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Morning Cup of Links: Black Market Real Estate
by Miss Cellania - October 30, 2008 - 2:53 AM
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Jen Singer thinks candy companies should help out beleaguered families in popular trick-or-treat areas. I live in one of those now, and figure on running out of candy within half an hour.
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A List of Halloween Horror Movies and TV Show Marathons. My kids will be on sugar overload, fighting over the Travel Channel vs. Cartoon Network.
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Stephen Hawking writes about life with ALS. His main complaint is that his speech synthesizer speaks with an American accent.
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A guy gets revenge on a cat who always sleeps on his car. I laughed, then felt terribly guilty, then I laughed again.
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20 Wonders of the Microscopic World. These photographs are the winners of the Nikon Small World Competition.
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Black market real estate? Is that even possible? Yes, and it’s the most efficient way to buy land in Bangalore, India.
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What can you possibly do with a dozen pumpkins? Lots more than just carve a jack-o-lantern!

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  1. I’m a cat-lover through and through, and I laughed at the video! It didn’t hurt the cat and he’ll probably avoid all cars in the future (and be safer to boot!)

    posted by Kimberly on 10-30-2008 at 9:58 am

  2. Miss Cellania, do you have a good pumpkin bread recipe (that uses canned pumpkins, as I don’t have time or patience to use the real thing)?

    Thanks!

    posted by Lindsey on 10-30-2008 at 10:42 am

  3. Linsey, I’ve never made pumpkin bread, but I saved a recipe for a cake that a friend brought to work and made me swoon!

    2 cups flour
    2 tsp cinnamon
    2 tsp soda
    1 tsp baking powder
    .5 tsp salt
    2 cups sugar
    .5 cup Crisco
    .5 cup applesauce
    4 eggs
    1 can pumpkin

    Sift together powdered ingredients, then mix in sugar and other ingredients. Beat 4 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for half an hour or until center is done.

    The icing is the real secret!

    1 stick butter
    8 ounces cream cheese, softened
    1 box powdered sugar
    1 tsp vanilla
    Mix in blender.

    I haven’t baked it yet, but I will soon!

    posted by Miss Cellania on 10-30-2008 at 8:16 pm

  4. The Kiwis are OBSESSED with pumpkin! It’s everywhere here, and often served as a main vegetable with restaurant meals. It’s almost always the soup of the day as well!

    When we moved, I brought along canned pumpkin (as it’s the one thing they DON’T have here – many people cook and bake from scratch), and made pumpkin cheesecake. :)

    posted by Dawn on 11-4-2008 at 5:03 am

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