Weekly Roundup: Filthy Gorgeous

More cleaning out of the del.icio.us, two categories this time:

Kitcheny

• The Perfect Pantry
• The Cook's Thesaurus
  
• Pea soup from a Fug Girl
• Something to do with spaghetti squash
• Cookies for a cause
• Pretty
  

Techie

• Woot (now with Woot Wine!)
  
• Slickdeals
• A card reader that makes me go oooh

And a reminder: for getting back into yourself, sweat and endorphins help. Filthy feels gorgeous. And I am definitely filthy.



Lastly and very, very importantly, a stunningly happy birthday to Sac. Filthy/gorgeous indeed. I know you had a wonderful day.

Weekly Roundup: What Have You Done for Me Lately Edition

Wow, I've been asking a lot lately, haven't I?

• Send my baby brother congratulations and good thoughts to keep him safe.
  

• Donate to Tracy's Amazon adventure, coming soon to a newspaper near you!
  

• Give Jeff five stars and a good comment.
  

• Help me find tickets for an amazing show.
• Edited to add: oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness I'm going I'm going I'm going I'm going!

But I know you can do it. And if you do.... maybe imma make you some of these like Rin and I did today. Creative, festive, delicious, and just a little weird: just like us. Fear us, Pittsburgh Cookie Table.

Other odd goings-on this weekend:

• Realizing that there are not enough parking spots disguised as drag queens. Because if there were, I'd find them.
  
• Learning that women are like sailboats. Because you have to constantly change to keep up with them. Or because they're oceangoing vessels you dump money into. I forget which.
  
• Discussing the origins of zombies in front of priceless art.

So yeah. It's random.

But happy Memorial Day. Take a minute to remember somebody who did fight - is fighting - will fight - and think good thoughts for them. Sine qua non.

That's all she's got. Escalator.

P.S. Go for it, Olivia.

Kerrin's Weekly Roundup

Thanks to Perez Hilton, YouTube, and Erin (who's updated her wish list!). Because without them, I had just about nothing for this entry. And now we're chock full of linky goodness. Splendid.

I'm tired tonight. I had a date with 110 relatives on Saturday, and with twice as many Christmas cookies on Sunday. 'Tis the season. I love it.

The baking-marathon tradition is wonderful. And when but at a family party are you going to get strangers coming up to you, grasping you about the shoulders, and gasping, "You are so beautiful!"

That just doesn't happen to me at work.

• What happens when you drink a Coke. This is why I drink water.
  

• I've been telling you that you were my hero. And now you see why.
  

• Unbearably cute celebrity babies and their lovely moms
  
• Kingston Stefani-Rossdale
• Violet Garner-Affleck
• Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
• Joe Winslet-Mendes
  

• Musical notes. (Ha, ha, see what I did there? So clever. [Told you I was tired.])
• Leona Lewis just won "X Factor" (an "Idol"-type show in the UK) and she's unbelievable. Her single is going to be the same as Kelly Clarkson's, "A Moment Like This," which is unimaginative of Simon - but it's good. And, like Billy Mack, she's tipped to be the Christmas No. 1.
  
• Justin Timberlake did one of the rare great SNL musical performances.
  

• Ian Ziering will be on the next season of "Dancing With the Stars". I work with the only two people on the planet who watch that show. But Steve Sanders was always my favorite. And I used to know his uncle. (In passing - Tucker Carlson was on this show? This is what I miss by not watching TV.)
  

My next two days are going to be spent in the pursuit of... if not academic excellence, at least academic completion. I've got a bet to win. Wish me luck - and if you catch me on MySpace, or reading dreck like these links, or posting, come smack me.

(Oh, and good night, Sac darling.)

Getting into the Spirit (ha, ha) of Halloween

I usually don't make too much out of it as a holiday. Except for 2004, when I spent it in an inflatable bra with 80,000 UNC fans on Franklin Street during a football riot. That was pretty great. The night progressed from driving around in a school bus to driving around in a limo... but how that happened is foggy. It was a great Halloween, though.

But Karen's birthday dinner this weekend got me into the Halloween mood. So, in case you are, too, or want to get into it, I present three Halloween ideas. One of them is good. And two are very, very bad.

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First up is a stupid easy recipe for pumpkin muffins. A golden retriever could make these. Mix one can of pumpkin and one box of cake mix, dollop into muffin papers, and bake. That's it. Spice cake mix is particularly good. Yum. (He could make them, but he'd probably eat them all and the muffin papers too. But I digress.)

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If baking isn't your thing, perhaps you could try some fun Halloween crafts. You may also wish to check out their ideas for other holidays. There are some really unique gift ideas.

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But if you just want to dress up, may I offer a place to buy one really spectacular Halloween costume idea. I can just about guarantee that you would not find anyone else in it. Ideally, anyway.

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See, I told you two were bad.

Just go find an inflatable bra, make some muffins, and try to forget the rest.