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Bandwagons, Eating, recipes

From the family cookbook: Oreo dessert

My Aunt Judy brought her layered Oreo dessert to every family Christmas gathering, because she knew how much my stepsister and I loved it. The two of us would swarm her as soon as she came through the door, and the Oreo dessert was the first thing we piled onto our plates.

There’s nothing the least bit organic or farm-to-table in this recipe. That’s probably what makes it so tasty. I haven’t tried to make it since Aunt Judy passed away — I just don’t think it’ll be the same — but one of these days I will.

Aunt Judy’s Oreo Dessert

1/2 cup butter
large container Cool Whip
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 package Oreos
8 ounces cream cheese
large package instant chocolate pudding

Layer 1: Crush cookies and mix with butter. Press into 9×13 pan and reserve a few crumbs for the top.

Layer 2: Mix 8oz cream cheese and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Put in 1/2 of cool whip. Mix and spread over Layer 1.

Layer 3: Mix pudding according to box directions and spread over dessert. Let set for a few minutes.

Layer 4: Spread the rest of the cool whip on top and sprinkle with remaining Oreo crumbs. Refrigerate.

Bandwagons, Flotsam / Jetsam

A few of Oprah’s favorite things that Nichole definitely won’t be purchasing

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The Golden Beats by Dre probably would make me want to “get my dance on” right there with you, Oprah, but I have neither $700 for headphones & a little speaker nor do I have the opportunity to use headphones all that often anyway.

The Deluxe Vine and Bloom Box. What is that, Oprah? Just a box of flowers? For $189? That’s a lot crazy, Oprah.

A $250 eyeglass box. It’s just a box, Oprah!

$60 candles. No, Oprah. No.

a $400 dog bed. And that’s the cheap one. Let them eat cake, am I right Oprah?

I couldn’t take any more, so I stopped after the dog bed. I think Oprah might be slightly disconnected from the proletariat.

(I do like the idea of having a fancy robe, though.)

in brief

All ‘bots, all the time

Aside

“Mama, can you look up for me what kind of parts I need to build a robot? I want to build one that fights evil. I also want to build a robocop suit so I can be a robotic policeman. I’ll make a lot of robocop suits so we can have a robocop society. I want some of my friends to come over so we can talk about robot ideas. I’m determined to become a robotics master. I need my sketchpad so I can draw some robot ideas. Someday I’ll make a book about all the robots I’ve made. I’m going to make technology years and years before it should be made. After I’ve made my own robot, I’m going to start with making a miniature Dalak that’s programmed to only fight evil. So it’s like a robot cop. But even better is going to be my version of the robocop suit: RoboCop 2.0.”