{"id":12225,"date":"2008-06-20T16:15:58","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T23:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/06\/20\/i-attack-the-darkness-by-replacing-the-oven-bulb.html"},"modified":"2008-06-20T16:15:58","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T23:15:58","slug":"i_attack_the_darkness_by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/i_attack_the_darkness_by.html","title":{"rendered":"I attack &#8230; the Darkness &#8230; by replacing the oven bulb!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Cookbooks are a lot like Dungeons &amp; Dragons and other role-playing games. They contain seemingly rigid rules that, in practice, require a certain amount of adaptation for your own tastes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In honor of D&amp;D 4.0&#8217;s release, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/culture\/lifestyle\/commentary\/alttext\/2008\/06\/alttext_0618\" target=\"_blank\">what if cooking discussion boards&nbsp;talked about cookbooks&nbsp;the way gamers talk about gaming rules?<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Posted: 12:15 a.m. by LordOrcus<\/strong> I&#8217;m so mad that there&#8217;s a new edition of <cite>The Better Joy Cookbook<\/cite> out. Thanks for making my old copy obsolete, you greedy hacks! For five years now, my friends have been coming over for my eggplant Parmesan, and now I&#8217;m never going to be able serve it again unless I shell out 35 bucks for the latest version.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>RTWT. Sheer brilliance.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via Kate)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cookbooks are a lot like Dungeons &amp; Dragons and other role-playing games. 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