cookie cutters!

My Kickstarter track record of support is great - everything I've donated to has succeeded. So I'm hoping it will be a good luck charm to push my current favorite project to the finish line in two days. Clever Cookie Cutters are tessellated cookie cutters designed to minimize the amount of waste dough and rolling that makes cookie baking less fun. It's so smart and he has two prototypes worked up to do Halloween and holiday cookies. If you have a couple dollars to spare, please consider donating. I would make so many more cookies with something like this.

I have discovered that the instant coffee packets sold by Starbucks don't make palatable coffee. But! They are quite handy for making desserts.

So, Minecraft. What a game. What an addictive, addictive game. I've spent most of today playing it. I started work on the giant House of Pear, which will have huge glass windows facing east and west.