Category: Science Fiction

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individually frosted cakes

Nerus in the SG1 series reacts with delight to a new culinary innovation "Individually frosted cakes!!" CLICK on picture to read more about Nerus

Our family loved watching ( and we still do) the Star Gate Science fiction series and enjoyed laughing very heartily at the clownish actions of one of the many villians; this one named ‘Nerus.’ You can actually find exerpts of him on  YouTube!

In any event, whether at a picnic or a barbecue, ‘Individually frosted cakes’ are always a popular and a neat dessert. This time around I made: Brownies,  Baklava  and  Carrot Cake.

CLICK on the photo for our Amarula Carrot Cake recipe that includes fresh pineapple and apricot jam

Pleasures come from the little things in life… this time, the come from ‘individually frosted cakes!”

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Hey, baby, What’s Your level?… Mage?

the addiction of World of Warcraft
I am not an on-line gamer… for me it’s not the chat that draws me… it’s solitary beauty of the slash and hack. My favorite is Halo 3… a Zen transcendental experience offering complete mastery of the self and the universe…. or did you already know that?

However, my daughter Karen has introduced me to a new game ( new to me… I think I bought an earlier version for my nephew) called by it’s crazies “W.O.W.” or ‘World of Warcraft.’ Karen had a recent post about her experiences which both amused and intrigued me. Kristin has already been acquainted to the game… fun when your daughters know such things.

So, here I am slave to World of Warcraft 3 and it’s expansion pack… but having fun!

Roger

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a REAL 50 mph H.P.V.*

* Human Powered Vehicle

a real 50 mph vehicle

Is it a toy? Is it practical? If it takes your entire body to power it, how easy is it to steer? Sooooo many questions… in the meantime, it looks very cool.

I received an email from the  ol SciFi.Com folks  … and since I have been a fan of recumbent bikes, I thought I’d give it a look.  The HyperBike folks have a nice web site  and it looks like they have more in the future:

“For the next prototype, which he hopes to begin work on soon, DeForest has garnered technical assistance that begins to address some of the issues the current prototype presents. He has attracted attention from the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, a NASA-funded program based in Florida with offices throughout the country.”

For the rest of us… we’ll have to see if this develops into something practical… it already looks fun!

Roger Freberg