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Did a date night thing [with Ian] on Friday night and went out to Dominion for the evening. Came back and watched Sideways. I was unimpressed. None of the characters were likeable (I’m not even sure if they were supposed to be…) and the whole pinot/merlot thing got too overplayed by the 2 million yuppies who watched before me, so that was just annoying. Eh. Overrated.

Saturday was a pretty lazy day. Did some sudoku, reading, and baked a cake. I downloaded sudoku to my visor and I am totally addicted now. I found some pumpkin cheesecake recipes and picked the one that looked the easiest to test out for Thanksgiving. It turned out quite well, I think. And it worked out well because I made it in time for Ian’s Sunday family dinner thing, which, this week, included Ian’s brother’s girlfriend’s family. (I’ll give you a second to follow that chain all the way through.)

Ready? Ok.

So, Saturday was Ian’s brother’s girlfriend’s father’s birthday and then they had the dinner thing on Sunday, so it was experimental Thanksgiving birthday cheesecake. Woo!

Went out on Sunday before the dinner to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Oh, it was so good. I haven’t seen a movie in so long that made me laugh that much. Granted, I have a weird sense of humor. And Ian kept telling me that I was Grandma Georgina. But I do like grapes!

QOTD:

“i made out with 2 different girls on halloween”
“at the same time?”
“no, serial”*

*5 points to whoever can guess the person being quoted

Marbled Pumpkin Cheesecake
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 1/2 cups crushed gingersnap cookies
* 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
* 1/3 cup butter, melted

* 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
* 3/4 cup white sugar, divided
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3 eggs
* 1 cup canned pumpkin
* 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, mix together the crushed gingersnap cookies, pecans, and butter. Press into the bottom, and about 1 inch up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake crust 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Set aside to cool.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla just until smooth. Mix in eggs one at a time, blending well after each. Set aside 1 cup of the mixture. Blend 1/4 cup sugar, pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg into the remaining mixture.
3. Spread the pumpkin flavored batter into the crust, and drop the plain batter by spoonfuls onto the top. Swirl with a knife to create a marbled effect.
4. Bake 55 minutes in the preheated oven, or until filling is set. Run a knife around the edge of the pan. Allow to cool before removing pan rim. Chill for at least 4 hours before serving.

Notes: Replaced 1 package of cream cheese with non-fat stuff and only baked the crust for about 5-8 minutes. Swirl after each spoonful, or spread/swirl in layers. Do not shake the cinnamon so hard that you spill half the bottle.

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I didn’t write this, but if I weren’t so lazy, I might have:

Dear Amy:

Your reply to “Worried in Durham,” who was disturbed about her friends’ recent weight gain, was thorough and wise. May I chime in, though, for the writer and for the millions of people out there who are tempted to raise their “concerns about weight and overall physical health” to other friends and family members?

A tip for all of you: They know already. They know they have put on weight; their clothes can tell them that without your having to.

It amazes me how many people think it’s helpful to bring this up, as if the recipient of such wisdom is going to slap his or her forehead and say, “Holy cow! I figured something was wrong. Now that you’ve pinpointed it, I’ll just go ahead and change my lifestyle so we can all get back to normal.”

If people express their concern and offer caring support, it is helpful. Pointing out how bothersome their weight gain is to you — is not.
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I just got back from a Weight Watchers meeting, where a roomful of people would heartily agree with you.

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Two women and on man were charged with distribution of cocaine in the Centreville area. On Thursday, October 27 detectives from the Organized Crimes Division made arrests after developing information on suspects involved in illegal distribution of narcotics in the area of Lee Highway and Stone Road. During the arrest one suspect brandished a loaded handgun, but dropped it when he was challenged by the police.

The three arrested subjects were held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Nakasha T. W*rren, 28, of 14486 Four Chimney Drive in Centreville was charged with two counts of distribution of cocaine. She was held on a $10,000 bond. Casey Y. G*ter, 35, of 6016 Havener House Way in Centreville was charged with distribution of cocaine. She was held on a $2,000 bond. Marron F. N*wlin, 23, of 13 Place S.E. in Washington D.C. was charged with distribution of cocaine, possession of a firearm by a felon and alter serial number. He was held on a $25,000 bond.

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*Sorry… don’t want these people happening past here in case they google themselves.

Should men want to watch their wives give birth?

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A number of his male patients have reported that after witnessing their wives have babies they no longer feel attracted to them.

Huh… Combine that with the women who don’t feel attractive after having a baby… Yeah, I feel really sorry for you, dude.

So, ok, you don’t want to look. Fine. I’m ok with that. But at least be in the room! I’m basing this all on TV child-birth and videos I watched in my college developmental psych class, but you should be able to stand next to the woman without having a full-on view of the birthing process.

It’s not like the woman wants to see a living creature claw its way out of her either! Presumably, you had something to do with this, so it’s your responsibility to be there for the mother.

Ok, I’m doing exactly what the article said women do. But whatever. I like the point the author makes at the end though… basically, open discussion without going back to the Leave It to Beaver days:

I’m totally sympathetic to the hostility women feel toward these men; ironically enough, a few days before the article appeared, a good male friend of mine told me he was uneasy about witnessing his future wife give birth, and I basically tore his head off. On a gut level most women, and plenty of men, feel anxious about the imbalance of power that stems from the fact that only women can give birth (among other things). And it seems absurdly unfair to do all the physical work of bringing a child into the world only to find that its squeamish father is too grossed out to make his way back to the marital bed.
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Until 30 or so years ago few men were in the delivery room, and now nearly all are: That’s a huge cultural shift. Beginning a conversation about it doesn’t mean we want to go back to days when the father was sent down to the bar so he didn’t have to hear what was taking place. It means acknowledging that perhaps a one-size-fits-all solution is foolish when it comes to complicated questions like sexual desire.

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A study by psychology researchers at the University of Michigan, using college undergraduates, suggested that men going for long-term relationships would rather marry women in subordinate jobs than women who are supervisors. Men think that women with important jobs are more likely to cheat on them. There it is, right in the DNA: women get penalized by insecure men for being too independent.

*gasp*

Buncha jerks.

A 2005 report by researchers at four British universities indicated that a high I.Q. hampers a woman’s chance to marry, while it is a plus for men. The prospect for marriage increased by 35 percent for guys for each 16-point increase in I.Q.; for women, there is a 40 percent drop for each 16-point rise.

How does that even make sense? That means women who are 2.5 standard deviations from the norm have little “chance” of ever getting married. (Like “normal” women get this plethora of marriage lottery tickets while the outliers all share one ticket.) Or that women with IQs over 150 shouldn’t even bother trying. Huh… I guess my parents can just go ahead and give up on my sister and me. You can’t argue with math*.

*Yes, I know that I’m arguing statistics here and not math. And I have a strong suspicion that the stat is either biased or somehow misleading in the way it’s stated. But it still made me angry, so I’m going to yell at it.

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I was thinking this morning about the conservation of candy… You know, Halloween candy: Where does it come from? I remember going trick-or-treating with my siblings when we were growing up and we definitely came home with way more candy than my parents gave out throughout the night. Granted, there were 4 of us. But over the years, even with just one of us trick-or-treating, we’d collect more loot than was given out.

So, for the most part, if a family has just one child, they would collect back what they give out unless it’s a young child, in which case, they might not. But that would be a close trade-off. So where does all the extra candy come from? People without kids! All the neighbors who buy candy to hand out to the kiddies, even though they don’t have a kid to send out and collect loot to bring home. I never even thought about it before. There are people who just hand out candy

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I also meant to go over to the neighbor’s house (also a non-child home) to trick-or-treat and trade some leftover candy so we’d have some variety, but they closed up shop earlier than I did. I might go over today though. I never really bothered to meet the neighbors before. They have a cute dog though.

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