Another blog

It occurred to me after looking at Dine & Dash that since I love to cook and bake, I should have a food blog. Here it is: Flour is Fun.
It's still somewhat under construction, but I'm hoping to put up some of my favorite recipes and food links.

More ways to enjoy your picture show

Found this at The Laundry is Never Done. Looked cool, so I put it here.

This is Entertainment Weekly's list of the top movies of the last 25 years. Go through their list and * the ones you have seen and + the ones you own on video or DVD.

*+1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
*+2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
*+3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
*+5. Toy Story (1995)
*+6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
*8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
*+12. The Matrix (1999)
*+13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
*15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
*+16. Boogie Nights (1997)
*+17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
*+19. Casino Royale (2006)
*+20. The Lion King (1994)
*+21. Schindler's List (1993)
*22. Rushmore (1998)
*23. Momento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
*+25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
*27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
*+29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
*30. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
*32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
*+36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
*37. Pretty Woman (1990)
*+38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
*+39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
*40. Speed (1994)
*41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
*+42. Clueless (1995)
*+43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
46. Children of Men (2006)
*+47. Men in Black (1997)
*+48. Scarface (1983)
*49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
*+53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
*57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
*58. Ghostbusters (1984)
*+59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
*60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
*+64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
*+65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
*66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
*73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
*+76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
*83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
*+84. Sideways (2004)
*+85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
*+87. Swingers (1996)
*+88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
*+90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
*91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
*+94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
*97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
*99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
*+100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)

Now, seriously, the South Park movie is on the list? WTH? As opposed to other great animated films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Little Mermaid? I mean, it was hysterically funny and all, but I don't think it was one of the greats of the last 25 years. That's probably why I don't work for Entertainment Weekly.
And wow, the LT and I certainly have an extensive film collection. How about you guys?

Life happens

Wow, I only posted twice in August. Shame on me.
There has been a lot of excitement in our family.
My married sister, Lala, just annouced she is pregnant.
My other sister, Ems, is engaged, as is one of my brothers, A.
The little sister is officially potty-trained.
Cee is going to sleep without being rocked.
Youngest brother E is in his last year of college.
The LT saved a guy's life a couple of weeks ago by pulling his drunken ass out of the river, and once he was treated at the hospital, arrested him for a felony terroristic threats warrant.
I myself have not done much that's blog-worthy, although I watched The Sound of Music 3 times this weekend while the LT's been at work. It's one of my favorite love stories and so I was feeling all goopy and singing along with the movie. (No, mom, I'm not pregnant.)

A few things I've learned this week

1.Okay, peanut butter doesn't always cure hiccups.
Cee had a good case of them last night. I gave her PB twice, but she likes to hoard food in her mouth, so the effort was completely wasted. I sang to her as we rocked to sleep and that knocked her (and her hiccups) out.
2. Younger brothers can make really good relationship decisions.
We met my brother's fiancee's family this weekend. Cee and I had gone down to see the folks for a few days. It was my little sister's 3rd birthday too. My brother is 21 and getting married to a girl who's a few years older next August. The LT and I, and maybe Cee, are all in this ginormous wedding. It's going to be a hoot. Especially if my married sister and I are pregnant or have newborns at the time. Anyway I got to see my brother and his fiancee together and they are really great. It's kind of weird seeing a girl look at your brother with total love and devotion, especially since I changed his diapers and gave him baths and bottles, but it was really great too.
3. I can't remember what else I've learned, but there's probably a ton. Mothering a toddler is good for learning, even if you can't always remember what you've learned.

A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down

And a spoonful of peanut butter makes the hiccups go away. I have no idea how.
Cee isn't really bothered when she gets the hiccups, but she gets them a lot at bedtime, where they understandably interfere with falling asleep. A couple of months ago, we were rocking for almost half an hour with hiccups when I remembered the peanut butter cure. Sure enough, a toddler-size spoonful of PB and Cee was asleep within minutes. I've used it several more times, including today right before naptime.
Wikihow.com has many methods of curing hiccups and puts the peanut butter cure at #44. The instructions are simple and has appropriate warnings included so people who have peanut allergies and those who aren't used to swallowing peanut butter without choking are forewarned about the risks inherent in this cure.
And speaking about being forewarned, evidently 16 adults need to be told that riding motorcycles in driving rain, cloud-to-ground lightning, and gale-force winds is a stupid idea. But we did it anyway and miraculously survived, although many brain cells were killed in the partying that ensued once we reached the hotel later that afternoon.