Scott Cramer wrote this.

Don't throw away the bottom of the bag chips! I fixed daughter and niece a plate of nachos for a snack and used the last of the big chips, leaving just the little broken ones. The great thing about melted cheese? It's like chip adhesive! Spread out the small pieces to get as much visible coverage area as possible and blanket with shredded cheese. If you have a lot of small pieces, layer chips and cheese as needed; it's all about cheesing every chip. Microwave for about a minute or until desired level of meltiness is achieved.

Seems like common sense but I've almost thrown the last bits out plenty of times so I thought I'd share.

Hint of lime chips, colby jack cheese, and impulse buy salsa are the ingredients of choice around here. 🙂

#nachos #snacks #snacking?

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On Thanksgiving proper I was told there would already be a couple pumpkin pies at the family gathering so I did not make any. However, I had all the pumpkin guts nicely pureed already so I just made them this morning instead! The whole townhouse smelled quite lovely all day, I must say.

It's Alton Brown's recipe… but this year I cheated and bought a couple graham cracker crusts. I did very much miss the ginger crust, but it was still very tasty.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pumpkin-pie-recipe/index.html

#thanksgiving   #pumpkinpie   #recipe  ?

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+Kristi Fahlsing and I found this in Claire's at the mall when daughter and niece went in to browse. There is also a picture of me in a knit hat with built in tiara. But… that's something else entirely. 😉

#autoawesome   #panda  chosen for +Edouard E and #monkey  chosen for +matthew rappaport?
Eye Popping Autoawesome!!!

+Kristi Fahlsing and I found this in Claire’s at the mall when daughter and niece went in to browse. There is also a picture of me in a knit hat with built in tiara. But… that’s something else entirely. 😉

#autoawesome   #panda  chosen for +Edouard E and #monkey  chosen for +matthew rappaport

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After reading a number of questions and comments about Thanksgiving from non Americans, a little adventure starting forming in my turkey addled brain. I have no idea where this is going (okay, very little idea) but I am enjoying the idea of +Dirk Reul and +Halfdan Reschat braving the time-streams. Surely, nothing could possibly go wrong. 😉

#gplususermashup   #thanksgiving   #pilgrims   #maninabonnet   #itsnotawitchshat  ?
Dirk and Halfdan Post Thanksgiving Turkey Quest

After reading a number of questions and comments about Thanksgiving from non Americans, a little adventure starting forming in my turkey addled brain. I have no idea where this is going (okay, very little idea) but I am enjoying the idea of +Dirk Reul and +Halfdan Reschat braving the time-streams. Surely, nothing could possibly go wrong. 😉

#gplususermashup   #thanksgiving   #pilgrims   #maninabonnet   #itsnotawitchshat  

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I originally planned to make this for Thanksgiving but ran short on time before going to the family dinner. Earlier tonight I decided to go ahead and fix it. What a wonderful midnight snack. 😉 LOL

Modeled after the recipe below, but my potatoes were larger so I adjusted the ingredients on the fly, plus added a lot more cinnamon because I like cinnamon. I had to fill in the top with mini marshmallows because I had too much for the smaller casserole dish and the big bag did not cover completely.

Pretty much, it tastes like a great big loaded baked sweet potato like you would get at a steakhouse, but a little richer and sweeter. 😉

http://www.instructables.com/id/Marshmallow-Sweet-Potato-Casserole-for-Passover/

#thanksgivingrecipes   #recipe   #sweetpotato   #marshmallows   #foodphotography  ?

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Happy Thanksgiving!?
Turkey, we salute you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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All credit to +Michelle C for this one! She psychically beamed it into my head. I was all, like, Shakespeare post and then suddenly this was in my brain. Pumpkins. Hehehe 😉

#thanksgiving #justiceleague #superfriends?
Have a Super Thanksgiving!!!

All credit to +Michelle C for this one! She psychically beamed it into my head. I was all, like, Shakespeare post and then suddenly this was in my brain. Pumpkins. Hehehe 😉

#thanksgiving #justiceleague #superfriends

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I was searching for  better pic of the "Fancy R2D2" and came upon this Steampunk R2D2 on the website Fancy. LOL 😉

p.s. THIS IS AWESOME!

http://fancy.com/things/254888867/Steampunk-R2-D2

#steampunk   #starwars   #r2d2  ?
Steampunk R2D2

I was searching for  better pic of the “Fancy R2D2” and came upon this Steampunk R2D2 on the website Fancy. LOL 😉

p.s. THIS IS AWESOME!

http://fancy.com/things/254888867/Steampunk-R2-D2

#steampunk   #starwars   #r2d2  

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Saw this one in passing on the web. Immediately I thought of +Allen Simpson. 😀

http://www.welovefine.com/1935-fancy-r2-d2.html#.UpZ7adLbOM4

#starwars   #r2d2   #movember   #mustache   #tshirtdesigns  ?
Fancy R2D2

Saw this one in passing on the web. Immediately I thought of +Allen Simpson. 😀

http://www.welovefine.com/1935-fancy-r2-d2.html#.UpZ7adLbOM4

#starwars   #r2d2   #movember   #mustache   #tshirtdesigns  

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I love the unique design on this one, along with all the faces both old and new.

http://www.welovefine.com/6855-iconic-trek.html#.UpY5udLbOM4

#startrek   #ussenterprise   #tshirtdesigns  ?
Iconic Trek by David Kopet

I love the unique design on this one, along with all the faces both old and new.

http://www.welovefine.com/6855-iconic-trek.html#.UpY5udLbOM4

#startrek   #ussenterprise   #tshirtdesigns  

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Last minute not sure what to make for a Thanksgiving dinner get-together? There are some cool ideas here. The marshmallow sweet potato casserole is SO happening. 😀

http://www.instructables.com/id/Marshmallow-Sweet-Potato-Casserole-for-Passover/

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-cook-Thanksgiving-dinner/

#recipeideas   #thanksgivingrecipes   #thanksgiving  ?

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This one goes out to my friend +Mellie B who recently opened her Etsy shop to the public. Mellie is an extraordinary craftsman and an awesome human being. She's also quite smart and wears her hat and gloves so as not to make any poor judgement calls (cough, cough, Eddard Stark, cough) thusly keeping her head firmly attached to her shoulders.

PLUS TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY! Check out her shop and channel some of that big box store money to an artist on G+ this holiday season. The knitwear in the image is by Mellie. See more at the link.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiscellaneousMellie

#etsyshopping   #etsyshop   #etsymade   #knitwear   #knithats   #HappyBirthdayDropbearQueen   #HappyBirthdayMellieB  ?

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Darling daughter dons a mask
Becomes a lizard creature
Like something from a feature
Sci-fi movie in the past

My fervent wish to teach her
Make the fun and wonder last
And embrace each day so that
The silly never leaves her

Daughter is 13 years old, a time when a lot of kids do not want to be silly or look different or be outside of "the norm". She watches dear old dad do a lot of silly and off the wall things, and I love when she lets down her guard and joins in the fun. These are the goggles that I used when brother +Keith Cramer and I had our Roman candle duel last 4th of July (http://goo.gl/nKdJX). She's a lot smarter than dad is, though, and stays clear of anything involving fireworks. But, in the end, I hope she never forgets that as old as dad gets, and even when he makes some questionable choices on wacky stunts, that you can always be a kid and embrace the fun and silly bits in life.

#poem   #cramerbrothers   #lifelessons  ?
Long Live Imagination and Silliness

Darling daughter dons a mask
Becomes a lizard creature
Like something from a feature
Sci-fi movie in the past

My fervent wish to teach her
Make the fun and wonder last
And embrace each day so that
The silly never leaves her

Daughter is 13 years old, a time when a lot of kids do not want to be silly or look different or be outside of “the norm”. She watches dear old dad do a lot of silly and off the wall things, and I love when she lets down her guard and joins in the fun. These are the goggles that I used when brother +Keith Cramer and I had our Roman candle duel last 4th of July (http://goo.gl/nKdJX). She’s a lot smarter than dad is, though, and stays clear of anything involving fireworks. But, in the end, I hope she never forgets that as old as dad gets, and even when he makes some questionable choices on wacky stunts, that you can always be a kid and embrace the fun and silly bits in life.

#poem   #cramerbrothers   #lifelessons  

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Perhaps it's still Movember
And you've lots of facial hair
But something to remember
Barbecue from ribs stays there

Alas, I could take it no more. Santa Claus and Duck Dynasty comments aside, eating ribs with the beard was the final straw. I never actually started participating in Movember this year; I'd just nod and say yes when asked instead of admitting it was a pretty long lazy streak on my part. My penance for that was a lack of proper equipment to trim a beard even of this length. I used the little pop-up trimmers on the back of my electric shaver. Imagine, if you will, mowing your lawn after a week's worth of rain using nothing but your weed whacker. So, I ended up taking it off in stages and having a bit of fun with a few pictures. 😉

Another time I let it go long, I created a "Scruffy Scotty" game of it.
https://plus.google.com/+ScottCramer/posts/Mq7bxdb89iE

And… the day I shaved? Coldest and windiest day of the year so far. go figure! Please excuse the morning hair; after the shaving, that got chopped too. It turned out to be a transformative weekend.?

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Doctors 8.5, 10, 11, Rose, and Clara team up once more after the 50th Anniversary Special. Apparently, the space time continuum and the future of the universe is threatened by a scourge of Bah Humbugs. Only this snappy song and dance number can save us all! Geronimo and Allons-y!

Second Doctor Who Elf Dance here: http://goo.gl/F6QLW2

Thanks OfficeMax for ElfYourself.com and +Kyla Myers for telling me about it!

#doctorwho #doctorwho50thanniversary #mattsmith #davidtennant #johnhurt #jennalouisecoleman #billiepiper #10thdoctor #11thdoctor #claraoswald #rosetyler #christmas #christmassongs #elves?

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Incredible Doctor Who / Minion mash-up over at ShirtPunch today!

From the designer:
I'm Dave. I'm a South Florida-based Art Director and Freelance Designer who likes to put his nerdiness on full display in the form of T-shirts.

https://www.shirtpunch.com/designs/details/doctor-gru

#doctorwho   #tombaker   #dalek   #minions   #tshirtdesigns   #mashup  ?
Doctor Gru by Dave Kopet

Incredible Doctor Who / Minion mash-up over at ShirtPunch today!

From the designer:
I’m Dave. I’m a South Florida-based Art Director and Freelance Designer who likes to put his nerdiness on full display in the form of T-shirts.

https://www.shirtpunch.com/designs/details/doctor-gru

#doctorwho   #tombaker   #dalek   #minions   #tshirtdesigns   #mashup  

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G+ friends in the world of Game of Thrones as Funko Pop toy vinyl figures. 😉

A couple of days ago I posted a mash-up of +Dirk Reul as Tyrion Lannister (complete with box). I had a lot of fun with it and there were a bunch more toy figurines so I decided to keep adding people. +Stephanie Dreyfürst was next as Cersei Lannister. I just finished +Andrew Clifton-Brown as Jaime Lannister and +Carrie Canup as Arya Stark. Dirk may or may not have suggested most of his fellow victims. Just saying… 😉

Notes:
Since I started, I have redone Dirk's bust because I did not like the way the first one turned out when I got started on the others.

Stephanie's hair took me about a million years to get right. Also, there was no top to her head on the main photo I was using. I used another of her pictures to get the crown of her head.

Andrew's bust comes from a black and white photo so I had to colorize it. Rather than messing with the eyes, I cut them out of a Halloween picture of himself that he posted and added them back into the photo I was using.

I have used the bust of Carrie before and did not intend to use this one again. However, when I started cutting up some other photos, the expression in this one really fit Arya better; a more young and innocent look.

Textures, lighting, and color are really different across all the source photos of people that I used, not to mention the image qualities. I may tweak all of that a bit more when I put them into some kind of final scene. More to come, as I have time to play. 😉

#gplususermashup   #gameofthrones   #cerseilannister   #jaimelannister   #tyrionlannister   #aryastark   #geektoys   #funkopop  ?
Game of Thrones / G+ Peeps Mash-Up (Work in Progress)

G+ friends in the world of Game of Thrones as Funko Pop toy vinyl figures. 😉

A couple of days ago I posted a mash-up of +Dirk Reul as Tyrion Lannister (complete with box). I had a lot of fun with it and there were a bunch more toy figurines so I decided to keep adding people. +Stephanie Dreyfürst was next as Cersei Lannister. I just finished +Andrew Clifton-Brown as Jaime Lannister and +Carrie Canup as Arya Stark. Dirk may or may not have suggested most of his fellow victims. Just saying… 😉

Notes:
Since I started, I have redone Dirk’s bust because I did not like the way the other one turned out when I got started on the others.

Stephanie’s hair took me about a million years to get right. Also, there was no top to her head on the main photo I was using. I used another of her pictures to get the crown of her head.

Andrew’s bust comes from a black and white photo so I had to colorize it. Rather than messing with the eyes, I cut them out of a Halloween picture of himself that he posted and added them back into the photo I was using.

I have used the bust of Carrie before and did not intend to use this one again. However, when I started cutting up some other photos, the expression in this one really fit Arya better; a more young and innocent look.

Textures, lighting, and color are really different across all the source photos of people that I used, not to mention the image qualities. I may tweak all of that a bit more when I put them into some kind of final scene. More to come, as I have time to play. 😉

#gplususermashup   #gameofthrones   #cerseilannister   #jaimelannister   #tyrionlannister   #aryastark   #geektoys   #funkopop  

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Todays ShirtPunch.com shirt is a a really cool Walking Dead / Minion mash-up by artist Donnie (link below). In my mind, I instantly saw a meta mash-up with +byron rempel's Zombie Minions in the background. I daresay the two artists complement each other really well!

QUESTIONS – (1) How do we get them to collaborate? (2) How do we get them not to shoot me for using their work in my own little mash-up?

ANSWER – Please check out both of their stores, show them some love in comments and shares, and consider some holiday shopping from both of them!!!

+byron rempel's Zombie Minions can be purchased here:
http://society6.com/byronrempel/zombie-minons_Print#1=45

Donnie's Minion (and more) art can be purchased here:
http://www.behance.net/clascabruno

Todays Zombie Minion t-shirt from ShirtPunch can be purchased here:
https://www.shirtpunch.com/tv/designs/details/the-walking-minidead

#zombies   #minions   #mashup   #tshirtdesigns   #christmas   #christmasgifts   #christmas2013  ?
Zombie Minion Mash-Up

Todays ShirtPunch.com shirt is a a really cool Walking Dead / Minion mash-up by artist Donnie (link below). In my mind, I instantly saw a meta mash-up with +byron rempel’s Zombie Minions in the background. I daresay the two artists complement each other really well!

QUESTIONS – (1) How do we get them to collaborate? (2) How do we get them not to shoot me for using their work in my own little mash-up?

ANSWER – Please check out both of their stores, show them some love in comments and shares, and consider some holiday shopping from both of them!!!

+byron rempel’s Zombie Minions can be purchased here:
http://society6.com/byronrempel/zombie-minons_Print#1=45

Donnie’s Minion (and more) art can be purchased here:
http://www.behance.net/clascabruno

Todays Zombie Minion t-shirt from ShirtPunch can be purchased here:
https://www.shirtpunch.com/tv/designs/details/the-walking-minidead

#zombies   #minions   #mashup   #tshirtdesigns   #christmas   #christmasgifts   #christmas2013  

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What John Lennon, Bob Marley, Kurt Cobain and Others Would Look Like Today

From the link, "’Eerie and fascinating artist renditions of what legendary rock stars like John Lennon, Bob Marley and Kurt Cobain, among others, would look like if they were alive today."

http://huff.to/1isKnuh

#johnlennon #bobmarley #kurtcobain?

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