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The Daily F Bomb, Monday 1/14

Happy Monday, Bombers. Call me superficial, but I am recovering from Golden Globe Mania from last night (and I haven’t seen any of the films and few of the TV shows). What I found most amusing was everyone in my Twitter feed who tweets nonstop about football being amazed that anyone could care about an awards show! To tell the truth, I had little intention of watching the show, but the best hosts ever turned out to be Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. And Bill Clinton presented “Lincoln” and Jodie Foster came out officially. Interesting night!

So pardon me if all the questions relate to the show. ;-P

What’s worse, pale white girls in flesh toned dresses or should-be pale white girls with spray on Boehner tans? Do you secretly wish that one of the actresses wearing a fishtail dress will topple over while going up to get her award? Is Quentin Tarantino an asshole or a talented asshole? For those who watched, what was the worst dress? Should men feel cheated for having to wear the same uniform at all these shows? What was the best dress? What was the best joke?

Almost all of the tweets relate to the show, too:

Now for the history lesson!

The War on Drugs is a war on people

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Inmate from the documentary “The House I Live In”

The War on Drugs, a label we inherited from Richard Nixon, is a lie. It is simply a war on people, and has had the most dire effect on people of color, whether inside the borders of the U.S, or as a part of destabilizing military interventions in other countries.

If you have not yet watched the documentary film The House I Live In, it is a must see. It was the winner of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize-Documentary.  

The Daily F Bomb, Sunday 1/13

It’s Sunday Morning…

Obviously I don’t feel like getting up. 😉

Eggs: Over easy, medium, or well? Pancakes: Fat or thin? Waffles: Syrup, fruit, or what? Juice: OJ, Bloody Mary, or Mimosa? Coffee: Black or tan or white? Potatoes: Hash browns or home fries? Bacon, Sausage, or fake stuff made to resemble meat?

‘Twas a slow Twitter day, unless you were into the games or Miss America:

Now, take your fingers out of your ears – it’s time for your history lesson.

A View From the Swamp – WTH Have I Done?

So I’ve been here at my parents house in the swamps of Louisiana for almost a month now.  

For those new to the View From the Whatever – I lived on my broken down but eventually sailible boat in Oregon until just before Christmas. I had to come home because I needed help I just couldn’t find in Oregon and my condition was deteriorating.

But it’s been hella weird being here – and I really miss my boat.

So – my parents are “comfortable” (NOT wealthy by any means) FOXbot birthers. Yeah, I’m not kidding. My family was military – Dad was Army, I was briefly  Active Duty Navy until a medical discharge took me out – before I could score any awesome benefits or impress Dad.

But that’s not important right now – it’s this other thing I may have mentioned over at the Orange place in my series…

The Daily F Bomb, Saturday 1/12

Happy Saturday, bomberinos!  There is some interesting stuff to talk about lately. Governor Moonbeam balances the budget? You know the Republicans will say he has two sets of books! One more Republican politician comes out with stupid sexist crap. Obama’s administration answers a few petitions…

Should Obama’s face be on Mt. Rushmore? Should Reagan’s? Should they have carved up a perfectly fine mountain in the first place to build a hubristic monument to humans? Would Teddy have approved? Does wine cause ovulation? If not, what does it cause? Do you engage in deficit spending? Do you have a personal debt ceiling? Can I borrow $10,000 buck until next payday? (Note: That would be someone else’s payday, not mine.)  Who is hotter, Legolas or Aragorn? Eowyn, Arwen, or Galadriel? Quick, what song is stuck in your head right now?

It’s Twitter Time:

Now for the history lesson:

Friedai Critters

Those of you who already either know me or know of me know that I am a massive pootie person. We have moved into an apartment and now have a pootie, named Princess Ashley; however I grew up with both cats & dogs and I love both. I do not discriminate against any animal & love animal photos of all kinds. Please enjoy the following and add any photos that you think the community would like to see. Now, enjoy the photos & have some fun.





The Daily F Bomb, Friday 1/11

Good morning again, Bombers. It’s finally Friday, for which I am thankful.

Yesterday they announced the Oscar nominations. There was once I time that I followed this stuff religiously, and pestered all my friends for screeners and tried to see every single nominee (I never succeeded, but I tried). Today’s controversial questions will focus on these awards.

Oscars: Award of merit or popularity (I mean popularity among the voters, not the public)? Who was the best host of the show? Has there ever been a good musical production number? Who keeps losing that you wish would win? Who keeps winning that you wish would lose? If you could cast “The Women” with denizens of the GOS, who would you cast as what? Wait, don’t answer that!  Should there be a separate category for comedies? Is Floja Roja’s dislike of one sleeved dresses on the red carpet justified? Are the talking heads on the red carpet shows annoying or what?

Now for the Daily Tweetshow (for a good time, check out the hashtag ‪#ConservativeBandNames‬):

Time for your history lesson!

The Lounge: Innocent Pumpkin Cookies

I love pumpkin pie. I credit my mother, who looked at the recipe for pumpkin pie and saw pumpkin (a vegetable), eggs, and milk and concluded there was no reason children shouldn’t eat all they want of it. We had unlimited pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving and Christmas and I’ve continued the happy custom with our children.

My passion for pumpkin pie is unabated, but my metabolism alas is not what it was when I was ten. I came up with these cookies as a way to enjoy the best elements of pumpkin pie without slowly expanding to the horizon. Enjoy!

Innocent Pumpkin Cookies

Pre-heat oven to 350 â—¦ F

– 3 large eggs

– 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin

– 1/2 cup Splenda (baking kind, with equal volume to sugar)

– ¼ cup xylitol

– 1/2 tsp NaCl

– 2 tsp baking powder

– 1 tsp ground cinnamon

– 1/2 tsp ground ginger

– 1/4 tsp ground cloves

– 1/4 tsp ground allspice

– 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk

– 1 cup (approx) coconut flour, sifted or shaken vigorously to break up clumps

In large bowl beat eggs and stir in pumpkin. Add seasonings and stir in. Add milk and stir. So far, this is basically a pumpkin custard as you would make for a pie.

To thicken into cookie dough, add the coconut flour gradually, about a quarter cup at a time. Stir in completely before adding more. Coconut flour has a lot of fiber and soaks up a lot of liquid, so the potential is there to make lumps. The final cookie dough should be light and hold together for dropping onto a cookie sheet.

Drop onto a cookie sheet covered with baking parchment (with no added fat these cookies would probably stick otherwise). Bake for 24-28 minutes, rotating front to back and between shelves every ten minutes, until the cookies brown a little bit and are firm. With so little sugar in them they do not brown a lot. They take longer than normal cookies because the coconut flour holds so much water. Cool on a rack to let them set.

These cookies are low glycemic, gluten free and rich in complete protein, fiber and calcium. They taste exactly like pumpkin pie ☺ and would make good breakfast cookies.

If you prefer other non-sugar sweeteners, the amount of coconut flour might need to be adjusted up or down to get a texture that allows dropping onto cookie sheets, and the baking time might need adjusting too.

My son’s girl friend describes them as “Pumpkin pie you can hold in your hand.”

President Obama's Cabinet. v 2.0

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It was all over the news this morning. Obama’s second term cabinet lacks diversity, it’s rocky, it’s shaping up to be a boys club.  

The Daily F Bomb – Thursday, 1/10

Good morning, Bombers. Yesterday my news feed was all about the Baseball Hall of Fame (abbreviated HOF on Twitter, which to me means “Hair on Fire,” but that’s another controversy) and OMG, Obama doesn’t believe in diversity! (The two female Supreme Court Justices don’t count.)

Today’s REALLY IMPORTANT controversies are: Was the 1970s “disco sucks” movement racist? Coffee: dark roast or medium roast? African, Central/South American, Indonesian, Jamaican? Tapioca: Yummy or intrinsically creepy? Cats: Long hair or short hair? Wine: White or red? Homeowners’ Associations: Evil or just Nasty?

From canyourelate.com: The 10 best rape prevention tips you will ever see: http://canyourelate.org/2011/0…

Today’s Twitter Roundup:

Now, on to the history lesson!

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