I fell asleep during the first question. Thankfully I recorded. Oh boy I am sick of "Joe the plumber"!!

of the three debates, I think this was the best. I think there were a few interesting questions that the candidates didn't have canned answers for. Most notably being the "high road" question.

of the three debates, I think this was the best. I think there were a few interesting questions that the candidates didn't have canned answers for. Most notably being the "high road" question.

I'd agree. Certainly it was McCain's best debate, I reckon the first half hour was his. His combativeness was on point, he was getting good audience reactions, and I do like the line about being four years too late to run against Bush. Tide turned during the fight over who was more negative though (protip: no one cares), Obama still owns health and education, and Obama definitely won the demeanour battle.

Incidentally, do you think he'd been having some eye trouble before he came out? He was blinking all the time, especially at the start, and his eyes looked awfully dilated. Reminded me of a great white, not that I was complaining about that.

you should not make dessert out of red beans - Polter-Cow

Just noticed Laura's tagline, and it explains the inadequacies of Asian desserts (outwith fresh fruit) afaic. (Well, no, okay - Indian sweets tend to be more often nut- or carrot-based, which works well. Still - traditional Thai desserts? Crap.)

Dessert should, afaic, feature flour and/or cream in order to have a hope of achieving Good Desserthood. Thus desserts which are mainly jelly and/or feature sweetcorn or beans as a major component...not so much with the yum. Not vomit-inducing, but really not in any danger of being chosen over something nice.

Which is, of course, why Thais have not traditionally been fat bastards. They came late to the whole bakery concept. (And 9/10 of the birthday cakes my kids bring in are minging. Nasty fake-tasting store-bought monstrosities with 1970s margarine icing in lurid colours. Last week Bon brought in a REAL cake, baked by an actual human and decorated with fresh cream, and the kids were POLE-AXED by how yummy it was.

Sigh. Low carb? Not going so well just now...

Happy birthday d!!!

Hey, so it'd be a bad idea to call in sick to go to an Obama event tomorrow, right?

With my luck I'd probably end up on TV. But... he's SO CLOSE! And he's such a good speaker, I wouldn't be constantly cringing!

Happy birthday, d!

Cheesecake filling.

Yup, that's what I'm having for breakfast. Only, I've run out of pumpkin pie yogurt, so I've gone with dark chocolate and a drizzle of honey as an accompaniment. Totally the breakfast of champions people who don't feel like making oatmeal.

Which is, of course, why Thais have not traditionally been fat bastards. They came late to the whole bakery concept. (And 9/10 of the birthday cakes my kids bring in are minging. Nasty fake-tasting store-bought monstrosities with 1970s margarine icing in lurid colours.

I don't know if its worth growing up in a land of crappy deserts to be thin.

You know how Americans are mocked for "putting ketchup on everything"? Know what I discovered when I got to Europe? A LOT of crappy ketchup. Peru also. I need to see more of the world to be sure, but I suspect we use a perfectly reasonable amount of yummy ketchup and I wouldn't be putting that crap the rest of the world seems to have on my fries either.

I wouldn't be putting that crap the rest of the world seems to have on my fries either.

Heck, no! You put mayonnaise on them.