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Saturday, November 22, 2008
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Doomed Moon of Mars...fascinating
Current mood:  fascinated
Category: Life
I've been holding on to this one a while but still feel a need to share, probably because it's in our own backyard [so-to-speak] of space. As a child who learned all about the two moons of Mars in school, I find it fascinating as an adult that one of those moons is doomed.
Anyway, wanted to share this one with you today! Have a lovely weekend, my friends!!
Karen
Doomed Moon of Mars
This moon is doomed. Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons--Phobos and Deimos--whose names are derived from the Greek for fear and panic. These Martian moons may well be captured asteroids originating in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter or perhaps from even more distant reaches of the solar system....
For the rest of the article, go to:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1199.html
[Courtesy of NASA]
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Word of the Day...horripilation
Current mood:  quixotic
Category: Writing and Poetry
Word of the Day
horripilation ..haw-rip-uh-LAY-shuhn; ho-.., noun:
the act or process of the hair bristling on the skin, as from cold or fear; goose flesh
There are a few things capable of sending an icy horripilation through even the bravest man.
-- Who Will Provide Social Security?, Washington Times, June 11, 1996
This is not to say that the horripilation Iran's nuclear programme inspires is unjustified; nor is it to claim that no other state would seek to develop or maintain nuclear weapons if the official nuclear powers gave theirs up.
-- George Monbiot, Guardian, January 23, 2002
Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, Celebrity Paranormal Project is fascinating as a demonstration of physiological fear: dilated pupils, nausea, shallow breathing, horripilation, the mind-twisting power of expectation.
-- Vinay Menon, Out of body with Busey, Toronto Star, July 3, 2003
by 1623, from Latin horripilatio, from horripilare "to bristle" + pilus "hair"
[Courtesy of Dictionary.com]
Have to admit that this one caught me cold. Weird word I've never heard of...and I've got to find a way to use it someday!!! 
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Friday, November 21, 2008
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Karen’s Friday Fixin’s...CAULIFLOWER AU GRATIN
Current mood:  bouncy
Category: Food and Restaurants
Welcome to Karen's Friday Fixin's! Over the years, I've filled two 4-inch, 3-ring binders with my own creations as well as recipes my family and friends were willing to share with me. I simply love to cook and want to share that love with my friends here.
So every Friday, I'm sharing one recipe I think you and your family might enjoy. It might be a main course recipe. A cookie or baked item. Candy. Salads. Whatever strikes my eye and fancy…which today is CAULIFLOWER AU GRATIN!
Thanksgiving seems to have it's usual standby recipes but if you're looking for a new vegetable dish to ramp up your table offerings, try this one! For those of you who aren't fond of Swiss cheese, use Muenster or Cheddar. Especially LOVE this one with Pepperjack!
I hope you enjoy today's Friday Fixin's. Happy eating!
Karen
P.S. We're at 43 recipes and counting with this posting! Hope you're finding some recipes you like. If you don't want to miss any future recipes, be sure to subscribe to my blog. If this is your first visit, check out past blogs for more Friday Fixin's!
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CAULIFLOWER AU GRATIN
[Serves 6-8]
½ cup chopped cooked ham
1-2 garlic cloves, minced
6 T. butter
1 head cauliflower, broken up
2 T. flour
1-1/2 cups whipping cream
¼ tsp. salt
pepper to taste
Pinch cayenne pepper
1-1/2 cups (6 oz.) Swiss cheese
2-3 T. minced fresh parsley
In a large skillet over medium heat, sauté ham and garlic in butter for 2 minutes. Add cauliflower and cook just until crisp-tender. Combine flour and cream until smooth; stir into skillet and blend well. Add salt, pepper and cayenne. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Pour into greased 2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Broil 4 inches from heat for 2-4 minutes until lightly browned. Sprinkle with parsley.
[To use dry parsley instead of fresh, reduce amount to 1 tablespoon of dry parsley and add at same time as salt, pepper & cayenne to incorporate flavor.]
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"Old" humor
Current mood:  amused
Category: Life
I'm a bit behind today so I'll make it up to you with a few chuckles for your evening! Have a great night, my friends. I'll be back tomorrow with another delicious recipe for Karen's Friday Fixin's!!
Karen
An elderly gentleman...
Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%.
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet.
I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'
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Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'
Slim says, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
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Really!? Like a newborn baby!?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
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An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know... The one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'
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Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure.'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
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Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so's not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes,
The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs.
She stares at the plate for a moment. 'Where's my toast ?'
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A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Naw, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
'I don't know.'
'Why in the world do you want to marry her then ?'
'Because she can still drive!'
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Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'
Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.'
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A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor . 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty.'
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Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'
One more. . .!
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.. After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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On This Day: President Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address
Current mood: fascinated
Category: Life
I had intended to share a joke or my activities with you today but that all changed when I checked findingdulcinea.com for my usual "This Day in History" fix. Anyway, just had to share this one. Enjoy!
On This Day: President Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2008 06:30 AM
by findingDulcinea Staff
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address.
'Four Score and Seven Years Ago'
In early July 1863, the Union Army under Maj. Gen. George Meade defeated Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers died in the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
The townspeople of Gettysburg took in wounded soldiers, cleaned the battlefield, and set out to create a large cemetery in memorial of the fighting that immortalized the town. Local lawyer David Wills organized the memorial's opening ceremony and invited President Lincoln to give a "few appropriate remarks.".....
For the rest of the article, go to:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/On-this-Day--President-Lincoln-Delivers-Gettysburg-Address.html
[Courtesy of findingdulcinea.com]
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Word of the Day...resplendent
Current mood:  cheerful
Category: Writing and Poetry
Word of the Day
resplendent ..rih-SPLEN-duhnt.., adjective:
very bright or shining; splendid
A green and gold locomotive, resplendent with nickel-plated cylinder heads and carrying a brass plate reading "The Flying Yankee" at her front, will, some time this week, add to the distinctiveness of the Boston & Maine Railroad's crack, non-stop express as it races through Massachusetts.
-- 'Flying Yankee,' Resplendent in Green and Gold Colors, Ready for Business, Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 1926
All around the Pope glittered the gorgeous papal court, resplendent in a variety of colors.
-- Arnaldo Cortesi, 300,000 Hail Pope at Easter Service, New York Times, April 16, 1929
Queen Elizabeth II, amid the resplendent banners and bejeweled miters of ecclesiastical pageantry, came to Westminster Abbey today on its 900th anniversary and laid a bouquet of red roses at the shrine of its founder, Edward the Confessor.
-- Clyde H. Farnsworth, Queen Honors Westminster Abbey, 900 Years Old, New York Times, December 28, 1961
by 1448, from Latin resplendentem "brilliant, radiant," prp. of resplendere "to glitter, shine," from re-, intensive prefix, + splendere "to shine, be splendid"
[Courtesy of Dictionary.com]
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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On This Day in History: Jim Jones Leads Jonestown Massacre
Current mood:  indescribable
Category: Life
San Francisco Examiner, Greg Robinson/AP
Jim Jones On This Day: Hundreds of Cult Members Commit Suicide in Jonestown
November 18, 2008 6:00 AM
On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 followers of Reverend Jim Jones participated in a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana...
Jim Jones Leads Jonestown Massacre
In the 1950s, Reverend Jim Jones started his Peoples Temple in Indianapolis, Ind. but later relocated the group to northern California. There, Jones attracted more followers and in the late 1970s, most of the group's members accompanied Jones to Guyana, South America to establish Jonestown, an agricultural commune....
For the rest of the article go to:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/On-This-Day--Hundreds-of-Cult-Members-Commit-Suicide-in-Jonestown.html[Courtesy of findingdulcinea.com]
I remember where I was when this hit the airwaves, sitting in the t.v. room at Colorado State University. You could practically feel the ripple of horror sweep through the large room as we all realized the repercussions of so many senseless deaths! The way I felt back then rushed in the moment I saw this article.
My thoughts are with the family members left behind!
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Word of the Day...affectation
Current mood:  breezy
Category: Writing and Poetry
Word of the Day
affectation ..af-ek-TAY-shuhn.., noun:
1. an artificial way of talking or behaving put on to impress others; pretense
2. an unnatural action, expression, or trait that indicates artificiality
In a culture of electricity and annual holidays, for example, to pace one's work to the rhythm of the seasons or daylight would amount to affectation.
-- Janet Burroway, Heartbreak Hotel," review of Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer, by Steven Millhauser, New York Times, May 11, 1992
I had heard talk that Tosca, for all the dissolute life she led, was a pious person who frequented churches with scrupulous regularity, yet in this conduct I had always suspected a pose, an affectation.
-- Paola Capriolo, Floria Tosca (translated by Liz Heron)
I extended a hand out into the air for no reason, a professorial affectation.
-- John Burnham Schwartz, Reservation Road
Wait! my father shouted with an affectation of sudden comprehension. I recognize you!
-- Ev Ehrlich, Grant Speaks
by 1548, "studied display," from Latin affectationem, from affectare "to strive for"
[Courtesy of Dictionary.com]
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Monday, November 17, 2008
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Word of the Day...intimation
Current mood:  awake
Category: Writing and Poetry
Word of the Day
intimation ..in-tuh-MAY-shuhn.., noun:
an indirect or slight suggestion; hint
She had always had an intimation of her destiny: all her senses would go on the alert, as if bracing her for a blow-a terrible, crushing, powerful blow-of luck, whether good or bad.
-- Nina Berberova, Cape of Storms (translated by Marian Schwartz)
As it drew nearer he recognized it as a police car and some intimation of drama touched him, the prelude to some story, and he seated himself to watch.
-- William Gay, The Long Home
Jake Hersh, like Mordecai Richler himself a Canadian, is a television and film director living in London and struggling against that awful time in life when possibilities suddenly close and a dire intimation of finality sets in.
-- Jonathan Yardley, review of St. Urbain's Horseman, by Mordecai Richler, New York Times, June 26, 1967
A frightened, inarticulate maid weeping in the hall was their first intimation that something was wrong.
-- Annabel Davis-Goff, The Dower House
by 1442, from Late Latin intimationem "action of intimating," from intimare "to impress (upon), make known"
[Courtesy of Dictionary.com]
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Another Five Great Household Hints!
Current mood:  determined
Category: Life
It's been a while since I posted Five Great Household Hints so we'll start out the week with five new ones. I don't know where I picked up these helpful hints but, if they do the trick, enjoy!
Have a great week, my friends!
Karen
Another Five Great Household Hints!
1. Thoughts of raking a yard full of leaves making you crazy? Try mowing them instead. A finely shredded leaf mulch will protect your grass all winter and still disintegrate by spring!
2. A BBQ cleanup that works while you sleep! Lay your BBQ grill rack on the lawn overnight – the dew will combine with the enzymes in the grass to loosen any burned-on grease. Try it with messy oven racks, too!
3. To keep mice out of your garage or attic, place mothballs around the perimeter. It also seems to discourage spiders.
4. Speaking of spiders! If you hesitate to use bug spray indoors around your children and pets, try using sticky mousetraps. Line them along walls under beds and in dark places. It sounds weird but we've caught an amazing number of spiders this way. They run across the sticky stuff and get stuck. Periodically change out the traps.
5. To preserve the bright shine of brass, clean it with Wocestershire sauce.
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