Teach him how to Cook a Fish...then charge A LOT

According to the New York Times this recession is helping culinary and trade schools really take off. Students are going into greater debt by taking out variable rate loans in order to pay for schooling culinary experts seem to think they don't need.

The article states "...several local chefs said the program merely simulated what students could learn in entry-level jobs."

Apparently the Obama admin put out more cash for Pell grants and these for-profit schools are finding out clever ways of claiming it.

"The Career Education Corporation, a publicly traded global giant, last year reported revenue of $1.84 billion. Roughly 80 percent came from federal loans and grants."

and its not just culinary schools reaping rewards:

"The Apollo Group — which owns the for-profit University of Phoenix — derived 86 percent of its revenue from federal student aid last fiscal year, according to BMO. Two years earlier, it was 69 percent."

So I guess the lesson we learned is...if a man is hungry don't give him a fish or teach him how to fish...teach him how to COOK fish for large, large sums of money!

NY Times Source
Comic from my new favorite comic - Mordant Orange

for tomorrow I Bake!

I also have an ortho appointment where my braces may come off. I'm not excited because for the last two months they have been in "to remove or not to remove" limbo. Yes, the extremely boring limbo.

In the Opposite of Boring News, look at what I got in the mail today!!! I made apple crisp in cooking class last week and was impressed by the apple corer and recipe. I'd never used one of these peelers before so it seemed like a handy thing to own (sorry knives).

I ordered from Amazon yesterday around 3PM and the box arrived within 24 hours! How sick is that!? It would have taken me longer to decide where to shop. In even BETTER news, I'd finally made enough swagbucks to pay for these two things.

Now I'm saving for a zester ;)

My face = Newly hydrated, pleasantly scented

That's what she said ;)

Check out this awesome face cream I won over at Its So Very Cheri! Its from Sweet Creek Herbs and smells divine. It even comes with a tiny, little scoop for application :D

Just look at this description:
This butter is enriched with 3 different butters. They are melted and then whipped together with a bit of wheat germ oil and apricot kernel oil for added vitamins and skin nutrients.

Looks like my face is taking a sabbatical from that Oil of Olay from last month! Also that description made me hungry ;)

its Pi not piE

Every year I hope 3/14 will bring me pie and every year I get nada.

I have a terribly shameful confession to make. In the last two days I have become addicted to Vampire Wars on Facebook and I HATE FACEBOOK!

See, my cousin got an iTouch last year and she has VW on it. Unfortunately for her this resulted in many a HelloHug/iTouchPickpocket. Then about 2-3 weeks ago she told me I could just play the game from the computer. Google must have been having an Off Day because it didn't find me anything fun.

Then.

My cousin told me it was on Facebook. I'd just joined, after years of resistance, because of all the coupons being published there. So I clicked over to see if the game was the same on-line as on-touch and ITS BETTER!

Consequently I've spent the last three days either at my computer or trying to get back to it so I can Do Combat.

but tomorrow I limit myself - this addiction to a game is so 2004!

If I were to have a Firefly party...

Dear Joss,

It turns out we love your Firefly verse show so much that some folk are still having Firefly'esquian celebrations!

Look at these awesome suggestions the internet provided for such a shindig:

- Browncoat Cookies
- Dinosaur Cookies
- Gummi Bugs (I swallowed a bug)
- Wife Soup
- Apples
- Ice Planet (instructions here)
- conversely: Cotton Candy Balls on string or Popcorn Balls on string

Not that I am planning to host such an event, especially without you in attendance. You wouldn't be in attendance right? Cause an event could be hosted if you were to attend.

Yours in Food pr0n,
Anny

PS
I found the above picture on a blog where the girl made Fruity Oaty ringtones! The internet does love you :)

He's Wearing SPANX!

I found this clip over at Lovely Little Nest. Its long but delivers punches of humor throughout, plus it answered the question about whether those Wily Twilight Boys are handsome or merely cute ;)

Oh and look at what other answer I found this week! I've been working my way through the archives at Mordant Orange all week. Don't tell Diesel Sweeties but I've been forwarding a lot of his comics...some recipients may even say too many.

But they would be wrong.

Inspiration Thursday: The look at that CEILING edition

I haven't done one of these in a while. Renting with the uncertainty of a lease renewal tends to suck design right out of me.

Look at this ceiling and tell me this picture doesn't need to be saved somewhere!? I can barely trace unto a canvas, forget applying anything (even a decal) to a ceiling!

I like minimalism. Even though the seating doesn't lend itself to company how decadent is owning one chaise and angling it for Sloth Tv Watching? This is a home I would love to relax in. Plus I think everything in this place came from Ikea, which means patience and craigslist could easily replicate this look - with a Cindy Crawford chaise thrown in to seal the deal *wistful look*

Top right corner - see it? Its that quintessential "is it two women or a vase?" picture!

If I own two doors like that one day I am going to paint an illusion on it too. *resolve face*

I like maps and corkboard and modularity (is that a word? cause it should be) so this is a Win for me.

I think this one is a dorm. While I dislike the "hippieness" of the decor I love that large plant and posable wooden man on the desk. I've always, always wanted one of those statues.

The plant is a clever way of separating work from sleep and would just as nicely in a studio apartment. Who says a pretty view should only be enjoyed from the desk or the bed?