Very sad . . .

One of the victims of the Colorado shootings of last week miscarried her baby due to the trauma and treatment of her gunshot wounds. The shooter is being charged with murder in all the cases except for this baby. Colorado has a law on the books that doesn't view an unborn baby as a person before birth. How very sad for this family who not only lost their baby, but their six year old who died in the theater shooting. The mother is fighting for her life and now has to face the fact that her little girl is dead and her miscarried baby doesn't even get the dignity of being recognized as a person in the State of Colorado.

Be careful what you collect!

This is horribly amazing. A man gets fined and a jail sentence . . . because he collected rain water on his private property. Uh, how does that take away a water source from other people?

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/07/11732-oregon-man-collects-rainwater-on-property-gets-a-30-day-jail-sentence/

Politicians - read the first quote!

The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it."
-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

 

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
-- Rick Cook

"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young."
-- Konrad Lorenz

Tomato Spice Cake

It is amazing what you can use in a cake and still get rave reviews from your family. The trick is to serve it, first, and tell them afterwards! This is such a cake and my brood loved it and went back for seconds . . . even after finding out the 'secret' ingredient.

Tomato Spice Cake
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups pureed fresh tomatoes
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup ground walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix together the dry ingredients. In another bowl, beat the eggs with the vanilla, sugar, oil, and spices. Add the flour mixtures and the pureed tomatoes. Mix well and then fold in the walnuts. Pour batter into a 9x13 baking pan or two smaller ones. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 35-45 minutes depending on your oven.

Cool and drizzle with a lemon icing.