A Little Misunderstanding

Always get the frog to sign a contract first.

Here's something a little different--a recipe for chocolate, apricot and raisin bread pudding from Sun-Maid.

Speaking of demolition, here's a set of safety guidelines from Construction Solutions for every aspect of the demolition process. These guidelines break a project down to specific tasks such as chipping, breaking, and recycling concrete, identifying and removing hazardous materials, and performing flame or plasma cutting.

You can't be too careful.

A Flock of Spiders

A flock of spiders will do a nice job of redecorating your house, and you'll never have to worry about flies and bugs again.

It's Sunday--time for chocolate pudding, and here's a recipe for Mexican chocolate pudding from Canadian Family.
This recipe was extracted from Around the World Cookbook, by Abigail Johnson Dodge.


And now for something even more fascinating--here are photos and information on various demolition projects carried out recently by Egberts Engineering in the Toronto area, including the demolition of a steel-frame high school--always an interesting topic for students. You'll see big excavators going at steel, concrete and masonry with their powerful attachments.

No worries.

Goths aren't as Scary as Bankers

Here is the news:

The world's largest chocolate bar was spotted in Yerevan this year, just before being eaten. It weighed 9,702 pounds, and has been enshrined in the Guinness Book of Records. It was 10 inches thick.

In other news, here is a recipe for chocolate pudding from North Devon, courtesy of BBC Good Food.

That's enough about chocolate.

In entertainment news, here is a slide show from Delsan featuring some excellent demolition machines hard at work. There's a video on the site as well, along with information on the machines, and the company's philosophy of demolition. Hollywood actors come and go, but demolition machines are here to stay.

And finally, here are some pictures of cute kittens from Australia. For small demolition work, nothing beats a kitten or a puppy.

The forecast for today is cold and warm, with tropical storms and blizzards. Stay indoors, unless you want to go outside.

Your horoscope for today is part of a secret code that cannot be revealed.

No worries.

Never tell a Witch her Computer Can't be Fixed

Tech Support can be a thankless and dangerous line of work.

Far too many sugary confections are eaten during the Christmas season, so I thought I'd make the problem worse by leading you to this recipe for chocolate pudding, posted by Kelly Powers. There's something peaceful and soothing about chocolate pudding; it could almost substitute for that long, cramped session in the meditation room, for those of you who meditate.

Personally, I find that a friendly demolition machine is just as soothing as meditation; after a period of time spent watching one of these beauties go through its paces, I feel calm and oceanic, and ready to demolish my neighbor's gazebo anything.

For all of you demolition-machine watchers out there, the picture features the common 2003 Hitachi ZX500LC UHD, with distinctive orange coloration. As you can see, the Hitachi has adapted so that it can feed on tall structures. It migrates in October, and mates in November, and again in May. The female lays six or seven eggs, of which, three or four will survive, unless there are a lot of robins and crows around.

Bob, bob bobbin around....

Enemy bagpipe, giraffe, and rolling pin astern!

When attacking a UFO, it's wise to use a variety of tools, because you never know which one will be effective. Also, you should make sure you know which is 'port' and which is 'starboard' before you shout commands to your Igor (or Gorina, as the case may be).

It's morning, for some reason.

Here is a picture of a building being demolished. And here is a picture of two diesel locomotives bashing each other.

And here, from the Joy of Baking site,  is a picture of a chocolate pudding, along with a recipe.

So that explains everything.

Every cloud has a chocolate pudding....

I'm not Falling for that old Trick.

It's an odd way to Tipperary.

You've heard of elephant graveyards, no doubt. Tanks have graveyards too, and they're just as mysterious. Here, courtesy of the English Russia blog, is a picture of a tank graveyard, complete with the scary skeleton of a tank. Imagine hanging one of these skeletons in your window on Halloween! No trendy vampires or Freddy types could compete!

Anyway, for those of you who don't like to be reminded of war, here's a photo of some cute birds.

Speaking of chocolate, here's an unusual chocolate pudding in a most unusual container. Make chocolate, not war!

No worries.

Trojan Parrots Homesick for Norway

I've been tormenting myself trying to redesign my website--a task which I've managed to put off for more than a year. It's interesting how unforgiving cascading style sheets are: make a few simple miscalculations on your proportions, and the whole thing looks like something Mondrian would have painted while riding the roller coaster at a rutabaga fair.

Enough small talk! Here, from Visual Recipes, is a recipe for, and a picture of, a 'quick and easy chocolate pudding'. Just the thing to make you forget all about tiresome websites!

And here's a German chocolate pie from Big Oven.

I've really got to stop looking at these things, and get down to work. Just think of what Flaubert and James Joyce could accomplish in as little as one day! Joyce, for instance,would have written six words, and crossed out five. And Flaubert would undoubtedly have torn up an entire paragraph!

I'd rather be reading Dumas.

Good grief; here's a triple chocolate torte! How did that get in here?

Tie me kangaroo down.....

Impress Your Friends: Bring a Witch Doctor to School!

I never tried this; there weren't any witch doctors on my street when I was a kid.
Kids today are lucky--they get to be frightened by witches, trolls, wizards, dragons, ogres, orcs, gnomes, dwarves, vampires, werewolves, aliens, and elevator music.
When I was a kid, we had to make do with communists and atomic bombs.
Aliens were supposed to be scary too, but I wanted to meet one--they were big and slimy, with lots of tentacles--what's not to like!

For those of you who would rather look after children than frighten them with chimeras, here's a site that will help you get started setting up a day care centre. (A pox on spellcheck! I WILL spell 'centre' the way I always spelled it, in its original, pristine form, with an 're' at the end.)
Anyway, where was I--ah yes, you will notice on this site, pictures of Swiss Miss Individual Chocolate Puddings, which is what attracted my eye in the first place.

Chocolate puddings would be an excellent way to comfort any of your daycare staff who have been frightened by the terrifying antics of today's little kids.

Here are some excellent pictures of steam locomotives operating in Paraguay, from farrail.net. Unfortunately, there are none available for adoption, as far as I know, but there is still time to visit Paraguay and hug one of them.

It's Monday. No rutabagas were harmed in the construction of this missive.

Jingle bells, jingle bells....