Total Eclipse of the Sun

A total solar eclipse darkened the Southern Hemisphere today, November 13, 2012, visible from Cairns, Australia.  Here is a screen shot of the live video feed on the internet. 

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Fake Huntsman Cheese

Lately I've had a hankering for one of my favorite cheeses, Huntsman, which is a combination of Double Gloucester and Stilton. What? You've not tried it?   Check it out!  It is quite hard to find in the local supermarkets here in Connecticut, and I haven't had time to venture to the city or elsewhere I know it can be found.  So I thought I would try to create my own here at home.  I'm calling it fake Huntsman because I used Cheddar and Blue Cheese.  But I gotta tell you, it was delicious. After bringing both cheeses up to room temperature, I cut the cheddar block and packed it with the blue, then pressed the whole thing together inside of clear food wrap. Once done, this combo was as good as I dreamed... sliced up and placed on a cracker. Yum!

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Normandy Beach, NJ: Before and After Sandy

As a kid, I spend my summers on 7th Street in Normandy Beach on the Jersey Shore.  My grandfather built a house there in the forties, and my mom spent her youth there as well. We no longer own the house there. The house appears to be still standing after Hurricane Freak Hybrid Perfect Super Storm Sandy (a 'hundred year storm' that the Governor of NJ commented now occurs every year) but there is a lot of sand in the road. Probably a lot of water damage.  Just north of 7th Street, the damage is much worse.  Notice the boat in the parking lot of the Catholic church (the building with the green roof)  

Before and After Satellite Imagery from Google

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