I read the following story in different German newspapers:
Goettingen, Germany – A baby weighing just 275 grams has been born in Germany and survived, the lowest weight for a viable birth of a boy ever recorded, doctors said Thursday. Doctors normally assume that survival is impossible at birth weights below 350 grams.
The little boy was born in June last year in the 25th week of pregnancy, said Stefan Weller, a spokesman for the University of Goettingen Hospital. He spent six months in intensive care and was finally discharged in December after growing to 3.7 kilograms.
Weller said doctors had checked every available record worldwide of premature births and found no viable birth at a lower weight.
In The Netherlands, abortion is legal until 24 weeks of pregnancy. So the difference between ‘a person whose life is worth it to be saved’ and ‘a bunch of cells which can be aborted’ is just one week in this case. Am I the only person who thinks this is mind-boggling?
I saw on Twitter that today marks the “International Pancake Day”. At least according to IHOP. I don’t need to go to IHOP to get the best pancakes in the world, since I rely on my trusty Dutch recipe:
Ingredients:
one cup of buckwheat flour
one cup of self rising flour
3 or 4 medium sized eggs
a dash of salt
about 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar
milk
shortening (for baking)
Directions:
Sift the dry ingredients in a deep bowl. Add milk until you get a nice smooth batter which shouldn’t be too thick. It’s best to add most of the milk, and add a bit later to get the right viscosity.
Add the eggs one by one. And then a bit more of the milk to finish it. The batter should have about the same viscosity as syrup, not too liquid, but most certainly not too thick. Dutch pancakes are thin, like crepes.
Take a pan and bake the pancakes on both sides until golden brown. The Dutch have a variety of toppings. You can add molasses, sugar, jelly, cheese, champignon ragout, anything you like.
Since it’s Lent right now, I didn’t make bacon pancakes. But if you want to try that, you need to put a thin slice of bacon in the pan before pouring a soup spoon full of batter in the pan before baking golden brown on both sides. Bacon pancakes taste best with molasses.
I made lentil soup for the first time during Lent this year. I posted a recipe earlier, but since it’s one of my favourites, I couldn’t resist doing the comic book version this year:
I’m so excited about the last season of ABC’s hit television series LOST. The past couple of weeks I’ve been busy catching up and I have to say I liked season 5 best so far. And after seeing LA X yesterday and today, I have to say… WOW! I really didn’t see that coming. I do have some questions, though, but I will wait asking them, as the questions itself would spoil it for people who haven’t watched the newest episodes yet. In the mean time I found this youtube clip which compares Flight 815 v. 1.0 with v. 2.0 and it stops just in time to prevent people getting spoiled.
I’m currently catching up on the tv series “LOST”. It’s pretty interesting and I’m completely intrigued by it. Today I saw this picture featured on Slashfilm.com and thought it’s hilarious. And thanks to Glennz you can now have a t-shirt with the picture on it.
Comment from the designer: “Some guy called Desmond told me about a missing plane he once saw on the side of a milk carton. He disappeared, but I recently had a message on my phone telling me it was time to print this concept. Whoever it was didn’t leave their name but it came from 4 8 15 16 23 42.”
A few days ago Pat Robertson caused an uproar among his fellow Christians by claiming that the devastating earthquake that happened in Haiti last week was their own fault because they are cursed because they made a pact with the devil.
“They were under the heel of the French, you know Napoleon the third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.’ True story. And so the devil said, ‘Ok it’s a deal.’ And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got something themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another,”
I just finished making this sketch for a lecture my parish priest has organised. Someone’s coming over on February 9 to talk about “Believing in Merriness” about Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) I wonder what emotion the flyer is summoning.
Yesterday, before I went to sleep my eye fell on a post in my twitter feed. It said “According to USGS a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti“. I never witnessed a real earthquake, so I don’t know what being in an earthquake is. The biggest ones we get are around 3.5 and they are quite rare. They are a result of gas mining and nothing like the big ones people in the Americas have to endure.
I retweeted the tweet and asked my friends on Facebook for prayers. I said a prayer myself and went to bed. I don’t have a TV so I haven’t seen any footage of the Haiti quake. But I get really sad when I hear that the death toll is rising above 100,000 victims. I can’t help looking up and ask the age-old question: Why?
Taquoriaan has decided against going to the birthday party: I haven't had a moment for my self during the last week. I need to refuel for next week. :( [Taquoriaan].
Taquoriaan Getting a shower and thinking over the idea that I am invited for a birthday party tonight. My day was busy already, is this wise? [Taquoriaan].
Taquoriaan Had a great session at the neuropsychologist. I'm a bit bummed though that it caused me to miss the Stations of the Cross this week. :( [Taquoriaan].
Taquoriaan Back inside. Had lunch and an energy boost. Preparing to leave for another appointment and after that Stations of the Cross in the cathedral [Taquoriaan].
I read the following story in different German newspapers:
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