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Hey everyone, just wanted to say happy Pi Approximation day… as opposed to actual pi day which is March 14th. So why is today Pi Approximation day you may ask? 22nd day divded by the 7th month = 3.14. Also here is the first birthday card I received today from my co-workers.

So for Canada Day, I decided to make Stuffed Bell Peppers based on a recipe a co-worker had given me a while back, then mixed it up with some past experience and came up with the following recipe. They turned out great, much better than any other’s I’ve tried. I added a bit of a kick and some rice, and it really made these peppers stand out from the other stuffed pepper recipes I’ve made. Read on to see the pictures and full recipe for what I now call The Stuffed Tex-Peppers.

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For Valentines Day I decided I should make something my girlfriend had never had before. Turns out she’s never had Manicotti. I went to my family cookbook and found a great recipe from my Uncle Yvon, which involved cooking for a few hours for her. Perfect. Hit the jump for a picture of the finished product and a full recipe to making my Uncle Yvon’s Manicotti from scratch.

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Hey Everyone, today is the first of Feb, which means that if you put the date in proper day month year format it becomes a palindrome. Happy Palindrome Day! 01 02 2010!

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Hey everyone, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and I’ll see everyone in the new year.

over the holidays our servers will be receiving some large upgrades as well, just in time for christmas!

Okay I’m going to use the snow storm we had over the weekend as an excuse for the few posts I had last week… make sense? Probably not, but let’s go with it anyway! Calgary got hit with one of the largest blizzards we’ve had in a while, last Friday. More than 1,000 accidents were reported in the first 24 hours of the storm across the city and with winds of up to 70km/h, the snow blew into drifts higher than most cars in places. Check out the full picture archive that reader Bill sent me after the break.

Thanks for the pictures Bill!

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Are you one of those players that always enjoyed the side quests and the little games in Zelda? I bet you really liked completing that game 100% didn’t you? Well I hope you know that I think you’re a douche for doing that! The princess needs saving and you’re too busy collecting jugs or collecting all the poe’s in order to get some stupid mask!! Kinda funny if you think about it actually… short bus funny that is! HIYO!

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Hey everyone, it’s been a while since I posted to the CL but I have returned. Seems while I was on holidays there was some corruption of data in the database as one of my servers cratered. The issue has finally been corrected this morning and you’ll see a flood of awesome content this morning. I’ve got about a month’s worth of links to post. Prepare for the floooooooodddd!!

Hey everyone, sorry to say that starting October 2nd I’ll be on holidays for 2 weeks. You wont get any new posts from me until October 19th. Please keep the links coming in, and I’ll do my best to read them all when I get back. Europe: here I come!

While I was growing up, every Christmas our family would enjoy a large family gathering and an Italian dish called Anolini. When I decided I would make some to quench my 5 year long craving I ran into a few problems. First I couldn’t spell Anolini or Annalini or whatever (…Gah! I’ve made my point!) so trying to locate a recipe online proved to be more difficult than you would first think! And second I couldn’t get the recipe from my Aunt who used to make the dish, because she’s currently in Italy. How ironic. Sorta. I also had a bit of a hunch that maybe the name that has been assigned to it within my family, may not be the official name… which may have also lead to the difficulty in locating anything online to help me out. Rather than be beaten by old memories and lack of contact with those who count, I’ve gone ahead and made a recipe out of a few others with the help of my Father (thanks dad!). My hope is that by now posting it online, other people can locate a good Anolini recipe. After the short break there will be a full recipe with pictures of my progress in trying to make my favourite past-time Italian Christmas dish.

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