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Ad Lib Cocktails

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:16:06 GMT

clipped by: Sgzby

most cocktails look like this: A stiff pour of alcohol, say a quarter cup, over ice; very little sweetener, a teaspoon or at the most two; a tablespoon or more of lime juice (which I find more refreshing than lemon juice); and, if suitable, a garnish like mint (which I chop), or an orange slice. Not only can the proportions change to your taste, they should.

Here are some drinks that follow this pattern:

GIMLET Gin (traditionally) or vodka (more recently), with sugar and lime (or Rose’s Lime Juice).

TOM COLLINS Gin with lemon instead of lime, sugar and club soda. There are also bourbon, rum, or vodka collinses.

SLOE GIN FIZZ Tom Collins with sloe gin.

DAIQUIRI Gimlet with rum, more or less.

MARGARITA Gimlet with tequila, with triple sec instead of sugar.

KAMIKAZE Margarita with vodka.

COSMO Kamikaze with a splash of cranberry juice.

SIDECAR Margarita with cognac and lemon instead of lime.

Egg Pie/Fritata

Fri, 23 May 2008 08:02:33 GMT

clipped by: Sgzby

Clip Source: www.rachaelrayshow.com

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
2 red onions, sliced
4 Idaho potatoes, thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
12 extra-large eggs
1/3 cup half-and-half (eyeball it)
Few drops hot sauce
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Yields: 12 wedges

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Heat a 12-inch non-stick oven safe skillet over medium-high heat with EVOO. Add the red onion, potatoes and garlic to the pan. Cook until the onions are soft and the potatoes are crispy and golden brown.

While the onions, potatoes and garlic are cooking, beat the eggs together with the half-and-half, hot sauce, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Pour the eggs over the potato and onion mixture and let them set. Using a spatula, raise the eggs off the bottom of the skillet and allow more of the liquid egg to settle.

When the frittata has set, transfer to the oven and cook 10-12 minutes until the top is deep golden brown. Remove the frittata and let it stand 5 minutes. Cut into 12 wedges and serve

Olive Tapenade

Fri, 23 May 2008 07:39:34 GMT

clipped by: Sgzby

Clip Source: www.rachaelrayshow.com

Ingredients

5 pita breads, cut into triangular wedges
6 cups pitted Kalamata olives
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
1/4 cup (a handful) flat-leaf parsley leaves
Zest of 1 lemon
1 anchovy (optional but recommended)
1/4 cup (eyeball it) red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons chili flakes
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
4 sprigs fresh thyme leaves
1/2 cup red onion, finely chopped

Yields: 6-8 servings, 1 quart of tapenade

While bread is toasting, combine the remaining ingredients except the onion in a food processor and process until smooth. Transfer to a medium-size bowl and mix in the red onion. Serve the olive tapenade with the toasted pitas alongside

i love beer poster

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:21:48 GMT

clipped by: boozich
clipper's remarks: 7am - cleanser=light fruity ale corona with pineapple instead of a friggin lemon
1pm - the"i'm sick of work" ale..heavy and anarchic- Vic Bitter
6pm - after work after school "play time" party on but looking sexy to the opposite sex but as the night gets on, you become gay - Carlsberg Elephant Beer!

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Words of Love

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:41:42 GMT

clipped by: abailart

Clip Source: users.tinyonline.co.uk

ablutophiliaSexual arousal from baths or showers

acarophilyAffinity with mites

agliaphiliaLove of pain

agonophilliaSexual arousal from a partner pretending to struggle

chiropterophilousAffinity with bats

chronophiliaSexual attraction to a partner of significantly different age

epistemophiliaLove of knowledge

eproctophiliaSexual arousal from flatulence

formicophiliaSexual arousal from ants crawling on one's genitals

homilophiliaSexual arousal from hearing or giving sermons

hoplophiliaSexual arousal from firearms and weaponry

mastigophiliaSexual gratification from being punished

ornithocophilousAffinity with bird excrement

philhelleneLover of Greece

philomathLover of learning

phobophiliaSexual arousal from fear

pygophilistLover of buttocks

rhabdophiliaSexual arousal from being flogged, beaten or caned

siderodromophiliaSexual arousal from trains

stegophilistOne whose pastime is climbing the outside of buldings

xyrophiliaLove or attraction to blades and razors

zebraphiliaLove of zebras

Tags: philia

The Math of Love & Sex Explained

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:34:48 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: An astute observation, to be sure.

Clip Source: theworldofm.wordpress.com

You add the bed… subtract the clothes… divide the legs…
leave your solution… and pray you don’t multiply!

Sex in Japan

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:06:27 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: Sex in the west can be spontaneous, but sex in Japan isn't, or at least, not in the same way. In Japan, you can't get in the front door and immediately start stripping each other's clothes off in the hallway. Well, you can, and your Japanese partner will probably acquiesce because they are Japanese, but deep down they will be hideously uncomfortable and thinking, "Sex? But I'm not mentally prepared! I haven't done my kokoro no junbi! And she hasn't had a shower! And I haven't had a shower! This is kind of gross!"

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Sex in Japan

Japanese guys are generally more stressed out by sex than western guys and that is because they are responsible for the sex; as the active male, the sex is their burden, they have to do everything, it's all up to them. Sex equates not only (sometimes not even primarily) with 'fun' or 'pleasure', it also equates with 'work' and 'obligation'.

I also can't emphasise enough just how passive the passive partner is. The way a woman kisses is by submissively opening her mouth, not moving her tongue unless she is cued to do so; if she's really feminine she won't open her mouth at all, until she's told to. Sometimes women will move around a (very) little during sex, but mostly not at all. The slang term for a woman who lies completely still in bed is maguro (tuna). For me, with my western sensibilities and preconceptions, calling someone a 'tuna' in bed sounds like an insult, conjuring up images of cold dead fish, but in Japan that word has a very positive connotation.

Tags: humor

Complete collection of G Mail Tips

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:55:55 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: rest @ the site..couldn't be clipped...

Clip Source: g04.com

Gmail Tips Table of Contents

Gmail Beta: First Impressions
How I 'Imported' archived email into Gmail
Gmail Tip #1: All About Labels
Gmail Tip #2: 'Check' Your Messages
Gmail Tip #3: How to Maintain 'Notes'
Gmail Tip #4: Formatting Your Name
Gmail Tip #5: The 'Plus' Side of Gmail
Gmail Tip #6: Define a Signature!
Gmail Tip #7: Quickly Addressing a Message
Gmail Tip #8: Working With Lots of Email
Gmail Tip #9: New Mail Notification!
Gmail Tip #10: Some Tips About Conversations
Gmail Tip #11: Connecting Securely
Gmail Tip #12: 'Archiving' Explained
Gmail Tip #13: Some More About Conversations
Gmail Tip #14: What Happens To Sent Messages?
Gmail Tip #15: New feature! Highlighting on/off!
Gmail Tip #16: New feature! View or Download for attached images
Gmail Tip #17: Advanced Search - View Multiple Labels
Gmail Tip #18: Some Forwarding Idiosyncracies

Tags: gmail, tips

Complex Minds

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:42:05 GMT

clipped by: abailart

Clip Source: highcognitive.squarespace.com

"Complexity refers to the extent to which an individual or organization differentiates and integrates an event. Differentiation is the number of distinctions or separate elements (i.e., factors, variables) into which an event is analyzed. Integration refers to the connections or relationships among these elements.

"Persons who are high in cognitive complexity are able to analyze (i.e., differentiate) a situation into many constituent elements, and then explore connections and potential relationships among the elements; they are multidimensional in their thinking. Complexity theory assumes that the more an event can be differentiated and the parts considered in novel relationships, the more refined the response and successful the solution. "

"Complex people tend to be more open to new information, rely on their own integrative efforts than new information, seek more novel information, search across more categories of information, and are less externally information bound.

Tags: complex minds, cognitive complexity

Incredible Hand Art

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:16:17 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: yoke.cc

The Cure for your Sweet Tooth?

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:10:55 GMT

clipped by: kel1971
clipper's remarks: Until today I'd never heard of "Leptin" ....that was until I cane across this post.

Amazon.com has plenty of books on the subject - The Rosedale Diet being one of them. But if you're like me and you have a sweet tooth that always seems to get it's way....This could be something worth further investigation.

Clip Source: weightlossproductsreview.wordpress.com

The “obesity hormone” Leptin appears to reduce cravings for sweet foods by targeting taste receptors on the tongue. Therefore, it is possible that a lack of leptin, or the body’s failure to respond to the hormone due to defects in leptin receptors, may contribute to the so-called ’sweet tooth’ that affects so many people.

The results may explain why obese animals and humans without leptin, or with defective leptin receptors, become obese.

To investigate the effects of leptin on taste buds, researchers injected a group of healthy mice with leptin and gauged their reactions to sweet, salty, sour, and bitter substances. The mice were less interested in sweet tastes such as sucrose and saccharin after the injection but their reactions to other tastes were unaffected.

Encryptic Data not so Cryptic

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:06:54 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

In a technical paper that was published Thursday on the Web site of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, the group demonstrated that standard memory chips actually retain their data for seconds or even minutes after power is cut off.

When the chips were chilled using an inexpensive can of air, the data was frozen in place, permitting the researchers to easily read the keys — long strings of ones and zeros — out of the chip’s memory.

“Cool the chips in liquid nitrogen (-196 °C) and they hold their state for hours at least, without any power,” Edward W. Felten, a Princeton computer scientist, wrote in a Web posting. “Just put the chips back into a machine and you can read out their contents.”

“This is just another example of how things aren’t quite what they seem when people tell you things are secure,” said Peter Neumann, a security researcher at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif.

Tags: technology, computers, security, encryption