Tweet Here’s a recipe for egg drop soup using ramen noodles.  Super cheap, super quick, super easy.  For a vegetarian version, use mushroom or veggie ramen, and check the package for any chicken stock, etc. Even better, ditch the high-sodium seasoning packet and use your own homemade stock. Ingredients needed: One package of Ramen noodles [...]

TweetI was drawn first to this book by its beautiful cover illustration.   It’s in the style of  a classical oil painting, and shows a woman in a Biblical landscape who is obviously suffering from a great tragedy.  I looked at the description, and found that it was about Dinah, a woman who is barely mentioned [...]

TweetJamendo.com I have found a nifty little site called Jamendo.  It has one of my favorite things.  Music.  That’s free, downloadable music from independent artists.  So that’s like three favorite things together.  And it’s completely legal.  So unlike Kazaa, Limewire, etc.  you don’t have to worry about the copyright police knocking down your door and [...]

TweetFor years, I have been a fan of Gary Larson’s The Far Side.  If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a comic strip that explores the little oddities of life, and the way we say things, using cows, chickens, insects, headhunters, fat women with beehive hairdos and hornrimmed glasses, and buck-toothed, freckled kids.  It’s usually [...]

TweetMy friends over at URLChef.com asked me to mention their free program to get lots and lots of Myspace friends.  Personally, I don’t know why you’d want that, but some people want lots and lots of “friends”.  I guess it’s for advertising and so on (and it’s a great way for bands to get noticed).  [...]

TweetIf you want really great tasting yogurt, the kind you can eat plain out of the carton, look for Balkans style or natural yogurt.  Check the ingredients.  The best yogurt only has milk products (this may include powdered milk or whey protein) and bacterial cultures.  It is naturally thick and creamy, and very, very delicious.  [...]

TweetTo keep your cookbooks clean while cooking, and to hold your place, slip them into a ziplock, or wrap with plastic wrap.

TweetHere’s a little fun site I have helped out with in the past. It’s kind of like a magic 8 ball. You ask a question, and “The Internet God” will give you an answer. Be careful, this can be addicting. It’s quite fun, and sometimes scarily accurate and real. TheInternetGod.com Tell them theNewsbase.com sent you!

TweetI found this book incredibly interesting and I read it constantly until the end. What was so interesting? The author is from Canada, the characters were well developed, and it is a story about conjoined twins (yes, siamese twins, but the proper term is conjoined twins). Of course, since Lori is not a twin, much [...]

‘m not saying mentally disturbed people should go without therapy and medication when necessary, but it’s interesting to look at artists (Van Gogh for instance), writers, and public figures in the past who would today be forced to assimilate from their uniqueness into bland submission to the ordinary. Maybe we should search for a way to keep the extraordinary while seeking to heal.