For the family Super Bowl gathering, I made Puppy Chow. That’s right, I made Puppy Chow not Muddy Buddies.
Since I don’t have the recipe memorized, I turned to the internet for help. There were several results, so I compared and contrasted them. They were basically the same, so I went with the one that made the most sense to me.
But in my research, I came across Paula Deen’s recipe for Puppy Chow. It wasn’t much different from any of the others, but I found it not-so-useful. Here it is.
The reason it is not so useful is because it is too vague. “1 box cereal”, “1 bag chocolate chips”, “1 bag sugar”. For the cereal, I saw two options for box sizes. For chocolate chips, three sizes. I didn’t bother checking how many sizes sugar comes in, as I knew this was not the recipe for me.
I ignored this one and went with one that had actual measurements, like 2 cups of chocolate chips (although I bumped it up to 3 to increase the chocolate-to-cereal ratio, per the comments on the recipe site).
If you’re cooking, feel free to improvise and use whatever looks right. But if you’re producing recipes, please use unambiguous ingredient amounts.
Now there were six stone waterpots standing there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing two or three measures each.
John 2:6
Posted in Food | 1 Comment »
If everyone claims to be unique, what good is that? When everyone is unique then no one is unique, to paraphrase my favorite movie quote.
If you want to be unique, don’t claim to be unique, as that will just lump you into the crowd. Go accomplish something. No one ever got labeled as “unique” by doing nothing.
And these stick figures are not using the term “snowflake” in a pejorative sense that is common these days. It just happens to be the object that is most associated with uniqueness.
But He is unique, and who can make Him turn? Whatever His soul desires, He does it.
Job 23:13
Posted in Life | No Comments »
Here are some thoughts I jotted down that aren’t quite sufficient for their own individual blog posts. If you’re the type of person who likes Twitter, pretend each of these is a tweet.
- Work should be more like a video game: if you defeat your boss in battle, you get to advance to the next department.
- No one can say the word “wamt”. It is always pronounced “wampt”. Or “wamut” but that doesn’t work either. And no, it’s not a real word.
- If someone in a work call says “Sorry, I was multi-tasking” that really means they were doing something else during the call. If they really were able to multi-task, they would not have missed the question or topic of discussion.
- With apologies to Margaret Thatcher: if you have to tell someone you’re not afraid of them, then you actually are afraid of them.
- Do not liken your woman to 400-grit sandpaper. Even though it is designated as “extra fine”, she won’t appreciate the comparison.
you are not to be afraid of them; you shall remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.
Deuteronomy 7:18
Posted in Ponder | No Comments »
I was behind a Tesla the other day and noticed it resembled something familiar. So I decided to demonstrate that here.
First, start with the back view of a Tesla.
Second, make it the right color
Next, adjust the color of the glass
Then, expand the glass upwards.
Finally, give it a monocle and a mouth.
Tada!
Anyway, that’s what I usually see when I’m behind a Tesla – the roof rails remind me of overalls. It’s a Minion-mobile.
And as for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel.
Ezekiel 10:10
Posted in Ponder | No Comments »
This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
