KITCHEN ADVENTURETTE: OPEN-FACED GOATWICH. For this you need a toaster oven, which you should have anyway, because it combines the best things about a microwave (speed-heating and transparent front) with the best things about an oven (even heating and crispiness rather than microwaved sogginess). Here’s what you do; remember that everything can be substituted if you have a good sense of what you like: Cut a sourdough roll in half lengthwise. Cover your toaster oven tray in aluminum foil. Put... Read more

We’re blogwatch… we will do anythingto get our fifteen minutes of fame…. If you came here looking for me vs. Julian Sanchez re abortion and infanticide, the series is here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here. (Deep breath.) My more general, and much shorter, abortion-reading-list post is here. Cacciaguida: “You are here to learn the subtle science and vague art of constitutional decision-making. As there is little foolish rule-following here, many of you will hardly believe this is... Read more

TWO LINKS. Beijing 2008 (via The Corner). What does Fred Phelps actually believe? It is, somehow, even weirder than you expected: …In fact, it appears that Westboro has created not just an incredibly vulgar and non-Christlike approach to homosexuality, but that it’s working on a new religion altogether, complete with new scriptures. Members of WBC generally avoid the name “Christian” when referring to themselves, preferring the mysterious term “Tachmonite.” This apparently refers to a servant of King David’s, but I’m... Read more

WINTER KEPT US WARM: Via Mixolydian Mode, the Friday Feast! AppetizerDo you get excited when the season begins to change? Which season do you most look forward to?Yes. I’m very seasonally-oriented (as readers of “Desire” might recall); I love all four seasons in DC, though summer is my (perverse) favorite. This year has finally been intense enough for me, with many sweltering days breaking the hundred-degree mark. The signs of seasonal change: Winter to spring: a certain softness in the... Read more

When you watch without easeOn these blogs where you were raised… Pasta shapes a-go-go! Via The Rat. I realize I’ve eaten at least five of these in the past week or so…. mmmmm…. pasta shapes….. Colbert King: …Mueller recently told Congress that one area of the war on terrorism that causes him great concern is the potential for extremist groups such as al Qaeda to recruit radicalized American Muslim converts. Mueller drew a bead on the American prison system, which... Read more

NAT’L COMMISSION TO HEAR FROM PRISON RAPE SURVIVORS: As a young, bisexual inmate weighing just 123 pounds, Kendell Spruce made a perfect target for sexual predators. Nine months after landing in an Arkansas prison for violating parole for check forgery, he said he had been raped by 27 fellow prisoners, including a cellmate who infected him with HIV. Spruce, now 42 and living in Flint, Mich., planned to tell his story Friday to a congressional commission studying prison rape and... Read more

Never been closer to blogwatch (Never been further away)… Amy Welborn: “In an incredible act of forgiveness, the Long Island woman whose face was shattered when a 20-pound turkey was thrown through her windshield came face-to-face yesterday with the prankster who did it–and hugged him tightly as they both broke down in sobs.” (more) Colby Cosh: “(Q: Why is Hollywood so fascinated with zombies and vampires? A: You know the old saying–‘write what you know.’)” Hit & Run: DC Comics... Read more

I HAD NOT THOUGHT DEATH EATERS HAD UNDONE SO MANY. I have no words. My words… you have stolen them. Read more

“DONOR DADS” ARE NEITHER–from Commonweal. Read more

See the little blogwatch, see his little feet,And his little nosey–isn’t the blogwatch sweet? –Yes!!! ShoeBlogs: The Manolo has the advice for the womens and the mens. It is addictive and hilarious. Be sure to explore the sections on the horrors and the clothing for the mens. Via Cacciaguida, more or less randomly. “If I was looking for a wine made with larvae, I’d choose this”: Army worm wine (“‘Army worms eat leaves,’ he told the Duluth News Tribune. ‘So... Read more