my twin, where art thou?

I was watching this fascinating Discovery Health's episode on Vanished Twins. During the introduction, the narrator said that one in 8 people had a vanished twin. One twin would disappear or in rare cases be developed inside the other fetus. There are different causes and ways one twin would vanish during development.

Then it hit me.

I remembered that my mother explained when early on in her pregnancy with me. The doctor told her that I was going to be twins. She was HUGE! I had sets of everything in reds and blues!

After watching this Discovery show, I had to wonder... I've always felt something was missing for a long time and haven't found the cause for it. Perhaps, I got a vanished twin?

4sale: snazzy duct tape purse

If anyone is interested, this purse took about 2 to 3 days to make! You can see colored duct tapes on each side as rainbows. It also have an inside side pocket as well. The size of the purse is 3" thick, 9" wide and approximately 23" long with strap (purse bag height is about 6" tall).

It's 50 bucks plus shipping and handling or better offer. Please drop a note if you are interested!

a rant.

Without Deaf people -

Music would have been a lot different today. Thank Beethoven.

We all would still be playing live music, using fireplaces, oil lamps, ink pens and paper! No Napster, iPods, TVs, computers, etc! Thank Thomas Edison.

Phones would be nonexistent today! Thank Alexander Graham Bell’s wife! No thanks to Alexander for being a hearie who wanted all Deaf people to be sterilized!

There wouldn’t be any Girl Scouts of America! Thank Juliette Lowe.

Sport games would have been boring and short. And the wives would have been a lot happier! Thank the Deaf players for the huddle and hand signals!

Considering what I have listed above, to all the Hearies who opposed the captioning services for the Deaf people - You are selfish, greedy bastards who don’t deserve the daily privilege of using services and products that sprouted from the benefits of what the Deaf have created for you! Most of all, if weren’t for Deaf people, you wouldn’t be blogging and reading this!

Good-fucking-grief! Please show some real appreciation and give us some credit!

If you don’t recognize - Fuck off.

texted.

I woke up this morning and checked my Sidekick2. There was a text message from my sister. She sent it to me about 7 am, then I remembered it meant she sent it 4 am from Arizona. She said:

"I hate charlies! So many hot guys!"

Bitch! You asked for it!

She wouldn't go with me when I asked her months ago! :P I hope she had a great time there!

recipe.

A recipe from snowflurrybaker's stumbleupon page:

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup peanut butter
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt

Method:
Cream butter and sugars in large bowl until light and fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition.  Thouroughly incorporate peanut butter.
 
In seperate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.  Mix well, and add to butter and sugars.  Stir until *just* combined.  Do not overmix!
 
Scoop onto parchment lined cookies sheets (if you have it; otherwise use non-stick sheets, or as a final resort, a lightly buttered sheet).  Flatten with tool of your choice: a fork, the bottom of a pretty bevelled glass, or the palm of your hand!

Bake at 275 C for 10 minutes, or until the bottoms are lightly browned and the top is "set".  Never trust your cookies to a 350 degree celius oven!  Ever!  Most home ovens run 50 degrees hotter than the dial temperature.  It's better to bake them a little longer than to risk burning/overbaking.  Transfer to wire racks to cool, brew a strong cup of coffee, or pour a glass of milk and enjoy!  Oh, and sharing with loved ones makes them taste even better!

quiz plug.

What Your Bathroom Habits Say About You

You are a giving soul. Way too giving in fact. You often get stuck doing the dirty work that no one else will do. Your look is put together, classic, and stylish. You always look fashionable without trying. You are a little shy and easily embarrassed. You often wonder if you are normal. In relationships, you tend to be very romantic and demanding. You'll treat your partner like gold, but you expect a lot in return.

What Do Your Bathroom Habits Say About You?

I dunno about the shy part. Easily embarrassed? I dunno about that one, too! Everything else just hit the right spot.

another firefox extension

This is a MUST for the blogger and blog reader! coComment keeps you updated on any comments you posted on other websites. I use it now. And it works on flickr, digg, blogger, wordpress and more! Go to the coComment's homepage and learn how!

new wish list

My new wish list is being hosted on Froogle.

For some reason, I am not satisfied with Amazon's wish list feature. Maybe it is because it feels "noisy". I dunno.. I should just use Froogle's wishlist from now on, but will let my Amazon wishlist collect dust unless they have something listed that Froogle doesn't have.

Regardless, here is a small wishlist! Some friends can stop asking me what do I want for my birthday (Oct. 16)! lol!

an east coast quirk.

I noticed if you're on the West Coast and you order fajita something, you get the real fajita deal with authenic taste. But here on East Coast, they think fajitas comes in doused with sweet bbq sauce, topped with grated cheese, sour cream, diced tomatoes, lettuce and salsa!

Bbq sauce WITH salsa?! Eww, yuck!

leather?

http://media.adventchildren.net/wallpapers/site/ac_poster_1024.jpg

http://media.adventchildren.net/wallpapers/site/ac_sephirothflames_1024.jpg

I like this outfit that Sephiroth (for those who don't know, that's the silver haired guy) is wearing, but I bet it is f$%#ing expensive!

recipe.

A recipe from fatfree.com:

Fat-free Chewy Chocolate Cookies
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. Karo (light or dark)
3 egg whites

Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Stir in corn syrup and egg white until blended (dough will be thick and slightly sticky). Drop by rounded teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or just until set (cookies will be soft when pressed). Do not overbake. Cool on rack.

I add less than 1 tsp vanilla extract for flavor. If you really want the 'pure chocolate' taste, omit using vanilla extract!

flies-b-gone.

Believe it or not, it really WORKS! My brother bought a 2-story home and the backyard always have flies. The neighborhood is next to some farms and newly developed land. Naturally, there'd be hordes of flies everywhere! He put ziploc baggies full of water and hanged them on the border of his back porch's ceiling. The result?

No flies.

From the page:

Zip-lock water bags

Many people swear that a zip-lock bag filled half-way with water and attached over entry-ways will repel flies. No one yet knows how or why it works, but there is speculation that it has something to do with the way the moving water refracts light. If you have tried this please use the tips form at the bottom of the page to hare your results with the rest of us.

new p2p.

Another excellent Firefox extension! Get it here!

hauntingly eerie.
I find this a very creative, yet eerie thing for those people to make a giant girl puppet!

crocodile hunter dies.

Wow! I never thought 'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin would die this soon! He's only 44 years old, death by a stab to the heart from a stingray.

WTC Movie to give 10% profit?

Puh-lease!

I just watched a movie based on true story. It's titled, "End of the Spear" and at the end of the film, it said 50% of the film's profits go to the funds to help the Waodani and other tribespeople in the Amazon Jungle.

That movie was really good and touching. Go rent or buy the "End of the Spear" film!

flash fights back.