i swear

I'm still here. Lots to say but no time in which to say it. In short: Life in Chicago good, but needs to warm up seeing as it's the middle of May. UW needs to sort out my student loans for next year (ach i can feel my butt muscles clenching already). Oh, and working part-time is fun!

A Great Man

Peter J. Schuck

May 16, 1920 - January 7, 2010

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why would one be a teacher?

I could have become a preacher

To save a world that sucks

Instead I became a teacher

To make those big big bucks

Everybody Loves Rømmegrøt

I made Rømmegrøt, a traditional Norwegian Christmas treat, for a Holiday food contest today at work. It didn't quite win the contest (Californians were scared away by the dish of melted butter), but it still killed. So I thought I would share the recipe:

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Ingredients:

1 qt. milk
1 c. half & half
1 c. butter
3/4 c. flour
1/2 c. granulated white sugar

Topping:
1 c. butter, melted
cinnamon
sugar

1) Heat milk and half & half; do not scorch, set aside (I kind of wait until it's rather warm and just starting to get that "cooking milk" smell/taste

2) In large, preferably heavier pan, melt 1 cup butter and add flour. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

3) Pour in milk, stirring frequently until mixture bubbles and thickens.

4) Stir in sugar.

5) To serve, top with melted butter, cinnamon, and sugar.

NOTE: Rømmegrot can be frozen for longer storage. It can also be kept warn and served from a crock pot on "low"

Too good to resist

Because it's PROPER English...just really, really stilted!

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Some Good Lyrics

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.

I miss you

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