In My Head

On the radio today, I listened to a segment about medically supervised waterboarding.  Then I got to thinking… I wonder how many doctors volunteer for that?….

Now blow out the candles! 

Umami…  Hmm.  Who knew?

On a side note, did anyone know that a banana is considered to be a berry?

The banana fruit is a berry. Berries are identified as being many seeded with a fleshy inner layer. So, technically a banana is a berry. And, believe it or not, bananas don’t grow on trees! Originally from Asia, the “banana tree” is really not a tree in the true sense. In fact, banana plants have no wood fiber. The banana plant is the world’s largest herb and a member of the lily family.

  In bygone times, a man’s worst fear was that his ex-humpbuddies would reveal his shortcomings to everyone he knew. Now, it’s that they’ll reveal them to everyone he doesn’t know. See the nightmare realized, at I Bang the Worst Dudes.

An only-slightly anonymized photo rundown of dudes the author and/or friends have regrettably bumped uglies with, this site’s run by a New Yorker with the modest goal of writing about “all the terrible things I’ve subjected my va-jay-jay to”.

The descriptions are hillairous.

Wintery weather…

After 2-3 inches of snow last night, the precipitation has now converted to sleet and then to rain.

…good times….

The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony is
Sunday, February 22nd at 8:00 ET on ABC.

Here’s looking forward to the next 4 years!

I tried this pumpkin mousse recipe this weekend, and it was both easy and delicious.  Thought I’d share.

Ingredients
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
3 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup superfine sugar
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Ginger snaps, for garnish

Directions

1.   Combine pumpkin, 1 cup cream, sugar and spice in a medium saucepan.

2.   Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes. Cool fully.

3.   Whip remaining heavy cream and vanilla to soft peaks and fold into cooled pumpkin mixture.

4.   Pour into a serving dish and crumble the ginger snaps over top before serving.