Economy in Song Lyrics

How can song lyrics be economical? I write about three types:

1. Songs with expressions repeatedly peppered throughout
2. Instrumentals with the song title in it, frequently with few or no additional words
3. Songs that have one verse, repeated one or more times

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/12/economy-in-song-lyrics.html and comment there, please.

McCormicky-Libbyish Pumpkin Pie

Last month, I published "Which Pumpkin Pie?" that described ranges of ease and cost—fast and expensive, or laborious and cheap. My recipe is a hybrid between McCormick’s and Libby’s, with a slight twist. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/12/mccormicky-libbyish-pumpkin-pie.html and comment there, please.

Which Pumpkin Pie?

Decisions, decisions, decisions, varying mostly for labor intensity for getting a pumpkin pie. Least laborious is buying one. Most laborious is making one that you make the crust, process real pumpkin, and buy separate spices.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/11/which-pumpkin-pie.html and comment there, please.

Gluten-Free Waffle Grid Tortillas

The waffle grid comes from using a waffle-cone maker, but not the cone shaper. These tortillas, made with rice flour, are thin and pliable, like crepes. They stick to themselves with a mild PostIt stickiness. The stickiness makes for keeping rollup shapes together, making them good for rolling up fillings. The sesame oil provides an aromatic flavor. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/11/gluten-free-waffle-grid-tortillas.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--16th & Final Week, 3 2 1 0

Gone. Gone. No Lefty left anymore. From three century plants to none, it's been an interesting mission to photograph he plants weekly and publish the articles for 16 weeks straight. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-16th-final-week.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--15th Week, Lefty and Another Week Still

Lefty looks nearly identical as in the previous week's pix. One obvious difference is about 1/4 the distance up, to the left of the metal pole. The June 3 pic shows a white object, the June 10 pic doesn't. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-15th-week-lefty.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--14th Week, Lefty and Another Week

On June 3, Lefty still stands, and with bloom clusters, but taking on a darker look than in the previous week. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-14th-week-lefty.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--13th Week, 3 Successive Leftys

Comparative pix can affect perception. The pixstrip shows Lefty for May 13, 20, 27. Note that for each of those picture days, the sky conditions seem to correlate with Lefty's bloom clusters condition. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/10/century-plant-triplets-13th-week-3.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--12th Week, Lefty's Bloom Clusters Declining

Lefty's bloom clusters display a dramatic dulling of color intensity from the previous week—brightness on May 13, drabness on May 20, as the pixstrip shows. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-12th-week-leftys.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--11th Week, Oh Solo Me Oh!

Righty has left the scene, following Peewee's departure the previous week. The pixstrip shows the century plants for May 6 and May 13. In this article, I include a short, chorus-part parody for Lefty—Oh Solo Me Oh! Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-11th-week-oh.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--10th Week, Minus Peewee

Peewee's gone! The pixstrip shows the century plants for April 29 and May 6. Peewee, like several other century plants I've noticed, looks to have been removed or cut down rather than allowed to naturally fall over. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-10th-week-minus.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--Century Plant Triplets--9th Week Peewee's 2x Leaning Angle

Uh oh. Peewee's leaning angle looks like it's doubled from one week to the next. I also talk about single plants and multiple stalks, compared to the triplet set I've been writing about. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-9th-week-peewees.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--8th Week Lopsided Peewee

Happy Labor Day weekend, statesiders! In the April 22 image, the triplets are very robust. They all grew a little taller, and gained a smidge more bulk at the branches and bloom clusters. However, Peewee is looking unbalanced, maybe a bad sort of top-heavy. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/09/century-plant-triplets-8th-week.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--7th Week Lookit the Tops

April 15 (tax day!) was a beautiful blue-sky day, and the subjects' details crisper than on April 8. Amazingly, these century plants continued upward growth even while continuing to grow outward. And the bloom clusters grew bigger. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-7th-week-lookit.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--6th Week Subtle Continued Growth, Gauging Heights

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pics from April 2 and April 8. At first glance, they don't seem to have changed much. I have, however, included height guestimations by using a street sign height and estimated people height as initial reference units of measure. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-6th-week-subtle.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--5th Week Closer Looks at Stalks and Branches

This week, I decided to put up a zoom view pixstrip of the older and newer stalks to better show the changes to the century plant triplets. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-5th-week-closer.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--4rd Week Higher and Branching Out

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 18 and March 25. The plants have grown still taller, and they have started branching out. The branches look like crosses between Christmas trees and candelabras. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/08/century-plant-triplets-4th-week-higher.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--3rd Week Higher Up

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 11 and March 18. Do a visual comparison of heights of the plants between the picture on the left and the one on the right. The increased height looks to be about the height of the sign on the right. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-3rd-week-higher_28.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--2nd Week

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 4 and two from March 11. Do a visual comparison of heights of the two pictures on the left. … The picture on the right shows the March 11 image with additional skyward background for height reference. As my series continues, pictures will show sprouting progress, more than looking like giant asparagus shoots.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-2nd-week.html and comment there, please.

Century Plant Triplets--Stalk Starts

Agave, noted for use in making tequila and agave syrup (aka nectar), can also have a spectacular end-of-life stage—
that of a century plant. This article is the first one in my series of the plants, which look like they started sprouting within the previous week before my pic.
Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-stalk-starts.html and comment there, please.

Diff Kinda Choco-chip Cake Mix Cookies

Another cake mix cooky recipe, this one features marble cake mix, chocolate chips, and coconut. I also include a table with caloric info if including the chips and coconut, omitting one or the other, or both. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/06/diff-kinda-choco-chip-cake-mix-cookies.html and comment there, please.

Escaling and Coupons

Typography types out there? Remember E scales? I've sprinkled a few comments about typography and coupons and included some example images. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/06/escaling-and-coupons.html and comment there, please.

PC Cookies

Personal Computer? Politically Correct? Printed Circuit? Peanut Cluster? Nah! I wanted to think of a way to recall main ingredients for this cookie recipe. Sooo, using a recognizable pair of letters would help—pecan coconut. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/05/pc-cookies.html and comment there, please.

Word Trips

My word trips pertain to words that make me trip over spelling or meaning. I seldom have spelling problems with run-of-the-mill homophones. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/05/word-trips.html and comment there, please.

Chocolate Cereal Blocks Etc

The classic Rice Krispies cereal treat has been around for decades. Over time, I’ve noticed these cereal yummies have undergone two noticeable changes:

• Microwave directions for melting butter and marshmallows, replacing the kettle method
• Proliferation of pre-made packages

Chocolate Cereal Blocks Etc is my frequent deviation from the classic cereal treat. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/04/chocolate-cereal-blocks-etc.html and comment there, please.

Crosstalking Aggressors and Victims

A few weeks ago, I encountered "aggressor" and "victim" in a document that I needed to format and refine. These terms surfaced WRT crosstalk after I transitioned out of designing printed circuit boards. I Googled for info, and also solicited for alternatives to those anthropomorphic terms. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/04/crosstalking-aggressors-and-victims.html and comment there, please.

Square Mini and Whoopie Muffin Experiment

This article describes my experiment of using cake mix for making muffins in a whoopie pan and a silicone pan that has square wells. If Elaine had whoopie pans, she might have been able to bake only muffin tops instead of whole muffins that she couldn't get rid of the stems. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/03/square-mini-and-whoopie-muffin.html and comment there, please.

Waits N Measures, Baking Pans N Papers

I'm big on baking. I bake frequently enough to know what I'm doing, but still need to consult with recipes online and in books. This article has baking info about pans, capacities, baking times, and more, including table formatting. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/03/waits-n-measures-baking-pans-n-papers.html and comment there, please.

Mad About Word and FrameMaker

Sometimes when I use one of the tools, I wish the other had the same feature. I often wistfully wonder (and sometimes go/get mad)—

• Why doesn't FrameMaker have this Word feature?
• Why doesn't Word have this FrameMaker feature?
• Why …

What's your madness about FrameMaker and Word?
Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/02/mad-about-word-and-framemaker.html and comment there, please.

New Year Ham Day

Another post-holiday meal—this time, a ham dressed with pineapple slices and cherries. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/02/new-year-ham-day.html and comment there, please.

New Year Turkey Day

Turkey Day came almost two months after Thanksgiving. The meal was tasty, the timing was just about right, with the only menu item requiring reheating being the oven-roasted veggies. And the dinner guest brought in flowers in a vase and meal accompaniments—oranges, cranberry sauce, and Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-year-turkey-day.html and comment there, please.

Tubular Waffle Grid Wafers 2

This recipe is a followup to the one I published in August, when I used test tubes for helping shape the wafers. (I wanted to use my waffle cone appliance to make shapes besides waffle cones.) This time, I used a 3 x 8 grid text tube rack for holding the shapes.

The rack is open air, better for air circulation and avoiding trapping steam than the set of test tubes I used previously. Also, the 24 vertical cavities means I can stand up a lot more tubular wafers. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/01/tubular-waffle-grid-wafers-2.html and comment there, please.