(One of the inventions that came out of Christmas in July) Note: Don’t mess around with canned or frozen cherries in this recipe. This is the kind of thing you want to save for once or twice a year, when the cherries are perfect and ripe. 1/4 c. butter (unsalted and if you use margarine

Politics Doesn’t Wake Up a Virgin. The Rev. Gregory A. Boyd refuses to get involved in politics. A fifth of his church walks away…and the rest keep their self-respect. (via ***Dave.)

We have approval…we just need to sort out a) which lender and b) which loan. Things do not suck!!!

News Flash! The South Dakota abortion ban signed into law by Governer Mike Rounds may not have the overwhelming majority of God-fearing, liberal-hating conservative South Dakotans. In fact, more people may vote against the law than for it when it comes up this November. According to the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families, the Sioux

From a guy’s guy at work: “Guys are made out of bacon.”

Yours truly, intrepid stair climber, offered to take my folks and siblings to Bishop Castle this weekend.* I tried to spot the castle from the road; even knowing when to expect it, I couldn’t see the castle for the trees. I was able to talk to the builder, Jim Bishop, this time. He was working

All, I will be most likely not posting this weekend, as it’s a) Christmas in July, and b) my folks will be in town. Tomorrow’s menu: Roast pork with spices and cherry sauceSweet potatoes with candied, spiced pecansSweet cornFresh pineappleRice

See you later alligatorAfter ‘while crocodileSee you later alligatorAfter ‘while crocodileCan’t you see you’re in my way nowDon’t you know you cramp my style Written by Robert Guidry, most famously recorded by Bill Haley & the Comets in 1955. The voice at the beginning is not Elmo, but the lead guitarist. (One of Ray’s favorite

I got The Cake Book, by Tish Boyle, in the mail today. Now, I am not big on actually decorating cakes, but I like to make them. I mean, come on. “Cake” includes “cheesecake,” and there’s a whole chapter on cheesecakes. “[Cheesecakes] first became popular in America in the late nineteenth century, after a couple

We have to wait until Saturday, but that doesn’t mean I can’t run around in circles and say “Wheeeeeeeee!” Actually, Ray’s not feeling well. I think the nap she took on the way home from Bishop Castle was due to coming down with (another) summertime cold. Update: I ended up staying home with Ray and