Lisa

  • Perfect yellow cupcakes

    Back in college, a our sorority chapter had a sisterhood dinner once a week at the large all-you-can-eat dining hall, D2. I always finished off my meals with a slice of yellow cake with yummy chocolate frosting. I found a recipe pretty close to the original in my KitchenAid mixer cookbook, and I tweaked it slightly for…

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  • High five for Friday!

    1. College football starts tomorrow. We’re going to Atlanta for the game. Let’s Go, Hokies!  2. El Oso Blanco night is tonight at Turner Field. Look for us in left field with our free bear claws and our Waffle House!  3. September aka my birthday month is almost upon us. Who’s buying me a birthday…

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  • Ignorance is bliss: 90s music edition

    Inspired by recent NSYNC events, I stayed up way too late more nights than I should admit watching old boy band music videos on the Interwebz. I would like to state for the record that I was a reasonably sheltered child, oblivious to the meanings of many things, including raunchy song lyrics. Here are some…

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  • Now we wait

    Mac finished up his job list and sent it in. The Signal Corps list allowed you to request your top 15 posts and / or jobs. Mac wants to take command of a Signal company as his first key development job, so he listed the command jobs first.  Fort Gordon  /  Fort ShafterGermany  / …

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  • Well, that was a tease

    So our much-anticipated NSYNC reunion happened last night at the VMAs. Sort of. Basically, Justin Timberlake starts kind of performing but mostly is just dancing around to a remix of his really popular songs. My heart is racing. Where are they? Was this just some horrible hoax? And then I hear some familiar bars of…

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  • Sunday Social:

    asdfad  1. What do you miss most about being a kid?The general innocence and lack of responsibility. I also really enjoyed school until we moved to Pennsylvania. 2. Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it?None of my nicknames were cute. Several of them stemmed from my classmates not knowing what words…

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