I Heart Livia. I Heart Caligula.

The morning sun has painted the city with a warm peach glow. I'll bet it's anything but warm out there, though.

Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home: Oh Raely?

How to Eat a Pomegranate: I still haven't tried this trick, but it looks very promising. Nice tutorial!

Using a Plane to Tip Cows: Apparently, the cow was unhurt.

How to Elevate a Sandie: This cookie recipe intrigues me, if only because it calls for potato chips (thanks, snowy_kathryn).

'Sex chip' being developed by scientists: "Scientists are developing an electronic "sex chip" that can be implanted into the brain to stimulate pleasure." Why does this make me think of the cautionary tales of Philip K. Dick?



Purple squirrel baffles experts: "A purple squirrel which appeared at a school has baffled experts who are unable to explain its colour."

Doing the Hokey Cokey 'could be hate crime': "The Hokey Cokey is an old novelty song that has been sung in music halls, at children's parties and at sherry-fuelled family gatherings for many years."

Appetite for seduction: BK’s new fragrance: The BK stand for Burger King. Eww.

Woman Says Church Threatening To Make Sins Public: Gimme that old-time religion. "A divorced Jacksonville woman said her former church has threatened to 'go public with her sins' and tell the congregation about her sexual relationship with her new boyfriend."

Pierced kittens removed from home: "One of the officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County said the pierced kittens were being sold as “gothic kittens” on an Internet auction site." Seriously, I don't see how this is any worse than docking ears and tails, or using ear tags on livestock. If you're going to bitch about one, you should have problems with the other, too.

Woman has 200 orgasms a day: This would really suck.

Weng Weng Rap: It's a show about a miniature Filipino martial artist crime fighter. Oh, and a seducer of women, too, apparently (thanks, gha5t).

I have a craving to watch Rome, Caligula, and I, Claudius all in one sitting. I may very well become one with the couch. I think I need to own a copy of Caligula, as I keep renting it. Does that make me demented?

Danse du Jour

This is Yang Liping's Spirit of the Peacock. She has the most expressive hands and arms I think I have ever seen. Consummate control! This is also another example of costuming being integral to the dance.

They Might Not Fly, But They Can Swim

Today I felt like looking for swimming pigs. ( Here's what I found. )

Yum.

While surfing around, I found another site replete with bad recipes. But this particular recipe, collected by Bert Christensen, is the king of them all. Enjoy.

And if you make it, I want to see pictures. And video.

Tuna Twinkie Soufflé

1 Tbl rendered chicken fat, divided
12 Hostess Twinkies
Salt
White Pepper
1/2 tsp dry mustard
4 eggs, separated
2 cans tuna in oil, drained, reserve oil.

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Grease a 7-inch soufflé dish with 1 tsp of chicken fat and 1 tsp tuna oil.

Slice Twinkies in half lengthwise. Remove and reserve cream filling.

In a large food processor, combine Twinkie cakes, half of the Twinkie filling, and the remaining chicken fat and tuna oil.

Blend until the mixture has reached the consistency of a thin batter.

Transfer ingredients to a medium saucepan and cook over low heat. Stir in salt, white pepper, and mustard. Remove from heat.

Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Fold in tuna. In a medium bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold beaten egg whites into tuna mixture. Pour into greased soufflé dish.

Bake in 350 oven 40 to 45 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Top with remaining Twinkie cream.

Serve with a tossed salad.

The author is Mike Nelson from Minneapolis, and the title is 'The Worst Cookbook in America'. He has been searching out the world's most god-awful recipes for 10 years.

Photo du Jour

Migraines can kiss my ass.