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Celebs Read Mean Tweets (or Authors Write Mean Reviews)
"Robuck has all the syntax of a three-legged cow." ~Snarky Reader, Online Review Site
Every so often, I pour myself a glass of wine and enact the virtual self-cutting that is reading online reviews of my work. When I self-published my first book in 2009, the negative reader reviews used to wound me. They hurt my feelings. I obsessed over them. Five years later, I am a bit more hardened, but I have to be in a certain light and ironic frame of mind to read them. If I am gloomy, it is not a good idea to patrol the one and two-star reviews.
Last week, however, the above line from a one-star review made me laugh out loud. It was a good and memorable insult. While I do not agree with it, I appreciate the humor and general savagery because I have to confess something: I would rather a nasty one-star review with zingers like this to a recent three-star review that said, "Meh."
Years of research, travel, lost sleep, agonizing, imaging, theorizing, writing, rewriting, and rewriting earned me a "meh."
Please, readers, if the book does not move you to a positive or negative passion of some kind, do not review it.
But back to my snarky friend, I have seen some authors recently reading mean reviews in the style of Jimmy Kimmel's popular "Celebs Read Mean Tweets" feature, and thought it would be fun to have a laugh over some particularly bad review stories.
So writers, if you are feeling up to it (play "The Eye of the Tiger" if you need to get pumped), please tell me your funny one-star reviews. Even if these criticisms make us giggle, they burrow somewhere in the brain stem to torture us when we sit down to write. Perhaps if we put them on paper, we can release them from our consciousness and have a laugh together.
Eight Ways to Make Time for Writing
My new novel FALLEN BEAUTY launched on Tuesday, and I have been overwhelmed with kind words and encouragement. It is a special thing to release a book, and I am blessed to have a network of family and friends who support me in my endeavors.
Inevitably, I get asked a question at launch time, at book clubs, on the sidelines of the hockey rink, and on social media: How Do You Do It All? Sometimes it is asked nicely, other times with suspicion, but it is always asked.
I've been thinking a lot about that question, and I want to qualify everything I'm about to say with the fact that I feel like I'm a mess–a Tazmanian-devil, swirling, hyper, scatterbrained mess. My house is often untidy. I'm forgetful. Sometimes I do things like throw my cell phone in the laundry basket to take downstairs, and instead of plugging it into the wall, I toss it in the washing machine and dryer with the clothes.
But that is not the answer people want to hear. They literally want to know how I balance writing and family life, with a husband and three children. As many of you know, there is no such thing as perfect balance. Sometimes I neglect my writing, other times, I neglect life. I try to alternate that time so that over time, something like balance is achieved. I also have learned how to save time, and my list below shows eight ways I save time and allot it for writing, so that I can stay on track with deadlines.
- I don't go to the gym. I have a 10 minute nightly routine I do before I go to bed.
- I only watch TV I've DVRd while folding laundry. (Downton Abbey or Dancing with the Stars.)
- I don't take on classroom parent/PTA positions. (This is an area that I struggle with and feel judged about at times.)
- I limit lunches out of the house.
- I write 1000-2000 words a day. (Or revise 1000-2000 words a day.) If an average novel is around 90,000 words, you can see how a book can be written fairly quickly if there is enough discipline to write in 1000 word intervals.
- I research the next book while writing the current.
- I combine book tour travels with research trips.
- I work at night. (Insomnia is a family curse. I have learned how to use it to my advantage.)
The bottom line is that this is a job. I happen to love my job, but it still requires discipline and a schedule. These tips might not be right for everyone, and I am certainly not saying they are how one should make time. Some of these sacrifices feel like sacrifices, but I have to make priorities that work for me.
Are any of these tips helpful to you? I would love to hear your suggestions for making time for writing.
**Photo Courtesy of BreakFreePhotography at DeviantArt.com
Count Down to Book Launch…
My new novel, CALL ME ZELDA, will be published on May 7th by NAL/Penguin. It begins in Baltimore in 1932 when Zelda Fitzgerald checks into the Phipps Clinic at Johns Hopkins, and takes place during the aftermath of the Fitzgerald party years. Through Zelda's relationship with a fictional psychiatric nurse, the book explores the meaning of friendship, love, and how we heal from emotional injury.
CALL ME ZELDA is a book that I've held close to my heart for a long time, inspired by my fascination with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and by the nurses I've known in my life (grandmother, mother-in-law, aunt, sister-in-law, friends…), who give so much of themselves to their patients. It also comes from my compassion for those who suffer mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder, the ways they are often misunderstood, and the pain of the family members caring for them.
It is the first novel I've written in the first person point of view, and as a writer, that takes one very deeply into the heart and mind of the characters, for better or worse. There is an intimacy, an immediacy to first person, and this novel marks my maiden voyage of many, I think, into this point of view.
There are links on my website to pre-order CALL ME ZELDA, if you are so inclined. If you read the book and enjoy it, I invite you to post a review at your favorite online book site. My website also has listings of my upcoming book tour and festival appearances. I hope to see you on the road!
2012 in review
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Book Trailer in Key West
You must be forewarned: this is going to be a gushing, exclamation point filled post, but that is what a moving experience it was for me in Key West last week, filming the book trailer for HEMINGWAY'S GIRL.
I must start by publicly acknowledging God and the huge blessings he pours over me on a daily basis, and my family for taking such good care of my boys while I was away. I also need to thank my publisher, NAL/Penguin, for producing this book trailer, and the incredible husband and wife team, David and Kathryn Seay, for their enthusiasm, kindness, and professionalism. They made me feel so comfortable from our first greeting, and put me entirely at ease.
When my husband and I arrived at The Pier House Resort in Key West–travel-weary and soaked from the rain–we were greeted by a surprise that left us speechless. The Pier House's Catherine Smiley sent us to The Hemingway Suite overlooking the Gulf, and even had fruit and refreshments waiting for us! We were able to use the gorgeous balcony for sunset and water footage. I am overwhelmed by the generosity and hospitality of The Pier House.
When we arrived at the Hemingway House on Thursday morning, Dave Gonzales, the events coordinator, graciously allowed us to film all throughout the house and grounds, but most importantly, in Hemingway's Writing Studio.
I've only ever seen the studio from the other side of a locked gate. I don't have to tell you what it meant to me to walk into the writing space where Hemingway typed the ending of A FAREWELL TO ARMS, GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA, and countless other stories. I was able to sit at his writing desk with his writing materials, and I am still trying to process the experience.
The trailer for HEMINGWAY'S GIRL will be ready later this summer, and I can't wait to see it and share it with all of you. David and Kathryn were lovely to work with, and Dave Gonzales, the tour guides, and staff of the Hemingway House and bookstore were so welcoming. I can't wait to see them when I return.
Last, but not least, I want to thank those of you who cheered me along the way. I am overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of my family and friends (online and off) who continuously support me throughout this process.
I'm glowing with gratitude.
Interview: Kristina McMorris on Launching Your Book
Kristina McMorris is one of my favorite authors and is also one of the most generous writers I know. Her novels LETTERS FROM HOME and BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES have earned her much critical acclaim and thousands of loyal readers. Her advice and encouragement have helped me immeasurably through my forthcoming book launch, so I asked her to stop by and share her wisdom with others. Whether you are a new writer or a veteran, McMorris' insights will inspire you.
Q: BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES was published in February with many excellent reviews. How has this release differed from the release of your first novel, LETTERS FROM HOME?
It's definitely been a nice advantage, knowing more of what to expect this time around. I suppose you could say it's much like preparing your very first Thanksgiving dinner. The first time can be overwhelming as you try to multi-task and experiment with recipes you've tasted but never cooked yourself, yet upon completion comes an incredible sense of accomplishment; then the next Thanksgiving, though the milestone isn't at remarkable, you understand what works and what doesn't, and where you should place your greatest focus. (Hmm…I'm suddenly craving candied yams and creamed corn casserole!)
Q: Now that you are a seasoned publishing veteran, is there anything you would have done differently with the launch of the first book?
Ack, that description makes me feel so old. Ha! Looking back, I think I would have spread out some of my promotional efforts, rather than cramming so much into the first few weeks of the release; and what I mean by that is determining which events and activities could have waited a week or a month or more. With LETTERS FROM HOME, both my US and UK launch happened simultaneously, so I should have taken this into consideration when I agreed to do three blog visits per day, for example, or to guest speak at a teacher friend's high school English class—a great experience, mind you, but probably not so pressing that I needed to squeeze it into that first month, when sleep hours were nearly nonexistent.
Q: What is the single most important piece of advice you'd give to debut authors as they prepare to launch their novels?
You, alone, are your book's best and strongest advocate. Start planning early, stay organized (an advantage for both current and future releases), get creative (so much today can be done online and on a limited budget), and don't forget that the most important promotions you do are not as much for as to your own pub house. That's where the buzz begins. If you're not excited about the release, displaying clear potential for your book's success, how can you expect anyone else to be?
Q: With the ever-changing landscape of publishing, many debut and midlist authors will have to be their own best advocates. If their publishers are unable to provide large marketing budgets, where do you recommend that authors make their biggest investments of resources?
Online promo is wonderful, particularly when it's free—blog posts, interviews, reviews, Goodreads giveaways, etc. Speaking engagements can also be very effective in spreading word, including outreach to non-literary sites and organizations that share your target audience. For example, for LETTERS FROM HOME, I partnered with websites that promoted pen pals and the art of letter writing, and together we ran giveaways of fancy stationery baskets.
For BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES, I connected with museums, universities, Asian cultural groups and historical societies. I also joined forces with other WWII authors and organized a contest in which the winning book club won a Skype party with us, plus a prize box filled with copies of our books and WWII goodies. And, of course, local media can be a great source of free promotion. Just do your best to think outside of the box, brainstorm how you can tap into an applicable already-established audience, and, most of all, don't be afraid to ask for what you want. The worst anyone can say is no.
Q: What do you enjoy most about book promotion? Least?
As a former event planner, I absolutely love organizing large launch events—from the media pitches to invitation outreach to creative itineraries. And I absolutely love the social aspect, especially befriending fellow authors and visiting book clubs.
What I enjoy the least is the travel. As a married mother of two young boys, I hate being away too long! (Granted, by the time our kids hit their teenage years, my view on that might change drastically.)
Q: I loved your two novels so much that I can't wait to read more. What is your next project?
I'm so thrilled you enjoyed them, Erika. I can't wait to share more stories with you!
As for my next projects… I'm happy to report that my novella, The Christmas Collector, will be published this coming November by Kensington Books in a holiday anthology headlined by New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. (Very exciting!) After that, I have two more two women's fiction novels under contract with my publisher, the first of which I'm working on right now, titled Through Memory's Gate. I'm eager to share more details soon!
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Here is the trailer for BRIDGE OF SCARLET LEAVES:
"[Bridge of Scarlet Leaves] gracefully blossoms through swift prose and rich characters…this gripping story about two 'brothers' in arms and a young woman caught in between them hits all the right chords."
– Publishers Weekly
"A sweeping yet intimate novel that will please both romantics and lovers of American history."
– Kirkus Reviews
The Little Writer That Could
I'm slowly emerging from the writing cave. My eyes are adjusting to the light. I'm sweeping the cobwebs off the blog and making sure everything's in working order. I'll be ready to put the wheels back in motion this week with a book review for one of my favorite fall books, but for now, I just want you to know that I've missed you and can't wait to reconnect.
Here's the deal: I had an aggressive deadline for my edits for HEMINGWAY'S GIRL because in October, my foreign rights agent is going to Frankfurt where, hopefully, she'll get some foreign publishers interested in the book. The agent needs the complete, approved manuscript by October 1st, so I had to get my edits back to my editor at NAL/Penguin ASAP to give her enough time to read.
Now, if I have to make more changes, which is entirely possible and maybe even probable, we'll miss the deadline. If my editor can't get through the million other projects she has before October, that's the way it goes. All I could do was rely heavily on family and babysitters, neglect my house, and not sleep to get the work done–which I did–but now it's out of my hands, and I am at peace with that.
I'll keep you posted every step of the way, as promised, but for now I look forward to a return to semi-normalcy, blogging, reading other people's books, and diving back into my new manuscript starring Zelda Fitzgerald.
For which the first three chapters and a full synopsis are due on Nov. 1st.
*Photo courtesy of traeton at DeviantArt.com
Twitter No-No's
I have a short, negative post today, but I think it will help people get more out of Twitter and increase their follow-back potential. In no way am I a Twitter expert or a perfect Tweeter, but I see some people make glaring Twitter errors. I'm here to help.
I noticed that I have quite a few more Twitter followers than I follow back. This is not because I am a snob of any kind. I want to follow back everyone who follows me. However, when I get a follow notification I click over to the follower's profile to "meet" him or her. If I find or do NOT find the following things, I often do not follow. Understand that while most of this is personal, I see large amounts of people on Twitter complain about these very items, so they might be worth a look. They also might be worth a look if you are following three times the amount of people who are following you.
Here is a list of reasons I do not follow based on the first impression:
- You don't have a description or website.
- You don't have a picture or graphic of some kind.
- Your picture suggests violence or pornography.
- You have nothing to do with writing.
If you pass the first impression, I scroll down and read your tweets. I will not follow you if:
- Every/every other tweet is a link to purchase one of your books/ebooks.
- You quote often from your own material.
- You only RT.
- You never RT.
- You list yourself as a writer but your feed is full of posts about, say, football.
- You have more political tweets than writer tweets.
If you pass the "feed" test it's almost guaranteed I'll follow you. I will immediately unfollow you, however, if you DM with a "Thanks for the follow. Check out my book/blog/website at www…."
I hope I don't seem harsh, but I'm actually posting this to help Twitter newbies. Again, I am not the authority on Twitter and I'm absolutely certain I do things that annoy others and lead them to unfollow me. I just think that some writers think of Twitter as a marketing tool but it isn't unless you don't use it as a marketing tool. You know what I mean?
How about you? What makes you automatically follow/unfollow someone on Twitter?
New York in June
Every now and then the stars align, and I was the happy recipient of that alignment last week. I was in NY City for about 36 hours and was able to have four meetings, take some research photos for my new WIP, and see MIDNIGHT IN PARIS.
Here I am at the Penguin offices.
My agent, Kevan Lyon, is on the west coast while I'm on the east coast, so we had not yet had the opportunity to meet in person. Since Kevan was in NY for the Romance Writers of America Conference we planned a meeting with each other. My editor at NAL, Ellen Edwards, was also able to meet with us, and we enjoyed a lovely dinner and conversation. I was also so pleased to get to meet my publicist at Penguin. We all seem to share a vision for the book and I feel very fortunate to have such a fantastic team.
With Ellen Edwards of NAL/Penguin
It also happened that the Women's Fiction writers of RWA (which includes many members of Writer Unboxed) had a speaker and cocktail reception that night. I was able to meet so many fantastic writers who I've "known" from Twitter and blogs for so long, and I can't thank Therese Walsh enough for including me.
With Marilyn Brant, Therese Walsh, and Kristina McMorris
The next morning I had some time so I went to Woody Allen's new movie, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS. Many friends have recommended this movie to me because of "cameos" by Ernest Hemingway and Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and it did not disappoint. It was so charming, in fact, that I'm taking my husband to see it next week. After the movie, I took a picture of one of the fountains in which Zelda Fitzgerald took a dip, and the church where Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were married.
I was able to have lunch with my friend, Lindsay Ribar, who just got a three book deal with Penguin for her young adult fantasy series about genies. (I know—doesn't that sound awesome?) We share a love of writing and an obsession with the band Carbon Leaf, who originally brought us together.
Finally, the NAL/Berkley Cocktail Party at Sardi's finished up my trip. I was able to meet my publisher and just about the entire NAL/Penguin team, in addition to scores of fantastic authors, agents, publicists, and reviewers. It was truly overwhelming in the best possible way.
I was deeply grateful for the opportunity I had to make the trip. To my family for holding down the fort, to my publishing friends for fitting me into their busy schedules, and to the weather for being very cooperative, I am grateful.


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Portugese Chicken Restaurants
Can anyone suggest a good place for quality grilled Portugese chicken? Has anyone tried the new place on Westminister Ave in Montreal West?
re: hafizrealmadrid
is there really any other place worth going than Romados? best chicken in the city hands down!
re: est1986
No there isn't.
Hello!!!! what new place on Westminster//????????????????????
Is that what opened next door to the Tavern or Bistro or whatever it's called, across the street from the patisserie de la gare?
Hello????? What new play in Mtl. West??? Is that what opened next door to the bistro or tavern or whatever it's called? Diagonally across from the Patisserie de la Gare???
re: amelie1980
That's Mavi (5192 Gatineau, 514 340-9664). Turns out seriously good chicken that I'd rank alongside but not above Portugalia's or Romados's. OTOH, unlike Portugalia, they make very good fries and, unlike Romados, they have a real dining area (albeit one that could use some sprucing up).
re: carswell
I've always thought Romados has great fries, too. Some of the best in the city. I'd even go so far as to say they could teach most fries & poutine places a thing or two.
re: amelie1980
I went last year and was not impressed. The portion was small and kind of dry. I prefer Portugalia or Jano's.
Romados,Janos on St laurent, chez doval on Marrianne St, mavi is good too. Those are all the more known portugese chicken places.
But... I was brought to one a few weeks ago and it was AMAZING! I had their chicken and rib combo. It was a very cute restaurant but I can't remembe the name. It's on St laurent blvd past park jarry???
This one comes the closest to Romados
re: Alyson777
Braseiro (8261 St-Laurent corner Guizot, 514 389-0606). It's good except for the fries. Adega (3124 Beaubien East, 514 725-6285) is another deserving off-the-beaten-path place.
re: carswell
Oh yeah I forgot about Adega it's pretty good too. Not such a big place though, a reservation would be necessary...
Another off the beaten-path place is GALO in TMR off Graham offers delicious grilled portugese chicken. It also has a nice little atmosphere.
re: carswell
Braseiro's food is good, but the two or three times I went, the service was horrible and ruined the experience for me.
re: jloomer
I shall sacrifice for the good of the people and try it out. What hardship, portuguese chicken and fries...... The things I do in the name of food!
re: maisonbistro
Please do report back!
re: souschef
IF well done it's juicy, with cripsy carckly skin -as it should be grilled over charocoal, has great simple flavours and should be paired with fantabulous french fires. Not high class at all, but definitely good eats.
re: maisonbistro
It's also marinated (recipes vary but often with herbs and some acidic ingredient like white wine, vinegar or citrus) before grilling and often basted with piri-piri while grilling or immediately after being removed from the grill.
re: carswell
Yeah, that's why I said great simple flavours without being specific - each place has their own touch. YUMMMM
re: carswell
"and often basted with piri-piri while grilling or immediately after being removed from the grill."
Is this generally the norm? I detest spicy-hot food as my digestive system cannot handle it.
re: souschef
The apparent consensus best, Romados, is not spicy when it comes off the grill; they offer you a brushed-on mild or spicy sauce. IMHO it's best with none at all. You have to be quick, because (if I remember correctly) if you say nothing you'll get mild.
re: souschef
it's cheap, it's tasty, and in my case, easy to get when coming back from work.
re: Andria
there is a place on sources called ricos. i have never been. any reports on this place?
Tried the portugese on Westminster ave. today, it's called Grillades LT. We ordered take-out one whole chicken with fries and a soup. The chicken was already grilled and everything was ready in 5 min so it's not made to order. To our surprise, the bill came to $30 and turns out, they assumed we ordered a "family pack" for 4 people which is basically the same grilled chicken with a bigger salad and fries for $12 extra!!! Now, for the taste. The fries were dry, undercooked and practically cold. The salad consisted of a couple of lettuce, half a tomato and a quarter onion. The chicken was floating in oil and although the skin was well seasoned, the meat was tasteless. In terms of quantity, there's no way this is a "family pack" and in terms of quality, this is nowhere near the quality you can find on the Plateau. Best to avoid this one. We'll try the new one on St-Jacques Street next time.
re: vasquez
I'm writing down a prediction and sealing it in an envelope.
re: pinkatronica
Yes, it is very good. Not strictly Portuguese - think the owner is from a Lusophone African country and they do a more Brazilian take on dishes one might also find in Portugal. Friendly little place too.
200 Beaubien est is not Rosemont - you are thinking of the arrondissement name, Rosemont-Petite-Patrie. Resto is located in the western tip of Petite Patrie, just south of the usually accepted boundaries of "La Petite Italie", though at one point Beaubien was very much part of that area too. Now it is extremely multiculti and evidently a Madagascar resto is opening up.
A'Quinta on Jarry or Ontario is a must for Portuguese grilled chicken!! They have takeout and delivery as well. $11 for a whole chicken to go! Enjoy! Very affordable and delish!
Portuscalle on St-Laurent is out of this world but very different price range.
I went for lunch to Romados yesterday, and it may be the best bang for the buck of the city. I had the 1/4 chicken dinner, and it had a great portion of chicken, rice, great fries and salad. They also give you bread and a small dessert. With the soda I paid around $7.00 for a delightful dish. I didn't even eat dinner later.
re: mzalce
I would absolutely agree that for $6, that 1/4 chicken dinner is an incredible deal. I ate 3 meals off that one dinner just last week. Crazy amount of fries and salad, nice amount of rice, it is insane how much for you get for your $6. Amazing amazing deal.
BUT - and I know I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, as Romados is one of those untouchable board favorites - I am not the hugest fan of the chicken. When it is good, it can be transcendent - smoky, juicy, crispy in the right places, wonderful chicken fat flavour dripping onto the fries. And in every order, there are at least a few bites of this transcendent chicken-y goodness. But more often than not, some or most of the chicken is a bit stringy and tough, and a bit dry. I find this the case even though I almost always get the dark meat, the part that is most resistant to drying out.
I find the salad a little 'meh'. Yes the salad is traditional Portuguese, but it doesn't totally do it for me. The rice is very good. The fries are very good, but I prefer crispier fries for the most part. I really like the fries, but they aren't the fries I crave.
My opinion on Romados is purely personal preference. I can see why people really love this place, there is a lot to love. I really like the place and the food, but as Hubbie put it, if we were coming back to visit for 3 days, Romados wold not be on the list of 'must eats'. We'd be fine if we got there, we just wouldn't make it a priority. I tend to prefer really good rotisserie chicken, we love Coco Rico chicken. I also make a pretty mean roast chicken, and Hubbie makes a fabulous Southern fried chicken. I am very fussy about chicken, it has to be really close to perfect for me to swoon about it. Romados gets an occasional swoon, but not consistently enough for me to rave about it.
re: moh
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but almost every Coco Rico chicken I've ever had was pretty seriously overcooked and dried out. I love everything else they do, though. Roast potatoes, pork, ribs. For rotisserie, give me the Peruvian joint on St-Viateur any day. (For some reason the name escapes me at the moment...)
re: Mr F
Wow, perhaps you are unlucky. I would say that 9 time out of 10, the chicken at Coco Rico has been juicy and delicious. Every now and then I get a dry one. Now, when I go, I do give the chickens a look over, and try to pick the one that looks the most succulent and plump. I also buy the whole chicken, not the pieces that have been sitting under the lamp. I'm not sure I can explain your experience. Maybe just a personal preference on how you like your chicken?
I love their chicken with sides of pickled beets, Indian hot lime pickle and watermelon rind pickle. yum yum yum.
re: moh
Well, when it comes to rotisserie I do like it very succulent and juicy, but not the watery mess you get in a typical supermarket rotisserie chicken that's been sitting around under a lamp, in one of those plastic boxes.
In my experience, Coco Rico never came remotely close. Always whole chickens, always dessicated.
I gave up on their birds a long time ago, but maybe I'll try again and be more careful about choosing a chicken rather than letting the counter person choose one for me. Maybe I just gave off a "not picky" vibe and kept getting the oldest chicken foisted on me.
re: moh
Like espresso and Frite Alors! fries, so much depends on who's doing the cooking. If the cook's attention wanders, if s/he doesn't know how to gauge doneness by pressure and/or sixth sense, the meat can quickly overcook and turn tough, dry and/or stringy. At one of my favourite joints, my order depends on who's in front of the grill: if the good cook, it's chicken; if not, it's something else (which will probably be overdone but not as unpleasant as the stringy chicken breast). At Romados (and Portugalia, for that matter), this is further complicated by high volume.
Strange to say, but my experiences with Coco Rico largely parallel Mr. F's.
re: carswell
Hmmm. Either I know how to pick a good rotisserie chicken, or I have a rotisserie chicken horseshoe up my butt.... probably the latter.
There has definitely been a love/hate relationship for Coco Rico on this board. Some of us love it, some of us hate it. I suspect some of it is personal preference, and some of it may be inconsistency in the quality of the product. Sitting under a heat lamp can be a cruel thing to happen to a rotisserie chicken. I am very happy when I see them pull them off the spit as I walk into the shop, and I always make certain I bag one of the biggest juiciest looking fresh chickens. But for those who have had poor experiences, I wouldn't want to put you through another disappointing meal.
re: marblebag
Oh dear. A new job just because they didn't like the chicken? Sounds extreme...
re: moh
Romados does more than chicken. Especially if you get there early enough for daily specials (soup, pork, different styles of chicken, etc.), which are also cheap ($9-10). Unfortunately, yesterday at 3 I was too late. However...
Escalopes de porc (cutlets) are a regular item, though you'd be waiting if you order it during the rush. Also drenched in piri sauce, and with 5 small cutlets piled high and the usual fries, it was a delicious late lunch and awesome deal at $8.
I've gotta remember to go non-chicken more often :)
re: Shattered
Excellent point Shattered. I too should really remember to get some of their other offerings. I have to say that although I have dissed the chicken, I really like the fact that they cook over charcoal, I love the flavour of a good grilled item, even if it is occasionally less moist than I like. Uuummmmmm, pork.... love pork.....
The reason I keep trying the chicken is that there is always a few bites of perfectly smoky, fatty, grilled chicken that are quite heavenly. Oh the flavour of charcoal grilled chicken fat - there is nothing in the world quite like it.
re: moh
I love their chicken, best I've ever had, but I agree it can be a tad dry occasionally, especially at the rush and if someone skimps on the piri. But I'd rather they played it too safe during the rush than get it undercooked, which I've never heard of.
In comparison to Coco Rico on dryness, it helps a ton that they keep it in trays & foil under the grill not under lamps, and cut it right in front of you.
re: moh
You are certainly not the only one on this board, to not being the biggest fan of Romadas charcoal grilled chcken(remember the emerilcantcook thread 'Is Romadas going downhill...' where several people were critical of their chicken). Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Personally I feel Romadas's chicken has gotten much better & more consistent since they switched over to the motorized spit.
Believe it or not, there's a small place Portuguese place in TMR called Gallo, 1970 Graham, right next to the library. Great food, decent prices!
Just want to add info on Frango, the new place on Mont-Royal, I was at my friend who lives next door, so we went there for some take out. Here's my comments as posted on the tiny Frango thread:
I ate some take-out chicken from Frango on Saturday, their whole chicken menu to go (the menu includes a chicken, bread, 6 potatoes (not fries) and mesclun salad for 17.50). The chicken is ok, especially for my friend who live right next door and does not want to walk up to Rachel/St-Laurent. It's better than St-Hubert and Au Coq (what isn't?). However, the reigning champs (Romados, Portugalia, Mavi, Braseiro and others...) have nothing to fear from this newcomer, Frango's chicken is not on the same level. The meat is drier, the skin not very crispy, and the spicy chicken barely a tingle on the tongue.
The placs is nice but small, nicer than Romados or Portugalia, but then you are on Mont-Royal, and you pay a little more for it, a few dollars more than. It is mostly a ''to go'' place with maybe 4 tables in all. Other than Chicken, they offer many sandwiches and a few pastries. They have natas from Bella Vista, which were very good.
To answer your question, you do not need to reserve the chicken in advance, they keep some ready in the oven, which may partly account for their slight dryness. However, if you're not too picky, or your alternative is ordering from the chains, it is very nice to not have to wait or order ahead.


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Zuckerberg leapfrogs Jobs on Americans' rich list
He might be rich, on paper but ....
it still doesn't change the fact that he is a prize jerk, and not even all the gold in Fort Knox would correct that.
P.S. Has that claim against The Jerk claiming an interest in FB ever been settled? He night have t share his money, yet!
T-Mobile cuts off dope-finding text service
Sure, T-mobile, pull the other one - it's got bells
The time-line of events puts the lie to T-Mobiles story.
At least we have all learned of Weed Maps < WeedMaps.com > and what it is about.
AT&T chief: 'All your iPhone are belong to us'
iPhone dumping AT&T could be a plus for AT&T
Since the Lemon 4 was released on to an unsuspecting public AT&T has taken a lot of flack for their network insufficiencies because the defects of the Lemon 4 only served to exacerbate the defects of AT&T.
Switching networks would likely reduce complaints about AT&T and Lemon 4.
Besides, since AT&T is offering Android, which doesn't have Lemon 4 weaknesses, AT&T will begin to look good again.
Google data center links shot down by 'bored' riflemen
North American hunters are intillegence challenged
Many jurisdictions in North America issue hunting permits/licences that are printed on high intensity, bright orange card or cloth that are required to be wordn by hunters.
You might think these would alert animals, fortunately, they are colour blind. The orange cards are intended to alert hunters that they are not alone.
Unfortunately every year hunters shoot other hunters despite the fact that no known animal has orange fur or feathers.
In Canada bored hunters shoot road signs. The most popular of these are the ones warning of moose which are posted to alert motorists of the areas of road where moose normally/habitually cross. A moose can easily destroy a vehicle, if hit: they are also of derailing a train.
Steve Jobs in iPhone bitchslap to creationists, Tea Party
Could it be the personality of Job's kidneys OEM are taking over?
Job's has always been a miserable bastard but his bitchiness seems to have reached new highs.
Could his donor's personality, memories or consciousness remain within the tissue of the new set of kidneys and have been passed on to the MOS (Miserable Old Sod)? See: < http://scienceray.com/philosophy-of-science/a-medical-mystery-transferred-organ-donor-consciousness/ >.
Further links: <http://www.google.ca/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=personality+of+organ+donor+transferred&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 >.
Twitter plugs black-box website vuln
"including the former prime minister's wife, Sarah Brown" How come?
Undoubtedly to her own, and everyone else's surprise, this woman is married to an InterNet expert.
Just roll over lady and give the object in bed with you a kick and then pop the question.
Intel slips anti-theft tech into hardware to deter thieves
Caution: Brain-dead Intel mouthpiece prattling
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Intel's prowess just get flushed down the toilet recently when Intel confirmed the wonderfully high-tech HDCP copy-protection had been cracked?
Why would this latest bit of Intel magic not fail, as well?
Indiana judges dismiss girl's nipple exposure appeal
Narrow minded Old Farts. Canada says different, eh!
Get this IN 1996 an Ontario Court said that bare women's breast are not breaking the law!
Good old square Ontario, Canada! (see: < http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/News-opinion-and-commentary/Topless-in-Ontario-women-exercise-the-right-to-expose-their-breasts.html >.)
Other interesting citations can be found: < http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=opera&hs=mhg&rls=en&&sa=X&ei=UpGYTLf2HIfuvQPut5ncDA&ved=0CBIQBSgA&q=bare+breasted+girl+in+ontario+lawful&spell=1 >.
Belarusian extradited to US for one-stop ID theft site
I always wonder in cases such as these ...
how many banks made accusatory suggestions against customers complaining about unauthorised withdrawals?
Bank employees refuse to accept bank security is weak!
Thieves jam key-fob lock signals in mystery car thefts
Why not just use the bloody key?
These lazy driver central locking systems typically use 315 MHz in North America and Japan, and 433.92 MHz in Europe with rolling encryption to enhance security.
If Hoodie wants to hang around pushing his key button, thereby preventing Intended Victim from locking his car, there is little Plod can do for, as with WiFi and garage door openers, these are essentially licence free, no complaining about interference, frequencies.
All the lazy driver need do is to activate his button in close proximity to the vehicle or, as in yesteryear, use the bloody mechanical key.
Harrow flicks pirate thrown in slammer
Judge John Anderson of Harrow Crown Court ....
your annual pass good for one year for two people valid at any Vue movie house is in the mail.
Free DVD's, too.
What a troll. (Is that a Class B offence - on his record for 35 years:)
Orange outs budget Android 2.1 handset
A minimalist smartphone for $99. Good Christmas deal.
Advantage Android!
Since manufacturers don't have to pay for software development, only the human interface, it means costs are substantially reduced. Given that so many million are using (and testing) the OS, reliability is improved.
Likely it will access to Google Apps which further enhances it's value. Great present for children at Christmas as they can use pocket money to buy time.
Yahoo! 'owns several patents' on Google Instant
Yahoo! owns "about five...broad" patents
Maybe too broad to sustain challenges.
I should have filed a patent for putting an electrical contact under keyboard keys.
Prosecutor won't resign over lewd texts to 'hot' crime victim
"You may be the tall, young, hot nymph, but I am the prize"
He never finished his sentence ... what sort of prize? Prize twit?
District Attorneys are usually elected into office - which is why they seem like members of political office. Let me be your DA because I lock rape artists up for life and fry murderers.
Wonder if he is married: there might be a couple of expensive cases on his horizon - one for divorce and the other for abuse.
Florida cops left
stoned stunned by pot-filled SUV
"they were looking for a 5' 6" hispanic man in his 30s with tattoos ..."
Good luck, Florida being home to all of Castro's disillusioned citizens!
Steve Jobs chops student hack down to size
Arrogance of Apple encapsulated and personified in an ignorant pig
Jobs idea of Customer Care is nothing. It personifies Apples attitude towards it's customers. F You!
Whether iPhans agree or not (please use the red box below) he told them to F Off when it came to fixing the Lemon 4 - he lied and never did fix all the problems.
Jobs could care less as long as the cash keeps on coming in. The Japanese called his bluff and he blinked. They got his number right on. There's a word for this - fraud.
Europe pushes TV spectrum sell-off
When you consider the RF technology people carry in their palms ...
it really boggles the mind.
Multi-wideband transmitters and receivers coexisting in close proximity, yet able to handle high-speed digital transmission.
Meanwhile, at your nearby airport, aircraft still rely on VHF-AM (amplitude modulation) whilst pilots tool around in multi-million people carriers.
As the Insane Posse Clowns sang in "Miracles" < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs > F--king Miracles!
Taxman rejects 'lie detector' tech
Modulated audio confuss these things
Ever heard of flutter on audio systems? Where a recorded note is modulated by a defect in the audio transmission system?
This 'vibrato' effect can come from telephone carrier systems, cell radio systems and by audio systems. The effect can be reproduced, to nullify the effectiveness of this 'magical' Israeli technology, by having a loud thumping pop 'music' in the background so you have to shout.
Some integrity and just another way of extracting funds from taxpayers into police budgets.
Feel free to sue, all this 'technology' depends on so many extraneous sources including the cooperation of the subject.
Imagine the late Tiny Tim ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips") < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Tim_(musician) > answering questions, monitored by this box of junk!
Morgan Chase blames Oracle for online bank crash
Could be a big interbank bill
Each weekday morning members of the clearing house to clear debits and credits between each and every bank at the start of the business day.
If a bank is late, for whatever reason, interest is incurred until settlement is made!
Poetic justice, the banks screw the retail customer as well as their own kind!
Swedish Pirate Party suffers embarrassing general election flop
So where ...
does this leave Wikileaks hosting in the parliament building?
T-Mobile sued for censoring weed service
Cell carriers want it coming and going
In the U.S.A. cell companies, and their landline counter-parts, are common carriers and therefore protected by law from the content they carry. This also applies to ISP's in that country, which is why it always best to host chat-rooms there - hosting is libel free.
T-Mobile, therefore. is clearly making a judgement call. Telephone companies give service to anyone with money and therefore T-Mobile should, too.
'Unicorn' captured in remote Laos mountain forests
Unfortunately the locals don't respect flora and fauna
Most of the recent revelations of new/rare species are being made by foreign scientists and biologists in Southeast Asia. The local population are more pragmatic - is it good for eating or on the end of a chain for tourists to gawk at?
VietNam's wilder jungles have revealed rare monkey species, heretofore unknown frogs, snakes and plants. There are German research groups permanently based in Ha Long Bay.
Laos, being about 30 years behind VietNam in development , also suffers from near war-like conditions between the Laos military and the indigenous H'Mong tribes, many of whom have been forced to live a nomadic life in the forests. See: < http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000qrUDnpQSM2Q/s >, < http://www.spkhousing.com/Images/HmongResistanceCamp.jpg >. There some pictures of extreme violence but most people have trouble viewing them.
Hopefully the next time a rare saola is seen the Laotians will get the experts involved first, which risks military antagonism..
Nokia's new CEO needs to change the message
New CEO should dump baggage and strike a new path!
Where are most of the successful smartphone manufacturers based? (Asia) What is a major component common to their cultures? (Losing 'face') What else in common do the smarthone manufacturers have in common? (They are not too proud to use either their own or Third Party OS)
Let's consider automotive purchases. The manufacturer or the style often come first in deciding a sale, then accessories, fuel type and maybe engine technology.
IMO, Nokia's new path should be to abandon the Intel IDF initiative; adopt Android OS and continue with Sybian OR Meego. Nokia knows RF (no Death Grips) hardware and human interfaces which would put them in a position to bang out new models with minimum tinkering with the OS yet maintaining Nokia 'characteristics'.
The Asians have proved their is no loss of pride in using their own in-house OS as well as Android. No one will knock Nokia for this. This also allows Nokia to maintain the Nokia name in hardware and the human interface.
Adopting Android OS would provide access to the Google App store solving the immediate 'accessories' challenge whilst developers could continue efforts for Apps using the alternate Nokia OS.
This would place Nokia firmly in the winning camp: HTC, LG and Samsung. RIM and Apple could continue along their chosen paths, both of which are or soon will be facing falling market share.
Apple, Google may end wage-capping case
Would anyone seriously want to hire ...
the Apple RF engineers or the QC types involved in the Lemon 4 fiasco? Their software guys are a little slow, too, seeing how Apple can be unlocked in a few minutes after release of an OS designed to lock the system up, again.
The Google and Apple cultures are way different: one open and the other paranoid and secretive.
The best guys to hire would be the hackers.
The iPad is killing laptop sales
Besy Buy denies accuracy of press reports
So I guess that's the end of this story/
Pope makes central London no-go zone for BT engineers
This guy isn't even a head of a real state: I rhought Henry 8th booted them out?
What's with this special treatment for this paedophile condoning old reprobate?
The Vatican, on a 10 acre patch of downtown Rome, came about because Mussolini, who was an avowed atheist, wanted to become dictator, which would not be possible without the assistance of the powerful fascists who were Catholic. Pius XI was in a good position to prevent the fascists seizing power.so he commanded that priests not support the Catholic Party in an election. In effect this pope repudiated the Catholic Party.
Mussolini formed a government on October 28, 1922. A deal was cut. The Catholic Church would support the Fascist Party. In return Mussolini would restore the ancient privileges of the Catholic Church. On February 21, 1923, a cardinal said Mussolini "had been chosen to save the nation and restore her fortune."
Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty in 1929 which made Vatican City a separate, independent state, recognized Catholicism as the state-sponsored religion, and gave the Church 750 million lire in compensation for the Vatican's loss of sovereignty.
A UN judge argues that the Catholic Church is the only religion permitted under international law to claim the privileges of statehood and its leaders immunity from civil or criminal action. See: < http://www.theage.com.au/world/treat-vatican-as-a-rogue-state-says-qc-20100908-1518j.html >.
This interruption to London's life is like Tesco's putting on a parade for Waitrose given that official church is the C of E. Britain is kowtowing to a Fascist creation against whose principle Britain lost thousands of lives fighting.
And whose gong to pick up the costs of £1.5 million for thousands of Plods to protect this guy who is riding around in a armoured car because he is so popular!
I think Britain's priorities are a little mixed up. It's bad enough losing InterNet, what happens if the electricity goes down, a gas or water pipe leaks? Wait seven days?
Microsoft takes Oracle side in Google Java-phone attack
Sour Grapes or Counting the Chicks before they hatch?
Microsoft, by any measure, has lost the momentum it had with portable intelligent devices and is obviously using every thing it can dream up to disrupt any competitor sales. Android is a winner which is more than MS can claim for it's mobile applications.
Prejudging any court decision is a fools game. Microsoft should know, it has been found to have stolen other entities I.P. including the name "Internet Explorer", hard drive software and, famously, XML.
If MS was smart, Bulmer would tell this guy to shut up. He'll lose enough 'face' when he has to pay the Canadian company for the stolen software. At least Google wrote the software in dispute, MS just plagiarised their software.
HP reported close to naming Hurd successor
Hiring and old HP hand might well solve the morals and morale problems
Messrs. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard (Bill and Dave to employees) were fair dealers and ran HP in a similar manner. 1978 Bill retired as CEO and continued as vice chairman of the HP board of directors until 1987. Dave retired in 1993.
Under their Flex Time program, HP employees can begin work at any time during a two-hour period and leave after completing an eight-hour work day. The purpose, as explained by Bill, is "to gain more time for family leisure, conduct personal business, avoid traffic jams or to satisfy other individual needs." How many companies think of family now?
It seems since HP started hiring 'outsiders' they forgot the principles of "The HP Way" which were trust and respect for individuals; focus on a high level of achievement and contribution; conducting business with uncompromising integrity; achieving common objectives through teamwork and encouraging flexibility and innovation.
Hopefully someone hired from within HP will remember these goals out of respect for the founders and remove the tarnish from the reputation of HP that started with Carly Fiorina.
Did you know Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, originally designed the Apple I computer while working at HP? Small world!
MI5 chief: Cyber spying 'relatively straightforward' to beat
If he's so good, better go and show the Americans how it is done!
It's statements like this particular idiot is credited with that drives those very talented hackers - just to prove he's wrong/
Gloating like that is so dumb he will likely regret it.
Just to think the nations security is in the hands like this troll. Time to immigrate.
Laptop potato scammers turn to onions
This sounds like the Thai jewellery scam!
Fools and suckers are enticed into buying unmounted, cut jewels - with a 'guaranteed value,' with a money back guarantee - that are sold sealed in tough, transparent, plastic containers. The only condition is that seal not be broken.
The catch is that no purchaser can get an assessment of the value without breaking the seal at which time they are 'worthless'.
Tip: Never buy any jewellery in Thailand, nor anything from Duty Free!
Orange customers squeezed out of Facebook
Just imagine the increase in productivity or all those ...
lost sould not knowing where anyone is.
Just like the old, pre-Facebook, days.
Man gets 6 years for laundering $2.5m from phony credit cards
$2,500,000/6 years - not too shabby
Although he won't get time off, if it was a federal conviction, this works out to be around $41,666 tax free a year.
Intel confirms HDCP copy-protection crack
Will industry never learn?
Salary men just work for money: the people who hack things are motivated by personal commitment. They will win every time!
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Trident delay by the Coalition: Cunning plan, or bad idea?
Independent nuclear deterrent
The UK should opt for the cheaper alternative subs armed with nuclear Tomahawks. Why invest all that money if the U.S.A. can object to their use. Remember the Falklands where the U.S. objected to some of the content relayed through their satellites.
Besides, just who is the enemy? I suspect China heads the list - they have got a little more pushy in the East China Sea where a number of bordering countries claim interest the Spratly Islands but China is claiming the whole damn sea.
China also gets really horny with alleged border/sea limit incursions as many fishers have been shot and killed.
The oceans might get kind of crowded, too, given all the countries getting their own status symbol submarine fleets.
And where would UK submarines be based? Long way to sail to China.
Apple said to prep iPad news sub service
All the news, or all the news that fits Jobs morals?
Jobs might be trying to foist only the news that passes his censors. What happens if some derogatory news about Apple, such as another Lemon 4, happens along - does his censorious ways win out?
Do the words murder, rape or incest pass his filter?
I think I'd trust my Fish and Chips wrapper before anything passed through Apple.
Basketball megastar accused of phone hacking
"neither is trying to hide computer evidence by throwing a laptop into a lake."
One of my offices basements was flooded for three weeks, thanks to a tardy water mains repair, yet we were able to recover 100% of the data from the server hard drives.
Obviously his female IT expert employee didn't have much smarts if she expected the data to be destroyed after time in the lake.
South African police hunt Twittering speedcam spy
At last, a real useful application for a social network!
Great application for Twitter: now Plod will be checking cell phone use at road blocks!
Good for PigSpotter (PlodSpotter in the UK).
eBay boss outbids everyone in election spending
Americans go for appearance: ever seen this candidates face?
She should have invested in a face lift and visited a hair stylist.
Thank heaven not all the best financed campaigns are successful.
A quarter of Americans using mobile apps
Some Apps lose their novelty
Just how many times can you use an App that emulates flatulence or female mammary gland movement?
Craigslist: no plans to revive adult ads in US
So why not set up RedLightUSA.com or RedLightUSA.Co.UK ...
and then host it outside the USA, out of reach of these State Attorneys who are breaching the Constitutional rights pf Craigs List?
Or would the UK government even deport Brits for this?
Google sued by ex-iPhone location outfit
Share the loot, Google
This action seems to be another 'share the loot' where a company is trying to skim some cream from Google.
Using Motorola's boss as a witness could be risky since all he has to say it never happened. Unlikely Google would that dumb, legally.
This WiFi scanning technique could, depending on the Apps configuration, cost users a lot of paid-for traffic as data is sent back. And when does this scanning occur - continuously or when a particular handset is searching for location data, at the users command, only?
If there are millions of dollars in this type of App, how come they are not paying the freight for this back-haul data? My company employees travel widely in less frequented areas which could likely make data collected through handsets more valuable than data from higher densely populated areas.
Maybe we should sue for our split, too?
The State judges will likely be more Plaintiff friendly given they are often elected by the public and are more sensitive to their constituents needs. On the other hand, federal judges hold their job for life.
An HTC named Desire. OK, two HTCs...
The HD has an aluminium "unibody"
Might just be tough enough for my use - looks like the unibody does what it's supposed to do, protect the goodies inside, as opposed to being just a piece of bling which kills the phone when gripped.
The other good thing about HTC is the fact they bring out totally different form factors rather than tweaking the same old tired box as some competitors do.
Mozambique blocked rioters' texts
Many countries restrict cell usage at various times - use WiFi VOIP instead
Whenever G20, 7 or whatever is in town you will find cell service is reduced/cancelled or delays in text transmissions are arranged. Obama, when mobile in his rolling dog and pony parade, should you have a spectrum analyser, you will see that an electronic wide-band 'cloud' follows him around from one of the black SUV's. They can 'notch' the signal permitting certain frequencies such as Plod, fire, etc, to operate.
Apparently the Secret Service, and the Canadian RCMP, expect UID's - excitable fellows they are.- to brighten their days. Russia and China often cut service..
Obviously, if you are participating in these fracas, go buy some Icom (and Chinese made) field tunable 2-way radios and set them up near to Plod frequencies and you'll have good comms.
Vue denies cinema phone ban plan
Given todays movies ...
it's hardly worth the bother.
Besides, as soon as the DVD is out it's available for download by Bitorrent.
Linus Torvalds outs himself as US citizen
Citizenship has it's limitations
I am happy to hear you escaped your birthplace, but my point is that citizenship benefits, in the U.S., are not what they are made out to be, but getting the ticket has business/tax benefits. Nothing wrong with that, America is business.
After 20 years of being what to told what to do must develop a mindset that is necessary for military order - don't think about an order, just do it. And I understand rah-rah and flag worship goes along with military service.
Citizenship is a two-way street: obligations and privileges. Citizenship by birth should be inviolate - both ways - whereas naturalisation (immigration) is conditional - citizens by birth don't have to swear allegiance, delayed pioneers have to.
I travel widely and know that there are places with some better features than those of the U.S. of A. When those citizens were deprived of their property and effectively jailed because of their ancestry the then government broke the covenant ALL those born in the US are ENTITLED to by virtue of The Constitution. This was governmental racism.
If you can't depend on your country, what is there to protect you?
P.S. I carry a U.S. passport.
Girl, 3, buys iPad apps, using mum's credit card
Should be easy enough
If they want to offer up a credit card number they should omit the last two digits of the card which would have to be completed by the iPhan, thereby reducing the chance of accidental purchases.
Steve Jobs no ninja, says Apple
"skills in mind manipulation, sowing confusion, concealment and ruthlessness"
Maybe this why the Japanese could out manoeuvre Jobs and have replace all those bad batteries recently whilst the rest of the world accepts his claim that there is no problem.
BTW, Lemon 4 has officially become OK in the last couple of days with coloured bands of rubber being cancelled and nothing being done to fix the problems which leaves iPhans in exactly the same situation as existed before "AntennaGate" and effectively have been abandoned by Apple. Not to worry, maybe white ones soon and less than a year to Version 5.
Ninja at work?
FSFE calls on governments to stop pushing Adobe Reader
Best Viewed using ...
There is little difference in the principle of recommending a web site be viewed using some old browser - some still recommend IE6, which likely such a web site contains dated material.
What web sites recommend is really their business but a link pointing to a free reader should be sufficient, even if the freebie is from Adobe.
An alternative would be to provide a Google link that searches for freebies.
Mozilla puts brakes on auto Firefox updates
Firefox Beta 4 ....!
Our office likes to participate in Beta testing to support the hard work by browser authors who don't charge for their work.
Beta 4 is so buggy we have had to stop using it ... it was costing us production time.
Google dismisses engineer who violated privacy policy
Good to know Google runs a tight ship BUT ....
it would have created more confidence in it's handling had the news come from Google itself rather through a delayed report in the technical press.
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RUSSELL, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Every morning, William Keaton is reminded he's a smoker before he even lights that first cigarette.
"I've been smoking since I was 5," Keaton said. "It's a bad habit. I wake up every morning, coughing and wheezing."
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Almond-Lemon Torte with Fresh Strawberries
Servings: 8 to 10
- Mild olive oil (not extra-virgin) for brushing pan plus 6 tablespoons
- 4 tablespoons unsalted matzo meal, divided
- 2 cups almond flour or almond meal*
- 1 cup sugar, divided
- 6 large eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
Sauce and berries
- 5 cups sliced stemmed strawberries (about 2 pounds), divided
- 1 tablespoon (or more) sugar
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush 10-inch-diameter springform pan with oil. Line bottom with parchment paper round. Brush paper with oil. Place 2 tablespoons matzo meal in pan and shake to coat; tap out excess.
Combine remaining 2 tablespoons matzo meal, almond flour, and 1/3 cup sugar in medium bowl; whisk to blend. Place egg yolks in large bowl; place egg whites in another large bowl. Add 1/3 cup sugar to yolks. Using electric mixer, beat yolk mixture until thick and fluffy. Beat in 6 tablespoons olive oil, then lemon juice, orange juice, and lemon peel. Mix in dry ingredients. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt to whites; using clean dry beaters, beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/3 cup sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Fold whites into yolk mixture in 3 additions. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Sprinkle almonds over.
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Combine 2 cups sliced strawberries and 1 tablespoon sugar in processor; blend until smooth. Sweeten sauce with more sugar, if desired; transfer to small bowl. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
Cut around cake; release pan sides. Cut cake into wedges. Serve with sauce and remaining sliced strawberries.
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Pope convinced of peace in 2013 despite world woesJanuary 1, 2013 @ 8:04 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he is convinced that peace will prevail in 2013, despite the inequality, terrorism and "unregulated financial capitalism" that afflict the world today.
Benedict celebrated a New Year's Day Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to mark the church's world day of peace. His target audience was in the front pews: diplomats accredited to the Holy See, who next week will attend the pope's annual address about the plight of the world's poor and its war-torn regions.
In his homily, Benedict said that despite today's terrorism, criminality and the inequality between rich and poor, he is convinced the "numerous works of peace, of which the world is rich, are testimony to the innate vocation of humanity to peace."
He cited "unregulated financial capitalism" as evidence of an "egotistical and individualistic mentality" that is rife in the world.
Later, Benedict appeared at his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square to wish the crowds below a Happy New Year.
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Making It Matter
Cancer-fighting 14-year-old lives each day like it's the last with an army at his back
Plenty To Say
Seahawk Richard Sherman had plenty to say Tuesday about the NFL and its 'hypocrisy'
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