Gothic Home Maker

The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford is hosting an exhibit of steampunk art through February 21st. It's free to get in.

For those of us who are unable to attend, they have released a video talking about some of the major pieces of the exhibit and the history of steampunk art.

I've always had a fondness for the Gothic Martha Stewart website. On it, the proprietor talks about planning, assembling items and some caveats about how to care for your stuff, even when pets are involved. A great read.

Having trouble getting the ambition to clean? Want a great way to track how you and your roommates are separating the tasks? Ever wanted to gain experience for your mundane duties?

Chore Wars! is a website where you create a character and gain experience by participating in great adventures such as trekking to the grocery store and taming the refrigerator monsters. This is a great site for getting the co-operation of teenagers and the rest of us who refuse to grow up.

I was at the Japanese grocery yesterday and found some House Foods Tofu Shirataki Noodles. I've been reading about these noodles on the Hungry Girl newsletter for some time and decided to give them a try. Hungry Girl has described these with adjectives like "life changing" and "a must have." With a whopping 20 calories per generous serving, it's well worth taking a chance on, especially for a noodle lover like me.

This evening I made a lovely stir fry with a chopped up fried tofu cutlet and half a bag of frozen stir fry veggies. After they were good and cooked, I threw in the Shirataki noodles and just a dab of store bought General Tsao's sauce and had a yummy, filling dinner in under 20 minutes.

I love Halloween, but I really can't stand carving pumpkins. It's smelly and squishy and makes your pumpkins rot so much faster. Then putting a candle in one? That's a little big of nausea for someone who can't stand the smell anyway. So in recent years I've bought a pumpkin and put it on my porch au naturale with a few candles around it.

For this year, I'd like to do something with my pumpkin beyond sitting it unadorned outside, and luckily I've found some lovely ideas that will work great.