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I love cookies, pastries, cakes, breads, etc... that have a bit of shape and art to them. When I saw the original cookie recipe of these on Alton Brown's Christmas-cookie-something-show I wanted to make them simply because of the twirl. Who cares what they tasted like I wanted that damn twirl! They do taste great though, added bonus. On Alton's show he made them as a peppermint version. Since I am not the person to go by the rules I did them my way. I'm not a big fan of candy peppermint, I love the taste of mint, but just hate the whole crunchy candy cane stuff. Candy canes are kind boring to me...I need something else happening/going on taste or texture wise with the candy cane to eat it. I love watching and learning from Alton Brown, but sometimes he can get a bit cheeky in his "Good Eats" show--too goofy, too silly you know? He is very smart and knowledgeable when it comes to deconstructing recipes and educating you on their backgrounds and simpleness of them--so why be cheeky? Half the time when I'm watching his show I rarely pay attention, my ADD gets the best of me when shiny kitchen utensils are in the forefront and background. I have to see what he has for kitchen tools, how he has his kitchen drawers lined up, what's in all the kitchen drawers, how many gadgets he has, and what's in his friggin' fridge! I also love seeing what kind of knives the chef's have on the show 'The Next Iron Chef', and what else is in their bags and foldups. I'm a firm believer that the perfect tools help make the perfect chef. Duh, right?
Back to these cookies, as I said above they were originally chocolate-peppermint pinwheels from Alton Brown. To make the toffee-vanilla pinwheels all I did was change it up with toffee and take out all peppermint, and change places with the two doughs. You could change it up with just about anything really: peanut butter sounds good; I would love to try a vanilla-strawberry version. So, if you do want to make these my way: just follow that recipe from Alton Brown, take out the peppermint extract, use 1/2 cup toffee bits instead of crushed candy cane, add the toffee bits to the vanilla dough not the chocolate dough, and put the chocolate layer on the inside instead of the outside. That's it! These make awesome Christmas gifts if they ever make it out of your kitchen.
toffee-vanilla pinwheels
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Oh these are beautiful. They look so festive and delicious...ReplyDelete
Well, I like peppermint, but I like toffee too! Yeah, Alton Brown can be a little on the odd side. But I love watching his show!ReplyDelete
Very nice! My husband absolutely hates Alton Brown but I think his show is very informative and interesting...most of the time! Happy holidays to all.ReplyDelete
The swirl is mesmerizing!ReplyDelete
These are gorgeous. They sound amazing, too.ReplyDelete
Toffee wins! We may make pinwheels for a cookie exchange party. They look so 'of the season'!ReplyDelete
I actually got to meet Alton Brown and watch him in our local Seafood Challenge (Monterey, CA). He's actually very approachable and very nice. I don't make a lot of his recipes, but I've learned a lot of great technique from him. Funny thing-- I saw these TODAY and bookmarked them. I'm so glad you made them and I much prefer your adaptation. Perfect timing!ReplyDelete
Well I think that DAMN swirl looks just fabulous!!!ReplyDelete
I love Alton in a nerdy..dorky kinda way
I must admit, I am not a huge fan of Alton's show, but compared to some of the new crap on FN, I can stomach it sometimes. I like the switch out to toffee though. I agree...way better than candy cane!ReplyDelete
These cookies are so much fun, I adore the swirl and the addition of toffee.ReplyDelete
It is so dangerous for me to come to your site - I swear I start drooling immediately.ReplyDelete
The pinwheels look pretty and veru tasty. I am loving them.
Next the chocolate caramel tarts - A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!
Then, the one that tempts me the most - the pretzel shortbread. Bookmarked.
Nicely done Dawn. Nicely done.
These are gorgeous. I want to make them for the swirl too! I agree- like Alton but I get total ADD watching his show. Hope you're having a nice week!Don't worry, I'll keep the Franky hotness coming :)ReplyDelete
These are just the sweetest little things!ReplyDelete
They make me want to have another wedding so I can wrap them up in plastic and tie them with a little bows to give to guests. Hmmmm... Maybe we'll have to have a vow renewal.
Aw beautiful! Nice creation.ReplyDelete
I love watching Alton Browns show..the pinwheels look amazing!ReplyDelete
I am definitely liking your version on this one! Hope all has been well. We're all fine, cats are fine..move was horrible but we're alive. Lol!!ReplyDelete
hypnotic…and completely perfect. obviously, i wouldn't mind either version, but i really like the look of yours. way to mix it up and be creative!ReplyDelete
Oh, my mom used to makes something like this when I was a kid though she didn't add toffee & that sounds greatReplyDelete
Hubba hubba, I'm in love. I think he does the schtick so people are not overwhelmed at his scientific explanations. My girls love him and all his goofy props.ReplyDelete
Those are really beautiful looking cookies, Dawn!ReplyDelete
Lovely, these look delicious.ReplyDelete
Congratulation your blog is very nice, I like so much.
I´m sorry, my english is no so good.
I knew your blog few days ago.
I'm so loving toffee lately and you're right--the twirl is awesome!ReplyDelete
i'm guessing they would not make it out of my kitchen :) but i might have to make them anyways!!ReplyDelete
Those look phenomenal! Alton bugs me too, sometimes. He has this "my way is right, everyone else is wrong" attitude that pisses me off.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/16/09, 1:53 PM
These are absolutely gorgeous, I love the swirl!ReplyDelete
Another winner from your kitchen!ReplyDelete
Re. all the comments: I'd love to read comments from those who've actually made them! Anyone?ReplyDelete
hey gerry/anonymous- these are from Alton Brown, if you click on the link I provided you'll be able to go to the page where they came from and see comments on people who made them!!! yeah!ReplyDelete
I'm sure Alton would love these too!!! I adore pinwheels cookies, they always look so cute! And yours have such a little perfect curl. Nicely done girl!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/16/09, 6:47 PM
The swirl is absolutely beautiful!! Love the flavour combo. Very nicely done :)ReplyDelete
I'm definitely making these for next week...even though I really need to watch what goes in my mouth since I can't exercise indefinitely. :(ReplyDelete
And since I've neglected my blog, I just noticed your comment on it. I think with those sweet potato muffins I must have used too much cinnamon in the filling since that's the only thing that could have made it brownish. Still very tasty though!
I love the golden bits of toffee in these. I think I'd like the peppermint version too though.ReplyDelete
These look fabulous and so festive too.ReplyDelete
I would love your version because as much as I love mint I am a little picky when it comes to baking with it so yours would be a delight to eat.
What fun cookies! I think I would like both versions :)ReplyDelete
love your blog, girl! these cookies look FANTASTIC!ReplyDelete
alton brown has some great recipes, his TV show is a bit corny, but he teaches how to bake properly which I always need help with LOL
Even if they didn't tasted as good, they are still beautiful :)ReplyDelete
These look amazing Dawn!ReplyDelete
Lovely! No, not peanut butter! How can you beat toffee?ReplyDelete
You know, every once in a while (and I confess I don't watch him that much) Alton has a super recipe. I saw him make a roasted edamame salad once-it was wonderful, I have it all the time. I just wish I could tolerate his personality long enough to weed out the good stuff. I'll depend on you!
I think I've died and gone to heaven! Between this and your chocolate tarts, i will never say diet again!ReplyDelete
Looks beautiful! Nobody can resist such pretty cookies!ReplyDelete
These pinwheels look aaamazing. I love toffee.ReplyDelete
i used to make these religiously for the holidays, but not with the toffee... yum!ReplyDelete
I am so drooling over everything here. These are certainly no exception. Wow!ReplyDelete
I would like to spin some of those pinwheels!! Nice Job!!ReplyDelete


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100 Hexipuffs!
29 comments:
- mkonieczki said...
I love the photo of hexipuffs spilling over the tops of each other! How wonderful. I'm sure this project will feel like an incredible victory when it's finished.
- March 19, 2013 at 11:51 AM
- Pretty Knitty said...
They are beautiful, dahling! Way to go! Mine are killing my hands, too, so I'm trying to take them in small doses...I am up to 70!
- March 19, 2013 at 11:59 AM
- Kate Price said...
Congratulations - 100 is awesome
- March 19, 2013 at 2:45 PM
- katherinelynn_04 said...
I'm knitting mine on size 5s...probably the first time in my life that I've had to GO UP a size. I couldn't bear to knit them on two dpns as suggested, so I'm using magic loop and feeling no ill effects. I've been doing them for about a week and a half while watching tv and have 36 finished, and am definitely understanding the appeal.
- March 19, 2013 at 2:52 PM
- Flo said...
I've got 38 done. Slowly. Surely! It's the best portable project ever. Sometimes I just look in the basket and pet them for my personal entertainment... :D
- March 19, 2013 at 3:19 PM
Those hexipuffs sure are beautiful ! But it seems like so much weaving-in and sewing in the end.
Take care of yourself and your back while finishing this project.
- March 19, 2013 at 5:03 PM
- Betsy said...
They're beautiful.
- March 19, 2013 at 6:39 PM
- dorothee draft said...
Félicitations !
- March 19, 2013 at 11:49 PM
Jealous! I think I have 5 or 6 finished at the moment. My kittens keep stealing them, thinking they're great toys. Hopefully I'll get some progress done on them soon!
- March 20, 2013 at 4:47 AM
- Suzanne said...
I haven't started mine yet, but can I just say, I love the name "hexipuff"? Love them - They're so cute!
- March 20, 2013 at 5:00 AM
They're so cute! And so much fun. :)
- March 20, 2013 at 5:15 AM
- Sandra Baroni said...
Your puffs are great!
I almost there, I knitted 93 until now, and I love do it, but I do not have pain when I knit it.
Good luck!
- March 20, 2013 at 5:35 AM
- Sabrina said...
Lovely! I have knit a few, but it's going to take me a lot longer to make as many as I need. But, I'm just wondering how you duplicate stitch the little motifs on them? I tried a few times and it was so fiddly trying to sew inside that tiny little hexipuff. Am I doing something wrong or is it just kind of tricky like that? Thanks!
- March 20, 2013 at 7:55 AM
- ABI said...
I don't know what they can be used for, but they're so cool!! :D
- March 22, 2013 at 12:04 PM
- Paula Crossen said...
You have to be so careful! I knit a dishcloth with size 3 needles because that's what the pattern said to do. I had to go to physical therapy and they did some kind of patch medicine each time. That didn't work so I had to get a shot of cortizone. That worked. I also don't knit as tightly as I used to!
- March 23, 2013 at 9:12 PM
- sweetpea family said...
they are adorable I love the one you have added embroidery to, so clever :)
- March 24, 2013 at 7:51 AM
- SClubBethan said...
They are so cute. Going to make an amazing blanket in the end!
- March 24, 2013 at 10:23 AM
- Amy Caroline said...
I think that must take an incredible amount of patience. I can't even imagine.
You know it be a cool group project!
It will be so worth it. I can't wait to see your finished project!
- March 25, 2013 at 7:13 AM
I deliberately left the link to your post in my inbox so I would get round to telling you how beautiful your hexipuffs are. I aspire to making the Beekeepers Quilt one day too
- March 26, 2013 at 6:10 AM
- ajira said...
What are they for? Just toys for your kiddo? Or ?? Hope you feel better soon. Repetitive stress injuries are absolutely no fun.
- March 28, 2013 at 1:35 PM
- pookie said...
can these be knit with worsted wool?? i don't have any fingerling..and really don't want to buy any. i love the concept...the quilt will be just beautiful!!!
- March 30, 2013 at 12:34 PM
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- March 31, 2013 at 5:58 PM
- Henry Fovargue said...
I love your blog! I gain a lot of inspiration from it. I would love to know what you think about my stitch marker: www.charmedknitting.com. I have worked hard to create a great range :) Thank you! Sophie
- March 31, 2013 at 6:00 PM
- KnittyMcPurly said...
I'm so sorry about the shoulder. When pain keeps you from knitting, it's a sad day! The hexipuffs look great though, and I hope your shoulder feels better soon! :)
- April 2, 2013 at 2:49 AM
- Anita said...
Very clever idea with the knitted hexies, smart girl.
Cheers, Anita.
- April 7, 2013 at 4:39 AM
- Daisy said...
I would love to donate some of my hand dyed minis to your Beekeeper's quilt! Email me & we'll set it up!
IG #daisyhays
- April 21, 2013 at 8:35 AM
- Daisy said...
Yummm You do beautiful work! I'd love to donate a couple of hand dyed minis to your Beekeeper's quilt! Email me & we can set it up!
IG #daisyhays
- April 21, 2013 at 8:37 AM
- Debbie Vandorpe said...
these little hexipuffs are really great!
Never seen them before!!
- April 28, 2013 at 7:14 AM
- . said...
I just found your blog tonight while I was browsing around for podcasts. Love the blog and the podcasts and just yay!
I love your puffs. I finished a HUGE version of this back in Jan. so I know the slowness of which you speak. I just started in on a second one actually. As slow a process as it is, they are addictive. (Here's mine if you are curious to see it: http://knitmesomething.blogspot.com/2013/01/bee-keeper-part-2.html )
Off to listen to more!
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The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture comes with a driver API & library API. Our aim is to describe hardware as close as possible in drivers, but in userspace, the alsa-lib covers the hardware differences (if required). It's possible for applications to control all hardware features (if required).
- Click here to view the code online - highlighted syntax
- Extra driver/architecture specific information is available in Vendor and module list and alsa-kernel source docs (obsolete?)
Q: Why is ALSA more advanced than OSS?
- kernel-space supports only h/w-level capabilities
- multi-thread safe design
- transparent use of plugin architecture to handle format,rate,channel cnt and many other conversions
- support for non-interleaved interfaces
- user-space software mixing (dmix)
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- merging multiple cards into a single virtual device
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- consistent and generic control API for managing h/w controls
- sufficiently flexible mixer architecture to handle modern audio interfaces fully (rather than reducing them to a simplistic device)
- consistent support for multiple instances of the same card
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The ALSA-sound-mini-HOWTO describes the installation of the ALSA sound drivers for Linux. This HOWTO is also available from the Linux Documentation Project, take a look at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/mirrors.html to find your nearest mirror. You can get this HOWTO in various formats:
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Streaky performances from both teams highlighted Thursday's Big 8 Conference bout between the Seneca and Monett girls.
Streaky performances from both teams highlighted Thursday's Big 8 Conference bout between the Seneca and Monett girls.
Turns out, the Lady Indians were able to sustain their play a bit more than Monett, and they went on to win a close one, 38-34.
Seneca took a 23-15 lead into the fourth quarter, but the Lady Cubs stormed back to with 19 points in the fourth quarter, keyed by a pair of 3-pointers from Faith Schmidt and Brooke McClain, to make it close. With 3:30 left in the game, the Lady Cubs managed to claw back and tie it at 32 apiece, but the Lady Indians closed the final 2:15 by making six attempts from the free throw line to seal the victory.
"We played really well in stretches," Seneca coach Bob Coffey said. "Being a road game, we were flat in stretches. (Monett) did a real good job closing out quarters. We'd bump (the lead) out to eight or 10 points and they'd kind of reel us back in."
Elena Wood led the Lady Indians with 11 points, while Bailey Skelton had nine, Molli Cooper and Courtney Cook had seven each, and Annie Howard and Rachel Butterfield tallied two apiece.
McClain led Monett with 19 points, while Schmidt had eight, Kelsey Wiseman five and Kailee Tickner two.
The Lady Indians also won the junior varsity bout, 36-24, with Wood leading the team again with 15 points.
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The districts of Schwabing, Maxvorstadt and Englischer Garten form Munich's most versatile area. They are home to theaters, various museums and galleries, several univerities, one of the world's largest urban parks, restaurants, bars, and clubs to satisfy the needs of 100,000 students, and shops that cater to those with money to burn. In everyday speech, locals and visitors alike speak of the whole area as Schwabing (and most of them don't even know there is a segmentation). The area is roughly bounded by the Isar river to the east, Frankfurter Ring to the north, Schleißheimer Straße to the west, and Marsstraße and Prinzregentenstraße to the south. Schwabing's neighboring areas are (clockwise, beginning in the east) Bogenhausen, the City Center, Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, the Olympic area, and Northern Munich.
Schwabing was founded in the 8th century as a small hamlet and therefore is much older than Munich itseld, which was founded in the 12th century. It was incorporated in the city of Munich in 1890. In the 19th and 20th century, Schwabing reached its zenith of cultural importance. Many famous litterateurs and painters, like Bertholt Brecht, Lion Feuchtwanger, Erich Kästner, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Wassily Kandinsky, and Franz Marc, to name only a few, were living or working in the district. Lenin also spend some years in Munich.
Schwabing was also location of the Schwabing riots in 1962, the overture of the student revolt in Germany in the late 1960s.
Today, Schwabing presents itself as a residential and students area, with a large number of restaurants and bars, that mostly cater to students or those with a pocket full of cash.
The Maxvorstadt was developed as a planned commnunity in 1805-1810 by King Maximilian I Joseph and was built from 1825 on to extend the city of Munich to the north. The rectangular street grid is enframed by the north-south parallels Leopoldstraße and Schleißheimer Straße, and the east-west parallels Brienner Straße and Georgenstraße.
The district comprises the southern part of the greater Schwabing area with a remarkable high number of cultural and educational institutions such as univerities, museums and galleries. Because of the high number of universities (seven) students (more than 100,000), the population of the Maxvorstadt quadruples during daytime and therefore is a typical students' quarter. Many famous persons, like Thomas Mann, Joseph Ratzinger, and Adolf Hitler were living here.
There are also many places with connection to the Third Reich era in the Maxvorstadt.
Englischer Garten
The Englischer Garten (German for English Garden) is a large public urban park, created in 1789-1792. With an area of 370 ha (910 acres) it is bigger than New York's Central Park or London's Hyde Park. It is designed as a informal landscape park, which was popular in the late 18th century. Following the style, the English Garden has a number of eye-catchers like temples, a teahouse, pavilions, and a pagoda, but the main features still are meadows, a gently rolling terrain, ponds, and a forest background. Since the 1966 the English Garden is devided into a southern and northern part by the Mittlerer Ring expressway.
On days with fine weather Munich's English Garden nowadays is the main meeting point of the locals (and especially the students of the nearby universities) to sunbath, relax, and have a beer or two. Vast open meadows, nearly 80 km (50 mi) of biking trails, hiking trails, and bridleways make it a perfect place for any kind of sports activity. During summertime it is also the venue of makeshift concerts and gratis performances.
Get in
By car
There are next to no signs indicating the areas within Munich. Coming from autobahn A 9 in the north or autobahn A 8 in the west, just follow the signs to the city center and you will automatically get to the Schwabing area.
The main arteries serving the Schwabing area in north-south direction are Ludwigstraße and Leopoldstraße in the east of the district, and to a lesser degree Schleißheimerstraße in the west. The main connections between those are Mittlerer Ring (circular expressway around the extended center of Munich) in the north and the one-way streets Gabelsbergerstraße in western direction and Theresienstraße in eastern direction in the south. However, it is definitely not advisable to go to the Schwabing area by car. Though there is not too much traffic outside rush-hours, parking is very limited and usually only allowed for residents of the surrounding blocks.
By subway (U-Bahn)
By tram
By bus
By bicycle
As Schwabing is very bike-friendly, with bikeways along every larger street, and generally not too much traffic going by bike is probably the fastest way to get to the area. There are a plethora of bike rentals around the city.
On foot
Given that the area is rather centrally located just north of the city center, it is extremely accessible by foot. From Marienplatz, just walk north for a few minutes and you will get to Odeonsplatz on the southern edge of the Schwabing area.
Get around
Given the area's north-south extent of approx. 5 km the best way to get around the area are Tram lines 27 & 28, which run along the center of the Schwabing area in north-south direction, with several stops along the way. Tram line 23 runs in the very north and serves the rather residential neighborhoods there. For travellers, who seeks independence from public transportation and are keen to explore the area on their own, renting a bicycle might be a good idea - there are a plethora of bike rentals around the city.
Museums and galleries
Parks and monuments
Christmas fairs (Christkindlmarkt)
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The European Central Bank's balance sheet shrank to the smallest in almost a year after euro-area banks started to repay emergency ECB loans.
The balance sheet dropped 159.1 billion ($215.1 billion) to 2.77 trillion euros in the week ended Feb. 1, the Frankfurt- based ECB said in a statement today. That's the lowest level since Feb. 24 last year. ECB lending to banks declined 140.8 billion to 1.02 trillion.
The ECB's balance sheet is shrinking just as the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan expand theirs through further monetary stimulus. That's pushing the euro higher, threatening to undermine European exports and a recovery from recession. The single currency has gained more than 3.5% against the dollar since Jan. 9 to as high as $1.3568 today.
Investor confidence has improved since ECB President Mario Draghi pledged in July last year to do whatever it takes to safeguard the euro and as signs emerge that the worst of the sovereign debt crisis may have passed.
Banks last week started repaying the three-year loans that the ECB offered them a year ago to prevent a credit crunch. Some 278 banks used the first early-repayment opportunity to return 137.2 billion euros.
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"Banks are in a stronger position now and don't need the ECB as much any more," said Richard Barwell, senior European economist at Royal Bank of Scotland Plc in London. "The loan repayment and the subsequent shrinking of the ECB balance sheet are more signs that the financial system is healing."
The ECB's balance sheet is still bigger than the Fed's $3 trillion and eclipses the 2.6 trillion-euro gross domestic product of Germany, Europe's largest economy.
The balance sheet records all the assets and liabilities on the books of the ECB and the 17 national central banks of the euro area that conduct market operations on its behalf. It swelled to more than 3 trillion euros in March last year following the ECB's second three-year loan to banks.
While those operations have "proven to be very powerful," they aren't "free of pitfalls," ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet said last week.
"The use of refinancing operations with a very long maturity results in an immediate expansion of the balance sheet when implemented" and "such an expansion is not without challenges for central bank communication and for managing inflation expectations," he said.
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Closing NHS hospitals
"Every year, demand for NHS health care – mainly from the greater number of older people – increases. Over the next five years it will grow by about 20 per cent, yet financing will increase by only one per cent. This is no longer viable."The solution according to Paul Corrigan is to close hospitals. Yes. You read that correctly. The solution to 20% more old people needing more healthcare is to close hospitals - at least 40!
Dr Grumble would be the first to admit that the NHS estate needs rationalising and he would agree that the more you do of one thing the better you get at it but to imply, as Professor Corrigan does, that general hospitals should become specialist centres with one hospital doing one thing and another another is arrant nonsense.
Dr Grumble's masters used to teach him about the unifying diagnosis. The patient presents with various symptoms and signs and the key is to put them all together and find the single diagnosis that accounts for them all. It can work well. Previously fit young people who are acutely unwell are unlikely to have more than one thing wrong with them but it is not the case for the elderly.
It's no good being in a hospital that specialises in the treatment of heart disease and fancy ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation if your heart disease causes a stroke which is treated elsewhere. Or, if you are elderly and need a hip replacement, you do not really want to go to a slick privatised specialist hip replacement centre if you also have diabetes and heart failure as well as your arthritis. You need to be in a large general hospital where there is the right expertise available to cope with every contingency. You need specialist care for your hip but you may well also need specialist care for your heart and for your diabetes and any number of other possible complications. These scenarios are not unusual. In an increasingly elderly population they are the norm.
Paul Corrigan is right. Though he doesn't quite say so, the NHS estate is in a mess. The problem has remained, despite the NHS being a planned service, because politicians have always fought shy of any hospital closure. We can manage with fewer hospitals. But please lets not have small specialist hospitals with ring-fenced work. We need fewer but bigger strategically-placed hospitals with specialists doing sufficient work to do their jobs well with other specialists alongside them.
If demand is increasing by 20% over five years and financing by 1%, hospitals will have to close because there just won't be the money to pay for them. This is a financial solution forced on us by the marktet. But let's not kid ourselves that this is any sort of a solution to the clinical problems we face. What is to happen to all the increasing numbers of frail elderly people for whom there will simply be no hospital beds? Can they really be looked after in the community? Will this be any cheaper? Or does care in the community mean less care or, perhaps, no care?


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Monday, June 20, 2011
Comic 914: Carl "Ugly" Wheeler's Kidneys
Hello, all, Trusty Carl Wheeler here, back for my one day a year where the prison i am in lets me use the Internet. Today's comic is utterly atrocious, as always, and you knew that it would be bad from the first panel, which features Mr. Beret.
Mr. Beret is a man who shows up in most of the worst comics. His character is basically that he is stupid and misunderstands things, in an "I was raised by wolves and only just this morning came back into regular society" sort of way. So, expectations are low, to say the least.
Here's what I thought happened the first time I read this comic: Mr. Beret buys some ice, is invited to a sketchy party, and has his liver removed and he wakes up in the bathtub. This is a common urban legend (see here for the usual Snopes treatment) and I was most mystified on two fronts: Why did this comic simply illustrate a well known story, and why did Randall think this would be funny?
You see, I was under the mistaken impression that the bath tub in panel 4 is filled with ice that is covered in blood. Now I know how wrong I was: The joke is that rather than having his kidney stolen and awaking in a tub of ice, he has had his ice stolen and is now awake in a tub of kidneys! A ho ho ho, great laughs are had by all. But the point is, the drawings are so poor that it's not calear what is going on.
In some ways, I wish he had just illustrated the original story; that way, he wouldn't be responsible for how dumb the joke is. The joke is really just taking two words from the original ending and switching them. I tried this with some other Snopes articles to generate a few new comic ideas:
---In the last panel, it turns out cancer is a great way to cure lemons!
---the punchline is, your family sends you a postcard that is disguised as a virus!
---it was actually american POWs who betrayed Jane Fonda!
---and of course, Lee Harvey Oswald was killed by John F. Kennedy is disguise (this one is actually pretty obviously true if you really think about it)
Anyway, the point is: None of these really make any sense. There's not much humor to be found in just changing things around to make less sense. If we knew why the girl wanted to steal ice, but had a great surplus of kidneys, then we could see how an understandable situation turned into the humorous reversal of a common tale. On it's own, I can't get past questions like: Where did the organs come from? Why can't they buy their own ice? Etc. It's just too far removed from anything understandable for me to laugh at.
I did laugh at one thing, but it was an "at you not with you" sort of situation - the fact that the party has a huge banner reading "PARTY!" on the wall. Not like the 99% of parties that have no such labeling, or the 1% that are specific (like, WELCOME BACK, CARL or HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY ROB or something like that). Nope, just PARTY! plain and simple. Why? Because Randall still does not know how to show us there is a party, and has to instead tell us with a huge fucking sign!
Love and kisses, till my internet time is taken away,
Rob again. I also wanted to add that it is my 88th birthday, and I have lately noticed a shift in style of XKCD. It's hard to put my finger on it, but the persistent use of color and a few of the recent comics seem like he's trying something new. Failing, of course, but making a spirited attempt nonetheless!
105 comments:
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 11:58 AM
WELCOME BACK, CARLReplyDelete
Lies, it's obviously just Gamer in disguiseReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Those were kidneys? WTF.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 12:25 PM
I thought the guy was wearing an ice pack on his head (not familiar with xkcd regular characters, sorry). If you assume this and/or read the strip right to left, it almost makes more sense.ReplyDelete
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.ReplyDelete
Damn, now nobody will read my terrible XKCDxMLPxSomeAnonymousComment fanfic in the last thread.ReplyDelete
- The Ghost of Megan PastJune 20, 2011 at 12:52 PM
What Timofei said. Previous post's thread gave most deserved parody of an xkcd comic in a long while.ReplyDelete
- Another AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 12:55 PM
YOUR DREAMS WERE YOUR TICKET OUTReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Why didn't Carl just post this himself?ReplyDelete
I have no idea. I even asked him and he was all *mysterious silence*ReplyDelete
Lies, it's obviously just Gamer in disguiseReplyDelete
To be fair, he pretty much repeats everything I said in my post over at XKCD SUCKS.
And yes, it is very strange that the person who owns the blog submitted a guest post instead of just posting himself.
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 2:26 PM
To be fair, fuck you.ReplyDelete
The only thing similar between the two reviews is the source material. You seem waaaayyy too cocky for your own good. I bet you and your neckbeard get beaten up a lot
Carl, your typing is so poor that it's not at all calear what's going on in your review.ReplyDelete
Also, are we making fun of rob for being old rather than fat now? What prompted this change?
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM
@Gamer_2k4 I've just read your blog and you pretty much repeat everything everyone's said in the previous thread and on the xkcd forum. Possible conclusions:ReplyDelete
(1) You're a super genius and everyone writing before and after you just copied original thoughts which only you could come up with;
(2) There's not much to say about this strip and once you've taken a small sample of people then everything everyone else says is either going to be a close variant of one of these things or completely stupid.
This site is only worth coming to for the bitchfest in the comments: it's cathartic to have something inane at which to let off deserved communal steam. If you have something substantial to say and no-one gets round to making it into a post proper, why not just put it in the comments? You'll get way more readers and you won't needlessly Fracture The Community.
in b4 what community / moar like commJEWnity amirite / etc
moar like commAIDSni- damnReplyDelete
...In the last panel, a penny is killed by a person dropped off the Empire State Building!ReplyDelete
...It turns out that you are swallowed in your sleep by a spider eight times a year! (Actually I quite like that one.)
...Beret Guy is watching lightning during a TV storm. And the lightning explodes when it gets struck by the TV!
...The punchline is that a black hole from the Large Hadron Collider is destroyed by a planet!
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 2:38 PM
We changed because gamer came along and stole rob's record of fattest man on the Internet. Now he's just old, lonely, and inadequate.
...It turns out that you are swallowed in your sleep by a spider eight times a year! (Actually I quite like that one.)ReplyDelete
Not safe for work, or mental health.
Also, Gamer, you might want to de-admin Raven and Ann before your hubris brings on their inevitable rebellion.ReplyDelete
- reluctant suicide bomberJune 20, 2011 at 3:05 PM
...the cross was nailed on Jesus;ReplyDelete
...not all sex objects are women;
...the Fonz jumped the shark by jumping the shark;
...marriage is a union between one woman and one man;
...under capitalism, man exploits man - but under communism, man exploits man;
...black men gave monkeys AIDS.
It's not as if I'm ever going to write anything for it, it's just Raven told me to click a button so I clicked itReplyDelete
I am not a complicated person
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 3:07 PM
@Gamer your guest reviews here have actually been quite good. Don't spoil it by letting it go to your head.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Actually, I kinda like the "PARTY!" sign. Seems adequate for a party. I'll make one for next time I gather round with my imaginary friends.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 3:32 PM
[ COMMENT ]ReplyDelete
Gah, grow some ovaries, Ann! It's time you stood up for yourself and stopped letting Raven tell you what to do! She will respect you more if you do, trust me.ReplyDelete
WHO HERE DOUBTS MY AUTHORITY?!?ReplyDelete
i didn't feel like logging in because it's just easier to write it in an e-mail and make rob do the formatting work.
i would have made a joke about Rob being fat (which he is) but it wouldn't have made as much sense to talk about a party sign that said "CONGRATS ON BEING SUPER FAT, ROB" the way i did it made more sense and was just as insulting!
but he is fat, it is true
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM
I actually thought this one was pretty funny.ReplyDelete
Carl how is life in the BahamasReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 4:30 PM
More like HAPPY 900TH POUND ROBReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 5:10 PM
Oh, hi Carl. Fancy to see you here, people have been trying to reach you in Webcomics.me, too. Those bumbling idiots...ReplyDelete
Aaaaanyway... I've been caring less and less for xkcd, to the point that I don't even bother writing a (hopefully) insightful comment about it in xkcd sucks or whatever is the newest iteration of reboot. That coupled with the increasing sidetracking of the newer reviews, makes my life pretty much unchanged. Except without xkcd, which is always an improvement.
But to this comic. I'll have to admit I like this comic. Because, I have to admit again, I like silly visual humor such as this. At a closer look, switching the words in an old urban legend is neither funny nor insightful, but most jokes aren't either. Thus, this comic is worth a laugh.
Then again, the heads don't connect in the first panel, the background in the second panel only intensifies the sensation of emptiness in the rest of the comic and the kidneys look just barely like kidneys. But, really, it's not that bad a comic.
- darwiniacJune 20, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Those are supposed to be kidneys? You know for as much as randy loves wikipedia, he could have spent two seconds to find out that's not what a kidney looks like.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 9:57 PM
Wow, I thought it WAS BLOODY ICE until I read this.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 11:32 PM
Yeah, I thought the joke was that she'd used his very own ice to steal his kidneys. Nice one Randy.ReplyDelete
xkcd character in having his sack removed by a woman shocker.
captcha: inest
so close but yet so far :(
- AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 11:34 PM
because the first thing that comes to mind when you wake up from a drugged state, neck deep in a bathtub full of kidneys is WHAT HAPPEN TO MY ICE?????ReplyDelete
give this man a Pulitzer
they look more like potatoesReplyDelete
Carl's not lying. He really did delete my post at 12:26.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 6:19 AM
Carl's back! Even if only for one review!ReplyDelete
Kind makes you think that Rob is a talentless shitbag when you read their work side by side, doesn't it?
I never realized that before!
- AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 6:21 AM
You know I live a life of dangerReplyDelete
For the FBI
Keeping tabs on our nation
On the land, on the sea, in the sky
But every single night
Before I go to bed
I get down on my knees
And thank God
I'm a secret agent man
Secret agent man
Secret agent man
They've given me a number
But they've taken 'way my name
I got one hell of a job to perform
For the U. S. of A.
Got the responsibility
Of our nation's top security
But every night and day
I salute the flag and say
Thank you Jesus
Cause I'm, I'm a secret agent man
You know they got me doin' this
Doin' that
And a little bit of something else
Fighting cavities of evil
Safe-guarding America's health
But not an afternoon pass
I don't get up off my ass
Thank you God
Cause I'm, I'm a secret agent man
So the party banner says "Party," the store is named "Save Mart," and the bag of ice is labeled "Ice." Way to push the envelope, Randy.ReplyDelete
Maybe he's trying to get a job as a political cartoonist?ReplyDelete
Then the bag would be labelled 'ECONOMIC CRISIS' and the shop would be called 'EUROPEAN UNION'.ReplyDelete
According to this, many xkcd readers are geniuses and will explain the jokes for us feeble-minded if we look in the forums. Obviously written by one of the forumites.ReplyDelete
Captcha: maters. The antonym of xkcd fans.
it's tvtropes, what were you expecting?ReplyDelete
A theory I proposed recently: TVTropes has been overrun by xkcd fans ever since 609, the comic that linked to TVTropes. Just look how many trope pages are illustrated by xkcd comics.ReplyDelete
Then again, this is just a hypothesis, and TVTropes may have been like this before 609.
Oh, and TVTropes mentions us here.
- AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Nah, it's always been like that. TVTropes is a bastion of the "geek culture" that are supposedly the only ones who can truly appreciate XKCD.ReplyDelete
I've decided not to link to xkcd anymore. You see, I could have made the '609' a little link to comic 609. But doing that would have increased its pagerank and favoured it on Google search results. And we sure wouldn't want that.ReplyDelete
CARL > ROBReplyDelete
except in girthReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Thanks for that comment, Ann, I always laugh heartily when given a chance to remember that American political cartoons are still stuck in those simpler times of clearly labeled metaphors. What a country!ReplyDelete
The setup to this joke could've lead to something decent if there were a punchline.ReplyDelete
I would have laughed if the last panel were just this link: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewforum.php?f=7
- AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 11:52 PM
In regards to 915...ReplyDelete
...What the hell is a "Wikipedia signature?"
CAPTCHA: corkstap, for your bottles of cheap wine.
- AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 11:55 PM
Also another stupid example of Randall telling, not showing: instead of us seeing the people/still frames, we see... the box with the characters and pictures implied.ReplyDelete
915 wasn't bad. One thing I've noticed though is the reappearence of White Hat Guy. We last saw him in 836, Randall's 'slings and arrows' speech. In both cases his purpose is quite clear, as Randall's strawman. I maintain that this comic is better because White Hat Guy at least has more of a purpose than just saying one line.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 6:19 AM
But if you locked a cuddlefish in a box with 900 xkcd strips would they admit that some of them suck?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 6:50 AM
915: Randall realizes the world is not full of adventure anymore. It is not enough to suffer alone, he must smash the innocent of their delusions by absurd example manufactured by his hand, surely the greatest proof of all to his dreary claim of a monochrome world viewed from the room he never leaves, the only windows leading out made of LCD.ReplyDelete
The world is cold and uncaring, and so he should be too.
No lies this time, I actually chuckled a bit at 915. Not at his attempt at LOLRANDUMB with "canadian surrealist porn" (mentioning porn in a list is cheap komedy laffs for any sexually insecure teenager/20something in much the same way mentioning 'poo' or 'underwear' is cheap komedy laffs for any 8 year old), but rather the actually not-that-bad-you-guys dialogue in the final panel carrying out the joke.ReplyDelete
If it sounds artificial and ridiculous, that's because it's supposed to.
Also, LOL at Jon Levi's TVTropes link to xkcdsucks. What, is that their idea of an olive branch? "Well, it's impossible that xkcd could actually be a bad comic, so they must just be disappointed from all the hype it's been getting!"
Hope springs eternal, I suppose.
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 7:51 AM
yay, more pandering to the tastes of nerdsReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 9:26 AM
This would have been funnier if they'd been locked in a room full of My Little Ponies.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Thanks for CALEARing that up!ReplyDelete
@Ves, that's not what those tropes mean at all actually...ReplyDelete
Hype Backlash is where you hear so much hype for something ("This movie is going to blow your mind!" "Game of the year! Right here!" "This book will change your life!!" etc.), that once you actually read/watch/play it, it doesn't live up to the hype, and thus, while it's certainly not spectacular, it will seem worse than it actually is (Extreme hype for something average gets people to call it horrible, just look at the people who loathe Halo).
Fan Disillusionment, on the other hand, is where you were a fan of something, but then, over time, the quality of the word degrades, or it goes down some path you don't think it should have, and you eventually reach the point where you stop being a fan of the work.
Personally I think Fan Disillusionment describes this blog perfectly, the FAQ sections state that
- Wrinkledlion XJune 22, 2011 at 10:04 AM
This latest comic is actually pretty funny. Good show.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 10:24 AM
- That's what sheJune 22, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Pardon me, gentlemen, but I should like to take this moment to formally announce to the frequenters of the xkcd sucks establishment and any passerby that this comment predates all others in this thread.ReplyDelete
Well, I had only read Hype Backlash from the link. Yes, Fan Disillusionment is actually really accurate, props to them.
Man, Randall probably drinks Thunderbird and thinks he's smart for it.ReplyDelete
Gamer, I think you're operating this thing all alone and attached the name Raven for hype or something.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 7:06 PM
Randall still thinks life is adventure. He just thinks such adventure takes the form of fleeting transitive experiences. It's all about fucking on an uncomfortable pile of plastic balls, not about acquiring a sophisticated understanding of your surroundings.ReplyDelete
See also: relying on Wikipedia and Google as your only sources of knowledge.
@Anon 7:06 - well, you obviously haven't fucked a lactating woman on an uncomfortable pile of plastic balls, else you would not denigrate it so. It's a transformative experience.ReplyDelete
It's like I always say - you haven't truly lived unless you've fucked a woman on an uncomfortable pile of plastic balls (this is true for both men and women). Also, something about Ursa Minor Beta, but that's not important right now.
- AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 10:42 PM
A bit late, but:ReplyDelete
The World Trade Centre blows up suicide bombers.
@Oh god the formatting:ReplyDelete
I promise I'll let her take Friday's strip. If I think it's particularly awful, I'll just write another review in addition to hers.
World Trade Center blows up US Government.ReplyDelete
Amirite ;-)
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 1:03 AM
In Soviet Germany, the people have a strangehold on the Jews.ReplyDelete
/russian reversal
/randall wit
/humour hara kiri
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 7:03 AM
This thread is bad and you should feel bad.ReplyDelete
Captcha: prerav. The abbreviated form of the dark era before yours truly, obviously.
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 8:08 AM
@Ravenzomg a FGAS with hipster glasses isn't helping your case.ReplyDelete
captcha: inuate. wh ar u inuatin bout m soriety ficer
raven send us pics of your fatReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Hahaha, FGASReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 10:41 AM
I thought the abbreviation "J.B." was pretty funny because academics use that sort of thing a lot.ReplyDelete
That said, I do think that Randall is the worst sort of vapid iconoclast ('Why have culture when you can have mathematics? Academia is so stupid except when it's in science, although I wouldn't know about that because I'm not actually a scientist, just a comic writer!'), so this comic doesn't really do it for me.
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 2:26 PM
I wonder what that girl would think if she saw me using her picture. I think that'd be pretty weird. Then again, it's better than me captioning the picture I suppose....unless she thinks I'm awful, which is probable if she were to read this site.ReplyDelete
- steventhehawkJune 23, 2011 at 2:47 PM
Step 1: Randall makes claim.ReplyDelete
Step 2: Randall invents hypothetical scenario in which claim is true.
Q.E.D., bitches.
- RochambeauJune 23, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Xkcd's problem is more a problem of lack of mastering the tools of the sequential art than a problem of content. 915: the joke could be funny. I don't mind randomness: I laughed (in my head, I never lol, ever) at "surreal canadian porn", and the idea of pictures of Joe Biden eating a sandwich as an art form is amusing enough. But, god, this comic is painfully long and wordy. Main problem: you have a first punchline in the 3rd frame, and then the last frame is just illustrating the punchline (well... illustrating...) That's a lot of post punchline dialogue. Words are not the best friends of comics, and refraining from using too much of them is generally worth the effort. Also, trying to find a decent punchline when you have an amusing idea can transform a "that's kinda funny" into a big "HAHAHAHAHA" peed my pants.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 5:17 PM
The filthy river creature has a point. +1 Rochambeau.ReplyDelete
I thought it was a tub of shit.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 6:08 PM
One notable example is one where two shipwreck survivors are clinging to a shellfish-encrusted rock in the ocean, and one says "Don't worry, we'll have plenty to eat; the oysters go all the way to the top!". You'd have to know that oysters actually live underwater to get the joke.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Phrases I hate that xkcdsucks-frequenters always say:ReplyDelete
1. Amirite
2. Cuddlefish
3. Show, don't tell
By posting this I'll have ensured that those phrases will never be heard on this site again.
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:28 PM
Anonymous @ 11:21- show, don't tell us that xkcdsucks frequenters always say such phrases. I certainly don't see the first one very often. I don't think you're an xkcdsucks regular at all; you're just a cuddlefish amirite?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 1:12 AM
916: Security through obscurity does not a joke make.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 1:31 AM
Anon 11:28 - GOOD ONE!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
916 did NOT make me vomit up my breakfast, so that's good.ReplyDelete
Do you guys think that we could get Lulzsec to take down xkcd? It would create much "butthurt" and "lulz" as the kids say these days.
too internetty
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 4:29 AM
On the one hand, I hate plutarchy. On the other, I hate leet haxors who haven't evolved as a species since winnuke was first released to kick Windows 95 users off IRC almost 15 years ago. On the other, I hate xkcd. And I'm as concerned about people I hate receiving credit as I am about their not suffering.ReplyDelete
This is a tough one. Maybe I should stop expressing my psyche so openly - I believe the standard is to pretend that you have healthy thoughts. May each survive on his merits and those who need help receive it, God bless America, &c.
captcha: clensd. Thus I am.
Being fed up with post-punchline dialogues and other too verbose comics, I'm trying a (probably very short-lived) blog with shortend versions of xkcd strips.ReplyDelete
Just for fun, let's see how long it lasts...
I wonder when Randall's gonna stop making comics and just start giving handjobs to forum members. It would be pretty much the same, except he might make friends.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 4:50 AM
I'd rather lulzsec spilled Randall's email account just so I can grep them for 'megan'ReplyDelete
- That's what sheJune 24, 2011 at 5:57 AM
@xkcd redux: I would have visited your link if you'd bothered to make it clickable.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 6:32 AM
WHAT-AM-I-FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOR?!ReplyDelete
Randall was a connoisseur. A gobbler of whangs par excellence.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 6:48 AM
Dear anonymice: This is how you do it. THAT IS ALL.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Is there like some online script thing where I can take an xkcd comic and replace the speech. You know, something for the chronically lazy who don't want to mess with formatting by downloading the comic and the font and opening it up in some tool and shit. Cheers ears.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 11:14 AM
@Anon 5:57: Click the name on the post.ReplyDelete
- That's what sheJune 24, 2011 at 11:31 AM
I'm not anonymous. My name's "That's what she."ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Brilliant review. In fact, I didn't get the joke until I read this review. 914: Big downthumb.ReplyDelete
I'd just like to say that 912 has perhaps the greatest goatkcd of all time.ReplyDelete


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Just complete a 4 round mock draft with others posters on KFFL.com. Very basic format. No player trades, pick trades limited to before draft trading. Each mocker took 2-3 teams and made the selections live.
Here's how it went for Seattle.
I traded #25 and our 6th to the Chiefs for #34, #96 (4th round) and a 4th next year. My thinking was the value between 25 and 40 is fairly grouped together, and I'd be able to get the same quality player 10 picks later as I could get at 25. The trade down meant I missed the opportunity to select Desmond Trufant, John Jenkins, DeAndre Hopkins, and Datone Jones.
#34 overall - DT Kawann Short: I wanted to get a quick twitch penatrating DT with one of my first two picks, and after Richardon, I consider Short the best of the bunch. I probably would've picked him at 25 anyway. Other possibilities inlcuded Barrett Jones, Jonathan Cooper, Justin Hunter, Robert Woods and Alex Okafor.
#56 overall - WR Da'Rick Rogers: After Cordorelle Patterson, I consider Rogers to be the only elite potential WR in the draft. There are lots of quality #2's, borderline #1's, but Patterson adn Rogers are the only ones I see with Pro Bowl potential. Roger's has major off field issues, but has the length, speed and polish to make an immediate impact. Other options included Sylvester Williams, Brandon Williams, Tavon Austin and Margus Hunt.
#87 overall - TE Jordan Reed: Reed is my favorite target at TE. Great speed and RAC ability, smooth route runner who gives Wilson a deep middle target. Montori Hughes was the only other possibility for me.
#96 overall (from the Chiefs) - OLB Sio Moore: Moore is a former DE who transitioned to linebacker and showed suprising cover skills. Great length and solid speed, he's a jack of all trades linebacker who can rush the passer as well.
#120 overall - OL David Bakhtiari: Athletic but undersized tackle who has played both RT and LT in college, but I project him as a guard for us. His athleticism will be huge on pulls, traps and second level blocking, but he'll need to add some bulk and upper body strength to be a force in the power run game.


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Stocking your pantry to make Thai curry? Do you know the differences between coconut milk, coconut cream, coconut water and cream of coconut?
Learn more about the different types stocked in the Asian Supper kitchen.
Coconut milk is produced by pureeing a mixture of coconut meat and water, then straining it to remove some of the fat. Twenty years ago in rural areas of Thailand and Laos, coconut milk was handmade daily by seeping coconut meat and hot water for 15 minutes, then extracting the "coconut milk" by squeezing it. For those of you who buy the light coconut milk, it means that the coconut milk is strained a second time producing a lower fat content. Also, AsianSupper does not recommend "light coconut milk" because sometimes it is thickened with flour and has little flavor. Thinning a good-quality coconut milk with water or cooking liquid (e.g., chicken broth) will result in a much tastier dish. Coconut milk is what you should be buying to make Thai curries or Asian desserts.
Coconut Cream has a higher ratio of coconut to water content. If you don't shake your coconut milk before opening the can, there are two layers. The top thick white layer is actually coconut cream. The bottom layer of gray/whitish watery liquid is coconut water. Today, you can actually buy coconut cream solely by itself. Coconut cream is also suitable for making curries and desserts.
Coconut water is the liquid in a young coconut when you first crack it open. This is what you are drinking when you buy Zico Coconut Water or Vita Coconut Water. Coconut water has gained popularity in the US over the past two years because of its many benefits - more potassium than a banana to prevent cramping; it is fat free, low in calories and great for rehydration. Coconut water is suitable for a standalone beverage.
Cream of coconut is a delicious cream made from coconuts and blended with cane sugar. It is ideal for tropical drinks and desserts. You'll find this in the cocktail aisle. A brand of cream of coconut is Coco Lopez Cream Coconut. Many people use cream of coconut to make Pina Coladas, Coco Loco and Jamaican Bahama Mama.
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Recipes using coconut milk:
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Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
- Cascara Sagrada
- Dandelion
- He Shou Wu
- Increased Dietary Fiber ( Debittered Fenugreek Seeds , Flaxseed , Glucomannan , Psyllium Husks)
- Increased Water Intake
- Methyl Sulfonyl Methane (MSM)
- Probiotics (Alone or With Prebiotics )
- Senna
- Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
- Acupuncture
- Aloe
- Ayurvedic Herbal Combinations
- Barberry
- Basil
- Biofeedback
- Bladderwrack
- Buckthorn
- Cayenne
- Dandelion
- Goldenseal
- He Shou Wu
- Honey
- Red Raspberry
- Slippery Elm
In the nineteenth century, a naturopathic concept came into being whose influence persists today: namely, that regular, frequent, and complete bowel movements are necessary for optimum health. William Harvey Kellogg, of Kellogg's cereal fame, wrote extensively of the dangers of "auto-intoxication" purportedly caused by inadequate elimination. He and others claimed that a concrete-like sludge builds up on the wall of the colon, increasing in thickness over time and destroying the health of the body.
However, in modern times physicians have performed millions of direct examinations of the colon, using the procedure known as colonoscopy, without finding any evidence of such a coating. Caked colons are a myth.
Furthermore, conventional medicine has never observed any connection between elimination and overall health. Many people eliminate only once a week or so, and their health appears to be no worse than that of the population at large.
In addition, one study found that there is no connection between constipation and colon cancer.
Nonetheless, most people find occasional constipation unpleasant. For some, it becomes a severe chronic problem. It can be associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), in which case it is called constipation-predominant IBS.
Conventional treatment for constipation involves mainly increasing exercise and intake of dietary fiber and water, while reserving laxatives, suppositories, and enemas for emergencies.
Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Occasional constipation can be safely self-treated. However, if constipation becomes a chronic problem, it should be evaluated by a physician.
Increasing dietary fiber and water intake is the first treatment to try for chronic constipation. Whole grains and fruits and vegetables add fiber in the diet. In addition, fiber supplements may be taken in the form of debittered fenugreek seeds, glucomannan , and flaxseed . Psyllium , another source of fiber, is also helpful in relieving constipation. In a review of 3 trials involving 283 adults, psyllium effectively improved bowel movements compared to placebo.
A typical dosage of fiber is 5 to 10 g, 1 to 3 times daily, with at least 16 ounces of liquid. Start with the lower doses and work up gradually, as too much fiber all at once can actually worsen constipation.
The herbs cascara sagrada and senna are stimulant laxatives approved as over-the-counter treatments for constipation. Another herb, common buckthorn , also contains these substances, but it is not an approved OTC drug in the US. All of these work by virtue of chemical constituents called anthraquinones that irritate the colon wall. When taken to excess, stimulant laxatives can cause dependence. In addition, if overused, they can cause depletion of potassium. This is especially dangerous for people taking drugs in the digoxin family .
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine offers numerous herbal combinations for the treatment of constipation. One such combination has undergone study: a combination of the herbs rhubarb and licorice called Daio-kanzo-to. In this 2-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 132 people complaining of constipation were randomly assigned to one of three groups: placebo, low-dose Daio-kanzo-to, or high-dose Daio-kanzo-to. The results indicate that the higher-dose group, but not the lower-dose group, experienced statistically significant improvements in constipation compared to placebo.
Some evidence indicates that probiotics ("friendly bacteria") alone, or taken in combination with prebiotics (nutrients that encourage the growth of probiotics) may improve constipation. For example, 266 women with constipation who consumed yogurt containing the probiotic and the prebiotic fructoligosaccharide twice daily for two weeks experienced significant improvement compared to women consuming regular yogurt as a placebo. In addition, a 6-week double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 274 people with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome, use of a probiotic formula containing significantly reduced discomfort and increased stool frequency. In another double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 45 children with chronic constipation, researchers found that use of was more effective than placebo and equally effective as magnesium oxide . Furthermore, a small trial found benefits in children, this time with a mixture of and , and a study not limited to children found benefit with . Finally, one study found that a combination of and improved bowel regularity in seniors.
The psychological aspect of constipation should be considered as well. Like sleep, elimination is inhibited by thinking too much about it. Part of the key to solving chronic constipation problems is to decrease the sense of worry and anxiety that surrounds the issue. Although constipation is certainly unpleasant, its evils have been greatly exaggerated. Thinking less about it will often go a long way toward solving the problem.
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
Numerous herbs are used alone or in combination formulas for the treatment of constipation, including: aloe , Ayurvedic herbal combinations , barberry , bladderwrack , basil, buckthorn, cayenne , dandelion , goldenseal , He shou wu , red raspberry , and slippery elm . Honey has also shown a bit of potential. However, the effectiveness of these therapies has not been scientifically evaluated to any meaningful extent.
Besides herbs, other alternative medicine therapies have been proposed for use in the treatment of constipation. Biofeedback may be effective for some forms of constipation (particularly those associated with uncoordinated functioning of pelvic muscles), but the evidence is mixed for short-term and lacking for long-term benefits. One small study failed to find acupuncture helpful. However, some success was reported with self-acupuncture applied to the perineal area, the area between the anus and base of the genitals. In a randomized trial of 100 adults with functional constipation, applied pressure and massage to this area was associated with improved bowel function and quality of life when compared to standard treatment alone. The trial was unblinded and the patients self-reported their results, which can affect outcomes.
Electroacupuncture, the use of electricity to acupuncture pressure points, was associated with improved bowel function when compared to sham electroacupuncture in a randomized trial with 1,075 patients. Bowel function included frequency, completeness, and spontaneity of bowel movements. The participants had 28 electroacupuncture sessions over the course of 8 weeks.


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A very patronising way of sympathising with someone. Often said with good intentions, but failing miserably to make the other person feel any better about whatever is troubling them.
<random person> "Shit, I can't feel my arm, fucking rugby!"
<St.Arzy> "Awww blessums."
<St.Arzy> "Awww blessums."
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Posted on September 4, 2013
I don't suppose anybody out there will weep for the book dealer. But a lot of these folks have only their books to buy their breakfast, feed the electric company, pay the rent. They have to be out there finding wonderful books at garage sales, estate sales, and yes, even Newberry Book Fairs, hunting for what will buy them a new necktie or a Big Mac, maybe even a new suit and a ten-pack of Ramen Noodles. They have to jump fast, buy quick, and play their hunches.
And sometimes they get it wrong. Or sometimes they have to buy a hundred books just to get hold of two they know one of their customers will fork over a nice check to buy. They wind up with a lot of extra books, books they probably can't sell or just don't want in their establishment. What can they do with all those books?
Throw them away? Contrary to popular belief, a majority of booksellers actually like books. There are books they will gladly throw away, but these tend to be those copies of The DaVinci Code that got dropped in the bathtub. They just don't feel like destroying a book somebody would pay a buck for simply because there isn't room in the store, or in the storage unit, to keep it.
Yes, Everkleer Espresso, this is another story where Uncle Blogsy flies to the rescue. The last time I sat down and counted, there were seven dealers in used or antiquarian books who use my loading dock as their Out Basket. "These are my mistakes," several say.
There are those who ask, "Uncle Blogsy, why would you accept books that some professional bookseller refuses to sell?" I resent the implication that I am merely a paraprofessional bookseller, but I will pass over it without sulking.
For one thing, I hinted earlier on that space in a bookstore is at a premium. Most book dealers who still have stores won't stock paperback mysteries or romances at all: not enough profit per inch of shelf space. But that's good, solid Book Fair Fodder. One dealer has told me straight out that he won't put any book in his stock unless it seems to him to come up to his minimum price. So I get all the books he figures are worth a mere five bucks. We can certainly deal with five dollar books.
Another thing about boxes of mistakes is that booksellers very seldom buy trash: you will not get loads of paperbacks with all their covers bent backward or cookbooks which have been through a pressure cooker explosion. The books must at least look like decent material for a bookstore, even if subsequent research proves they aren't.
And, of course, a bookseller can make a second mistake. Back in the days before computers (yes, rabbit fritter: Uncle Blogsy is that old) when most of our book pricing was done through dealers' catalogs, we learned that dealers have blind spots. Some specialize in literature and don't know anything about collectible science books. Others deal heavily in science but miss out on art books. The dealers who deal with me are like that as well. Sometimes we turn up treasures they didn't suspect, or just didn't want to bother with. First editions in languages other than English are a hard sell around these parts, so the dealer who gave me a book in French that listed at $200 didn't bat an eye when I told him.
"Couldn't have sold it anyway," he said. "My customers wouldn't even have looked at it."
That diary of the Lake County sheriff came in a box of book dealer's mistakes, as did that rather unpromising book with the cover design by Picasso. So we like mistakes around here. (I, of course, never make mistakes, as mentioned before. Sometimes I am right incorrectly, but that's another matter.)