World Baseball Classic 2009 Bracket and Scoring for office pool betting.

See Scoring Rules Below.
1pt for each correct winner or runner up in the first round
1pt for each correct member of pools 1 and 2
2pt for each correct winner or runner up from pools 1 and 2
2pt for each correct member of SF1 and 2
3pt for each correct winner of each SF.
3pt for each correct member of the Final
5pt for the winner.
Tie breaker with total runs.

Spicy home made gingerale

I have a new recipe here




Mix 1tsp bakers yeast in warm water with sugar.
Let sit for 10min

Mix:
Washed ginger root.
3/4c sugar.
1/3c lime juice.
1/2l Water

Blend

Strain the blended mix.

boil the mix briefly and allow to cool.

Add yeast to the blended mix and pour into a clean sanitized 1 liter IKEA Grolsch like bottle.

Let sit for 48h.

Open and drink.


This makes a spicy and not very sweet gingerale adjust the recipe to your own tastes. Adjusting the fruit juices can also be interesting. Post your adaptations in the comment section

Guatemalan refried black beans

1/2 Onion
2 cloves garlic
Vegetable Oil
1 Can refried black beans

Chop the garlic and onions and fry in oil for until clear in nonstick pot.
Add beans and fry on medium for 30min stirring occasionally.
Toss the beans in the pot until it forms a log.

Cheap DIY Screen Print your own Minnesota in the style of Metallica shirt

Saw this shirt at a D4 show and could not find it anywhere on the net so I thought I would make my own.
For a more detailed DIY screen printing method check out this post: DIY Hat Screen Printing

you will need:

Blank t-shirt.
Screen printing ink.
Cardboard from paper pad.
Printer.
Iron.
Paint brush
corrugated cardboard.
razorblade.
Masking tape.

Print out the image at the bottom of this post.
Pin it to the cardboard and cut out the letters with an razor.
Stretch the t-shirt over the corrugated cardboard and center the stencil over the middle and pin it all together.
Cut Masking tape out to fill the "O" and "A".
Brush the paint onto the stencil.
Let the paint dry.
Disassemble and Iron the paint as instructed on the paint container.

Ethiopian Pizza.

1c lentils
1 onion
1/2 green pepper
2 cloves garlic
mozzarella
berbere
salt
1tsp lime juice
1tsp mustard seed.


Lentils:
Prepare lentils as directed by package.
fry copped onion, pepper and garlic in olive oil.
When the lentils are ready add the garlic, onion, pepper, mustard seed, lime juice and salt to taste.
For spicier lentils add berbere to taste.

Spread lentils on the pita add Mozzarella sprinkle on the berbere.

Bake at 350 till cheese browns.

DIY: crayon sculpture carving

All of my crayon sculptures






If you see the images of what people who are really good at this do the idea is intimidating but it is really not that hard to make some cruder forms.

You will need:
crayon
mechanical pencil OR a sharp pottery tool like this one


This is a fun project that takes nothing you do not already have in the house.
Just sharpen the pencil by rubbing it at an angle and go to town.

I like to work from the head down so that you do nothing after making the very delicate legs.
Next up a Crayola nativity scene.



cephlopod fans make sure to check out the giant squid crayon carving

heaviest flat rate priority shipping box ever

44lbs of zinc have arrived. Is anyone aware of a larger mass being sent in one of these boxes? Comment.



As a bonus my table looks like Fort Knox now.
got my zinc bars at rotometals