Inconvenient Truth

Albert (Chicken Little) Gore has a new movie out called "An Inconvenient Truth", supposedly about the global warming "crisis". From what I've read about it (see here), Gore apparently ignores several inconvenient facts. The author of the linked article points out that "In a million years, the time it takes the earth to sneeze, the planet will likely be shorn of any conspicuous sign we were ever here, let alone careless with our CO2, dioxins, etc.".....which reminded me of a wonderful passage from (who else) G. K. Chesterton:

"As an explanation of the world, materialism has a sort of insane simplicity. It has just the quality of the madman's argument; we have at once the sense of it covering everything and the sense of it leaving everything out. Contemplate some able and sincere materialist...and you will have exactly this unique sensation. He understands everything, and everything does not seem worth understanding. His cosmos may be complete in every rivet and cog-wheel, but still his cosmos is smaller than our world. Somehow his scheme, like the lucid scheme of the madman, seems unconscious of the alien energies and the large indifference of the earth; it is not thinking of the real things of the earth, of fighting peoples or proud mothers, or first love or fear upon the sea. The earth is so very large, and the cosmos is so very small. The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in." (Orthodoxy, 1908)
--Cliff

Recipes from Lois

SWISS CHICKEN QUICHE

1 9" deep dish pie shell
2 cups cooked chicken
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
2 T. flour
2 T. chicken bouillon granules
1 cup milk
3 beaten eggs
1/4 cup sautéed onions

Preheat oven to 426. Bake pie shell for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 350. Toss cheese, flour and bouillon together. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into pie shell. Bake 40-45 minutes until set.

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APPLE CAKE

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
4 cups thinly sliced and pared tart apples (about 5 Granny Smith apples work well)

Beat eggs with a mixer until thick and light. Combine sugar and oil; pour into eggs with mixer on medium speed. Stir together flour, cinnamon, soda and salt; add to egg mixture with vanilla; beat to mix. Stir in pecans (batter will be very thick). Spread apples in a buttered 12" x 9" x 2" glass baking pan. Pour batter over apples, spreading to cover. Bake in a 350 oven for one hour. Remove from oven and cool. Spread with Cream cheese icing and refrigerate.

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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

2 (3 oz) pkgs. cream cheese
1/4 cup melted butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice

Soften cream cheese, beat until fluffy. Beat in melted butter; then beat in powered sugar and lemon juice. Spread over cooled cake. Refrigerate.

Mary Kay gifts for Mother's Day

From: ann peace-white [nannyann46@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:40 PM

It is soon to be Mother's Day and if anyone needs a Mary Kay gift ; I would love to help you .  

 Love aj

Best Ever Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

This recipe was from Kraft magazine I receive (free subscription) from www.kraftfoods.com.  Great recipes and all you have to do is sign up for it.   Enjoy the recipe. 

Sandy Hawk 

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 Best Ever Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

 

1 pkg (2 layer size) chocolate cake mix

1 pkg (4 serving size) Jell-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

4 eggs

1 cup sour cream

½ cup vegetable oil

½ cup water

1 pkg (8 squares) Baker’s Semi-sweet Baking Chocolate, divided

1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping , thawed

2 Tbsp. Planters Sliced Almonds

 

Preheat over to 350 degrees.  Lightly grease 2 (9-inch) round cake pans.  Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, sour cream, oil and water in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened, scraping side of bowl frequently.  Beat on medium speed 2 min, or until well blended.  Stir in 2 squares of the chocolate, chopped.  Spoon into prepared pans.

 

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean.  Cool in pans 10 min. on wire rack.  Loosen cakes from side of pans with spatula or knife.  Invert cakes onto rack; gently remove pans.  Cool completely on wire rack.

 

Place remaining 6 squares chocolate and whipped topping in medium microwaveable bowl.  Microwave on HIGH 1-1/2 to 2 min.  Stir until well blended and shiny.  Cool 5 min.  Place 1 cake layer on serving plate;  spread ¼ of the chocolate mixture over cake.  Place second cake layer on top; spread remaining chocolate mixture over top and sides of cake.  Garnish with almonds.

Will Rogers Wit

Will Rogers

Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was probably the greatest political humorist this country has ever known. Enjoy the following quotes ---------

· Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

· Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

· There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman - neither works.

· Never miss a good chance to shut up.

· Always drink upstream from the herd.

· If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

· The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.

· There are 3 kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence.

· Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

· If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

· Letting the cat outta the bag is whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

· And finally: After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him ----The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

AND, ABOUT GROWING OLDER --------------

1^ST Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age & start bragging about it.

2^nd The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

3^rd Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.

4^th When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.

5^th You know you are getting old when every thing either dries up or leaks.

6^th I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.

7^th One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.

8^th One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

9^th Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

10^th Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Now it's called golf.

And finally, If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.

Moments

 "Happy moments: Praise God .
  Difficult moments: Seek God. 
  Quiet moments: Worship God.  
  Painful moments: Trust God.  
  Every moment : Thank God"