The last Friday of the month.

On a busy Friday afternoon at the end of the month it's not difficult to associate the blood works people with the prank callers.

Not only is it the last Friday of the month, it is also Friday before a long weekend. To the average citizen this translates to "let's buy/sell our house on that day."

On this particular Friday we have received three visits from people looking for the blood work clinic. Can they not see that it clearly states on the door that this is a law office? Perhaps I should be referring them to the optometrists to the north instead of the blood clinic to the south.

I have also received a few phantom calls. In other words, I answer the phone and no one is on the other end. This is rude. Don't do it to anyone, they might just have caller ID and know what your number is and be able to prank you back. I'm not saying this is something I would ever do but it has become a possibility since I started receiving phantom calls. Don't be a phantom.

In other news, A Series of Unfortunate Events is currently in progress. I'll keep you updated as it ameliorates.

 

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QOTD

"He sleeps. Although his fate was very strange, he lived.
He died when he had no longer his angel.
The things came to pass simply, of itself,
as the night comes when day is gone."
- Victor Hugo

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QOTD

"People take care of their surfaces and varnish them; everyone is dressed as though just out of a band-box, washed, soaped, scraped, shaved, combed, waked, smoothed, rubbed, brushed, cleaned on the outside, irreproachable, polished as a pebble, discreet, neat, and at the same time, death of my life, in the depths of their consciences they have dung-heaps and cesspools that are enough to make a cow-herd who blows his nose in his fingers, recoil."

- Victor Hugo

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Pie Break

Have you ever stopped and observed the cow on the front of Skinny Cow products? I just have one question for these people. What farmer in their right mind would ever want a cow that skinny?

 

In other news, today the National Post has an article in which they claim that 123 year old man in Bolivia is the oldest man ever documented. They should probably all go read their Bibles.

 

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Wonder

The little town of Wonder didn't have many roads. Everyone knew Whoa Lane, and yet no one did. It was a road of mystery. Whoa Lane held the prize for the road with the most car accidents in one month. Many knew why, other's just pretended they didn't.

Citizens of the little town of Wonder were often taken over by a sense of awe as they travelled down Whoa Lane. On the lawn just before Mary's Market there was a sign that emitted an aura of bright delight. The sign attracted the eyes of motor vehicle operators, pedestrians, local business employees and of course that random fellow who walked past every day on his way to Cathy's Café.
The string of car accidents had all occurred in the stretch of road between Clifford's Claws and Mike's Motors which was just past the sign; depending which way the car was travelling.
Although townsfolk had complained to the town council about the problems this sign was causing, the council couldn't seem to find a legitimate reason to take it down. Every time they thought they'd come up with something the owner would return with a well-developed rebuttal. Jack knew his sign was a distraction, that's why he'd put it up.

Jack had studied the signs in the area in order to acquire the most startling and yet mesmerizing characteristics. He knew every fabulous font, when the font had been super sized without need, and he paid special attention to the creative colours. The citizens of Wonder couldn't take their eyes off Jack's sign, and that's just what Jack wanted when he started to construct his sign.
Jack didn't get a lot of business at his business. Since the sign was installed he had received a lot of curious customers who only entered the store to see what all the flashy colours on the outside withheld from the eyes of those nosy kibitzers. Jack didn't care about how many people came into his store, he was just very proud of the sign that sat outside of it.
What would all the citizens of the little town of Wonder say if they entered Jack's store and discovered that he only sold one item? They would probably question why he chose Intense Pickle Doritos.

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Baking with Batman

In order to correctly construct such a baked good, we'll need a few ingredients. Before we even begin to discuss those, make sure you take the butter out of the fridge. Softened butter is much easier to work with when it is in fact softened.

This is your average baking show. I already have all the ingredients carefully measured out, sitting in bowls, waiting to be mixed together to create something beyond delicious. The butter is also already softened.

Place that butter in a mixer bowl and add oats, flour and brown sugar. (The exact measurements aren't important so just add enough until you think it tastes right.) Then you will mix it all together and do the hokey pokey. I'd probably turn myself around after that, just for added affect.

Put half the oat mixture into a 9x13 pan and bake it for 10 minutes. I have previously prepared a pan and it has just finished baking, how convenient.

Spread sweetened condensed milk over the oat mixture and then add a healthy amount of chipits. This is where the other half of the oat mixture comes in handy. It's like the top part of the bagel, that piece of bread that just completes the sandwich. Be prepared to bake the pan for another 25 minutes.

As I write this I am taking my finished pan out of the oven. I hope you enjoy your Chocolate n' Oat Bars as much as I will.

 

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