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For Jerry: Why Facebook Sucks Today

Since you apparently can't read this message unless you are logged in to Facebook (effectively confusing the problem even more), I felt it necessary to post this on the good ol' public acccess internet, from Known Issues on Facebook:

Known Issues on Facebook 

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Factoids

Too bad for Mixi.

Came across kind of a neat pick-me-up in the morning if you enjoy punctuation marks that are rarely used: 14 Punctuation Marks That You Never Knew Existed

It's morning, and we're about to sample some Melitta coffee that we only got charged 13 cents for at the store thanks to a broken scale.  If it's not any good, I still have the receipt.

Last night I played a guitar solo on a naked mannequin.

Crest Pro-Health: Tastes great, but my tongue has been numb-ish for about 3 days since I received a freebie of it in the mail.  Maybe consider brushing with instead of eating (as much).  But seriously, why the shit is my tongue numb?

I Roasted Squash and I Liked It

Inspired by a coworker, I decided to buy a butternut squash and take it for a spin in the oven this weekend.  It's Hallowe'en soon, and I'm feeling rather festive, so why the heck not?  I found an incredible amount of butternut squash soup recipes, but I kind of wanted to try my hand at it as a solid first.  I beckoned, my faithful Facebook friends answered with delicious sounding recipes.  I wanted to try them all, so I decided to combine them.  Below is the recipe for a delicious squash.  Make one and eat it with a friend or lover (or enemy, poisoning one half to taste).

You will need:

• 1 butternut squash
• butter/margarine
• ground cinnamon
• ground nutmeg
• salt and black pepper
• maple syrup
• crushed pecans or walnuts, roasted walnuts (optional)
• brown sugar (optional, but I imagine delicious!)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Wash then cut butternut squash in half (CAREFULLY) lengthwise and scoop out the holes of seeds and fibres.
3. Place cut side up in a baking pan of about 3/4 an inch of water.
4. Glaze with butter/margarine lightly on the meat and in the scooped out holes.
5. Fill holes about 1/3 of the way with maple syrup.
6. Sprinkle a bit of nutmeg and cinnamon (not even half a tsp each works well) onto each half and brush across the squash.  Do the same with even less salt and pepper (or salt and pepper to taste, if you're feeling crazy).
7. For those more ambitious than I am, try to brush on a bit of brown sugar too.
8. Put in the oven for about 65 minutes, testing with a fork every half hour.  Squash should look golden brown, feel tender and squashy, and smell like a dream.  
9. Sprinkle on crushed pecans or walnuts, or try roasted walnuts.  Serves two (or three if you're not big eaters), and some people even use it as a side (not me).

Try it out and never be afraid to add your own variations.  In fact, if you have any squash recipes you'd like to share (involving butternut or other squash) please leave me a comment with a link or the recipe itself.  Enjoy!

Warning: Do Not Ignore Hundreds of Dead Birds

Fish die by botulism, birds eat infected fish; a likely story.  The timing is a little off-putting, though.  Why can't we just admit that the grief-stricken, poor economy-shaken birds committed mass suicide?  By the way, if you live on Georgian Bay and awaken to hundreds of dead birds in your yard, don't just start cleaning them up, contact your municipality first. Something might be up.

Unrelated, I urge you to play the internet's greatest version of the game Telephone, Doodle or Die, but also to draw/say something other than a penis or a Nazi when it comes up, as well as the same for any Homestuck references.  Those are just far too common on the site.

Squash: It's not just for decoration anymore

Apparently people eat squash, so this fall (maybe tonight) I am going to try an oven-baked butternut squash recipe.  If no review on this meal in the coming days, assume I have accidentally poisoned and killed myself and Miklos.  In case that happens, here is a picture of me as two ghosts in the park that I forgot about until just now:

It's ok to use your cell phones again, ppl

Because you felt so threatened by the possibility that cellular technology would be the death of us all that you actually put your phone into a safe deposit box and locked it away to prevent any electromagnetic fields from escaping and endangering your health any further, I am pleased to assure you that a new study says that we have no reason to connect cancer risk with the use of cell phones.  Until the next study proving otherwise comes out.