Vox Mamuli

Randomness Rules

Interesting Lights

https://nanoleaf.me/en/

Interesting lights. Four possible locations for the lights:

  • cottage/office — directly across from the entrance
  • behind the Nataraja statue
  • above the couch next to the Nataraja statue or in the ceiling there
  • on the wall next to the Nest

DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookies

DoubleTree Signature Cookie Recipe

Makes 26 cookies

½ pound butter, softened (2 sticks)

¾ cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

¾ cup packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice…

Lifehack: Trash Can Bagging

From CoolTools

This might be more about me and my own eccentricities, but I loath emptying the trash and especially putting a new bag/liner in the can. I just realized that I can put 3 or 4 bags in at

WordPress and Permalinks

The default setup generated the following error on any setup of permalinks other than the first, plain one.

The response is not a valid JSON response.

Unfortunately the plain one has question marks in it. Which means that it won’t …

Beard on Bread (Persimmon)

  • 1.75 cups sifted flour
  • 0.75 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 0.5 cup melted unsalted butter and cooled to room temperature
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
  • 1/3 cup Cognac, bourbon or whiskey
  • 1 cup persimmon puree (from about 2 squishy-soft Hachiya persimmons)
  • 1 cup walnuts or pecans, toasted and

Non-Conforming

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best,
to make you everybody else,
means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.
Does this sound dismal?
It isn’t.
It’s the most wonderful

Women in society

The inequalities of capitalist economies are not exactly news. As Ester Bloom has pointed out, “For centuries, a woman’s social status was clear-cut: either she had a maid or she was one.”