fedward, tumbling

goes on, and the heat goes on
~ Tuesday, January 3 ~
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~ Thursday, December 22 ~
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life:

The Malayan Coral Snake was photographed by Mark Laita.

‘The sensual attractiveness of snakes, which coexists with their threatening, unpredictable and mysterious nature is truly unique. This dichotomy, in which their beauty seems to be heightened by their danger, and vice-versa, is what I find so fascinating. Add to these contradictions the rich symbolism of serpents and you have a wonderfully compelling subject’.

(see more here on Feature Shoot)

Ampersnake!

life:

The Malayan Coral Snake was photographed by Mark Laita.

‘The sensual attractiveness of snakes, which coexists with their threatening, unpredictable and mysterious nature is truly unique. This dichotomy, in which their beauty seems to be heightened by their danger, and vice-versa, is what I find so fascinating. Add to these contradictions the rich symbolism of serpents and you have a wonderfully compelling subject’.

(see more here on Feature Shoot)

Ampersnake!

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~ Wednesday, December 7 ~
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~ Tuesday, December 6 ~
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Readers of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling thriller will be happy to learn that one mystery posed by the book has been roundly solved: …why every single woman who encountered the boring, middle-aged and coffee-scented reporter, Miguel Bloomphurst (sp?), wanted so bad to jump his bones all the time. SPOILER ALERT: because he looks like Daniel Craig, it turns out.

Videogum Joins The New Yorker In Breaking The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Movie Review Emgargo | Videogum (via lizlet)

That would do it. I’m just saying.

(via tiffanyb)

I eventually decided that all the sex scenes in the books (for which I used library borrowing on my Kindle - nothing was wasted except my time) were being acted out by Xtranormal avatars. “You are very good at sex.” “Yes. I am very good at sex. My numerous sex partners have all said so.”

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~ Tuesday, November 29 ~
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milkbarproject:


Cornflake Crunch
Exactly what it sounds like: roasted cornflakes! Seasoned with milk powder, sugar, and salt - and browned with just enough butter to hold it all together. 
I made this to use as a component in Cornflake-Chocolate-Chip-Marshmallow Cookies. Thank God that recipe only calls for 3/4 of a recipe of Cornflake Crunch, since I couldn’t stop myself from snacking. This is just SO. DAMN. GOOD. that Christina Tosi’s cookbook intro is worth repeating in full: This recipe was originally created to accompany the Cereal Milk Panna Cotta. It was one of those first-swing, home-run hits. It is incredibly simple to make and equally as versatile in its uses. Put some in a plastic bag and take it on the go as the best snack ever, or use it as an ingredient in the recipes to follow. 
Make this for no reason, and eat it because it will make your mouth do a happy dance. Trust me.
Issue 1: I’m famously bad at reading recipes. In fact, the first time I cooked The Husband* a fancy meal, I found myself accidentally cooking a sous vide pork tenderloin in saran wrap tied up with fringe from a blanket. So when I saw that Cornflake-Chocolate-Chip-Marshmallow cookies called for less than a full recipe of Cornflake Crunch, I instinctively proceeded to make a half-recipe. Only after I’d started on the cookies did I realize I needed 3/4 of a batch and threw together a second half-recipe. (Which was good, since I was worried about how cookie proportions would have been affected by my snacking at that point.)

Variation From Recipe: None. Replicated with fidelity. 


Verdict: Love it!

* The Husband was merely The New Boyfriend at the time.

We need you two to live closer to us. We don’t judge.

milkbarproject:

Cornflake Crunch

Exactly what it sounds like: roasted cornflakes! Seasoned with milk powder, sugar, and salt - and browned with just enough butter to hold it all together.

I made this to use as a component in Cornflake-Chocolate-Chip-Marshmallow Cookies. Thank God that recipe only calls for 3/4 of a recipe of Cornflake Crunch, since I couldn’t stop myself from snacking. This is just SO. DAMN. GOOD. that Christina Tosi’s cookbook intro is worth repeating in full: This recipe was originally created to accompany the Cereal Milk Panna Cotta. It was one of those first-swing, home-run hits. It is incredibly simple to make and equally as versatile in its uses. Put some in a plastic bag and take it on the go as the best snack ever, or use it as an ingredient in the recipes to follow.

Make this for no reason, and eat it because it will make your mouth do a happy dance. Trust me.

Issue 1: I’m famously bad at reading recipes. In fact, the first time I cooked The Husband* a fancy meal, I found myself accidentally cooking a sous vide pork tenderloin in saran wrap tied up with fringe from a blanket. So when I saw that Cornflake-Chocolate-Chip-Marshmallow cookies called for less than a full recipe of Cornflake Crunch, I instinctively proceeded to make a half-recipe. Only after I’d started on the cookies did I realize I needed 3/4 of a batch and threw together a second half-recipe. (Which was good, since I was worried about how cookie proportions would have been affected by my snacking at that point.)

Variation From Recipe: None. Replicated with fidelity. 

Verdict
: Love it!
* The Husband was merely The New Boyfriend at the time.

We need you two to live closer to us. We don’t judge.

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~ Monday, November 21 ~
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Can’t we do better than this? Can’t we do better than pay 400k to someone who doesn’t have an instinctive gut rejection of the idea of macing a bunch of kids sitting on a sidewalk. Can’t we do better than that? Shouldn’t we be able with that kind of money and benefits and perks to find someone who would immediately recoil at the thought of sending riot police with batons and chemical weapons to go thump the kids paying 35,000 a year for the privilege to sit in that public space? Can’t we find people whose immediate response to everything is not the application of force and a reliance on police brutality?

~ Tuesday, November 15 ~
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~ Friday, November 4 ~
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Dippin’ Dots Inc., the self-described “ice cream of the future,” filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Paducah, Ky., near its headquarters, after fighting off foreclosure efforts from Regions Bank for more than a year, according to court documents. At the time of the filing, the company owed about $11.1 million to the bank.

The “Ice Cream of the Future” Goes the Way of Solyndra - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine (via tbridge)

Will the ice cream of the future be relegated to history?

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~ Thursday, October 27 ~
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From the end of the Great Depression until this year, anyone could order a silver gelatin reproduction, printed from negatives, of any image in the Library of Congress’ collection, most recently for about $100 a print. Not any more: After learning in August that his services would no longer be needed, Jantzen, one of the library’s last freelance darkroom printers, finished his final batch of photographs from the collection this month.
As a cost-cutting measure, the library’s duplication services no longer include darkroom-made prints.
(via Library of Congress Stops Selling Darkroom-Made Prints - Arts Desk)

From the end of the Great Depression until this year, anyone could order a silver gelatin reproduction, printed from negatives, of any image in the Library of Congress’ collection, most recently for about $100 a print. Not any more: After learning in August that his services would no longer be needed, Jantzen, one of the library’s last freelance darkroom printers, finished his final batch of photographs from the collection this month.

As a cost-cutting measure, the library’s duplication services no longer include darkroom-made prints.

(via Library of Congress Stops Selling Darkroom-Made Prints - Arts Desk)

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Plans for the future

fishbelowtheice:

I will set up a tumblr where I only follow people with beards, black-framed glasses, and red plaid shirts.  That ought to narrow it down.

Stubble (usually), silver-framed glasses with tortoise temples, and I don’t own any red plaid shirts. Are you sure you want to follow me?

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