Ethical Luxury

I just bought this mini fluted tube pan and I have the intention of baking doughnuts in it. I had found this recipe on My Kitchen Snippets and now I have the pan to go with it.


On the topic of food, there is a new show on the Food Network called the '5 Ingredient Fix' and I liked it. The host shows how to make easy, fast and delicious meals using five ingredients or less.

They really think of everything. Now there is a luxury hand sanitizer on the market called Frais, an Australian product.

We celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving this Monday October 12th and have a long weekend. I found an article describing the many kinds of turkey available on the market.

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Create Tuesday 09

Here's my entry for Lissa's Create Tuesday 09. Click on the link in the sidebar for more details if you would like to participate.

This week's theme is 'Joie de Vivre'.



I decided to express 'joie de vivre' using rainbow coloured lollipops.

Here is an interesting video, the man is 'being shagged by a rare parrot'. It must be the green shirt he's wearing. Talk about 'joie de vivre'!

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Ig Nobel Prize

Listen to the "Miracle" speech in this Youtube hit. It has been mastered by a 4 year old boy. The film is about the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team's legendary upset of the Soviets.

I've never heard of an Ig Nobel until I read the funny news article below. According to Wikepedia, 'The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think"'. In fact, there is an Ig Nobel blog called Improbable Research. So, for example, one of the 2009 prize winners won for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are nameless. The health prize went to the inventor of a bra that converts to 2 facemasks.

I met my friend S for a couple of early morning walks this weekend. Her brother-in-law (in his mid-seventies) is dying of colon cancer after a 4 year fight. He has deteriorated rapidly in the past week ever since he received the news that nothing more can be done. His wife is exhausted at this point.

Another friend who is a florist, quit her job, it was too busy and she wants to be retired for a bit and enjoy life more.

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Metrosexual Definition

I came across a new word 'Metrosexual' a few years ago and found a good definition on MSN Encarta (which by the way, will be discontinued at the end of the month):

'young straight stylish urban man: a young, straight, sensitive urban man who is unashamed to enjoy good clothes, stylish living, the art of decorating, and improving his personal appearance'.

Here's are some other great definitions from Urban Dictionary.

I remember the word came up in a discussion with the extended family. Did anyone know any such men and was it a good thing? I don't see anything wrong with being metrosexual, it's nice that men know how to take care of themselves and look good in a modern world. It would be great going shopping with one, for a second opinion.

What do you think?


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Brunch at the Setai

My sister sent me this information:

Weekly Sunday Jazz Brunch at the Setai in South Beach, Miami, Florida

Every Sunday from 11:30 AM to 03:00 PM

Chefs from Thailand, China, Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Singapore prepare authentic flavors of Asia. Along with American and European breakfast classics, other favorites include our raw bar, oysters, crab and shrimp, rotisserie roasted beef and honey roast ham, gourmet brick oven pizzas and flat breads.

$68.00 Adults includes unlimited Taittinger Champagne, Brut Prestige and Bloody Mary's
$30.00 Children up to 12 years of Age

It's fun just reading the menu. Glad I won't be there!

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Goldfish Eating Revenge

Every fall, I wish I had planted one of these flowering kales:



For now, I just admire them in other people's gardens. I went for a crisp fall walk this morning, just before the rain started.

Earlier on, I went for a routine blood test and this is what I was confronted with at the lab door:


The sign basically says, use the hand sanitizer before entering and if you have any kind of cough or fever, take a face mask and put it on before entering the lab. Once into the lab, another sign asks that if you have a cough or fever, please wait at the pink line, a few extra feet away from the reception desk.

According to a friend, 'the artist' in this video 'is telling the story of one of the aerial bombings of Kiev in WWII'. Apparently this girl won 'Ukraine's got talent' with entries like this.


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Authentic Leadership Style

I was reading Canadian Health and Lifestyle magazine and came across an interesting article on the 'authentic leadership style'. You may be interested in reading it especially if you think you have a leader type personality in the family. I remember once having an interesting conversation with an acquintance over coffee and I now realize he's a natural leader, and very successful at it. I had asked him what advice he would offer my daughter L for the future and he immediately said you have to know yourself. If I think about it, he is also very true to the person he is, and just accepts himself for what he is, right or wrong ('it's just the way I am', he would say). He had already sold his first multi-million dollar company before age 40 and has likely moved on to bigger and better things.

I've learned that the Ontario university application process boils down to entering 6 grade marks. Stressful. I've also heard it's important for teens to socialize as well as study hard. It's a question of prioritizing and time management. L was chosen president for a couple of her school clubs and may audition for a drama role. She has a part time job at the moment which is thankfully winding down, but fall tennis is starting up. I'm off to get her a birthday card for a party this weekend. My main worry is that the swine flu has arrived in Ontario.

K spent 2 hours making his own study notes for a Science quiz at school. That is a first for him, so hopefully it pays dividends. He seems determined to do better at school and I welcome this new maturity. Hopefully it will make a difference.

We've turned the house heater on as have a lot of other people around here. The cold weather is here at least for the time being.

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