The basis of this recipe is actually a Weight Watchers recipe I got a loooong time ago. I riffed on it and made my own version, which I make just about every single Christmas season because it's so damn good, and even more damn simple!
Chocolate Marshmallow Bark
Yields 12 servings (or more if you cut 'em smaller like we do)
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Ingredients
2-...
Chris loves to taunt me with Christmas gifts. Basically, he is DYING to give me the gifts, and since he is suffering, he wants to dole out a little to yours truly. That means wrapping them, stacking them in view, drawing my attention to them as often as possible. But he doesn't want me to know what they are! He wants to surprise me. So he doesn't want me touching, shaking, or otherwise sussing the...
A friend in the dance community posted a request for feedback on a particular video game franchise, rightfully concerned about her daughter's exposure to various themes of violence prevalent in games today and asking what we thought. Among the commentary was the following:
"I can't see where this or any other game is a necessity for the development of anyone's child.I'm
so grateful that my day...
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Shametember 2016 - Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu Review
Finally got this to the table on the very last day of #Shametember as a double-feature with Isle of Skye. Just enough like Pandemic to be familiar, and just enough theme and new mechanics to give it its own flair. Theme did NOT feel tacked on, as we feared.
The board and components are beautiful--colorful without detracting from the dark atmosphere. The board is a bit *too* dark, and fonts d...
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Shametember - aka The Creation of a Gaming Monster and Dealing With The Aftermath
Orleans by Reiner Stockhausen
I am very lucky.
I have a partner who enjoys gaming. A partner who will delay eating dinner, put aside other interests and concerns, sit across a table with me, and play board games for hours. It took about 15 years to get here, and yeah...it's a blessing and a curse because I created a monster!
I grew up with board games. When we got married I tried to get ...
Day 1: Go to PAX, wheel around, playtest a few indie-designed board and computer games, play games in the game library, go home. Open first couple birthday presents. Sleep.Day 2: Mostly repeat, but with birthday tiara and sparkly-glitter-light-up scepter, end up having the first full, real meal since surgery consisting of ribs, baked potato, salad, and wine. Open two more birthday presents. Crash ...
I have a difficult message to send. Pretty sure it's gonna make some
people pretty angry at first, but I really hope that it will be read and
considered. I do my best to share any message I have passionately, but
with facts and resources to back it up. I am not forwarding a meme here,
I am speaking from the heart and mind. Thanks in advance for reading.
(Edited to add:
I have been getting...
I have to say, now on our second (and third) foster experience, it has been great so far. We have been lucky, I think, with the animals who have come to stay with us. Layla was perfection, and it was really really really hard to let her go (twice!). But we stuck it out and got these two little muffins, Celeste (Cece!) and Oscar.
And I love them. Like, all over again I am madly in love.
...
I have been musing lately about why it is I enjoy games so much. The simple answer is that games were always a big part of my life. But more than that, it was a connection and expression of love to buy them, play them, and share them among people close to me.
We gamed as a family from my earliest memories. We would have a family game night periodically and sit around the dining table playing car...
I will get to the story of the new uke soon, but there's a bit of back-story I haven't blogged about yet, and I should very much like to tell the whole tale...
THE TRIP
Back in October, my husband and I embarked on a trip to Hawaii for our friends' wedding in Kona/Captain Cook. I was thrilled to get to bring my little travel uke, my Makala Dolphin named Kalakala, along with me to actually play a ...
1 Dungeness crab, cooked, cleaned, meat carefully removed
2 servings fettuccine, cooked
2 Tbsp butter
1 shallot, small dice
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup white wine
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated
Old Bay seasoning
salt
pepper
fresh basil, chiffonade
Melt butter over medium heat
Sweat shallots, then add garlic and cook a minute or two
Add cream, keep over medium...
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