This is again why we need non-partisan people in control of elections - and likely federal control.

A few years ago we had the secretary of state in a state-wide election. So a candidate in a major race was also the guy in charge of elections. No wonder other countries want to send election monitors here.

Is that author known to have any biases I should take into account when interpreting his opinions?

I have no idea, sorry.

I don't understand why everyone doesn't vote like we do here, with scantron paper ballots. It seems like the best way to actually be able to have a real recount. I just don't understand how you recount computer votes, especially if there could be a problem with the software.

Most (but not all) computer voting systems record votes to paper, so that they can be audited.

Oh, OK then. I R ignorant.

There was a roll like a cash register receipt on my computerized system. I double checked that to make sure the print out matched what I put on the computer screen.

I think getting over a 17-18 hr time difference might prove a little interesting; despite two cups of coffee and a good nights sleep, I totally passed out on the flight to Houston. At 1 pm. Yikes.

hee, sleepy girl.

I kinda want to eat a whole bowl of croutons, shredded cheese and Italian dressing. I am what is wrong with salads.

msbelle, insent to your profile address

backflung.

I don't know how to tweak 1/2 a cup of grated carrot, 1 cup of pineapple, and 1/2 a cop of raisins. What I'm tweaking is the cinnamon/ginger/nutmeg spices, but the bulk of the muffins' flavour is coming from ingredients whose volume and composition are a significant factor of the texture. I have no idea how I'd have gotten from your recipe to mine without reworking the whole thing so much I wouldn't know if I'd got fluffiness left. Or am I looking at it wrong? I've grabbed little bits of other recipes and put them in mine, and so far, I think it's okay.

Well, first I'd make a batch of someone's recipe to see if I even liked that texture.

If I did I'd make those muffins in a double batch, eliminate the 2 cups of bluberries, and put in 1/2 a cup of grated carrot, 1 cup of pineapple, and 1/2 a cup of raisins. The spices can probably just go in.

If the oatmeal or OJ was affecting the flavor negatively (I don't really taste them in the blueberry, they seem to be pretty much textural) I'd try and reduce them a bit. If the flavors I wanted weren't coming through, I'd up them a bit.

As a non-chemist baker I find it easier to swap out flavors than the more chemicaly-active components in baking. Fruit is easy, crumb is hard.