that this is a sequel to power it and make it twice as destructive. Because we all know that everyone has very high or low expectations for a sequel, and they usually aren't very good since Hollywood just wants our money.
Some guy: How do you use a fact to power a machine?
Dr. Random: Now you understand me. It's a bad sequel! It's the power of the badness!
Some guy: Ooooooookaaaaaaay then.
Modnar: What makes you think you can win this time?
Dr. Random: Because... there is still one part of Jacob's brain that I have not yet accessed. And that is.... Japanese cartoons!
Some guy: Anime. Yeah, that'll help.
Dr. Random: Nee hee hee! You will see that it will. Modnar, I challenge you to a card game monster duel! If you lose, the world will be mine. If you win, the world will still be mine but I'll share it with you and buy you an ice cream cone. Now I will have my revenge!!
Modnar: Wait. Wait. Stop. Revenge? Okay. I am so sick of you villains saying that. It shouldn't be called revenge when YOU STARTED ALL OF THIS TO BEGIN WITH!!
Dr. Random: I can call it revenge if I want, thank you. I can also call it pineapple pizza or fluffy bunny rabbit!
Modnar: But it's stupid! Think about it. We stop you from taking over the world, you get thrown in jail, someone lets you out to make a sequel, you vow revenge, we beat you again, you go to jail, get out, vow revenge, we win, you go to jail and come back, vow revenge, and the whole thing keeps going forever. DON'T YOU GET IT?!?! IT'S NOT REVENGE, IT'S JUST AN EXCUSE TO KEEP TRYING AND FAILING!!! YOU VILLAINS ARE ALL MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dr. Random: No need to talk with the Caps Lock on. It's not very polite.
Modnar: You didn't answer me!!! [censored...] *gets so furious he starts on fire*
Dr. Random: Ready or not you will duel me! *pushes a bottom on a remote and everything around them changes to anime style*
Some girl: @[email protected] Gah! What happened to me? My eyes just got huge and my mouth got tiny! My clothes look so girly! Ah! My motions are all screwed up too! IŌĆÖm going to have a nervous breakdown!
Modnar: And what just happened to my hair? *looks in mirror* Ack! ItŌĆÖs spiky with orange and green highlights!
Some guy: *mumbles* What a moron. IŌĆÖm just going to call the police. *pulls out his cell phone and dials 911*
Dr. Random: You think the police will help you? Nee hee hee hee! YouŌĆÖre too late! DonŌĆÖt you know that the world is now anime and therefore police officers and most parents donŌĆÖt even exist! Nya ha ha ha!
Some guy: Oh no! HeŌĆÖs right! They just told me that police officers donŌĆÖt exist anymore! Only other anime heroes like Astro Boy and Naruto can help us and theyŌĆÖre all busy!
Dr. Random: Let get this game started. It's time! To du-du-du-du-duel!
Michael Jackson: Has anyone seen my other glove? Anyone? I can't find it and it's driving me crazy. Fine, I'll just settle for one now.
(Back at the duel)
*Dr. Random and Modnar climb onto two small towers facing each other on opposite ends of a small playing field... that suddenly appeared*
Dr. Random: So, my brother, do you know how to play this game?
Modnar: Of course, I just so happened to learn it last night.
Dr. Random thinks: *Pumpernickle! I knew we should have played Backgammon. No one knows how to play that game.* Well IŌĆÖm sure you know the rules then. We both have 8000 life points and when I knock your points down to zero, you lose.
Modnar: You mean when either of us loses.
Dr. Random: No, youŌĆÖre going to lose and IŌĆÖm certain of it!
Modnar: I doubt that. With the pancreas of the cards and my imaginary friend Buckwheat who I just now made up, you donŌĆÖt have a chance.
Dr. Random: Hm hm hm. I doubt that. Since I challenged you youŌĆÖll go first.
Modnar: Whatever. LetŌĆÖs see what I have in my hand... I play Garden Gnome in defense mode! *sets down a card and a hologram of a giant garden gnome appears on his side of the field*
*thinks to himself: There, now that I have a monster in defense mode I can see what he plans to do and work on a strategy. Garden Gnome isnŌĆÖt very powerful so it wonŌĆÖt be too much of a loss. Wait, why are my thoughts echoing in my head like that? Agh, thatŌĆÖs so annoying!*
Dr. Random: Heh, playing it safe I see. Well that wonŌĆÖt help you. I play my favorite and most fierce monster, Pink Eye Brown Dragon! *sets down a card and a brown dragon with a pink eye appears*
Now, every monster that you put out on the field will get infected with pink eye and lose half of their defense power! Nee hee hee! Pink Eye, attack Garden Gnome with bad breath!
*Brown Dragon breathes on Garden Gnome and destroys it, causing ModnarŌĆÖs life points to drop to 6900*
*Modnar thinks: All of my monsters will get pink eye and lose 50% of their defense power? Shoot! That will make things tough. Nothing in my hand is strong enough to beat it.*
Buckwheat: Modnar, you can win this. Just trust your feelings, use the force, and pray to every god you can think of!
*Modnar thinks: Way to keep up with JapanŌĆÖs spiritual confusion, Buckwheat. I think IŌĆÖll just use common sense*
Buckwheat: Good luck with that.
Modnar: Okay, then. If itŌĆÖs going to be like this then IŌĆÖm going to find a way around this. First IŌĆÖll play Advertising Knight in defense mode again. Next I lay this card face down on the field.
Dr. Random: Ah! The typical lure-me-into-attacking-you-so-IŌĆÖll-get-bit-in-the-butt trick. That wonŌĆÖt work. Because IŌĆÖm going to play another monster! You should remember this guy well. ItŌĆÖs FAILMAN!! Now as a buff goblin. And since this time Leetman is no where to be found, I doubt you can avoid the sting of failure! Nee hee hee hee! Failman, attack the trap card with blazing fail!
Failman!: *shoots lots of fail at card and destroys it*
Dr. Random: Hee hee! It was nothing but a bear trap! It would have trapped my monster if I attacked you but now itŌĆÖs worthless.
Modnar: Perfect. You fell for my real trap and now IŌĆÖm free to attack you. Advertising Knight, attack Failman with your lance!
Advertising Knight: Revenge of Dr. Random is brought to you by ŌĆ£Angel of LightŌĆØ by Mick Dawson in the faithwriters critique circle. Honestly, people, read it! ItŌĆÖs a great story! (Dawson had nothing to do with this advertisement) *Knight charges Failman with lance. Attack fails*
Dr. Random: Wee hee hee! You novice! DonŌĆÖt you know that any attack at Failman will fail? ItŌĆÖs hopeless! Ha ha ha!
Modnar: Are you serious? ThatŌĆÖs beyond stupid! What kind of rules are those? YouŌĆÖre just cheating!
Dr. Random: Of course IŌĆÖm cheating. IŌĆÖm evil! Poop on the rules, I have money! Pink Eye, annihilate Advertising Knight with fire breath!
Pink Eye: *shoots fire at him*
Advertising Knight: Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letter GAAAAAAAH! *annihilated* *ModnarŌĆÖs life points drop to 5200*
*Modnar thinks: This is looking real bad! And why do I keep talking to myself?*
Guy standing in front of a pit: This is madness!
Spartan: This! Is! Sparta! *kicks at the guy standing in front of the pit*
Pit guy: *dodges his foot... grabs his leg... throws Spartan in the pit*
Spartan: Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!
(Back at the duel...)
Dr. Random: So, brother, whatŌĆÖs your plan now? IŌĆÖm just dying to see it.
*Modnar thinks: This is stupid. How in the world do I beat someone I canŌĆÖt even hit?*
Buckwheat: Modnar, I think I have an idea.
Modnar: How can you have an idea I wouldnŌĆÖt have when youŌĆÖre my imaginary friend?
Buckwheat: Because, if you can believe it, long ago... I used to be someone elseŌĆÖs imaginary friend. *two episodes of back story later*
Modnar: Wow, I had no idea. So whatŌĆÖs your plan?
Buckwheat: I dunno, I just felt like you should know that stuff. I guess I kind of failed at helping you huh?
*Modnar thinks: Pretty much. Wait a minute... fail! Of course! Why didnŌĆÖt I think of it before!* Dr., I just figured out how to defeat one of your monsters and youŌĆÖll wish you would have covered your fanny. I play Lionbear the guru of common sense!
*a muscular half lion half bear standing on two feet appears*
Lionbear, attack Failman and aim way off!
*Lionbear misses Failman... failure fails... Lionbear hits Failman and defeats him... RandomŌĆÖs life points drop to 7750*
Dr. Random: Curse you!!! *smirks* Well, you got lucky there. But now that you made your first mistake with Advertising Knight and wasted a turn itŌĆÖs time to play a card that will be sure to guarantee my victory. I play the powerful and beautiful Muffin Princess! *a sparkly princess in a muffin-themed dress appears*
Muffin Princess: ^______^ Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin!...
Dr. Random: Muffin Princess could be my most powerful card of all. Because she has the ability to irritate you so you can't focus. It's only a matter of time before you lose your sanity! Nee hee hee hee HEE!
Muffin Princess: ^______^ Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin! Muffin!...
Modnar: @[email protected] I'M GOING TO SHOOT MYSELF!!!!
*Modnar thinks: Gah, how in the world can I win this duel? It was hard enough when I was able to concentrate.
Dr. Random: You probably wish that my turn was over, but Muffin Princess can do much more than annoy you! Oh yes... just to make this a total pwnership IŌĆÖm going to do this to finish my turn. Muffin Princess, power up Pink Eye Brown Dragon!
Muffin Princess: ^_________^ Muffin! *gives several muffins to Pink Eye Brown Dragon, attack points go through the roof*
Dr. Random: Nee hee hee! And thereŌĆÖs one more thing you should know. Since Muffin Princess is just a little girl you canŌĆÖt attack her. Everyone knows you canŌĆÖt hit a girl!
*Modnar thinks: Crud!!!*
Some guy: Come on, Modnar, weŌĆÖre rooting for you! IŌĆÖm sure youŌĆÖll think of something!
Some girl: Yeah, remember the power of friendship! ItŌĆÖs strong enough to beat anything!
Some bystander: *throws up*
Some dude: Okay, we're almost to the top of the mountain. The wise one should be here.
Some dudette: He better be! You led us up the wrong mountain and now my feet are in agony!
Some dude: There he is! Sitting on that rock near the edge! *both run to him*
Some dude: Oh wise one! We have climbed this mountain to seek your wisdom and wise advice.
Wise one: You have earned the right to hear my wisdom and each may ask one question.
Some dudette: Great, that's all I need. Tell me... who should I marry?
Some dude: That's your important question?
Some dudette: I don't want to make a huge mistake!
Wise one: If I told you who it was and you didn't believe me, you could marry someone else and my prediction would be false. But if you knew and tried too hard to gain his affection, you might scare him away and that would also ruin my prediction.
Some dudette: So then... you don't know.
Wise one: Exactly. But if I had to guess his name would be Charlie.
Blue and Red unicorns: Chaaaaaaaaaaaaarlieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Some dudette: DX
Some dude: Oh brother. My question is actually a good one. Wise one, I have come to ask you a question of highest importance and urgency. What can we do to stop global warming and save the planet?
Wise one: That's it?... That's your big question? You came all this was to ask me that?
Some dude: Yes.
Wise One: ..... ha! Ha ha! Mwahahahahahahaha! Ah ha ha ha HA ha ha ha!
Some dude: Excuse me but what is so funny?
Wise one: DAH ha ha ha ha ha ha! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Oh my sides hurt! *rolls on the ground and holds his gut*
Some dude: Stop laughing and tell me the answer!
Wise one: Hee hee hee hee hee! Gah ha ha ha ha ha-- *slips and falls down the mountain* Aaaaaaaaah!!
Some dude: Now I'll never know!
Some reader: Why is Jacob always so skeptical about global warming caused by man? Doesn't he even care about the environment?
Jacob: Skeptical?.......Ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Wah ha ha ha ha ha-- *slips and falls down the same mountain* Aaaaaaaaah!! *dies*
*story ends*
*Luigi give him and Wise One a 1-up mushroom and brings them back to life*
Jacob: Wahoo! Let's-a go!
*story continues*
(Back at the duel...)
Modnar: *plugs ears* Oh man, IŌĆÖm going to lose it. Alrighty then. For my turn IŌĆÖll play the Star Wars kid robot in defense mode and lay this card face down. Your move.
Crowd: De-fense! *stomp stomp*
Dr. Random: More defending? I am laughing at you again. YouŌĆÖre going to love this one. First IŌĆÖll set a card face down. Then I play the one and only Ultra Liberal Gremlin! *a slimy gremlin in a suit appears* HeŌĆÖs a faithful member of the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Gremlins for Fashion. Since youŌĆÖre obviously not laying down another trap card, IŌĆÖm going to attack. Ultra Liberal Gremlin, destroy Mechanical Star Wars kid!
Ultra Liberal Gremlin: *sets a large American flag on fire and throws it toward MSWK to wrap around him... attack is stopped*
Random: Ha! IŌĆÖm not stupid after all! You activated my trap card; Toonces, the cat that can drive!
*an old car crashes off a cliff and falls on Ultra Liberal Gremlin, defeating it*
*Keyboard cat plays him off... ceiling cat watches in horror... spaghetti cat eats spaghetti*
Random: Noooooo! Curse you!!! *life points drop to 6400*
Modnar: Now that you made your first mistake itŌĆÖs time to play a card that you should really appreciate. I summon...!
(Meanwhile, in another world....)
Timmy's Mom and Dad: Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Timmyyyyyyyyyyy! *burst into his room* Guess what?
Timmy Turner: *rolls eyes* Oh no. Please don't tell me you're going somewhere without me again and you're going to leave me with Vicky to torment me!
Mom: Of course not son.
Dad: We're going somewhere without you again and we're going to leave you with Vicky to have fun! She just loves spending time with you.
Timmy: *sighs* Where are you going this time? A golf course? The opera? The museum of bologna?
Dad: Ha ha! Museum of bologna. WeŌĆÖve already done that twice!
Mom: Actually, we're going to a parent conference to learn how to be better parents!
Dad: That's right! Dr. Spankerson is going to tell us how important it is to spend more time with our precious gift from above. I sure don't want to make the same mistake my father made.
(flashback) Timmy's Dad's parents: Ohhhhhhhhhhhh sooooooooon! Guess what? We're going to a parent conference to learn how to be better parents.
His dad: That's right! We want to learn how to give you the most love we possibly can.
Young Dad: Please don't tell me that you're going to leave Nicky to babysit me again! SheŌĆÖs so mean!
His mom: Come on, sport. Nicky loves to play with you. She's the best babysitter we've ever had.
Young Dad: She's the only babysitter we've ever had! Please take me with you!
His mom: Now, son, this is important. You deserve the best from us and that's why we're going to be gone for three days.
His dad: Exactly! I remember what it was like when I was a kid, and I sure don't want to make the same mistake my father made. *begins to have another flashback almost exactly like Timmy's dad*
Timmy: If you have to go please take me with you!
Mom: Ha! DonŌĆÖt be silly, Timmy. YouŌĆÖd probably be so bored that you would rather be anywhere else.
Timmy: IŌĆÖd like to see how she treated me if you didnŌĆÖt pay her just once.
*doorbell rings*
Mom: Ooh, thatŌĆÖs probably Vicky. We better go so you two can be alone.
Both: Have fuuuuuuuun! *parents dash off*
*Wanda and Cosmo appear* Timmy: Did you hear that? TheyŌĆÖre leaving me again! Even when I asked to go along!
Cosmo: Hey, maybe it will be different this time and Nicky wonŌĆÖt be as mean as usual.
Wanda: Cosmo, itŌĆÖs Vicky. You must be thinking of the babysitter in the flashback.
Cosmo: I did say Dixie!
Wanda: Dixie? No one said anything about a Dixie!
Cosmo: Look, I was listening the whole time and I think I would know a Jenny from a Tiffany.
Wanda: No, there is no Tiffany or...! Never mind.
Timmy: *begins to blockade his door* ThatŌĆÖs it! This is the last time I put up with this. I would rather be anywhere else than here with Vicky! I wish that I was invisible and in the back of my parents car!
Cosmo: Bologna conference here we come!
*Wanda and Cosmo raise their wands*
*bright light shines from above and a muscular fairy in army gear descends into the bedroom*
Jorgen: Timmy Turneh!
Timmy: Jorgen? Oh great, what did I do now?
Jorgen: You have dun nutting this time, but I cahnnot allow you to hauv this wish right now. You three hauv been summoned to a cahd game that will determine the fate of tha world!
Cosmo: Hey! What a coincidence! Timmy just asked to be anywhere else and now weŌĆÖre going somewhere else that we probably wonŌĆÖt like!
Wanda: *looks horrified* Did you say the fate of the world depends on us?
Jorgen: *plays a recording of himself saying it* Yes I did! IŌĆÖm sorry to intahrrupt this sure-to-be-hilehrious episode but you cahn come back to it lateh.
Timmy: Why are we the only Nickelodeon characters on the show? Why not Spongebob?
Jorgen: Spongebob isnŌĆÖt exactly dee violent type.
*scene switch* Spongebob: *dances with jellyfish while trying to catch them* La la la la la la la!
Jorgen: Now, let us go quick before my muscles get bored! *raises a giant wand and they all disappear*
(back at the duel)
Modnar: I summon Timmy and his fairy god parents!
Timmy: Huh? Where are we? Ah! A giant brown dragon!
Cosmo: And heŌĆÖs got pink eye too! My eye is starting to itch!
Wanda: Mine too. Agh! Cosmo, Timmy! What happened to your faces? We look ridiculous!
Cosmo: Wooooooooah, youŌĆÖre right. We look like real humans, only with more exaggerations. And youŌĆÖre... *suddenly notices Wanda, eyes get huge* Hummina hummina hummina...
Wanda: What? Why are you looking at me like that? *looks in mirror* Ack! Who gave me the body of a tall thin teen girl with pink hair and a school uniform? Stop drooling like that, Cosmo, canŌĆÖt you see this is embarrassing?
Random: Oh no! Not them! Last time he used them to summon Chuck Norris and beat me! I canŌĆÖt let that happen again.
Timmy: Oh no! Not him again! What did we deserve to come back to this world a second time?
Cosmo: You mean weŌĆÖre in a bad sequel? *cries* IŌĆÖm too young to guest star in a bad sequel!
Wanda: Wait, please donŌĆÖt tell me this is the same story with all of the corny jokes.
Cosmo: Did someone say corny jokes? *turns into a corn cob in front of a microphone* Hey everyone! What did the pumpkin say to the watermelon when it fell on the tomato? *a pig shows up* Oh no! A pig! Get away from me! Aaaaaah! *quickly rolls away as pig chases after him*
Timmy: *plugs ears* WhatŌĆÖs the deal with that girl chanting ŌĆ£muffinŌĆØ? Even Vicky wouldnŌĆÖt be able to stand her!
Modnar: DonŌĆÖt worry, friends, youŌĆÖll be out of here soon. Timmy, summon Chuck Norris!
Timmy: No problemo. I wish Chuck Norris was here again!
*Cosmo reappears with Wanda and they raise their wands*
Chuck Norris: *cracks knuckles* Well, well, well... look who got out of prison to make a bad sequel.
Dr. Random: *acts horrified then smiles* You think youŌĆÖre going to win again that easy, donŌĆÖt you? Well maybe you forgot about the card I laid down. ItŌĆÖs one that I just made up... Magic Stop Sign! It prevents all magic for this turn. Say goodbye to your last hope!
Chuck Norris: Ah man! *vanishes*
Random: Now for my turn IŌĆÖll do this. Muffin Princess! Power up Pink Eye Brown Dragon again!
Brown Dragon: *eats muffins and powers up again*
Some girl: Look at its attack points! It's over nine-THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!!
Random: Now nothing is strong enough to defeat it! You have one more turn and then IŌĆÖll wipe out Star Wars kid robot and Lionbear at the same time along with your life points. Then the world will be mine! Cheating is so much fun, nee hee hee!
The knights who say nee: Nee!
*Modnar thinks: Looks like itŌĆÖs time to talk to myself again. Buckwheat, what should I do now?*
Buckwheat: Eat your wheaties!
*Modnar thinks: Always a load of help. Ah ha! I got it!* I still can make two more wishes right? Timmy... *whispers something to him*
Timmy: o_0 What? Are you serious? How will that help? Oh well, IŌĆÖll play along. I wish that all of the cutest anime girls on the planet were here!
*Thousands of cute anime girls in different outfits show up for a few seconds and wink at Pink Eye Brown Dragon*
Pink Eye: @[email protected] *gasps...gets huge nosebleed... faints*
Modnar: Ha ha ha! It worked! Now your Pink Eye Brown Dragon will be unconscious for one whole turn. ThatŌĆÖs more than enough time to win!
Random: *holds a tissue up to his own nose* Uh... did you say something? Ah! What happened to my Pink Eye? Ooooooh, now youŌĆÖre asking for it. I play mind control to take control of Star Wars kid robot!
*SWKR appears on his side of the field*
Star Wars kid robot, attack Lionbear!
*SWKR spins around Lionbear with a golf club retriever and attacks him repeately then self-destructs and defeats Lionbear... ModnarŌĆÖs life points drop to 3200... yes IŌĆÖm pulling these numbers out of thin air, you think IŌĆÖve actually played the game?*
Modnar: I have no monsters on the field again! This is it. One last turn.
Today in Nature on PBS...
Bug-eyed Mouse: Welcome everyone, please gather in for our monthly meeting of Prey Worried Senseless About Extinction. We need to work on new methods to survive because according to the all-knowing, all-seeing experts our kind are going extinct around the world. Now after much thought we have found three options available to us. One, we can double our reproduction rate.
Males: Yaaaaaaaaaay!
Females: Noooooooooo!
Bug-eyed mouse: Second, we can become carnivores and eat our enemies. Anyone seen DisneyŌĆÖs The Wild?
Confused chicken: The one with Simba and that funny warthog and meercat?
Bug-eyed mouse: No, that was Lion King. Third, we can evolve new defense measures to protect ourselves. It will take hundreds if not thousands of years so we better start deciding what we want right now so we can work on them.
Screeching sheep: I want to have wings, screeeeech!
Blue-spotted deer: I want to be able to shoot fire out of my rear end like those bugs!
Break dancing rabbit: I want to grow to gigantic size and get huge fangs! *break dances*
Gangster frog: Poop on evolution, lets manufacture guns and make them go extinct!
All: Why didnŌĆÖt we think of that sooner!! YES!
Bug-eyed mouse: Woooooooo! This is a revolution in the evolutionary process! Meeting adjourned! LetŌĆÖs get ŌĆśem!!!
Tune in next time on Nature for Arms Race of the Wild
(Also meanwhile)
Joey: *pops a Wheeler*
Yugi: *pops a Moto*
(Back at the duel)
Modnar: My last chance before Pink Eye wakes up. Here goes! Timmy, what are your favorite Japanese movies?
Timmy: Uhhhhhhh... I donŌĆÖt really watch Japanese movies. Wait, there is one IŌĆÖve seen a long time ago.
Modnar: Is it this one? *whispers to him*
Timmy: Heh heh! Yeah! For my final wish, I wish that Godzilla was here!!
*a man in a Godzilla costume appears and roars weakly*
*Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda, and Modnar stare in horror*
Timmy: *smiles sheepishly* Uh-oh.
Cosmo: Go Godzilla! You can do it! Save the world! Woooo! *the three characters vanish and return to their world*
Modnar: IŌĆÖm doomed!!!
(To be continued... eh, maybe IŌĆÖll just end it now)
Random: So, brother, is that your final move?
Modnar: This canŌĆÖt happen. The good guys always win. Always! There must be something I can do. This next card is my last hope. *I was a fool to trust in an imaginary person. God, help me to get the card I need and know what to do.* Yes! I got it! Alright, brother, the story ends now before the reader canŌĆÖt take any more. For my next move IŌĆÖll use Copy Cat and copy the Mind Control card you played. Next, IŌĆÖll use it on Muffin Princess and bring her to my side to protect my life points. Like you said, you canŌĆÖt hurt a little girl.
Random: Noooooooo!
Modnar: Then IŌĆÖll use this card Pumpkin Eater that will allow me to play more moves than I should be allowed. Next I play Resurrection to bring back Failman from the graveyard to my side!
Random: You canŌĆÖt do that!
Modnar: Just watch. IŌĆÖll use a Polymerization card to combine Failman and Godzilla together! Now that Failman and Godzilla are one, fake Godzilla fails to be a failure and so he turns into... real Godzilla!
*Godzilla grows humongous and roars*
Random: ThereŌĆÖs no way this can be fair!
Modnar: Now, Muffin Princess, power up real Godzilla!
*Godzilla is powered up with muffins*
Modnar: Next, IŌĆÖll give Muffin Princess five dollars and send her to the bakery, giving her life points to Godzilla.
Muffin Princess: ^__________^ *runs off* Brownie! Brownie! Brownie! Brownie! Brownie!
Modnar: But IŌĆÖm still not finished! Since Godzilla isnŌĆÖt strong enough to defeat Pink Eye and also finish you off, IŌĆÖm going to use the Power of Cheese to power him up even more with sharp fangs and claws!
*Behold the power of cheese.*
You know what they say. You canŌĆÖt have a good combo without cheese. Ha ha ha ha!
*rim shot*
Random: You call yourself a good guy when you cheat even more than I do?!
Modnar: Finally, IŌĆÖll play Ginormous Cannon and put Godzilla in it and point him right at your dragon. And just to add insult to injury, I think IŌĆÖll let you have the honors of destroying your own monster. Why defeat you when I can completely pwn you! *button appears underneath the sleeping dragonŌĆÖs foot*
Random: Aaaaaaaarrrrrgh!!!
Modnar: That should do it for my turn. Your turn, brother. Thanks for the chance to totally destroy you in a card game again. ItŌĆÖs been fun. ^^
*Pink Eye Brown Dragon wakes up... steps on trigger... cannon fires Godzilla at him at blazing speed and defeats him... Dr. RandomŌĆÖs life points drop to zero*
Random: You filthy cheater! ThereŌĆÖs no way that was fair!
Modnar: YouŌĆÖre just jealous because you donŌĆÖt know how to cheat like I do.
Some guy: Look! Everything is changing back to normal! And the police just showed up.
Police officer: *handcuffs the dr.* Random, youŌĆÖre under arrest for trying to take over the world again. And this time youŌĆÖre going to jail with no hope for a sequel.
Random: *dragged away* Nooooooooo! I will have my revenge! I will have it I say! I will! I will! I will!
Modnar: So, should we go back to relaxing like before?
Some girl: How am I supposed to relax when I know that Jacob could still make another sequel with another villain at any moment?
Jacob: Pffff, I doubt that.
Some guy: Ack! Who said that!
Modnar: Well, I guess with Hollywood thereŌĆÖs no guarantee that you wonŌĆÖt get a bad sequel. Who wants to play me in duel creatures! IŌĆÖm all warmed up now.
Some guy and some girl: Ehhhhhh... *run away as fast as they can*
Timmy: WeŌĆÖre back... and normal again. Well, that didnŌĆÖt go very well. Hopefully the world doesnŌĆÖt end because of us.
Wanda: You did what your best, Sport. ItŌĆÖs not your fault if he loses. He told you what to do.
Cosmo: Hey, look on the bright side. If he does lose at least you wonŌĆÖt have to deal with Nicky.
Wanda: For the last time, Comso, it's...
*door slams shut downstairs*
Cosmo: Oh look! Speak of the devil!
Timmy: Aaaaaagh! IŌĆÖve got to make a wish quick! What to do?! What to do?! What to do?! *stops, makes evil smirk* Cancel my last wish, guys. I have a much better idea. Come with me and be ready to grant one of my best wishes yet!
Vicky: *smashes down TimmyŌĆÖs door with a battering ram* Hey, Twerp! Are you ready for three days of mind-blowing fun with your favorite babysitter? Huh? WhereŌĆÖd he go? The windowŌĆÖs open! He climbed out with a rope. He wonŌĆÖt get away that easily and I won't fall for a trap! *runs downstairs and out of the door*
Vicky: *finds Timmy slowly running down the sidewalk, catches him, and holds him up to her face* Ah-ha! There you are, Twerp. Trying to escape again?
Timmy: *smiles* Nope. I was just waiting for you. I thought you might like to play a game outside today. ItŌĆÖs called the hundred mile dash. *holds up a mirror to her face*
Vicky: Ah! What happened to my face?! My eyeballs are huge! My mouth is tiny! My hair is way too long! What in the world am I wearing?
A large gang of nerds: Oh my word! Check it out, guys. Just like the buck-toothed kid said. A real life anime girl! Snort! IŌĆÖve got to ask her out! No IŌĆÖm going to! No I am! *chase after her*
Vicky: Nyaaaaaaaah! Geeks! Stay away from me! *runs away*
The actors who play Edward and Jacob from the Twilight movies: *run beside her still getting chased by a mob of girls*
Wanda: *chases after them* Wait for me, Edward! I need your autograph too!
Cosmo: Hey! She STILL never asks for my autograph!
Timmy: Well, I have a sudden urge to play Speed Racer. Are you interested?
Cosmo: You know it! *changes into a green Mach 5, Timmy hops in, and they race after the mob to watch*
Go Speed Ra-cer! Go Speed Ra-cer! Go Speed Ra-cer, gooooooo!
Some reader: That really wasnŌĆÖt as random as the first one. *gets tackled by a professional swimmer*
The end. The moral of the story is... buy more card games!!!
Fact: for anyone wondering IŌĆÖve only seen season one of Yu-gi-oh.
2. If you haven't heard of spaghetti cat yet then get thee to youtube on the double! (especially "I Weep for You" by Parry Grip)
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Jonathan Kay writes about "Jewish Groundhog Day," or the cyclical myth that Jews will suddenly bolt into the arms of the Republican Party. He chuckles at the idea, and then describes why this will never happen:
[W]hy do most Jews vote Democrat? Simple: Because U.S. Jews are overwhelmingly urban, educated, and very, very liberal. In 2008, for instance, 45 percent of surveyed American Jewish voters described themselves as "liberal," versus about 12 percent who described themselves as "conservative"—a difference of 33 percent. And that difference has actually grown (from 22 percent) since 1976.
Moreover, women vote more than men—and American Jewish women are an especially liberal voting bloc. I once heard Dick Morris say in a speech that they are the most socially liberal group in the entire United States. Why, exactly, would these people vote for a Republican Party whose official position is anti-abortion and pro-gun, and whose cultural identity is defined in large part by rural Evangelical Christians?

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Denise Young Smith is Apple's vice president of Inclusion and Diversity reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Denise leads Apple's efforts globally to ensure an inclusive culture that's representative and embracing of all diversities.
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The snack bar at any swim meet can generate tremendous income, especially if items to be sold are donated by the parents or local businesses. Baked goods, fruit and other goodies tend to be very popular.
At the club level volunteers are needed to serve on club board of directors, or booster clubs. The most experienced volunteers are needed here.
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It finally happened. My two best friends and I actually decided on a date to go on a vacation together. The three of us work full-time and go to grad school and even though our vacation was a mini one – an overnight in Napa, it was a much-needed and relaxing break. Many thanks to Kristin Luna from Camels & Chocolate for going on her girls' trip to Napa and thereby kicking my butt and motivating me to actually make my own girls' trip happen, otherwise the wonderful photos of food, wine, and blissful nothingness that you are about to see might not even exist.
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Rwandan Filmmaker and Genocide Survivor to Lecture at Webster University
Apr. 9, 2013
ST. LOUIS, April 9, 2013 - "Rwanda: Beyond The Deadly Pit," a moving documentary about the Rwanda massacre, will be presented on Webster University's main campus at 7:30 p.m. April 23 in the Winifred Moore Auditorium by Gilbert Ndahayo, the producer and director of the acclaimed film. The event is free and open to the public. Ndahayo also will visit classes at Webster to discuss his works and his life.
Ndahayo, an award-winning writer and director, lost fifty-two members of his close family in the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda during a wave of ethnic cleansing that took the lives of more than a million within a hundred days of the spring 1994. His film follows his three year journey to locate and confront the men who are believed to have killed his family. In his film, Ndahayo includes untold stories of the nuns who witnessed the slaughter and rare footage of the alleged perpetrators filmed in the traditional court "gacaca."
"Ndahayo's documentary movie is about forgiveness, what happened during the genocide, and how the survivors and perpetrators deal with each other now," said event organizer Olive Mukabalisa, an international relations graduate student who is from Rwanda. "I'm hoping that he will not only teach the community about what it means to be a survivor of genocide, but also how to move on."
This film screening is being held to mark the 19th commemoration of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. April is also considered Holocaust History Month. Ndahayo was invited to speak by the Webster African Student Association and his visit is supported by Debbie Pierce, Director of the Cente r for International Studies, and the Sustainability Coalition. His appearance is sponsored by the Student Government Association.
The genocide in Rwanda was a result of ethnic tensions between the ruling Hutu government and the minority Tutsis, who had previously ruled the country. These tensions were exacerbated with interference from colonial powers that supported one side for their own political ends. On April 6th, 1994 the genocide was triggered by the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana, the President of Rwanda. The killings started the same night by Hutu militias and extremists blaming the Tutsis on the assassination of their Hutu President. During the next one hundred days, the Hutu militias killed anywhere from 800,000 to one million people, most of the victims were Tutsis and Hutus who were "Tutsi sympathizers."
Ndahayo was seventeen years old when the violence broke out. He was a young man who was more interested in showing off his hip hop skills, football prowess and his gold medal from the two hundred meters race at the national high school Olympics. On April 10th, Interahamwe (Hutu militia death squad) stormed a convent where Ndahayo's parents have sought refuge. The killers ransacked the convent, rounded up about 153 people including his parents and murdered them. They then dumped the bodies in a pit and burned the corpses.
Ndahayo narrowly survived by running to seek refuge at an RPF military camp. Recently, Ndahayo told the Rwandan Times, "My parents went to hide in the convent, nearby our home thinking they would be safe. I have a life because RPF soldiers protected me and others. In 2006, I felt the need to say something. But I just could not speak."
In 2006, Ndahayo joined the Rwandan film industry. He received training from acclaimed
director Mira Nair ("Mississipi Masala", "Mansoon Wedding" and "Kuma Sutra") and mentored
by Misan Sagay, who wrote Oprah Winfrey's "Their Eyes were watching God". He developed
a passion for film after illuminating courses from a Hollywood film editor Kris Boden,
who is known for the works "Dear John," "Carlito's Way" and "Hamlet."
Ndahayo's debut short "Scars Of My Days," a film about love set in the capital city, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in front of an audience that included former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame.
In 2008, he released the film "Behind This Convent," which won the Verona Award for Best African Film and a Signis Commendation for Best documentary film at Zanzibar International Film Festival. He also produced the film "Flores de Ruanda" which won the 2010 Goya Award. In 2011, Ndahayo completed "Rwanda: Beyond the Deadly Pit" after six years in the making of the documentary and in the same year, he earned co-director credits in the documentary "Life in a Day," that was directed by Kevin Macdonald and produced by Ridley Scott and the creative team at YouTube. It was released at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
In 2014 for the 20th commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Ndahayo will release a trilogy about his life experience: "The Rwandan night," "The Rwandan Day" and "The Rwandan Silence." To complete the trilogy, which will total 270 minutes on film, Ndahayo will publish his first memoir on documenting the Rwandan genocide.
Ndahayo studied history and psychology at Kigali Institute of Education. He migrated
to New York City in 2008, and was admitted to Columbia University's School of the
Arts where he is pursuing a Master's in Fine Arts in film directing.
He is the first Rwandan to be nominated for an African Movie Academy Awards, referred to as the "African Oscars." In addition to filmmaking, he worked for five years as writer and editor for Baobab Connections, an Afro-Dutch online magazine on globalization.
"Rwanda: Beyond The Deadly Pit" has been subject to the American scholarly scrutiny and received Santa Clara County Commendation and US House of Representatives – Special Congregational Recognition at Silicon Valley African Film Festival in 2011. Ndahayo is also a recipient of The Vivian G. Prins Fellowship for Artists at risk and often speaks internationally to raise awareness about Rwanda's genocide.


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Global Connected Enterprise Market size is expected to reach USD 1.94 trillion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The increasing need for automation and proliferation of connected devices is providing new growth avenues for the connected enterprise market.
Enterprises are moving toward digital technologies to transform their business operations, improve customer experiences and rapidly respond to emerging threats and opportunities. Industry collaborations with connected technology are gaining prominence for improving agility, productivity, and business process management. Although the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and connected technologies are becoming adept, several organizations have not included their collaboration with smart technologies in business strategies.
The implementation of intelligent networks has improved optimization of assets including equipment reliability, and energy usage and has expanded the capacity of existing assets. Enterprises are integrating people, tools, processes, and platforms comprising infrastructure and applications to disrupt the business productivity with next-generation solutions.
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- The healthcare sector is expected to reach a valuation of over USD 150 billion by 2025 on account of its transition from providing provider-centric to patient-centric solutions
- The Asia Pacific region is expected to be the fastest-growing regional market as the enterprises in the region are deploying connected infrastructure in new areas to improve their revenues.
- The key industry players include IBM Corporation, Rockwell Automation, Inc., IBM Corporation, Honeywell International, Inc., and PTC Inc.
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What would be a good site where I could learn about computer hardware and stuff like that? I only know the gritty basics and would like to learn more.
What would be a good site where I could learn about computer hardware and stuff like that? I only know the gritty basics and would like to learn more.
This is quite a useful website to keep upto date with all the latest stuff:
Thanks, but I was looking more for something like how computers work kind of deal. I'll still check that site in more detail though.
how much detail. I was in a computer building class. do you mean like how to
customize what's in your computer or something like attaching the circuitry
Just about anything, as long as it starts from the beginning. So something that would say X does Y and elaborates on it, Z does W, etc.
A real example would be like what exactly a processor does and so on.
I just want to learn this stuff for background purposes only so far. I don't plan on building/modding a computer anytime soon
It seems as though computer architecture is what you're looking for, though I don't know of any references, I'm afraid.
you could try and reverse engineering them look up all the parts you remove on the internet
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Cupcakes are old news and cookies are ubiquitous. It's time for delicately crafted mini tarts with creative flavors. Welcome Früute in West Hollywood.
Früute is a collaboration of two sisters and their mother. The mother develops the recipes for the tarts, the daughter (at least one of them) brings her experience in branding. It's a tiny shop on Santa Monica Blvd serving gorgeous tiny tarts like this Wasabi with blood orange center, frangipane in pistachio crust, garnished with mint leaf tempura.


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I'm going to try to be more consistant with my blogging. I need to start writing on a regular basis again. Writing in general. Not necessarily just rambling blogs but just writing in whatever form. I don't use my brain enough. I'm going to try to write something on a daily basis starting today. We'll see how long I can go in a row without flaking out on my new personal commitment to write daily.
Today I have to take the twins to school and probably Dillon as well. I have to take Kylee to the DMV for her 10:30am appointment to take the written test again. She let her permit expire so now has to start over again.
I'm tired but it's a quarter to four am and I know my phone will ring around six am because I have to take the kids to school. So if I sleep I'll probably have a hard time getting up. It is going to be a long day. I'm torn on whether to nap or not. My eyes are burning so I want to close t hem but I absolutely HAVE to get out the door before 7:30am and won't be back home til noon at the very earliest, and probably much later than that.
Well that's enough for now. I will try to write more tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Day 1 of attempting to write daily
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Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Such Great Heights by The Postal Service.
Today has been quite a day of adventures. First, I saw an antelope. An honest-to-goodness antelope. Two of them. It happened while I was driving. There's an open theater near my house and just as I was going past it, on the crest of a hill, sprung up two antelope. My first literal thought was "I'm not in Africa."
I never knew that they lived here in the desert. It was incredible. I only wish I could have taken a picture. But driving+camera=not a good idea. But here is a pretty close approximate. It almost has the right angle and everything.
My second adventure today was squeezing stewed tomatoes. Yep, I live the high life. My sister needed them without the water for our Cinco de Mayo dinner, and so I got squeezing duty. Pulling them out of the jar was interesting enough. Like pulling a sci-fi slug from a jar. It was fun to poke. I still do indeed, play with my food. ^_^
The color was fantastic.
So, today's lesson is - take life by the tomato and squeeze it! (not entirely sure where the antelope comes in). . .
Of Tomatoes and. . . Antelope?
Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Such Great Heights by The Postal Service.
2 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Heather! You can't post a picture of that yummy food without posting the recipe!! Geez.... :)
- May 5, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- Heather Zundel said...
You want the recipe? Never fear! It is on its way! :D
- May 6, 2009 at 5:27 PM


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TORONTO – The Royal Bank has seen the growth of its consumer lending business slow down and that's a good thing, RBC chief executive Gord Nixon said Wednesday.
"I think there is no question that consumer debt growing at the pace that it has over the last number of years is not sustainable," Nixon said.
However, the head of one of Canada's largest banks, noted RBC's consumer lending business is still growing in the mid-single digits.
"It is not as robust as it was, but it is still a pretty healthy market," Nixon said.
Canadians have taken advantage of record-low interest rates in recent years to borrow heavily and are carrying record amounts in debt.
Now, with interest rates expected to rise over the coming years, policy-makers have raised concerns about what that might mean for the housing market and the economy in general.
Nixon made the comments as the bank reported a first-quarter profit of $2.09 billion and increased its quarterly dividend by four cents to 71 cents per share.
The profit amounted to $1.38 per diluted share of net earnings on $8.45 billion in revenue for the quarter ended Jan. 31, compared with a profit of $2.05 billion or $1.34 per share on $7.86 billion in revenue a year ago.
The results included a loss of $60 million related to the sale of RBC Jamaica and $40 million in restructuring charges for the bank's Caribbean operation. Excluding the one-time charges, RBC said it earned $2.18 billion or $1.44 per share compared with $2.05 billion or $1.34 per share a year ago.
Nixon said RBC remains committed to the Caribbean, but was consolidating branches, cutting jobs and streamlining its head office structure to help improve the business.
Barclays analyst John Aiken noted that RBC's core cash earnings came in at $1.47 per share, above the consensus estimate of $1.44 per share.
"The beat against expectations appears to be from lower provisions and better-than-anticipated capital markets revenues, largely trading," Aiken wrote in a note to clients.
"Although we cannot characterize this as a true stand-out quarter, the solid earnings beat and lift to the dividend should be enough to garner some investor enthusiasm."
Nixon said Wednesday that RBC was on the hunt for acquisitions to expand its wealth management business, but many of the options were too expensive.
"When you look at the asset management business or the wealth management business generally, you've got extremely high valuations generally often with very poor underlying performance," Nixon said.
"We've tried to be extremely disciplined and I do believe it will come and it is something that we continue to remain focused on, but it is going to have to come on terms that I think we as an institution are comfortable with."
Nixon announced last year that he would step down as chief executive on Aug. 1.
His designated successor, Dave McKay, has been group head of RBC personal and commercial banking, which generated more than half of the company's overall profit during the first quarter.
RBC said its personal and commercial banking operations saw its profits slip $33 million compared with last year to $1.071 billion. However, excluding the Caribbean banking charges, the group increased its profit $59 million or five per cent from a year ago.
Despite the slowdown in the growth in consumer lending, the Canadian banking operations earned $1.14 billion, up four per cent from a year ago, helped by the Ally Canada acquisition, partially offset by higher provision for credit losses.
McKay said the bank has also been growing its market share in consumer lending and credit cards.
Its other major divisions were generally more profitable than last year, with the exception RBC Insurance, which had $157 million of net income, down four per cent from a year earlier.
RBC said the insurance division was affected by higher disability and weather-related claims.
The bank's wealth management earned $235 million, up $6 million or three per cent from a year before, while net income from investor and treasury services was $106 million, up $27 million or 34 per cent.
RBC Capital Markets earned $505 million, up $43 million or nine per cent from a year earlier.
Royal said the improvement at its capital markets division was the result of several factors, including lower provisions for credit losses, a lower tax rate and the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations.
The financial results came as RBC held its annual meeting in Toronto.
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Sunday Brunch: Bucatini with Cherry Tomatoes and Olives Recipe
I adapted this simple, appealing recipe from my friend Susan Spungen's terrific, underrated book Recipes: A Collection for the Modern Cook (I know, I know, it's a terrible name). Where I live we're at the tail end of the cherry tomato season, so if you live in a similar climate, you're going to have to hit your local farmers' market this weekend. Multiseason Roma tomatoes just don't cut it in this dish.
If the cherry tomato season has passed you by, grape tomatoes are an acceptable if inferior substitute. The proper ingredients are worth scurrying for, because this is one of those intensely flavorful dishes that is simultaneously hearty and light.
- 3 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1/2 pound bucatini or other thick pasta like perciatelli
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- Large pinch of red pepper flakes
- 2 heaping cups cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1/4 cup coil-cured or nicoise olives, pitted
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped marjoram
- Freshly grated pecorino Romano
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the kosher salt and the pasta. Cook the pasta, using the package directions as a guideline minus one minute, stirring occasionally. During cooking, remove a piece of pasta two minutes before the package indicates to taste for doneness.
Heat the oil in a medium frying pan. Add the garlic and saute until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes and tomatoes and saute over medium-high heat until the tomatoes begin to break down, about 10 minutes.
Add the olives to the frying pan and continue to saute over medium heat. As the pasta is finishing, add the marjoram to the tomatoes and reduce the heat to medium.
Drain the pasta, reserving some of the cooking water. Add to the tomatoes and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, adding a few tablespoons of pasta water. Divide the pasta among warmed plates and top with the grated cheese.
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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Golden syrup chocolate cupcakes
These cupcakes have an amazing consistency all-over: the cupcake is moist and rich, and the icing is delicious, smooth and creamy. I used the swiss-meringue buttercream for the icing, and it was a hit! :-)
Cream-cheese strawberry cupcakes
Nothing compliments the strawberries like the cream-cheese icing, and you can enjoy this taste even off-season with strawberry jam! :-) You can skip limit the calories in this recipe by using lighter strawberry jam, or pulverized strawberries, and using half of the sugar in the cupcake part if you want the cupcakes less sweet.
Baked cake doughnuts
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Focaccia di Recco is made with Strachino-Crescenza cheese. Bel Gioso makes a commercial version. The dough is unleavened and it helps if you have both top heat and bottom heat (ie. electric pizza deck oven). Perhaps the greatest example of this focaccia in the US can be found at Farina restaurant in San Francisco's mission district.
stracchino and crescenza are used interchangeably...it is a soft cheese similar in texture to a brie...very creamy with dairy bite.a simple ny style dough without yeast is all that is needed...when rolling it out..use semolina on the bench. and a generous amount of olive oil on top...really drench it.it is delicious
norma\that's me in the photo holding the camera in the foodwishes.blogspotwhat a small worldfocaccia di recchio is a worthy endeavor
Hi NormaThe flour I use is similar to Italian pizza Caputo Tipo 00 flour. But ours is manufactured in Australia for breadmaking and has high gluten content, not the normal 00 flour that has low gluten content and is better for certain pastas.There is Strachinno is Sydney, made fresh, but I can't get to it from here in the Gold Coast! And yes Strachinno (Crescenza) is a soft cheese and creamy. I'll have a go at making the cheese myself...BTW, I love Accademia Barrila -- I have their books on Pasta and bread. Their pasta recipes have taught me loads and loads.... However, their pizzas look anemic to me, looks more 'domestic' and far removed from the pizza nerds in the pizza forums....(haha) , and their focaccia di recco is similar. PizzaUniversity.it has a better take on this focaccia...
Good luck with the cheese! I'd like to see how it goes.. I need to get some rennet. After reading the forum last might I made a focaccia at midnight! I used cottage chees as that was all I had and I thought... not good enough, gotta get the right cheese! You can convert volume here:http://www.convertunits.com/from/ml/to/oz
I first made Foccacia di Recco in 2004 using the recipe on pages 242-244 of American Pie. Largest diameter I ever got was 12".He mentions stracchino, saying it is hard to find. As a substitute, he recommends young Brie or Camembert with rind removed or marscapone. In a pinch he has used American cream cheese whipped with a little sour cream, yielding respectable results. Happy Foccaciaandyt
Wow, you sure are a fan of this type of focaccia if you made it at midnight. Norma
Was surfing this forum and I got hungry... it happens! Quark is still my best substitute so far, I'll have a go a making Strachinno though.
synaesthesia,I know how surfing this forum can make you hungry with all of the beautiful pizzas and foods. I thought I was going to try and make the Stracchino today, but I got sidelined. Tomorrow will be the day. Norma
Sounds awesome Norma..good luck!I can almost bet money that it will turn out perfect because you always bring your A game to the dishes you prepare on Sundays. Look forward to seeing your success nice lady.
NormaPeter Reinhart actually went to Recco and got a demo in the kitchen of how they made the pie. I have attached a link to his recipe on Pizza Quest, complete with Recco photos.http://www.fornobravo.com/pizzaquest/instructionals/59-written-recipes/147-focaccia-col-formaggio-di-recco.htmlWhen I make it I use King Arthur Unbleached All Purpose Flour. Rolling it out takes some patience because it stretches back. I don't use a pan so after placing the top layer of dough, I crimp the edges, brush with olive oil, add salt, cut vent holes and place directly on a stone in a 500F convection oven. We really enjoy it because it is so different and yet easy to make. Up thread at reply 26, dmaxdmax posted the June Vogue had a recipe by Jeffrey Steingarten that he was going to attempt, looking forward to his results.All the Bestandyt


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Southpaw allows four hits in 8 1/3 scoreless frames as Twins even set
KANSAS CITY -- As far as Major League debuts go, it doesn't get much better than Andrew Albers' performance against the Royals on Tuesday night.
Albers spun an absolute gem, throwing 8 1/3 scoreless innings, and the Twins' offense did the rest against Royals ace James Shields in a 7-0 win at Kauffman Stadium.
Albers, who had his contract purchased from Triple-A Rochester on Saturday, gave up just four hits and a walk while striking out two. It was a much-needed shot in the arm for the Twins, who suffered their most lopsided defeat of the year in Monday's series opener -- a 13-0 drubbing.
"It was special -- no question," Albers said. "It's hard to put into words, but it was special. To be able to go out and have that kind of performance in your debut, unfortunately it's not going to get much better from there. So, I'm just going to enjoy this high and really enjoy tonight."
It was even more impressive considering where the North Battleford, Saskatchewan, native came from, as he was pitching in the independent Can-Am League as recently as 2010 before signing as a Minor League free agent with the Twins.
But the left-hander fell just short in his quest to become the first Twins pitcher to throw a shutout in a big league debut, as he gave up a single to Alcides Escobar in the ninth before walking Eric Hosmer with one out. With Albers at 109 pitches, Casey Fien came into the game and walked Billy Butler, but was able to get Alex Gordon to ground into a game-ending double play.
"It would've been nice," said Albers, whose parents and two sisters were in attendance. "I was definitely getting tired. It would've been tough with Hosmer, Butler and Gordon coming up. It was the heart of the lineup and they had already seen me three times. I was pretty fatigued and it was hot out there. But I wanted it and it would've been nice."
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire admitted it was a tough decision to pull Albers, but felt it was the right decision given his pitch count. Albers only once threw more than 109 pitches at Triple-A Rochester this year.
"I did not want to go out there and take him out," Gardenhire said. "He was totally out of gas at the end and I didn't want to see him walking off at the end after giving up a hit or something crazy. But, wow, that was fun to watch. To do that in your first big league performance against a team that's red hot like that was pretty special for us. We needed it desperately."
Albers, working exclusively from the stretch with a fastball that reached just 89 mph, gave up a hit to the second batter he faced, but was able to get Butler to ground into an inning-ending double play.
The left-hander didn't surrender another hit until a two-out single by Escobar in the sixth inning, as he retired 15 in a row. He also gave up a leadoff single to Hosmer in the seventh, but was able to set down the next three batters in order to end the inning.
"He threw the ball over the plate, commanded his pitches well and just threw strikes," said Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, who went 0-for-3. "He made us put the ball in play and we didn't do much with it."
Albers outdueled Shields, who entered with a 3.08 ERA, as the right-hander turned in his worst outing of the year. Shields allowed a season-high seven runs on eight hits, including three home runs, while walking two.
The Twins jumped out to an early lead, as leadoff hitter Brian Dozier homered on just the eighth pitch of the night. It was downhill from there for Shields, who also served up a two-run blast to Justin Morneau in the first inning. It gave Morneau his team-leading 11th homer.
"I didn't get off on the right foot today," Shields said. "Sometimes that's going to happen, but I've got to do a better job to finish the game off there."
Minnesota scored again in the second on a sacrifice fly from Dozier before adding another run in the fourth on a solo shot from Chris Colabello.
The Twins tacked on two more runs in the sixth with Colabello and Chris Herrmann singling to open the inning. Shields then balked to allow Colabello to score from third before Dozier brought home his third run of the game with a single to right.
"We're facing one of the better pitchers in this league," Gardenhire said. "It was a big game for us. We needed to find a way to beat this guy. We put some good swings on this guy and blooped a few in there. Morneau hit a big two-run homer and to be able to add on against a guy like that was pretty fun."