So – hopefully back to posting very soon. I started a new job this week. Let me just say – if you are an IT professional looking for a job, shoot me an e-mail (reddlove @ gmail dot com).
I know. This is late. But I couldn’t not. Thanks for the heads up, BG.
UPDATE: Seriously. This sucks.
As we like to say in my neck of the woods – Bless her heart. Can she not catch a break? Okay – she may not deserve one – but, lord – Bless her heart. I have no idea if TrimSpa works or not – well, I have an idea – but do people really think it is her fault that they fall for such things? They must not know that she doesn’t have her money yet.
Don’t worry – Mozart has two.
Test tube baby weighs in at a cuddly 128 lbs.
And I thought it was a dog eat dog world.
If 33 is old I’m more depressed than ever at recently turning 40 (and a half, for those that know me).
I believe I’ll stick with acupuncture.
Time to think! Go to the official 2007 State of the Union Predictions quiz and make your picks. I can’t remember exactly how I did last year – but I think it was passable. You’ll find questions like “What color will President Bush’s necktie be?” to “Who will be seated with the First Lady and mentioned by name?”
You even get prizes if you’re a winner. The deadline is Tuesday, January 23 – 6PM EST.
But, remember – be a uniter, not a divider.
Okay. Seriously. What are that chances of being called for jury duty 4 times in 9 years? It may not sound like much – but, here is how it works in my county: you are only able to be called every two years to serve on a jury. I’ve lived hear a little over 9 years and this is my 4th jury notice. You can do the math. That is all I could be called. Not to mention that I am always, always picked to serve – no matter how unfit I try to appear. I do realize it is my civic duty – but I can think of tons of people that I know that have never, ever been called. And they have lived here years and years longer than me. It’s fixed. I know it.
I’m just saying.
While the title of this post is one of my favorite movies (watch it if you haven’t seen it) it doesn’t have a double meaning. This is what I’m cooking for dinner tonight:
White Bean Chili
1 pound dried navy beans
5 cups chicken stock
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
1 tablespoon minced garlic
3/4 cup diced onion
1 1/2 cups chopped green chiles (fresh or canned)
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, finely chopped
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 to 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
Pinch red pepper flakes
1/2 bunch cilantro leaves, chopped
Rinse beans well, cover with cool water, and soak for 2 hours. Drain. Place beans in large pot with chicken stock and bring to a boil over high heat. In a saucepan, heat butter over medium heat. Add garlic, onion, and chiles and saute for 5 minutes. Add chile mixture to pot with beans. Add chicken, cumin, oregano, pepper, white pepper, red pepper flakes, and cilantro. Lower heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, for approximately 1 1/2 hours. Serve with cornbread, if desired.
The beans are soaking now. I’ll let you know what the family thinks. The recipe is courtesy of Paula Deen. Well, she didn’t give it to me – I found it on the Food Network site.
Seriously. How far away would you have to sit from this?
There are few things that will draw as much attention on a trade show flow as a big-a** flat panel television, and that’s just what Sharp did this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with their whopping 108″ LCD TV.
This is the world’s largest LCD to date, and the application of this television is not completely clear to us (aside from the undeniable wow-factor). Not to offend your world perspective skills, but a 6-foot person equates to only 72″, so this television will take up some space in your living room, and probably give the weight of your car a run for it’s money.
Sharp is planning on making the 108″ LCD available to ship sometime towards the middle of this year, and when asked who the target consumer was, a Sharp official simply replied “I’m sure we’ll find somebody…”, according to Gizmodo. No word yet on the estimated price tag.
Another (!) Hogzilla caught.
The hog hung snout down from a tree Friday in William Coursey’s front yard, not far from where the avid hunter said he shot the beast. He said he hauled it to a truck weight station, which recorded the hairy hog at 1,100 pounds.
The Department of Natural Resources did not know whether the hog was a record for the state. “We don’t keep records on hogs,” said Melissa Cummings of the DNR’s public affairs department.
“Nobody keeps official records,” said Daryl Kirby, an editor with Georgia Outdoor News. “But it’s one heck of a hog.”
Where has this 1100 pound hog been hiding? And if you did shoot it – why hang it – snout down, of course – in your front yard? Oh. Nevermind.
Kathy does this on Wed. She missed yesterday and posted today. I’m posting today as well – then back to Wed. next week.
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. Click on “Random article” in the left-hand sidebar box.
3. Post it!
Here’s mine for today:
The Nassau Weekly – The Nassau Weekly is a weekly student newspaper of Princeton University. Published every Thursday, the paper contains a blend of campus, local, and national news, reviews of films and bands, original art, fiction and poetry, and other college-oriented material.
The paper was cofounded in 1979 by Robert Faggen, a professor of literature at Claremont McKenna College, and David Remnick, currently editor-in-chief of The New Yorker.
It is affectionately known as the “The Nass.” Nassau alumni include The Nation’s Editor-in-Chief Kristina vanden Heuvel, Vanity Fair national editor Todd Purdum, and Washington Post columnist Mark Fisher.
Since I’m really not one to leave well enough alone I have ventured to the online version of The Nassau Weekly. On their front page they have a Verbatim (!) feature that appears to capture sound bites from around campus . This caught my eye:
Overheard in Frist:
Girl 1: I don’t think he would be a good father.
Girl 2: Nor would he be a good husband. And when you wanted to have babies and you couldn’t conceive because he had done so many drugs in his youth and his sperm count was so low, I think it would put a real strain on the relationship.
And you thought Wiki had all the answers.
I, for one, am thrilled a new year has started. The last one ended poorly, you see. The littlest blue duck had pneumonia the day before Christmas – which meant a Saturday trip to the doctor for a chest x-ray and two GIGANTIC shots (one per thigh). Predictably, both of us became sick the day after Christmas and quickly went downhill – not to recover for six days. The flu. We missed every holiday gathering we were schedulded to attend, inluded a New Year’s get together. Did I mention the littlest blue duck then had an allergic reaction to her amoxicillin? Back to the doctor.
But – everyone is finally close to 100%. It’s going to be a great year.
