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Book Recommendation: Scarlet Pimpernel

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Greetings, readers! I hope you are in excellent health.

As I was once again perusing this new world, I came across a wonderful place called “Project Gutenberg.” It is devoted to books that are out of print, and are therefore free to read.

One of the books I discovered is “The Scarlet Pimpernel.”

I do not want to give any spoilers. I will say this, however: I really enjoyed it. It had a touch of melodrama, it was set in a bloody era of your history, and there were cunning characters, and a fair bit of humor as well.

If you have time, I highly recommend reading it.

Food Fluff: It’s PINK now!

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Tuesday!

Once again, I was at the same place with Lemon Dessert and the caramel apple cheesecake nobake. And once again, they had an interesting fluff dessert.

This time, it was pink!

PINK fluff dessert now!

This one actually had a much better consistency than either of the two previous. Rather, it was much more expected.

The pink fluff stuck to the spoon this time.

It actually sticks to the spoon this time!

Isn’t it nice and pink?

It was also much softer, and didn’t hold the spoon as upright for as long as the Lemon Dessert!

A spoon is somewhat supported at approximately a 45 degree angle in the mousse.

The spoon started to fall much faster than with the other desserts!

Granted, it was still held for a while. But it was a much more expected consistency.

It was also sculptable.

Castle-ish shaped pink stuff!

It was soft enough to turn into a heart.

In fact, as far as consistency goes, this was the best dessert. Unfortunately, it beat out the other two in terms of flavor- it was nasty. I had a few bites just to justify getting some, but it really didn’t taste very nice.

I think the rest of the population at the dining facility agreed with me, since after about 20 minutes to half an hour later, it hadn’t gone down very much.

Another pic of the tray about 20 minutes later. Its volume hasn't decreased by much.

As you can see, it hasn’t gone down very much…

So, happy Tuesday! I hope your week goes well, and is not plagued by perplexing pink paste.

Things that Make Dances Fun

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Sunday!

About a week ago, I was fortunate enough to be able to spend the weekend at a variety of ballroom & swing dance party thingies. It was a lot of fun, for a variety of reasons. (Heads up, any male readers- this post is primarily for the girls who read this.)

So, here are some reasons why I had fun.

1) There were some fun girls to talk to. Even when I was between guys asking me to dance, there were a group of people to hang out with and chat with. That was a fun part of the night!

2) I got asked to dance! That, of course, is the main reason why people go to dances. Presumably. At least, that’s why I did. I’m really enjoying learning Ballroom and Swing. Especially waltz, and other fun, twirly/fast or extremely dramatic types.

Why does your love of twirling not surprise me?

What’s that supposed to mean?

Oh, nothing… Nothing at all.

Hmm… Somehow, I’m not sure I believe you.

3) Getting to “Pretty Up”. There’s something really nice about the opportunity to try a fancy hairstyle (I got a friend to help, for once… I’m extremely picky about who touches my hair) and I did makeup nicely, and got to wear a pretty skirt or dress. Two nights in a row! It was fantastic.

4) Twirly Skirts. It’s a pity for the guys that only girls get to spin while wearing flowy, twirly skirts. There’s something really fun about it, that’s really hard to describe.

5) Spontaneous Line-Dances between “partner” dances. There was still partner dancing going on while my friends and I did a couple of line dances, but it was still a lot of fun. There was one where we didn’t exactly do a prescribed dance, per say, but we sort of made something up, and everyone else who wasn’t ballrooming at the time joined us. It was a lot of fun, and I highly recommend learning how to linedance with some friends at dance parties you go to.

6) Good food / drink. Nothing says “party” to me quite like non-alcoholic sickeningly sweet lemonade or fruit punch. And cookies. Even if you get crumbses all over the place, it’s part of the festive party atmosphere that makes dances fun.

There you have it, folks!

Where “it” is one of the fluffiest fluff posts in a while?

… where “it” is a list of things that make dances fun.

Right. That’s what I said.

What? That is not- oh, never mind.

Happy Sunday, Fluffsters! I hope you have a great week!

Creative Uses for Junk Mail

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Hello, Fluffsters!

I saw this a while ago, and thought it was a cool use of junk mail.

a paper cutout of a butterfly, reminiscent of the paper snowflakes seen around christmas.

It’s like paper snowflakes, but with butterflies.

I really like it. I thought it was a cool use of junkmail, and different enough from snowflakes to be really interesting!

Have any of you made anything like this?

“Food” fluff, part 2

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Hello, Fluffsters!

Once again, be prepared to be amazed by the “cooking prowess” of the cafeteria I have regular access to. For indeed, I bring you

Fluff Dessert, part 2.

Yes, Fluffsters, this is a Sequel to the Infamous Lemon Dessert.

Infamous? Really?

…I can dream, right?

But yes. The dessert I’m talking about tonight actually comes from about a week ago. But that’s ok. Better late than never, right? (Don’t answer that, Fluffy.)

The dessert, you see, is “Caramel Apple No Bake Cheesecake.” (Good to know- the flavor certainly didn’t give it away…)

A gooey substance labeled "Caramel Apple No Back Cheesecake."

Caramel Apple No Bake Cheesecake. It’s the bottom one. On the right. Good thing I took a picture, or I still wouldn’t have known what it was…

I encourage you to click the image above to appreciate its full gooey “good”ness(?).

Naturally, think of you, dear Fluffsters, I got some.

It didn’t taste bad. It tasted like some sort of cream-cheese & graham-cracker dessert, which is to be expected. There were some confusing lumps in it, which at this point I’m guessing were apples of some sort. It did not taste particularly caramelly or appley. It was somewhat sweet, and a bit sour, which I guess is expected of cheesecake.

The name, though. That’s one of the other perplexing things. Ok, it may have had cream-cheese in it. It was also probably slightly caramel or apple flavored. But no-bake cheesecake? That’s definitely confusing. It’s not in cake form by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn’t baked, though, so I guess that part works. But seriously. “Cake”? Where’s the cake part? No-bake Cheese pudding would work. Cake still does not.

A not particularly cakeish dollop of the "cheesecake."

Scary, isn’t it? And not particularly cakelike.

But I’m getting off track, aren’t I?

Oh well. Yes. So the flavor wasn’t bad. Again, I wouldn’t suggest you actually pay anything for it, unless you’re in a mood for something with cream-cheese and this is the only option. The texture on this as well was also perplexing.

Here are some illustrations of what you can do to it with a fork:

A goupy substance stuck to a fork hovering above a plate.

Yes, the fork is above the plate. Yes, that consistency slightly scared me.

Another angle of the Fork & Goo

So, all said and done, unless you’re really craving a cream cheese & graham cracker combination, or unless you’re writing a blog about it, I don’t recommend getting this stuff. It didn’t taste bad, in fact it was significantly better than the lemon dessert, but it’s still very odd.

Happy Thursday!

A study in contrasts…

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Hello, Fluffsters!

At dinner last night, there was a rather amusing incident. So, I was having dinner at the cafeteria, and a friend came over, and greeted my with a “Greetings, my Lady, how art thou this fine evening?”

I was about to reply with “Quite well, my Lord. And thyself?” (or something along those lines) when I was interrupted by a different greeting- “I HONK IN THY GENERAL DIRECTION!!”

Two things come to mind concerning this incident.

1) I have great friends. Yes, both of the greetings this evening included King James style English. (Thees, thous, thys…) They may also be slightly weird. I think that my friend who greeted me with the “my Lady” honorific might have been referencing the fact that I tease him about being royalty, due to a role he played in a skit at one point, and another incident or two involving him (and his family) being royalty, or close to it.

So… If I tell you that I played royalty in some of my performances, will you start treating me deferentially?

Not unless I can see the play/skit. And not if I think it will go to your head.

Darn.

So yes. Great friends.

The other thing that comes to mind more immediately is 2) what a great study in contrasts! Even with the semi-attempts at using “formal English” (thees, thous, etc.), there are obvious differences. It was actually very amusing. One was a gallant, formal greeting that used the “thou” to sound more formal, even though it’s technically the “informal” from formal English. Which actually made it classier, somehow. The other greeting was designed to be amusingly obnoxious, and deliberately used the informal “thy”.

What can I say? I love my friends.

A favorite YouTube How It Should Have Ended

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Hello, Fluffsters!

Once again, I’m a bit tired. So I’m just going to share a favorite YouTube video with you. It’s a “How it should have ended” original, in “honor” of the reboot of Star Trek.

I personally find it rather amusing, especially as it points out good points about the movie. (If you haven’t seen the reboot, you might not find it as funny.)

Enjoy.

Mislabeled Desserts

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My cafeteria is confusing. Or confused. Or both.

You mean the place that served the mysterious “Lemon Dessert“?

Yes. This was at lunch today.

Supposedly the desserts are “Danish”, “Cinnamon rolls”, and “Cranberry Muffins.”

Those are supposed to be danishes, cinnamon rolls, and cranberry muffins? Your world does those very differently from mine…

Maybe not. I think I’m equally confused.

Well, happy Sunday, fluffsters! I hope you have an excellent week.

Encounters with Wildlife

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Hello, Fluffsters!

The other day I had a wildlife encounter.

Oh?

Yes. I ran into some wildlife, and I took a picture that I’m going to share with you.

a fuzzy caterpillar. aka, the wildlife encounter

My Wild Life Encounter

It’s a slightly freaky, very furry caterpillar. In a rampage.

…That’s your definition of wildlife? A rampaging caterpillar?

Well, it counts. It’s not domestic!

I guess you have me there.

Well, happy Saturday! I hope you have a great one!

More “food” questions…

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Friday!

Yesterday, I once again had an experience with the dessert section where I currently am. This time, I thought the experience was amusing, moreso than disgusting. It had to do with assorted desserts. Here’s what I saw (arrows added by me. Of course.):

I guess there are only two assorted desserts…

I would normally assume that “assorted desserts” applied to the whole tray, and that you don’t need more specifics, but apparently the folks in charge disagreed. To make matters even more annoying, one of the things I was actually curious about qualified as one of the two “assorted desserts.”

Well, that’s about all I wanted to post about today. Have a great weekend! (May your dessert endeavors be more successful than mine…)