Okay, so I’m not a professional…but neither are you.
Thanks to my friends Jake and Sarah for introducing me to the joys of the belly dance at Mataam Fez. The food was great, and the atmosphere is a blast.

Looking to get rid of some of that left over Halloween Candy?  Check this recipe out that I tried!  VERY GOOD!  -Jeremy

Butterfinger Squares Recipe

6 Butterfinger bars, standard size. Chop up 3 bars into a bowl, then mix in about 6 cups of toasted rice cereal and set aside.

Melt 3 tablespoons of butter into a saucepan and add 4 cups of miniature marshmallows. Carefully heat on stove top until somewhat melted. Add the chopped bars and cereal mixture, then gently stir it all up.

Pour the results into a 13 in x 9 in baking pan and let it cool until hardened. Crumble the rest of the Butterfinger bars across the top and then cut the pan contents into squares. Serve like fudge squares. Delicious!

Thanks to .homemade-dessert-recipes.com for this one!

Travels, By Michael Crichton
(Reviewed by Dom)

I’ve made it no secret that Michael Crichton was an inspiration for me as a teenager. His eerie science/medical-thriller, The Andromeda Strain, captivated me in 7th grade, and from that moment on I was hooked.

Through the years he has delivered blockbuster novels, many of which inspired hit movies (Jurassic Park, Disclosure, Rising Sun), as well as a dominating television series that he created (ER). He passed away in 2008.

This book, originally published in the late 80s, works as a combination autobiography/travelogue. The early chapters detail his experiences in medical school and the subsequent rotations in various hospitals, where he learned that - surprise! - he really didn’t want to be a doctor; he wanted to write.

The rest of the book is a series of travel adventures that he took over the years, stretching from Kilimanjaro to Asia to the jungles of South America. Along the way he impresses upon us that we experience more than one type of journey in this world: we journey to places, and we journey within ourselves. … (more…)