Big website updates planned for this weekend. Which means the front page will be fixed up, this blog will be straitened, and new content and more added.

Yay!

Yeah, I’m tired of looking at weird stuff and the ‘construction happening’ nonsense on the front page, too.

Anyway.

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I love finding all of these great recipes online. I found one today that we made over here. It’s called The Ultimate Brownie Recipe.

The Ultimate Brownie is my absolute favorite brownie. It is tall like a cakey-brownie, but is dense like a fudgy-brownie. I’m sure it will be one of your favorite brownie recipes too.

Text and Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli

I have never made brownies from scratch before, but these are just fantastic. We didn’t have a blender. (Why do some recipes assume everyone reading them has a blender?) But we just stirred by hand and viola. Worked great.

They even made a separate ‘photo blog‘ of the process on making brownies. How awesome is that?

But what makes for a great brownie recipe? Here’s my idea. I like a big batch, like the one produced here fills a 9 by 13 inch pan. I also like fudge-like brownies, but not so bad you can’t open your mouth after a few bites. Cake ones are OK, but if I wanted cake, I’d make cake.

There’s also a chocolate frosting I’ve had before, other people have made them but I haven’t found that recipe yet. I like to drop some powdered sugar all over my brownies. I’m not big on nuts. I like plain brownies, or ones with chocolate chips in there.

If you have a better recipe to challenge this one, leave a comment. I’d love to do comparison batches. What’s the best recipe for brownies online?

It was a great win tonight when the New Orleans Saints won the Superbowl. Right? What a great game.

And now a little video about Demand Studios:

It is true. Demand Studios has issues. No consistency with their editorial team, not a lot of help from the ‘fan kids’ in the forums there. It’d be better if DS and the people admitted that there were problems. Being that there are many, many people working there, there’s going to be problems. Hiding their head in the sands is lame. They should step up and admit to the issues and try to work on solving it.

They’re banning talk of this video on their forums, I’m hearing. That’s really sad to know that they’ll basically prohibit people’s ideals and comments. It’s no wonder people feel the need to express their frustration with the company and the people who brown nose the moderators, editors and bosses.

If you like the company, if you enjoy the work, that’s cool. Nothing wrong with that. Can’t someone who enjoys the work still have ideas for improvement or wish for better?

If they feel the need to limit the freedom of speech in their forums, I’m glad I’m not a participant of those forums.