That's The Way The Money Goes

'Dense and moist' claimed the recipe. The finished item is a bit more than that, though. It wouldn't be stretching things too far to claim the finished cake, as a whole, could be used to repair tractor tyres or as a very effective cosh.

Sliced up though, it's pretty nice. I'd say something about experimenting next time with more baking powder and different oil, but given that treacle in Japan is a good deal more than tuppenny that could be quite a while in coming. All together now...

Don't Say It...

OK, yes, maybe my patented 'dump it all in the middle and see what happens' icing technique could stand a little more refinement. It's not that's which is worrying, so much as just how shiny it all is...

Blackbirds

Chuck Wendig, 2012

(February 2013)

I wanted to like this. I needed to like this. After all the fractured narrative, unreliable narrator, non-linear, multiple viewpoint, worldbuilding nonsense I’ve gone through recently this promised to be a straightforward but fun urban-fantasy thriller, with a bit of edge and a strong and spunky heroine.

They Were Men Once

A ruined and terrible form...

In Defence of the ALT II

Book Two – Larry Cotter and The Tiresomely Predictable 
Series of False Expectations

So Larry got his life together, to an extent. The trauma of the unfortunate pub wedging incident scarred him to the point where he was no longer able to consume alcohol or eat pork. And while psychological blocks are rarely good, in this instance they helped considerably with his weight.

He was still on the hefty side of normal, but was now able to navigate his way round large pieces of furniture with relative ease. Tapping into this new found confidence he went to uni and got himself a degree in something-or-other.

SFX have improved immeasurably since
Hitchcock first filmed The Birds.

Juicy Plums

It's kind of meant to be like that, just not quite so much like that, like that. More like an armadillo...

The Totally Tropical Taste

This could have been a disaster. I left it in too long and burned the top.

One of Those Days

Not only did I manage to bake a banana loaf with a whacking great hole in the middle, I couldn't even focus the camera well enough to get a decent shot of it.

Thirty-six Views of Mount Kurumi

Oh. Self-raising flour. The recipe said self-raising flour.

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

What are you doing?