On Apr 5, 1:28*pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
> Billie wrote:
> > I make deviled eggs a lot, but for the life of me, I cannot get the
> > sprinkle of paprika correct. I've used everything from jars with fine
> > sifters on top, to just using my fingers, and I can't get it to look
> > like a fine dusting. My late mother-in-law used to get it done
> > perfectly, but I end up with clumps.
>
> > Thanks!
>
> You're probably holding the shaker (or your fingertips) too close.

That's what I think too, but I don't want Satan anywhere near my eggs
in the first place.

I hung out with folks who believe in God/Satan today. Some of the
folks at the church are the best specimens of moral goodness. I
really do deeply like, maybe even love a whole bunch of them, more all
the time, as after 15 years I keep finding new folks whom I connect
with. A pretty good percentage of them, including all the pastors,
know that I am a non-believer, but that I think that overall, the
church is a force of good in the world. We went to a rally for health
care funding today on the steps of the Old Courthouse, where Dred
Scott was decided, and ministers and rabbis called on everyone to get
active in pressuring the GOP bozos in Missouri's legislature not to
turn down Federal funds for health care for the poor, elderly and
disabled. Quite a few Muslims showed up as well. Compassion for "the
least of these" is not confined to any creed, and a Humanist like
myself feels more unity with these faith folks than I usually do with
my fellow Atheists.
I love seeing ethical folks with different belief systems come
together for positive change. This year, our local Ethical Society
gave its "Humanist of the Year" award to a United Methodist run
organization.

http://www.ethicalstl.org/com_hoy2009.php

I'm not a member, but it makes me proud as a St. Louis Humanist and a
friend of so many Methodists that we all recognize the good that can
be done in setting aside beliefs to work together on our common
concerns. Because of that award, I'm likely to increase my canned
food donations to Kingdom House, and I'm committing right now to take
some of my back yard produce down there this Summer.

It's going to take a lot of folks from a lot of diverse backgrounds
putting aside excessive prosyletizing to help poor people get through
this economic downturn. As a critic of the Roman Catholic Church, I
also want to give praise to Catholic Charities for doing similar good
works, without regard to religion, and even sexual orientation.

I know that some here will be surprised by what I just wrote, thinking
that I'm an unmitigated asshole because I roast posters who don't
measure up to my Foodsnobby standards of what is reasonable cooking,
and my vindictiveness toward those whom I find morally lacking in
their compassion for the poor, but whatever. All of us are
multidimensional, and I don't really bother to filter, especially on
Usenet.
>
> Bob

--Bryan