Today's XKCD

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When I first started dating my wife, driving back and forth from Phoenix to Cloudcroft (not quite 500 miles), it gave me a whole new appreciation for the night sky and hatred for light pollution, and also for how fast celestial objects move. Photographing the lunar eclipse reinforced how fast the moon's orbit is, that's for sure! (it also reinforced how badly I need to either take apart and deep clean my tripod head, which I failed to do when I was in Phoenix two weeks ago, or to replace it, which I can't afford to do right now)

New cookies! Beacon Hill Cookies!

The recipe came from lydy last month, and I've been wanting to add a new cookie to my proverbial recipe box, so I made them Tuesday night, partly as a reward for my wife being a good doobie with the skunked dog rescue. And they are good. They're more than a bit different because they're flourless - basically it's a meringue cookie with chocolate and nuts. Slightly finicky to make, but VERY yummy!

I do need to work on portioning, I didn't know how they would rise or spread. I think I need to replace and use my medium scoop and that should work well. One batch of the recipe made all twelve of these cookies, so a smaller scoop will make more.

The recipe with comments from me is under the cut.
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