Ahh... Romance

Thanks to anyone who has linked to the list of 101 steps to having a good relationship. Lovely, lovely stuff.

Okay, if you were hoping to read something sappy, read (or re-read) this goopy post about a first date. Yes, it's from last month, but it's still as sweet as it was the first time. And if you read that post before and were trying to repress the memory (or recover from the diabetic coma), read the masterful alternate version instead.

Anyone else have sweet or cynical romantic links to share?

Um.

"Eat your heart out, Dracula - scientists turn blood into biscuits and chocolate."

I'm guessing that the "chocolate" tastes about as much like chocolate as carob does--i.e. it's brown and it's sweet and the only people who think it tastes like chocolate are people who don't like dark chocolate. But it is interesting to see the lengths food scientists will go to in order to turn waste products into something people will buy.

Pardon me, I'm going to go eat a cantaloupe made up of recognizable cantaloupe parts now.