Meditating Buddhist lemur finds his inner peace (via HuffPo)

I got this article in my email this morning and thought it was just too adorable not to share. :) Many thanks to the Huffington Post for this! Some might think meditation is for the Buddhists, but it turns out, it's for the lemurs. Photographer Sebastien Degardin caught this lemur meditating with his legs crossed and his hands on his knees at the Parc Paradiso nature reserve in Mons, … [Read more...]

A Jewish Beginning

not to be so snippy

I don't frequent Twitter very often, which is kind of a shame -- I really should check it out more often. Each time someone adds my tweets to their feed, though, I get an email notification with their handle and information, which is rather neat. Recently, I was added by @ajwishbeginning. Since I had never heard of them before but was fascinated by their handle, I added 'em and checked out their … [Read more...]

Food Funny (NSFW!)

We've all seen amazing food art before, right? (If not, go check out that link -- the artwork made from food is quite spectacular!) Sometimes, nature's even kind enough to produce fruits and vegetables worthy of art on their own... and this photo is of no exception.Thank you very much to my coworker and friend, who had the office cracking up over this little, um... goodie!Potentially NSFW, so … [Read more...]

Meatless Monday: Vegan and Vegetarian Pick Up Lines

I'm sure y'all have been ready enough shmoopy-poopy things this Valentine's Day, so I'm here to offer something a little different. Not that I'm a complete V-Day Grinch or anything, but you gotta admit that it's much more fun to drive by completely packed fancy restaurants and save your chocolate appetite for when it's all at 60% off.Anyway, for all you single people hoping to snag yourself a … [Read more...]

When Recipes Go Wrong

It's times like this when I'm thankful for my readers, who try out my recipes and let me know how they are and if there's anything missing, wrong, or otherwise askew with them. But I don't think I'm quite this bad. MrsB recently pointed out a recipe by Paula Deen (you know, the one famous for heart attack-inducing favorites like meat on meat on Krispy Kreme donuts...) that left several readers, … [Read more...]