04/11/2010

shoalsister-oh!! that we could live in a world where the strong and dominant ones did not desire to play pissing contests with other ones of their ilk.
Wouldn't we love to live in a way that draws us together by our natures? Perhaps this type of uber ambition is necessary but god the damage done-the bees are sick and the insects are afraid to eat these days and don't even try to imagine what happens when we can;t breathe easily.
I wish that we could get the news about the earthworms out over our vast communication web-if earth worms work together so can we- no need to shake in fear,no need to take over other fields.


We are all awesome.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8604000/8604584.stm

Earthworms form herds and make “group decisions”, scientists have discovered.

The earthworms use touch to communicate and influence each other’s behaviour, according to research published in the journal Ethology.

By doing so the worms collectively decide to travel in the same direction as part of a single herd.

The striking behaviour, found in the earthworm Eisenia fetida, is the first time that any type of worm, or annelid, has been shown to form active herds.

“Our results modify the current view that earthworms are animals lacking in social behaviour,” says Ms Lara Zirbes, a PhD student at the University of Liege in Gembloux in Belgium.

More at the link….
The first one is a copy of what I was going to post over at Starlight News but it was too long so I posted here where no one but maybe my room mate will ever see it.
Oh God Liz Cheney tearing Obama a new one. What an absolute bitch pig-I truly hate her I think. She is mean a reflection on what I understand is her father's character.
That aside as we say: the second post is something that PatC. found that reduced me to tears. We can now see that earth worms are alive and having fun and are very serious. This touched me on the deepest levels: one with awe at the majesty of creation and two with wonder that we are evolving enough to see this
to see that there is no where to dump anything-all is life itself or god for the fundamentalists (and this daughter of Moscow,Kansas still continues "to believe in God" although I know that god is not a human being sitting somewhere sitting in judgement on creation.)
On the TV a report that a bridge district somewhere in the Bay Area is considering getting rid of toll takers in favor of electronic toll collections which they say will save them 16 million dollars in ten years. HMMM! wonder how much will be lost when working people lose their long held jobs even one as dangerous as toll collection (think of all the chemical fumes those workers live with on their jobs).
I made the most wonderful substitute for cheescake. The recipe is from the Moosewood cookbook although I made some modifications:
1) make a crumb crust with one package of grahams ground into very fine crumbs and i stick of melted unsalted butter pat this into a pie pan ( use a pyrex pan), No need to bake this.
2) beat 8 oz package of cream cheese or the neufschel cheese until light and fluffy and add 1/3 cup of honey,1 /2 cup of yogurt and vanilla to your taste at least 1 teaspoon and beat until everything is lovely and fluffy.
3)pour the cheese/yogurt into the crumb crust and set this into the refrigerator for at least eight hours or at least two days.
I served this in custard cups because there are no eggs and it is not baked so it does take time for all the ingredients to meld. This morning 48 hours later I was able to cut a slice and eat it for breakfast-delicious really and VERY filling. This is very delicious really and takes the place of cheese cake on many levels this is not a l ow calorie treat but it is easy and rich and wonderful.
Chicken breasts on sale so I will cut the breasts in to pieces bones and all the bones please-the bones keep the meat from getting all dry without falvor-and then I will "rub" the pieces down with a "rub" I make myself: 1 cup brown sugar with "lots" of chili powder,garlic powder, thyme,salt and pepper. I can't get more specific on details becuase the taste is so up to one's own tastes and the family's tastes all I can say is that I rub the mix on heavy and let the chicken set up in the refrigerator for at least an hour but all day is better. After this I bake the chicken at 350-425 depending on the day and when I want to eat. I think that the 425 works best. I have family members who love this and I have family members who think this is weird becauase it is so sweet to them say" Americans!! you think that ketchup and barbecue sauce are not sweet?" And I don't even start on the sweet and sour thing so popular in so many languages.
Whoops!! Sister wakes up and my mood changes and there goes the writing until some later point. We were kicking back on this stormy cold and windy Sunday. Really it was a very stormy day to point to Victorian imagination.
I watch way too much TV-crime dramas for the most part. Used to watch cooking shows but now they are all about commercial success and I can't stand the smugness that oozes from people who believe that they will become rich on my interest in fancy cooking.