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I sent this recipe to paragraphs, but then I realised that it's the best cure for the winter blues.

2 c. milk
3 eggs
3/4 c sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 c. cooked rice
1/4 c raisins (OPTIONAL!)
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Scald milk. Combine eggs, sugar and salt in a 1 1/2 qt. casserole dish. Stir in milk. Add rice, raisins, vanilla. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake at 325 until set (about 50-60 minutes).

If you have a big enough casserole dish, it's nice to double.

I take back all the mocking I did. I have never seen it like this. If you live in a place that get a lot of snow, feel free to mock me, but I just wasn't prepared for:

SNOWPOCALYPSE 2010

1. Lost power (re: heat) at 2 am. Ate the kid for warmth.

2. I kid, we did that huddle for warmth thing.

3. Discovered all coffee was unground. Used mortar and pestle.

4. No method of heating water. Did you know that when water is hot enough to burn you in the shower, it is still not hot enough for coffee?

5. Drank coffee anyway.

6. Went outside. ( Pics included! )

7. Went inside, peeled off clothes (PLUS: I have lost so much weight that I was able to wear my fleece pyjamapants under my old size 14 jeans. MINUS: COLD)

8. After lunch. POWER RETURNS! HUZZAH! COFFEE FIRST, CHARGE CELL, RUN DISHWASHER.

1. ANOTHER REC I FORGOT. WELL, TWO:

51stcenturyfox has been a busy girl, with two fics that I read early in December and fell in love with. I had the pleaseure of seeing them in varying stages and hnest to god, Foxy writes like a dream.

Zihuatanejo (I had to c/p that title) is the story of Red and Andy after Shawshank ends and Red gets to the small town of Zihuatanejo. I loved the Red voice, the atmosphere of it, and it was sweet and rewarding at the same time.

Never Love A Wild Thing is her reel_torchwood entry, with Breakfast at Tiffany's. Her Holly voice is perfect, and she tells of an encounter, well, I shan't spoil it for you. More a crossover than a fusion, really, but a damned good one.

2. I want to rec every fricking story on twsecretsanta but I'm pretty sure that you've all read them all. But go over and read them, a phat 21 of them I think. BLACKJACK!

3. wherepiesdie GOES LIVE WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE TWIN PEAKS PILOT ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 7TH. I AM WATCHING AND TAKING NOTES THIS WEEK! After this Thursday we'll have an episode discussion every Monday and Thursday. See the post in the comm for a detailed schedule. We welcome newbies and those who are watching again, and will have a spoiler cut code for discussions that jump ahead.

4. Another rec: New Things by xtricks It's JACK/ALONSO AND JESUS IS IT GOOD. AND THE ENDING IS LIKE MY FAVORITE THING IN THE UNIVERSE TODAY. YES PLEASE GOD MAY I HAVE NOTHER.

5. IT IS COLD HERE. SEND HELP. ONE OF THOSE ST BERNARDS WITH COCOA IN A BARREL UNDER ITS NECK. MMMM COCOA.

6. OMG for Crimmas emquilxy got us a cooking class, and we just picked which one we're taking today: HOW TO MAKE PIEROGIES. FROM SCRATCH, BITCHES. Right now my pierogie cooking skills are pretty much: "Boil water; add frozen pierogies." BUT THAT SHALL CHANGE.

OMG IF SAM COOKE HAD EATEN PIEROGIES, THAT SONG "A CHANGE IS GONNA COME" WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THEIR POTATO-FILLED GOODNESS AND MY NEW-TO-BE MAD SKILLZ THAT PAY THE BILLZ.