QUADRUPLE OVERTIME?! / Riots and epitaphs / Mrs. Fields White Chocolate Chip
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QUADRUPLE OVERTIME?! Man, the Canucks and Stars have played two full hockey games and are about to do one more period until someone scores! This is what hockey's like - shootouts are entertaining and all, but overtime after overtime is something else! Punishing and tiring for the players especially, though...
Speaking of the playoffs, Nathan sent a bunch of us an email about a playoffs and movie party at his place on Sunday. I'm in if the Richmond Crew is in! Jon will love the "bring homework!" advice, haha.
Edit at 12:32 ---> WE WON 5-4! Henrik Sedin's goal from his twin brother was AWESOME for this marathon (second playoff overtime winner), and so was Roberto Luongo's save a few minutes before! 138:06 of total hockey sets a franchise record and is the sixth-longest NHL game ever, and ALMOST quintuple overtime... 76-56 total shots with Roberto Luongo making 72 saves! No wonder he was the first star, followed by Marty Turco and Henrik Sedin.
Today's Sordid Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
The massacres that took place in the city of Paris from September 2-6, 1792 were among the bloodiest episodes of the French Revolution, serving as a cruel prelude to the Reign of Terror of 1793. Roving mobs, seeking revenge on anyone connected with the recently overthrown aristocracy, stormed the jails where many noblemen, royal attendants, and clergy were imprisoned. What happened to the Princess de Lamballe was typical: she was dragged from prison by her hair, hanged, and then disemboweled. Her mutilated body was dragged through the streets and put on display for two days.
At one prison, clergy were led outside two at a time. Their throats were cut and their bodies exhibited to torment the next victims being led out. Citizens paraded the streets carrying the heads and bodies of victims on pikes, a kind of spiked pole used as a weapon during the period. Mangled bodies lay piled against houses as men, women, and children were decapitated, hanged, run through with pikes, and even roasted alive. Before this sordid orgy came to a close, some 1200 prisoners perished, along with a number of their tormentors, who were killed while fighting over their victims' valuables.
Culled from: The Pessimist's Guide To History
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Okay, I was overly optimistic in thinking I'd be able to roll out the results for the Ruthless Rhymes Contest today. Looking for a new mailing host has sidetracked me from the task. I'm hoping that tomorrow I'll have time to prepare the results, but it could be this weekend before I get to it.
Tomorrow, I will also have made a final decision on the new mailing host, since Friday is the deadline for my current host. Yeah, they didn't give me much notice, did they? A pox upon them!
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Morbid Sightseeing!
The next time you're cruising through the U.P. (that's what Midwesterners call the Upper Peninsula of Michigan), why not stop and spend some time at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum? It's only open from May 1 through October 31, so you'll have to plan your visit for the summer. I'm going to try to make a trip in 2007.
Thanks to Elizabeth for the suggestion.
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Morbid Link Du Jour!
The Epitaph Browser is a collection of epitaphs from the graves of famous people. It makes for an entertaining browse!
Thanks to Michael for the link.
Mrs. Fields White Chocolate Chip
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 24 servings
2/3 cups Butter plus 2 tbs.
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Dark brown sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 1/2 cups Flour
3 1/2 oz Macadamia nuts; chopped
6 oz White chocolate; chopped in
Heat oven to 325°F. Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl with electric mixer... beat butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla at med-high speed until fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to low, add flour, increase speed gradually, and beat just until blended. Stir in nuts and chocolate. Drop by heaping tablespoon onto cookie sheets. Bake about 15 minutes or until edges are slightly brown and tops look dry. Cool on cookie sheet on wire rack about 5 minutes, then remove to rack to cool completely.
QUADRUPLE OVERTIME?! Man, the Canucks and Stars have played two full hockey games and are about to do one more period until someone scores! This is what hockey's like - shootouts are entertaining and all, but overtime after overtime is something else! Punishing and tiring for the players especially, though...
Speaking of the playoffs, Nathan sent a bunch of us an email about a playoffs and movie party at his place on Sunday. I'm in if the Richmond Crew is in! Jon will love the "bring homework!" advice, haha.
Edit at 12:32 ---> WE WON 5-4! Henrik Sedin's goal from his twin brother was AWESOME for this marathon (second playoff overtime winner), and so was Roberto Luongo's save a few minutes before! 138:06 of total hockey sets a franchise record and is the sixth-longest NHL game ever, and ALMOST quintuple overtime... 76-56 total shots with Roberto Luongo making 72 saves! No wonder he was the first star, followed by Marty Turco and Henrik Sedin.
Today's Sordid Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
The massacres that took place in the city of Paris from September 2-6, 1792 were among the bloodiest episodes of the French Revolution, serving as a cruel prelude to the Reign of Terror of 1793. Roving mobs, seeking revenge on anyone connected with the recently overthrown aristocracy, stormed the jails where many noblemen, royal attendants, and clergy were imprisoned. What happened to the Princess de Lamballe was typical: she was dragged from prison by her hair, hanged, and then disemboweled. Her mutilated body was dragged through the streets and put on display for two days.
At one prison, clergy were led outside two at a time. Their throats were cut and their bodies exhibited to torment the next victims being led out. Citizens paraded the streets carrying the heads and bodies of victims on pikes, a kind of spiked pole used as a weapon during the period. Mangled bodies lay piled against houses as men, women, and children were decapitated, hanged, run through with pikes, and even roasted alive. Before this sordid orgy came to a close, some 1200 prisoners perished, along with a number of their tormentors, who were killed while fighting over their victims' valuables.
Culled from: The Pessimist's Guide To History
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Okay, I was overly optimistic in thinking I'd be able to roll out the results for the Ruthless Rhymes Contest today. Looking for a new mailing host has sidetracked me from the task. I'm hoping that tomorrow I'll have time to prepare the results, but it could be this weekend before I get to it.
Tomorrow, I will also have made a final decision on the new mailing host, since Friday is the deadline for my current host. Yeah, they didn't give me much notice, did they? A pox upon them!
*******
Morbid Sightseeing!
The next time you're cruising through the U.P. (that's what Midwesterners call the Upper Peninsula of Michigan), why not stop and spend some time at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum? It's only open from May 1 through October 31, so you'll have to plan your visit for the summer. I'm going to try to make a trip in 2007.
Thanks to Elizabeth for the suggestion.
*******
Morbid Link Du Jour!
The Epitaph Browser is a collection of epitaphs from the graves of famous people. It makes for an entertaining browse!
Thanks to Michael for the link.
Mrs. Fields White Chocolate Chip
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 24 servings
2/3 cups Butter plus 2 tbs.
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Dark brown sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 1/2 cups Flour
3 1/2 oz Macadamia nuts; chopped
6 oz White chocolate; chopped in
Heat oven to 325°F. Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl with electric mixer... beat butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla at med-high speed until fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to low, add flour, increase speed gradually, and beat just until blended. Stir in nuts and chocolate. Drop by heaping tablespoon onto cookie sheets. Bake about 15 minutes or until edges are slightly brown and tops look dry. Cool on cookie sheet on wire rack about 5 minutes, then remove to rack to cool completely.
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