le nubian pointed out in the Boxed Set the great teevee.org makeover for today. This article in particular caught my eye: Cheney to Join Wolfram and Hart [link] (link x-posted with Boxed Set)

OMG, that whole thing is hilarious.

I agree with the measure then chop people. I usually go by the assumption that the later thing, especially if it's after a comma, is an instruction on what to do with the ingredient just specified, but before you start on the main recipe instructions themself.

Flashed my router hardware with new open source firmware, baked the pie I prepped last night (this pastry was definitely easier than the Crisco/butter one I was remembering, but let's see if it's as tasty) and now I'm off to teach krav and do kettlebell.

The Rookie is the trifecta and I am now a sopping wet pile of goo.

I love The Rookie!! At the end, before the Big Game, his family show up at the ballpark and Dennis Quaid smiles that huge Dennis Quaid Grin? I drool and lose it at the same time.

Ah. Dennis Quaid. My very first celebrity crush.

Happy April Fool's Day!

Anyone know where this tradition originates? Someone must.

I fully admit that I learned this from The Simpsons (which is my #2 source of knowledge, behind the Buffistas): when the Julian calendar was used, the new year began in late March, and was celebrated on April 1. Then when we switched to the Gregorian calendar, we started celebrating the new year on January 1, and those who forgot and celebrated on April 1 were April fools.

Of course, that could all be bullshit, but, like I said, I learned it from The Simpsons.

t edit Must include this venerable quote from Homer J. Simpson: "You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine."

I'd measure them in their shells, then shell and chop them. I'd guestimate what that would be, if I'd already bought them shelled and chopped.

All right, truthfully, I love nuts, but not in my baked goods, so I wouldn't add them at all.

And because I know you were all wondering, here is My Best April Fool's Day Joke EVAR:

In college, I worked for the Registrar's office. I never abused my position, until senior year. One of my friends had left a note on my car about 2 weeks prior, which said, "I bet when you saw this, you thought it was a parking ticket and freaked out -- (Early) April Fool!!!"

The rules for who was allowed to have a car on campus and how they could get a parking permit were notoriously Byzantine, and even people who had a legitimate parking pass (like me) always worried that some rule would change and they'd park in what always used to be general parking and then find out it had become double secret faculty parking or something.

Anyway.

I typed up a letter to my friend on Registrar letterhead, informing her that her major was being eliminated, and she should contact her advisor to find out what other majors her classes might apply to, and how many extra semesters she'd have to be there to fulfill the requirements of a new major.

Remember, this was senior year, just 5 weeks from graduation.

And then I included another sheet of paper, on which I hand-wrote: "Now that you've recovered from the heart attack....APRIL FOOL!!!! (And don't go leaving notes on my car anymore....)"

I don't think I can ever top that. (And yeah, she freaked out big time. But then was filled with spite and grudging admiration towards me.)

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I'm an April Fool's Day wimp.

Not for April Fool's but because we were generally dicks to each other, I once stole my two best guy friends' wallets, switched everything in them and put them back. I think they hog tied me in retaliation. Or, maybe that was for rearranging all their living room furniture while they were asleep, making it impossible to navigate in the morning before coffee.