Derren Brown

I have watched several videos with Derren Brown lately.  This guy is incredible.  He is a magician, psychological illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic of paranormal phenomena.  He uses NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) and other techniques to accomplish amazing things. Here is one video.  If you want to understand some of the principles used to take the gentleman’s wallet, [Continue Reading]

Orange Dream Pie

INGREDIENTS 1 8-ounce package of Pepperidge Farm Chessmen Butter Cookies 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 12-ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided 1 1/4 or so cups of orange curd (see recipe below) 2 teaspoons grated orange rind [Continue Reading]

Mom’s Pound Cake


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Pound cake

INGREDIENTS 3 cups all-purpose flour 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 3 sticks butter (or margerine) 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 tsp lemon extract 1 cup milk DIRECTIONS Mix wet ingredients Mix in sugar Gradually mix in flour Bake at 325 degrees for one hour or until done. Notes: I would [Continue Reading]