Watch-------> a Skeleton Fall in Love in Spike Jonze’s Stop-Motion Short Film

Watch a Skeleton Fall in Love in Spike Jonze’s Stop-Motion Short Film

Macbeth, Dracula, and Moby Dick collide as their felt book covers come to life in Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die by Your Side). Make sure you view through the end credits

and.. this idea for my pumpkins:

double rainbow cocktail drinks

To go along with the garden lights I just blogged about, how about the world's cutest cocktail! This was created by Camper English and you can find the recipe at alcademics.com. There's also a cute story about what inspired Camper to make this cocktail. (Discovered via CraftZine)

Miniature Single Serving Pies in a Jar

Single serving pies in a jar. Need I say more? You can find great instructions at inchmark.squarespace.com and at ourbestbites.com.

Cherry Pie Cupcakes
Just to throw your Thanksgiving guests for a loop, confuse them with some cupcakes that look like miniature cherry pies. These might look complicated but you'll be surprised at how simple they are to make when you read the instructions at cake-decorating-corner.com.

how to make chocolate cherry mice

Check out the awesome detailed step-by-step tutorial at omnomicon.com.

And if you want to see the original Japanese page where this recipe came from, go to: http://cookpad.com/recipe/349795

Randy Newman

This artwork was originally commissioned for J Mascis’ album, Several Shades of Why on Sub Pop Records.

via lorin dee

i want this! so pretty

Although The Royal Family And The Poor formed in 1978 it took six years for an album to be released. By that time the band consisted of  Mike Keane; an uncompromising talent who obviously benefitted from having Peter Hook on hand for production duties. The 1980 releases included here as bonuses are uncontrolled noise; rallying cries against politics set to industrial background which made Cabaret Voltaire’s early material sound like easy listening.

crank it up!

i love this song! this is one of my favorite ween albums

ok.. this song was on MTV for awhile in the 90's (1992 i think) as a top hit. i remember we didn't have cable, but my grandma did and we went over her house every weekend to see her . i would turn on her tv in her spare room wait and wait  and wait for MTV (when they played music videos) to play this song then dance around like the chick did in the video pretending to be her! haha. how the hell did  was this song a top hit? i dunno but brings back memories of being a 12 yr pre-teen! ahh.

emily carr

THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKE SALE

(the bad thing here is it's sponsored by a sugar company)

 

Hold a Bake Sale in your community. It's easy.  Here are some steps to get you started and guide you along as you plan your Great American Bake Sale. link to the website to get involved

this is a good chart and very helpful to making your own natural exlixirs

List of Medicinal Plants for What Ails You
Here is a quick reference to specific conditions and the herbs that treat them. This list should not be used for self-medication, especially for serious conditions.
http://www.naturalelixir.com/herblist.html

I made this for lunch today. very easy to make and so good! SALMON CAKES

you can also make a sauce for these as well with just simple dijon mustard, dill, white wine and lemon
Ingredients
1 (14.75 ounce) can salmon, undrained and flaked
1 slice of bread, shredded
3 Tbsp chopped green onion, including the green parts
1 medium garlic clove, minced
1 Tbsp fresh chopped dill weed, or 1 teaspoon dried
3 Tbsp minced green bell pepper
1 Tbsp flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 teaspoon salt
Several turns of freshly ground black pepper
3 Tbsp vegetable oil
Method
1 In a large bowl, gently mix together the salmon, bread, green onion, garlic, dill, bell pepper, flour, egg, paprika, salt and pepper. Form into 8 patties; each about 1/2 inch thick.
2 Heat oil over medium high heat in a large skillet. Cook the patties until nicely browned on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.

Neko Case - Favorite

whoa! :)

Mao will serve you now

link to the article

Say Something Nice

this makes me want a massage!

SHELL BEANS!

I randomly picked these up while I was at the farm on Sauvie Island this past Sunday. I wasn't sure what they where or how to cook them! Google images came to my rescue and foodnetwork.com too! so here they are and here is the recipe I'm going to experiment with. wish me luck

 

Shelling Bean Stew

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound dried cranberry beans-soaked overnight
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrot
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/4 pound pancetta grilled and cut into 4 pieces
• Gray salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 4 tomatoes halved, seeded, grilled, and then chopped
• 1 tablespoon minced thyme
• 1 bay leaves
• 1 quart veal stock or beef broth
• 1 cup canned black eyed peas
• 1 cup canned green French flagelot beans
• 1 cup blanched fava beans
• 1 cup blanched peas

Directions

Soak cranberry beans overnight and keep in refrigerator until ready to use.

Drain the soaked cranberry beans and add to a large pot with about 5 cups of water. Bring to a simmer and cook slowly until the beans are just tender. Drain and reserve.
Meanwhile in another large pot heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over medium heat. Add the diced onion, carrot, celery and minced garlic to the pot along with the pieces of grilled pancetta. Season with salt and pepper and cook the vegetables with the pancetta until soft and caramelized, about 5 to 7 minutes.
Add the chopped grilled tomatoes to the vegetables and cook for another 3 minutes, breaking the tomatoes up while cooking. Add the thyme, bay leaves, and the veal stock. Let the stock come to a simmer and let reduce by about 20% about 10-15 minutes.
Add the cranberry beans, black eyed peas, and French flagelot beans to the pot and let simmer slowly for about 10-15 minutes more. Finally, add the fava beans and peas and stir in to warm up. Season with gray salt and pepper and finish by drizzling in all of the remaining olive oil.

an old PROHIBITION poster

If you have a chance, you should watch this! it airs tonight through oct 4th

link to --> video and documentary

Shellac - Prayer To God

sauvie island corn maize and pumpkin patch!

brad phillips

After seeing Bridesmaids, I dusted off my old Wilson Phillips CD (I wish, I actually just found their entire album on Mediafire and I don’t feel guilty because I have purchased it at least twice, once on cassette tape and once on CD) and turned up my speakers.
This album is me from age 9 til way too late in life, singing in my room and making my mom listen to it in the car incessantly. I don’t even know technically which songs were the singles (outside of “Hold On”) because in my life, they were all hits. Thanks for kicking ass WP. I kinda wanna go do karaoke right now.

Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss sing their song from "Oh Brother where art though"