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September 30, 2005
what on earth is this world coming to?
that an organization needs to put up posters to warn tourists about this awful horrendous new law in Florida? More and more and more I'm thinking that vacationing there is really not on my agenda. This is just more icing on the cake. Please go sign the petition.
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September 23, 2005
today
* I was excited to find gas at $3.04--the cheapest I've seen for premium (that's so sick)
* I saw a woman trying to get her Bernese Mountain dog to move. He had decided he was going to lie down in the driveway and wasn't going to budge.
* I saw mid-life crisis man with his green corvette and license plate FABIO, for the third day in a row.
* I drove by a four car pile up on my way to work.
* I was invited to speak in Singapore at a big PR and Media Communications conference.
* I noticed that the leaves on Rte. 2 are starting to change...only the slightest red/brown tinge but they are starting to turn to fall color.
* I was really struck by how cute this sushi is (found on Lifehacker):
but I realized that I probably couldn't stomach half of what they are made out of.
* I wondered why I haven't seen any turkeys roaming around work lately...
* I took Joe's phone to work instead of my own. Sigh. His has Blitzkreig Bop for the ringtone...
* I'm still irritated by an email argument I had with my mom, who thinks King Bush is really just a nice, misunderstood, god-fearing guy. I can't figure out how I am related...
* I'm looking forward to our 5th anniversary, which we'll be spending in P-Town again. We try to go every year to celebrate. That's where Joe asked me to marry him. We'll just happen to be there on Leather weekend (we try to avoid Women's Week because it's a lot of mullets and tiny pickups and manly manly women--I like the fabulous men!) so it should be entertaining at least. It was last year, when we witnessed the tattoo competition from a nearby window of a restaurant, watching leather clad gay men drop trou...
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September 19, 2005
Lemon-Buttermilk Ice Cream YUM
I made this over the weekend and WOW it was delish! I added 3/4 tablespoon of vanilla to it and I think it made a difference. It's great because unlike a lot of ice creams you don't need to cook any part of it. This was super creamy and very tasty. It has a little bit of an ice milk texture which normally annoys me but in this it was just fine. Perfect with fresh blackberries!
If you have a Cuisinart ice cream maker like I do, you'll need to half the recipe to make it fit. Or just make two yummy batches!!
Lemon-Buttermilk Ice Cream
From Cooking Light
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 10 lemons)
2 cups half-and-half
2 cups whole milk
2 cups fat-free buttermilk
Combine sugar and juice in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk until sugar dissolves. Add half-and-half, whole milk, and buttermilk. Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Spoon ice cream into a freezer-safe container. Cover and freeze 1 hour or until firm.
Yield: 18 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)
NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 130(25% from fat); FAT 3.6g (sat 2.3g,mono 1.2g,poly 0.0g); PROTEIN 2.8g; CHOLESTEROL 18mg; CALCIUM 93mg; SODIUM 54mg; FIBER 0.1g; IRON 0.0mg; CARBOHYDRATE 21.4g
Cooking Light, MAY 2003
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September 17, 2005
double-standard for romney
I'm not very fond of our govenor, Mitt Romney. He just gets more smarmy and horrid all the time. Recently, he made a comment at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, about how he thinks we should be wiretapping mosques "that may be teaching doctrines of hate and terror."
"Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping?" he asked. "Are we following what's going on? Are we seeing who's coming in, who's coming out? Are we eavesdropping, carrying out surveillance on those individuals from places that sponsor domestic terror?" andAuthorities "should be watching what's being taught in a mosque more closely than what's being taught at the local 4-H Club," Romney said.
I find this curious. Romney is advocating the wiretapping of mosques, which to my albeit limited knowledge are not considered places of secrecy and the exclusion of others . And yet, Romney himself belongs to a religion which is shrouded in secrecy, high ritual and forbids even much of its own members to participate fully in the upper echelons of the religion. I'm pretty sure that I could walk into any mosque and be allowed to watch and talk to members about their services and practices. However, I can't just walk into the temple (with the angel of macaroni) on the top and be welcome. In fact, I'm pretty sure they would kick me out, call the cops, or whatever it took to prevent me from entering.
So what in the heck goes on in there? (Well I know that they have baptized most of our dead ancestors--I have friends who have gone through those temple rituals). But do we "officially" know that? What if they are plotting terror? We don't know--those doors are locked; we are prevented from entering, knowing, participating, asking questions.
If Romney is advocating the wiretapping of mosques, he should acknowldege some of the stranger, secretive actions of his own faith. If we can tap mosques and find out what goes on inside, we should be able to tap other religious houses of worship, including the Mormon temples.
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September 15, 2005
She's In Parties
Joe was paying attention when he saw that the Bauhaus are coming to town! Yes, yes, the reunited full band! Wooohooooo! Dead Can Dance AND the Bauhaus all in the same year! We scored presale tickets!
That picture is circa 1981 or something, I think. Totally cracks me up. But I'm so excited! This will mark the 4th time I've seen Peter Murphy on stage. He's so mesmerizing, melodic and just plain amazing. Bauhuas is much darker music than Peter Murphy, who has dozens of really wonderful lovesongs to his credit. I imagine will have quite the goth crowd there, but also a bunch of 30+ geezers as well. More mainstream listeners may be familiar with Love & Rockets which is pretty much Bauhaus sans Peter.
It's the year of reunion tours for me. Duran Duran, Dead Can Dance and now Bauhaus! And if we don't go away for our anniversary (five years!) we may go see one of the bands I used to promote when I was doing radio way back when, The Posies. I've seen them six gazillion times and was so so sad when I heard they broke up back in 97. I've followed Jon and Ken's solo careers but wow--seeing them again would be awesome! They are just so great together. Every Kind of Light is a must have album!
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September 14, 2005
i've got the power!
Today I had the weirdest fortune ever in my fortune cookie.
Many people who have power become a deaf mute.
Ummm...
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Velvet Yoda Elvis?
Oh I really want me one of these!!
via Boing Boing
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September 12, 2005
give this boy a makeover!
Two separate friends sent me an email today to go vote for one of the candidates of the BostonWorks Job Makeover. Turns out it's Scott, whom I worked with many years ago at the now defunct Event Zero. Here's my shout out to you all to go and vote for him.
Honestly, I was surprised to find out that someone hasn't snapped him up yet. He's one of the most talented graphic designers I've had the chance to work with. So let's get him cleaned up and revved up to do new and exciting things. Go vote now!
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September 08, 2005
anger wrath dismay
The reports just seem to become more and more horrifying. I heard today on the news that rescue workers are being treated for infectious bacterial skin problems as a result of all the contact with the water. With 10,000 people refusing to leave, that's potentially 10,000 more deaths on the way.
I spoke to my father last night and mentioned how the National Response Plan completely and utterly failed. He gave me the massively weak argument about how state officials didn't ask for help in time.
And so, here it is, the timeline: KATRINA TIMELINE
It should make you sick to your stomach. And another Timeline that is starting to get underway.
To make you even more sick to your stomach, check out Boing Boing for a blog account from a FEMA "detention camp", and correspondence with Jacob Appelbaum. At least it sounds like Austin has their shit together.
I suppose that this is an excellent time for more staged photo-ops. That's right, put your arms around a few poor black people and give us your smarmy cocky smile and everything will be just fine. Or wait, Firemen!!! That's an excellent photo-op!
"But as specific orders began arriving to the firefighters in Atlanta, a team of 50 Monday morning quickly was ushered onto a flight headed for Louisiana. The crew's first assignment: to stand beside President Bush as he tours devastated areas."
Yes, yes, it's time to Sell The Damn Ranch.
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September 07, 2005
manifesto time!
If you have the chance, check out my recently published manifesto on ChangeThis!
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September 05, 2005
i wish i was an oscar mayer weiner
Or so the song goes, right? On our way back from the Berkshires where we spent a quiet and relaxing weekend, we saw the Weinermobile!! It was going the other direction but we saw it!
That marks the 4th or 5th time in my life I've seen it, I think.
So the Weinermobile has a 32 gallon gas tank. If prices are about $3.00 a gallon, that's $96 a tank, and I figure it probably gets about 10-12 miles a gallon. So it probably needs to fill up 1.5 times a week.
Still pretty damn cheap advertising if you ask me. Even if you count in the cost of toys handed out. Everyone tells people when they see the Wienermobile!