I Want One of These Things

This Japanese commercial is classic and odd, but I really do want one of these bubble machines.  It reminds me of the Lawrence Welk Show.  

Trader Joe's Song

Trader Joe's obsessives make me laugh, especially because I'm sort of one of them.  This little ode to Joe's made me laugh, too.  

Lost is Coming Back in January

All my favorite sci-fi-ish favorite shows are returning in January, Lost and Battlestar Galactica, along with other favorite like 24 and Big Love.  I might have to assign only multiple choice assignments in class to keep up with all the TV viewing.  Here's the Lost promo:  

Good Speech and Good Song

No matter what you think about politics, you have to admit this is a good speech and a good song.  Very inspiring... 

Making T-shirts and a Mascot

This week was a fun and nostalgic one.  Here are my photos of making T-shirts and a mascot for the NKOTB concert.  

10 Days til the NKOTB concert...

Spumoni Cupcakes

I haven't posted many of my baking escapades lately since I haven't had too many this summer.  I have experimented with a few different pistachio cake and cupcake recipes leading up to a cupcake exchange I'm going to tomorrow.  (I was trying to find an alternative to the scary, full-of-mixes Watergate cake that requires a box of yellow cake mix, pistachio pudding mix, and 7-up.  I'm a fan of "from scratch.")  I found many recipes that required one of the three mixes.  I used pudding mix in my spumoni creation, which require chocolate chips.  I replaces the chips with a cherry chocolate bar and created a cherry frosting.  I should probably use cherry extract next time for the frosting, but all in all they taste good.  Jeff gave them a thumbs up.  Check out the photos: