Cooking with the Big Girls

When I was a little kid, I wanted an Easy-Bake Oven like nobody's business. I begged my mom for one, but she said no. I was crushed. But now I look back and smile at her reason: she said she'd rather I learned to bake real cakes and sweets. She did teach me how to bake enough cake for everyone in the family while following a real recipe (and occasionally coming up with alternative ingredients such as pancake batter when we ran out of flour).  I'm glad she did, but she also indulged me by buying me the Easy Bake pans and mixes and letting me bake them in the real oven. 


They didn't always turn out so well. 


Now they have re-done the Easy-Bake Oven to catch up a bit with the heat of an actual oven. They had to do this since the incandescent bulb is being discontinued, and the new version sort of looks like something from an episode of The Jetsons. that or a really cool microwave that someone in my college dorm would've had.


Check the new version of the Easy-Bake Oven.

Identity Crisis

A little bit ago, I saw that astrologists were completely wrong about horoscopes, and now we're all meant to be a different sign (though the CBS article advises that we hold our horses). 

This could be DISASTER for the cheesy pick-up line guy at your local bar. Future pick-up attempts could turn into a major identity crisis. 

For your consideration, a possible happy hour scenario:

Cheese-guy: "Hey, baby, what's your sign?"

Girl at bar: "My what? I don't know...everything's changing...I don't know who I am anymore!!!" [sobs]

Cheese-guy: [runs away]

On second thought, this could turn out to be quite the convenient way to get rid of any man who would use such a line and expect a positive result.

Though I don't really pay too much attention to my horoscope, I still really identify with the description of the Pisces. They're meant to be creative and dreamy people, so that's why I don't balk at saying I'm a Pisces. Also, my brother and dad were born under the Taurus sign, and they have always been quite stubborn.If you don't mind, I'm going to leave well enough alone and stay a Pisces.