It is not a good week for bathrooms. I thought I heard water running and went to check and found a flooded bathroom (not so slowly trickling into my bedroom). Turns out the balloon floaty thing snapped right off. Yuck.

There is a joke here, about breaking ball cocks and not dating someone at the moment but I'm having a hard time finding it. SPP needs coffee.

do you have to refrigerate a cake if the frosting is a ganache of cream and chocolate? (I ask because the frosting is so nice and shiny when you first make it, but dulls when you refrigerate it, and I need to take it somewhere tomorrow night)

Hmm... I've had several chef friends insist people are somewhat bananas with the militancy of food codes/refrigeration and that stuff. I'd say if your apartment isn't hot and muggy it should be fine if its covered. We always kept cakes and half-eaten cakes on the counter in those cake dishes and nobody ever died of it.

Raisins count, especially in oatmeal cookies.

This is so cool: When killer kangaroos roamed the earth

Australian paleontologists find traces of demon ducks, other species

There should be a movie - Killer Kangaroos and Demon Ducks vs. Samurai Penguins.

SYDNEY, Australia - Forget cute, cuddly marsupials. Paleontologists say they have found the fossilized remains of a fanged killer kangaroo and what they describe as a "demon duck of doom."

A University of New South Wales team said the fearsome fossils were among 20 previously unknown species uncovered at a site in Australia's northwest Queensland state.

Professor Michael Archer said Wednesday that the remains of a meat-eating kangaroo with wolflike fangs were found, as well as a galloping kangaroo with long forearms that could not hop like a modern kangaroo.

"Because they didn't hop, these were galloping kangaroos, with big, powerful forelimbs. Some of them had long canines (fangs) like wolves," Archer told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.

Let's talk about breakfast

Scrambled eggs with parmesian cheese, bacon, and iced coffee from Cipriani.

It SOUNDS unhealthy, but since I'm all low-carb again I can feel virtuous.

Bagel from a cart, coffee from home.

The weapon of choice is currently cordless power saws, Rio.

Stabbing sprees are out. Exploding your house is HOT!

"demon duck of doom."

Oh, I don't think paleontologists should come up with cutsie nicknames for their discoveries just to get more coverage in the mainstream press. That's our job.

There is a joke here, about breaking ball cocks and not dating someone at the moment but I'm having a hard time finding it.

The apocalypse must be nigh.

I've had several chef friends insist people are somewhat bananas with the militancy of food codes/refrigeration and that stuff. I'd say if your apartment isn't hot and muggy it should be fine if its covered.

Living in France really cured me of the refrigeration mania, but I will say that I agree with Sail on the cherries--they stay crisp in the fridge-- even if you wash them before storage.

Oatmeal is very healthy--cookie form or no.

I spoke to one of the Wonder Parents last night, and she was very cheerful and mentioned that DeNephew has a smushed nose and looks like a very old man.

Hee. Don't they say all newborns look like Winston Churchill? He'll de-wrinkle soon enough. Can't wait to see the pictures! I hope Wonder Parents are getting some rest and that Casper is excited about her new brother.

Breakfast:

Two borage/fish/flaxseed oil tablets
One prenatal multivitamin
One AD
One baby aspirin
Bowl of Grape-Nuts
My one blessed cup of coffee with lots of steamed milk.

Haven't decided about second breakfast yet. That'll come around 10.

Don't know where I saw this yesterday, but I looked at it today and it made me chortle: Fifty Worst Game Titles. My favorite is probably Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja.