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By: Ann Brown
The countdown continues. I have only until Saturday evening to get all my shit settled with everyone I've fucked over this year. I would have gotten on it sooner but I had a lot of ironing to do. And then I wanted to watch Obama's speech on TV. And then I was hungry and needed to set out some snacks for myself, you know, as fortification for my impending atonement.
It wasn't easy to find just the right snack for the work ahead of me – Triscuits were suitably rough and hard to swallow but the name Triscuit seemed, I don't know, capricious when set before the task of making my peace with the universe and everyone in it. Ak Maks have a somber, ethnic, High Holydays sound; kinda like something the Hebrews would have said while choking down the dry matzo and reaching frantically for the water bottle in their fanny packs, but the Ak Maks in my cupboard were funky and not worth the calories. And forget about Laughing Cow cheese. That name is just asking for trouble during a solemn undertaking.
Best to skip the food and go directly to Cranberry, tonic water, vodka and lemon. The quintessential atonement beverage. Tart, bracing and good for you. The cocktail of transgressors who care about their urinary tract health.
So, atonement.
Atonement…..atonement…..atonement atonement atonement….atonementatonementatonement…
I will begin with the transgression of my lying.
Okay, here goes:
If you have ever asked me to do anything, go anywhere, call you, receive a call from you, meet you somewhere or be home at a certain time, and if I have answered that I'd love to but I will be working, then chances are good that I was lying to you. I have the great fortune of having a few careers that fly under the radar when it comes to clocking in, affording me a veil of vagueness when it comes to defending my whereabouts. This is high-grade crack to someone like me, whose idea of the perfect evening begins with whatever I was supposed to do getting canceled.
But I better stop lying about it because one of these days I am going to get busted. I'm surprised Robin hasn't caught on yet; every time he calls just to chat or wants to go out or something, I tell him I have to work. By those calculations, I work about 93 hours a week and yet – I never make any money. So far I've been able to distract him from figuring it out by quickly flashing my cleavage at him when he asks about it but, let's be honest, that only still excites him because of macular degeneration. What he sees when I lift my blouse is mostly in his memory. In fact, once he was even looking totally the wrong way – at the stainless steel side-by side refrigerator – but he still whistled. Gotta love Robin.
So, for the sin of lying to get out of shit I get invited to do, I ask forgiveness from those I've been ducking by inventing clients, alluding to meetings, feigning menstrual cramps, hiding behind my couch, blaming the post office, running the thermometer under hot water so it looks like I have a high fever, faking an earthquake, setting fire to my living room drapes when I saw guests coming up the driveway, moving from California to Oregon, not responding to my name being repeatedly called in a crowd and – in one instance – leading a nice couple to believe that Robin had been passing a kidney stone for 6 weeks straight just so we wouldn't have to reciprocate a dinner invitation.
As I write this confession, I am looking out the window at darkening skies and impending rain. And noting that the picnic I am supposed to go to in about a half hour is most definitely going to be canceled.


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Van Gogh Vodka announced the flavor in honor of National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day on Monday. Yes, the day and the vodka are both real things. The new flavor enters the Dutch vodka-maker's interesting portfolio, which also includes Espresso, Double Espresso, Banana (that would go nice with PB&J!), and Dutch Caramel.
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One of the big items in the news last week was Sarah Palin describing Paul Revere's ride to a bunch of citizens in Boston listening to her speak. She said that Paul Revere was off on horseback to warn the British that the rebels were not going to let them take away their arms. She also said that Revere rang bells and fired shots as he went to warn them.
That Palin said these things made her a laughing stock among many who heard about it. She'd had it backwards, they said. And it was not bells, it was lanterns.
Here is exactly what Palin said, as recorded at the meeting.
"He warned the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure, and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." [expand]
For days after she made this statement, people began writing posts on Wikipedia to slowly polish and create a four-paragraph explanation about what she said and what the facts were. Everyone is welcome to write posts. That's why Wikipedia is the people's encyclopedia. But unless the posts can be backed up by facts with footnotes attributing the sources, they get taken down. In the end, more than 20,000 people made posts of one kind or another. And about 19,800 of them were taken down because the attributions were either lacking or wrong. For example, one Palin supporter put up a post that said indeed Revere did ring bells and fire shots rather than shout "The British are coming." His attribution was Palin herself and what she said at the meeting. Down it came.
No one at Wikipedia can recall a time, ever, when such enormous activity was swarming over a single question on that website.
The reasons were not only because it was difficult to understand Palin in some parts of her comment. There was also the matter of the ride itself, which is largely known today because of a patriotic poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 40 years after Revere died.
In Longfellow's poem, Revere sees the British ships coming into Boston Harbor, and at midnight sees the two lanterns in the Old North Church, which means that the British will be coming by sea rather than by land. He then saddles up his horse and rushes off through the countryside, warning the citizens in Charleston, Medford, Lexington and Concord by shouting that the British are coming, and they should get out their muskets and get ready to fight a battle, which they did.
But that's not what happened. And we know this because, among other things, Revere, who was indeed a messenger, wrote a report to his superiors describing what happened. Remarkably, in some ways, sort of, Palin had been right.
First of all, the British fleet had been in Boston Harbor for days, tied up at the docks there. This was 1775, not 1776. All of America was under British rule, and Boston had its soldiers everywhere, including in Town Hall. So the rebels had to work in secret. Two days before, Revere—who had dressed as an Indian, participated in the Boston Tea Party—attended a meeting at which the rebel leaders guessed, correctly, that the fleet was in town so the Redcoats on board could go from town to town all the way out to Concord, collecting along the way all the weapons the local citizens had. When they would get to Concord, they would attack and destroy the ammunition storehouse there, and they would arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock, two of the lead rebels. This would all be done at night.
The rebels knew that the key thing they had to do was once the British started moving to get everybody along the way to Concord with their muskets before the British got there. They'd also have to know which route the British would be taking. There were two possibilities. To do this, the rebels would have to send as many messengers as fast as possible, and hope that at least one of them would not get caught.
They decided on two messengers, taking the two different routes. One, a man named William Ware, would go on horseback along the southern "land" route, through Back Bay and Roxbury and Brookline and then northeast to Cambridge and Concord. A second messenger, Paul Revere, would row across Boston Harbor to Charleston to then proceed along a northern route.
It fell to Revere that night in downtown Boston to keep a lookout to see if the British were getting into boats for a crossing to Charleston or were disembarking to take the southern route. When he knew which was which, he would inform Robert Newman, the Sexton of the Old North Church, to put lanterns up in the belfry. If it were one it would be the southern land route, if it were two it would mean the Redcoats were heading across the bay to Charleston. The church belfry was visible to rebels in Charleston.
At midnight, a dockboy ran to Revere and told him the British were starting to get into the boats to cross to Charleston. Revere told Newman and the two lanterns were posted.
After that, both Revere and Ware headed out on their different routes to Concord to get the rebels to gather in front of the warehouse and to warn Adams and Hancock to get off into the woods until the battle was over.
Revere had an oarsman quietly row him across the Bay to Charleston, where, on the shore there, he got, by prearrangement, a fresh horse from John Larkin, Deacon of the Old North Church, and off he went, several hours ahead of the British.
He went along, knocking on doors to wake people up, whispering in to those inside that they should head to Concord quickly with their muskets. He did this through Charleston itself, then all the towns along the way until he got to Lexington, six miles before Concord.
By this time, three other men had joined him in spreading the alarm. But in Lexington, there in the middle of the night, the men encountered six redcoats who told them to halt—they were under arrest. Two of the three got away and continued on to Concord, but Revere himself was detained. If he tried to get away, he later wrote in his report, the Redcoats told him, they'd "blow his brains out." He stayed. They also wanted to know what he was in such a hurry about.
Revere told them. In fact, he told them everything. That there were 500 rebels heading for Concord and the Redcoats would be no match for them and there was nothing that they, the Redcoats, could do about it. His captors replied they 1,500 Redcoats were coming. Revere never did say that the Redcoats could not prevent the rebels from bearing arms, but that is, in essence, what he did say. He also lied about the number of Rebels. But as it happened, he wasn't telling them anything they didn't already know, and so they told him that. At that point, shots rang out. And with that the Redcoats decided to go off as fast as they could to join their forces going to Concord. As Revere would be a burden, they took his horse and left him with a tired horse that one of the officers had. They then cut the saddle bridle. Revere wouldn't be going anywhere anytime soon.
There is no mention of any bells being rung in the middle of the night. It was all done by people knocking on doors and waking those inside. The British, after all, were the government in these villages. There was nothing good that would come from making a lot of noise.
As it happened, although there were skirmishes that night, the real battle at Concord did not take place until the next morning.
At the battles for Lexington and Concord, the rebels drove off charges by the Redcoats four times, inflicting many casualties, and then executed a surrounding maneuver which caused the Redcoats to flee back to Boston.
Revere went on to become a decorated rebel colonel in the war. After the war he became a wealthy businessman. He died at age 83 in 1818.
As for Sarah Palin, when asked if she'd like to revise her account of Paul Revere's ride, she said no, she'd stand by it.
Go to Wikipedia and type in "Palin Revere" and you will read the four paragraphs of how the editors handled this dispute. There are over 240 footnotes, but there are only four "experts" who are quoted in the four paragraphs. Two say Palin was essentially right, the other two say Palin was dead wrong.
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It's difficult to imagine what Laura Moriarty's four novels would have been like if she had chosen a place to live other than Kansas, with its endless wheat fields and abundance of ordinary light.
Moriarty, 42, focuses her gaze on the most common, everyday things in the world — a single mom cooking a grilled cheese sandwich, a visit to the convenience store — and finds in them characters and events of remarkable depth, complexity and variety.
Though the author is a Marine's daughter who was born in Hawaii and spent her childhood in places renowned for their physical beauty, she decided as an adult to settle in Kansas.
"We moved so much as a kid that all I could think about was that when I grew up, I was going to stay in one place," says the author, who teaches creative writing at the University of Kansas.
"I went to the place where the people who grew up there couldn't wait to leave. I love the geography of eastern Kansas, with its rolling hills and big sky. Politically, Kansas can be very frustrating, but I feel frustrated with it in the same way that you can feel frustrated at a family member. That contrast creates a beautiful tension that enriches my work."
Moriarty's 2003 debut novel, "The Center of Everything," took 12 years to write and netted the fledgling author a book contract in the middle six figures. Her fourth novel, "The Chaperone," is based loosely on the life of silent-film star Louise Brooks and has been optioned for film by actress Elizabeth McGovern of "Downton Abbey" fame.
Moriarty visits Baltimore on Friday to read from "The Chaperone" at the Ivy Bookshop.
The Sunflower State seems to have had a profound influence on your work.
There's a lot of humility in Kansas, because it's kind of a joke. Kansas is the state in the union that's visited the least by tourists, and everyone who lives here knows it. In some ways, that makes us less provincial because we know there are other ways of being. We don't strut around thinking that we've got it made.
My characters are like Kansas in that they're the kind of people who are easily dismissed. Someone like Cora [the heroine of "The Chaperone"] or Evelyn [the narrator of "The Center of Everything"] could be written off as boring or unsophisticated. But there's so much more going on beneath the surface.
All of your novels feature girls or women in their late teens or early 20s. What about that age intrigues you?
For me, the time when you take control of the reins of your own life is a fascinating time. It happens most often in late adolescence, but it can happen at any age. Evelyn begins to form a philosophy of life when she's 10. Cora is 36 when the novel starts.
What was the inspiration for "The Chaperone"?
I was browsing in a bookstore and I started flipping through a book about flappers, and I got to the section on Louise Brooks. I hadn't known she was from Kansas. She seemed to be a lot like the way she looked — beautiful, dark, brooding, really smart, kind of mean because she didn't suffer fools, hard to work with and self-defeating.
And she really did leave Wichita at age 15 to study in New York. She was accompanied on the train by a middle-aged neighbor woman her mother had talked into being her companion. And I thought, "Wouldn't I like to go on that ride?"
I purposely didn't find out too much about the neighbor because I wanted to invent her character. I really like the idea of intergenerational tension, especially at a time when fashions and social mores were changing overnight.
Did you do a lot of research?
A ton. I had to research what New York was like in the 1920s and what Kansas was like then, what people wore every day. That was hard. You can't look it up on the Internet because all you get are pictures of flappers. Finally, I found an old catalog from a department store.
I also did a lot of research into the orphan trains that transported children from crowded cities like New York to foster homes in the country.
I wanted Cora to have her own reason for making the trip to New York. I wanted her to be more complex and less provincial than Louise ever guessed.
Your first career was in social work. Did that background make you a better writer?
Well, I do think they're related. Both social work and writing a novel teach you a lot about empathy and trying to understand what makes people do the things they do. You have to understand how people get into messes and how they might get out of them.
How did you make the transition from case worker to novelist?
I've been writing stories since grade school. I loved telling stories and I loved reading, but I always wanted to do something useful and tangible. Authors don't help people the way a social worker or a doctor does. Writing a novel isn't the same as giving someone a tracheotomy.
In college, I was premed, but I wasn't very good at it, so I went into social work. But I don't know if anyone who does social work ever feels competent. The problems that you're trying to solve are so complex. You feel feckless much of the time.
I started writing stories at night, and I liked it because if you screw it up, you can always revise. Finally, I gave in and allowed myself to do the indulgent thing, the thing I'm passionate about.
I'm assuming that Elizabeth McGovern is going to play Cora?
Yes. The project has been sold to Fox Searchlight, and Julian Fellowes, who created "Downton Abbey," is writing the screenplay. Simon Curtis, who directed "My Week with Marilyn," has signed on to be the director. They haven't found the actress who will play Louise Brooks yet. But she's out there. Elizabeth McGovern has sent me a few really nice emails about the novel, things like, "Your book has captured Julian's imagination." That's been really exciting for me.
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- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly
- 1/2 cup sugar
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- 10 ounces high-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), chopped into 1/3-inch pieces, divided
- 3/4 cup coarsely crushed red-and-white-striped hard peppermint candies (about 6 ounces), divided
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl. Whisk melted butter, both sugars, and vanilla in large bowl until smooth. Stir in flour mixture until just blended. Stir in 1 cup chopped white chocolate and 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy.
Transfer dough to prepared sheet. Press dough into 14x8-inch rectangle, about 3/8 inch thick. Bake cookie until top is firm and dark golden, about 30 minutes. Cool on sheet 10 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool completely.
Stir remaining white chocolate in top of double boiler over barely simmering water until melted and smooth. Using small spoon, drizzle about half of melted chocolate in thin lines over cooled cookie. Sprinkle remaining crushed peppermint candies over chocolate. Drizzle remaining white chocolate over top. Let stand until white chocolate sets, about 1 hour. Break cookie into irregular 2- to 3-inch pieces. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 days ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.


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The 32-year-old bachata singer recently released "Odio" featuring the Canadian artist, and it's the latest single off his upcoming album, Formula Vol. 2.
Drake sings in Spanish and raps in English on the new track. While Romeo (as usual) does not disappoint with his smooth voice that makes even singing about jealousy, hate and envy sound beautiful.
Romeo first made the announcement about the new single on his Instagram over the weekend and we couldn't wait to hear it!
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"Let daddy take a whiff."
As I squirmed uncomfortably in his hands, my mind shot back to the exact sequence of events that led to this moment.
I don't have parents. I've only ever known Brandi. She took me in when I was a baby. She fed and bathed me. There were several others like me. Young. Abandoned. Very loud in our unbelonging. She took us all in and made sure we never felt unwanted.
There was a time when I considered her my mother. I loved her. I looked up to her.
I should have known this feeling wouldn't last forever.
The change was not sudden in any way. There were whispers of things happening to the other girls. Friends of Brandi's stopping by the house and picking one of them up. The chosen girl would be gone for a day or two, sometimes weeks on the end. Some would come back looking normal, others would come back looking changed.
And then my day came.
My first was a guy named Caleb. Brandi was temping for a week at this company and that's where she met Caleb. She brought him home one day for drinks because he'd given her a ride home. The others were in their rooms, but I was lounging on the sofa.
"Ooh la la, this one's small," he exclaimed. "And exactly my type."
"Take her if you want. But I want her back," said Brandi.
That's all? That's how you pass me around?
I'd never been more heartbroken in my life. Caleb took me back to his place and had me for an entire week.
After Caleb, there was Dale. Levi. Greg. Ursula. Dan. Melissa. Caleb again. Xavier.
And then I stopped counting.
It's been 10 years, and Brandi has only gotten more adept. She now has a store in this shady little neighborhood in Brooklyn. It's just a front. She says the "real treasure is you guys."
Which brings me back to the guy I'm with right now.
He's one of Brandi's regular customers.
He's this short, gawky looking guy who comes in every Friday night. Fridays are Brandi's best days. The shop sees a lot of footfalls on Fridays from creeps.
This guy walked in at around 9 and started browsing through the store. Brandi's "treasures" were all spread out on futons and coffee tables in strategic locations around the store.
He ambled down the aisle I was in, with Brandi by his side, and I started praying fiercely.
I kept repeating my mantra in head. "Don't pick me, don't pick me, don't pi–"
I looked up. He was pointing at me.
I could hear the others' sighs of relief. It wasn't them this time.
"Awesome! The usual period? Just the weekend?" Brandi asked.
He reached out and stroked my back.
"With this one? Make it a week."
I wanted to scream. I wanted to run away. But I docilely let him lift me up, off the futon, and we left the store.
"You better pay me next Friday!" yelled Brandi at our retreating backs.
Which brings me back to now.
As soon as we entered his apartment, he threw his keys on to a side table, and led me to his bedroom.
I steeled myself for what was about to happen to me.
He sat me down on the bed, and looked at me, his fingertips whispering across my spine.
As I struggled to lean away, he jumped on to the bed, his long body stretching out beside mine. I tried to move out of the way, but he expertly caught hold of me and drew me flush against his chest.
He sat me up and slowly took my jacket off my shoulders. I could see the surprise in his eyes, when he realized I was bare underneath. No marks on me, siree.
His fingertips whispered across my bare skin as I squirmed uncomfortably. He slowly spread me apart, and whispered, "let daddy take a whiff".
His nose brushed against my center, making me a little ticklish and a lot uncomfortable. I wanted to jump out of his hands and run back home, but home meant Brandi. And I have no idea how I'll manage to run away.
He settled back against the pillows, dragging me along with him, with his nose still against my center.
"Oh what I'd give to bottle this up and keep smelling it everyday," he moaned.
Ew. This guy really is a creep.
The bedroom door banged open and a guy with greasy, long hair walked in.
The creep snapped out of his haze with a start.
"Jesus Christ, ever heard of knocking, Eddie?" he snapped, looking furiously at the Eddie guy.
"HA. It's not like you're getting laid. It's a book, man. Why don't you hang a bookmark from the door the next time?", he asked and then started chortling at his own joke.
"Brandi's Vintage Library again?" he continued.
"Yes," snapped this guy.
"Cool. Do you wanna grab dinner?" asked Eddie.
"Dude, just leave. I'll have the book for just a week. And this tome is actually vintage. Brandi will rip me off with her huge late fees for first editions."
"Your loss, man. I'm heading out now. Remember to put a bookmark up next time," snorted Eddie as he walked away.
"Jerk. Now, where were we?" asked the creep, as he cracked me open one again. This time, it was my first page and not the center that he sniffed at.
I really liked it better when Brandi was just lending me to her friends. But now, we're all old and she's slapped the title "vintage" on us. Random people pick us up and pay Brandi a fee when they return us. How messed up is that?
The creep turns a page over and I sniffle.
Can we get this over with fast?
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There are two new additions to my home page, a feed for my blog and a Firefox button. The two are related, but you'll have to read on to discover why.
Firefox has been my default browser since early 2005. The more I use it, the happier I am with it. The other day I realized how much I've customized it, and how much those customizations improve my browsing experience.
Internet Explorer
Meanwhile, Internet Explorer 6, the browser used by approximately 80% of web users, gets older and older. (See some browser usage statistics at Browser News.) IE7 is on the way, but as my Dad used to say, "So's Christmas." Even when it does arrive (Summer 2006?), it will be a case of too little, too late. IE7 is not going to fix all the IE6 compliance issues, it won't be available for all Microsoft operating systems, and it doesn't represent a major step forward in any meaningful way.
I think it's worth mentioning here that I am not a Microsoft basher. I try to be more pro-things than I am anti-other-things. It's possible, and actually relatively easy, to be pro-Firefox without being anti-Microsoft. In the late '90s Microsoft did something truly remarkable by recovering from their early strategic blunders in the Internet arena. They caught up to Netscape and by 1999 Internet Explorer was the better browser and became the market leader.
Since then, however, Microsoft has succumbed to the problems of being a market leader. They stopped innovating, and worse than that, they've stopped fixing bugs, basic security vulnerabilities still exist, and some of the security-related changes in Windows XP SP2 interfere with everyday use. I am sure there are lots of reasons for all that, but the root cause is a lack of competition.
The good news is, there are now several browsers that are technically superior to Internet Explorer and they have gained enough momentum that they can be used by everyone, not just the technical elite. In fact, for the good of the Intenet, it's important for people to use the other browsers. It's the only way to send a wake-up call to the powers-that-be at Microsoft. They can choose to answer the call, or not. If they answer, fine. Getting Internet Explorer back on the right track will provide a better product for Microsoft users, and will force the competitors to stay on their toes. If Microsoft doesn't react, those competitors can fight it out. The winner, in the end, will be browser users.
Why a Blog?
I feel strongly about this issue, and I wanted a place to express my opinion, so I created this blog. The main audience will probably be users of my genealogy tools, but I decided to keep the opinion-based content that is not strictly related to those tools separate from the home pages for Second Site or TMG Utility.
Why Firefox?
As I said before, my favorite browser, and the one I recommend, is Firefox. There are other good browsers, and in particular, Opera is a good alternative. I recommend Firefox because I think it has the best compliance with web standards. I use it for that reason, but also because it has the most customizable interface1. Specifically, some Firefox browser extensions have become a part of my browsing life and I depend on them. My browsing habits won't match yours, but there will be some overlap.
Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to Firefox. You can browse the directory of Firefox extensions to see what's available. Here are some of the extensions I use.
|Sage adds a sidebar (a small panel on one side of your browser window) that has a list of feeds (blogs and other RSS feeds) and a list of articles for the currently selected feed. It's very easy to use, and for me, it's a lot better than using a separate feed reader.
|Web Developer
|Web Developer adds a suite of web development tools to Firefox. According the Editors of the Firefox Add-ons site, Web Developer is "Indispensible ... An essential extension for any web developer/designer as it provides a raft of incredibly useful features all under one roof. You will wonder how you ever managed without it!" They're right.
|With ViewSourceWith, you can view the source for any page using one of several external applications. I use TextPad to view and edit text, and so I configured ViewSourceWith to start TextPad when I view the HTML source of pages I visit. Viewing the source of pages developed by other people is an effective way to learn HTML and CSS, and ViewSourceWith makes that easy and convenient.
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- 1 3/4 pounds white grapes, split
- 7 1/2 each shallots, peeled & roasted
- 1/4 cup yellow & red peppers, deseeded & roasted
- 3/4 cup white verjus
- 3/4 teaspoon tarragon, chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 1/4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
Marinade - combine all ingredients and bring to boil, remove and pour over grapes. Let stand for 1 hour and remove grapes from the marinade. Reserve the marinade to toss the lettuce in. To serve, toss lettuce in marinade and garnish with the rest of the ingredients. The sablefish should be flaked and served on top of the greens.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
YES! Here we go. Let's see, all that appears to be left are: not feeling well, dentist appointment, lack of travel funds, must have left it at home, must be on my laptop, having car troubles, it's not you it's me, it's not me it's you damnit, I'm allergic, and OK but just this once. I don't think any of these are going to work. There must be something else in here…What if I just say that mornings are when Dr. No likes to write and it would be a huge career destroying inconvenience to lose this valuable time. Wait, am I allowed to lie? I'm pretty sure writing and sleeping are two different things. I'd visit the Lying Department but I could never get through security. The locks, lasers, ninjas, and booby traps are all on autopilot and are impenetrable (wait a minute, shouldn't I control that? I thought I was autopilot, like the blow up pilot doll in Airplane! Shit that movie was funny, it appealed to me on a fundamental level). Well, why the hell not. Let's give it a try. No. I can't possibly teach during that time slot I really need my mornings for writing.
It's working!!! I see people coming back to work! The office is magically reconfiguring itself! Whew. Dr. No better let me watch Airplane! again for this. Hell yeah! I want some Cheetos too.
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Who do they even expect to come to a class at 7:30? Is your doctorate in insomnia or the history of masochism?ReplyDelete
I have no fucking idea and I hope I never find out.ReplyDelete
I like that: "My mornings are for writing." Do you mind if I borrow it? (Although you should know that I will return it well worn.)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2009 at 7:56 PM
ARIZONA?! I predict you will be sorely disappointed on Friday.ReplyDelete
It's all yours Clio (but please wipe off the Peep dust before returning)ReplyDelete
Anonymous: Fuck yeah, Zona! They have destroyed my bracket, the least they could do is get one more win.
I taught freshman comp at 7:30am, four days a week, at my community college when I was in my first trimester of my first pregnancy. Sucked.ReplyDelete
GEW - Two reasons to vomit in one class. Wow.ReplyDelete
My first chemistry class in college was five days/week, 7:45am, during the winter quarter in Northern Midwestern State University. The awful-est part was driving to campus and waddling into class in my parka/mittens/hat/scarf/boots outfit (tres sexy), only to see the kids who lived on campus (= dorm connected to campus by tunnels) sashaying in wearing flipflops and jammies. *urge to kill rising...*ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 4:44 PM
And I thought my 8:05 humanities class was awful... next semester they've shifted our classes even earlier. Pure. Evil.ReplyDelete
Fantastic (and slightly trippy) post, Dr. No. I am glad you were assertive and not a "dutiful daughter" (Margaret Thornton's term for female academics who tend to agree to every request/demand made of them with some hope that it will all count, meanwhile male academics tend to be better at either being assertive or avoiding things that cut into their research time). Anyway, not trying to change the tone to something awfully heavy - I am still thinking about that reptile in your brain and smiling about Airplane (which is nothing short of genius). It's just that I went to an academic practice (new mangerialist) thingy yesterday and gender was one of the topics.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 3:17 AM
This is extremely funny and I don't want to know what creatures would crawl in at that hour either. I don't know whether to hope for more from Dr Iguana or not...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 4:30 AM
Dr. No., just so I don't sound like I am on drugs (in earlier comment), I was aware that you were talking about one of the three parts of the brain. But your description made me think of a lizard in your skull, a slow, compulsive creature with eyes and a voice. I hope that was part of the cleverness of your post and not evidence of my warped, write-up frame of mind.ReplyDelete
Hopeful: Who is to say I wasn't on drugs? But good point, I'm pleased I didn't allow myself to get roped into that either (and our brains are both warped since we both like Airplane).ReplyDelete
I think you should reward Dr Iguana; obviously, s/he was up to the task and managed a crisis really well. Then you could get Dr I to go give the fool that asked such a question a tail slap upside the head.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Love it(the list with "It's not you, it's me" = especially brilliant)! Bravo for pulling out the perfect reason under pressure. Way to go, Dr. No! (Not only am I cheering loudly, but also I just did a herky on your behalf.)ReplyDelete
WOW! I haven't heard the term "herky" in ages. I'll have to do one too!ReplyDelete
Herky Update: OW!ReplyDelete
I too was imagining a medium-sized reptile curled around your medulla oblongata...your literal imagery is awesome.
Lizard wanna cheeto?
Lizard WANT a cheeto, Lizard want ALL cheetos.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 2:03 PM
I nearly fell over laughing at herky. B A N A N A S Go Go bananas!ReplyDelete
I've got to remember that dutiful daughter moniker. I am often stupidly like that--thus the reason that I was an accreditation whore last year (see previous post by Dr. No about service whores). From that experience, combined with my observance of the angling by other faculty members about classes, offices, perks, etc., I realized that my whoring didn't do much for me, especially since we now have all new administrators who don't even know my name.ReplyDelete
On another note, I certainly did a lot of herkies back in the day. Yes. I was a (sshhhhh! keep it as a whisper) . . . a cheerleader.
Good Enough- could you work your cheer magic tomorrow night for the AZ game? Perhaps if we do enough herkies they will win.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Later Herky Update: I'll see that Ow! and I'll raise you one Help I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up!ReplyDelete
We just need to commit to practicing our herkies, ZONA needs us. C'mon Ink, training montage time!ReplyDelete
Anyone confused about the herky? Please see the instructional photos posted over on the right.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2009 at 8:03 AM
We're go to commence training montage...with The Eye of the Tiger blasting on volume 11.ReplyDelete
But we *don't* have to wear one of those uniforms from the great moments in herkies pics (which made me laugh so hard that I was teary), right?
Good choice of music Ink! (We don't HAVE to wear a uniform, but Good Enough Woman might have one to lend us...)ReplyDelete
My mother does still have one of my uniforms, but I am not exaggerating when I say that the waistband now only fits one thigh. Are any of you really skinny? About 5'3" and 100 pounds? No? Me neither. Not 100 pounds. Probably not even 5'3".ReplyDelete


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Hey dude yeah I'll be in DC most of the year, but making my way up to Brooklyn on Nov 1st for the first game. Hope all is well and yea no problem. If you have anyone else in mind let them know. we want to fill up fast
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I actually live in Boston, sorry for any confusion. For a while my location was in Alaska because I was copying americaspasttim's information as a joke. I've always wanted to visit Alaska though! Haha.
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A name holds so much within it. After all, it evokes scenarios, it conjures the known and the unknown, it draws affinities, it gestures to affections, and it has to travel in time.
A name takes time, and asks for time. In a milieu that challenges our abilities and capacities to be together, the Triennale needed a name that could permeate everywhere, and yet not become a sole force muddying the multiple and diverse presences brought into the Triennale process. With the post-thematic move that this Triennale is working with, and with its attempts to bring in artists and publics into an encounter that is premised on unpredictable discoveries, surprises and discernment, we, Raqs, wanted a name that was low on determinacy but was full of living effervescence — with all it's joys, charms, hazards, and mysteries.
With this in mind we proposed the title "Afterglow" a luminous interval, a glowing anticipation, a lambent flow, a charged current of energy between thickets of presence and becoming.
"Afterglow" invites you to be in proximity to the radiant, fluctuating glow of probes and premonitions, blending anticipation and projection with the calmness of rumination and the pugnacity of assertion. It invites you to lose your inhibitions, and find a vivid joy that can come with meeting the unfamiliar.
Here art plays whimsical and yet disorienting sport; it intimates a playful ease with the growing recognition of non-humans; it recalls histories of collective will and individual obstinacy; it observes variations of known forces,and it draws us closer to confront the fear of the toxic.
Sometimes it invites us to be inside the aura of an explosion; somewhere it is the bioluminescent semaphore that signals life in the depths of the ocean; elsewhere it is the radiance of friendship, the glow of care, or the sparkle of sentience in the eyes of an autodidact.
Imagine the Yokohama Museum of Art, and the Plot 48 as ʻthicket hosts': temporary shelters for the biological diversity of the mind and the imagination. In these times, when we have begun to learn a new vocabulary of ʻsocial distance', think of a thicket — the very opposite of the exclusionary principle that a pandemic unleashes. It brings to mind an image of density, immersion, and entanglement. It is also interesting to think about the state of alertness the mind enters into while navigating a thicket. It slows the experience of time. A transformed experience of time can bring forth a form of compassion that is as caring as it is contagious — where contact, and a state of awareness about being in contact, is the key to a return to safety, without the fear of banishment of the contagious. It is welcoming of different forms and propensities of life.
This edition — Yokohama Triennale 2020 — is deliberately hospitable to the diverse currents of our diverse world.From it's very first moment it will cajole people to see the world as made of liquid states, dissolving and blurring our hold on fixed certainties, making edges dance as centers, where wilderness is not opposed to civilization, and where there is a defiance to the assumed insularity of cultural ethics.
"Afterglow" presents works that turn space into complex diagrams of thought and feeling. It comes into close contact with the ancient, rubbing against time to discern untested futures. It reconstructs objects of wonder by piecing together the broken shards of archaeological remains. It blooms like a giant flower in an alien greenhouse. It finds desire for life in its search for immortality, and enjoins incommensurable cosmologies. It locates resources for difficult love in an abandoned hospital, even as it wonders on the eroticism of flora and fauna.
We promise, along with our artists and companions, that in navigating this thicket of clamor and silence, acceleration and detour, the experience of time will be altered. The ticket to this thicket is an invitation to a shared time of alertness to minor notes, along with a reverie in populous folds of time.
It finds a way to glow at dense currents, bearing its own light.
"Afterglow" lights up an awareness of what it means to keep making art in the twenty-first century.
Raqs Media Collective
April 2020
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How Christianity gave us the United States and made the World a Better Place
History 101
The Pope kept European Rulers from Oppressing their People lest they get Excommunicated from the Church
In 39 AD the Romans crucified Jesus of Nazareth. Because they said he called himself the King of the Jews. Or rather those with political power who felt threatened by Jesus' popularity said this. His death was to protect power and privilege of those who had it. Ultimately, though, His death would do more to destroy power and privilege. For the Golden Rule allowed people to live together in peace. To build communities. And to help one another.
Emperor Diocletian split up the vast Roman Empire into four parts. The tetrarchy. The rulership by four. Each of the four parts had its own emperor. When Diocletian stepped down from power those emperors began vying for power. By 312 two emperors were in open war with each other. Constantine. And Maxentius. On October 28, 312, they met in battle near the Milvian Bridge over the Tiber. On the eve of battle Constantine had a vision. The Christian God would help him win the upcoming battle if he placed the Christian symbol on his soldiers' shields (accounts differ it was either the Chi-Rho sign or the Latin cross). He did. He won. And became Constantine the Great. Sole ruler of the Roman Empire. And because of his victory in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge he began his conversion to Christianity. Making the Roman Empire Christian.
Christianity spread throughout and united Europe. And the Pope kept European rulers from oppressing their people. Lest they get excommunicated from the Church. In time, though, some resented rule from Rome. In particular when Pope Leo X sold indulgences (a way to help purify one from sin) to fund the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. This was one of many problems that had many calling for a reform of the Church. One in particular, Martin Luther, published his The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. Kicking off the Protestant Reformation.
Plymouth Colony succeeded when Communal Property became Private Property
Henry VIII, King of England, was a good Catholic. But his wife wasn't giving him any sons. And he wanted a male heir. So he asked the Pope for an annulment from his wife. Catherine. So he could marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope refused. So Henry left the Catholic Church. And initiated the English Reformation. Making England Protestant. England would swing back and forth between Catholicism and Protestantism without being either but something in between. Making a group of Protestants very unhappy. As they felt the English Reformation did not go far enough. A group referred to derisively as Puritans. They were so hated that they were being persecuted along with the Catholics. So they left England. Landing in the Netherlands first. Then they sailed across the Atlantic. They sighted land on November 9, 1620. They eventually came ashore and established Plymouth Colony.
About half of Plymouth Colony died within the first few years. From disease. And hunger. The economic system they were using was killing them. Communal property. Everything the colonists produced belonged to everyone. People produced according to their ability and took from the common store according to their needs. A sort of Marxism. Before there was even a Karl Marx. To save the colony Governor William Bradford abandoned the idea of communal property in 1623. Communal property became private property. And the colony was saved. As people worked twice as hard to produce more on their land than they did on communal land. And because they did they replaced famines with bumper crops. So instead of dying off the American colonies became the prosperous New World.
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) came to the New World. By the time it ended Catholic France lost its North American possessions to Protestant Great Britain. To pay off the enormous debt of that war Parliament decided to tax their British American colonists. Who made out very well in the conflict without the costs the British incurred. But they did this without discussing it with the colonists. Treating them as second-class citizens in the British Empire. Who had no representation in Parliament. Which led to anger over taxation without representation. Leading to the Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773). Which led to the Intolerable Acts and the Quebec Act (1774-1775). Which led to the shot heard 'round the world. The Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775). Which ultimately led to July 2, 1776. When the Continental Congress voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence. After a few revisions it was formally passed 2 days later. On July 4, 1776. Known forever after as Independence Day in the United States.
In the United States your Last Name does not Determine the Quality of your Life
The American Revolutionary War did not start out well. As the British pushed them back with little effort. Until Benedict Arnold (future traitor) did some superb soldiering. Impeding the advance of General Burgoyne. The Americans met him in battle for the last time on October 7, 1777. On the second day of fighting in the Battle of Saratoga. And won. Forcing an army in the mightiest empire in the world to surrender. Shocking the world. And getting the French to take notice. Who then entered the American War of Independence. The turning point of the war. And world history. For France was anxious to get back what they had lost to the British. As was Spain. Who joined the conflict as France's ally. Turning the American War of Independence into a world war. And a war of attrition. As their new foes forced them to send British forces all around the globe. Leaving fewer to fight in North America. With a British public growing weary of the war in North America.
America won. Eventually. Taking 8 years until the Treaty of Paris officially ended the conflict (September 3, 1783). And peace and prosperity followed. Thanks in large part to Jay's Treaty (ratified by the Senate in November 1794). Which improved relations between Great Britain and the new United States of America. And began a Special Relationship between two nations of a common people, culture, religion and tradition. When the treaty expired there was a minor hiccup in that Special Relationship that resulted in war. The War of 1812 (1812-1815). But peace and prosperity soon resumed. With the South having a larger say in the national direction thanks to the Three-Fifths Compromise in the United States Constitution (1787). Giving the South greater representation in the House of Representatives as they counted 3/5 of each slave to determine their number of representatives. As the North industrialized and immigration filled their factories and swelled her population the South was losing that larger say. One thing led to another that eventually resulted in the American Civil War (1861-1865).
The agrarian South had more in common with feudal England than they did with the industrial North. Rich landowners (the planter elite) comprised an aristocracy that controlled politics. While peasants/slaves worked the land. The South was holding onto the Old World. Where there was power and privilege. While the North was building the New World. Though the South talked about states' rights they used the power of the federal government wherever they could. Such as the Fugitive Slave Act (1850). When war broke out the South won most battles. Until General Grant started his great advance down the Mississippi River. With the Vicksburg Campaign (May 18 – July 4, 1863) culminating in the capture of Vicksburg. And control of the Mississippi River. Severing the Confederacy into two. Pretty much guaranteeing a Union victory. It was just a matter of time. In the east the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) also ended in a Union victory. President Lincoln went to the Gettysburg battlefield for the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery there. Where he gave his Gettysburg's Address (November 19, 1863). Which ended with "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." And so far it hasn't. Remaining that shining city upon a hill. The destination of people everywhere yearning liberty. And a better life. Where all men are created equal. And your last name does not determine the quality of your life.
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How to End a Fox News Interview Abruptly: Call Fox 'A Wing of the Republican Party'
Now here's one of the few good reasons to go on Fox News. Thomas Ricks, a member of the Center for a New American Security, author of several books on the military, and a Pulitzer Prize winner, went on Fox to talk about Benghazi. But his interview didn't last long. Asked why Sen. John McCain seems to be backing off his threats to block U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice from being made secretary of state, Ricks said, "I think that Benghazi generally was hyped by this network especially and that now that the campaign is over, he's backing off a little bit. They're not going to stop Susan Rice from being secretary of state."
Fox: When you have four people dead including the first US ambassador in more than 30 years, how do you call that hype?
Ricks: How many security contractors died in Iraq, do you know?
Fox: I don't.
Ricks: No, nobody does, because nobody cared. We know that several hundred died, but there was never an official count done, of security contractors dead in Iraq. So when I see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, I think number one, I've covered a lot of fire fights, it's impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes. And second, I think that the emphasis on Benghazi has been extremely political partly because Fox was operating as a wing of the Republican party.
Fox: All right. Tom Ricks, thanks very much for joining us today.
Ricks: You're welcome.
It's fantastic anytime someone goes on Fox News to say that Fox News is operating as a wing of the Republican Party. It's exponentially more fantastic when the person going on Fox News to say that Fox News is operating as a wing of the Republican Party is not some token liberal, but rather someone introduced by Fox as a distinguished expert on foreign policy and the military.
The question, though, is if Ricks will be punished by never ever being allowed to go on Fox again, or if they'll try to ambush him on the air in the future. (I'm guessing he'll have thought of that possibility, and be ready.)


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3D Systems Print Everything but Money
Is 3D printing a fad or the next big thing? Spencer Jakab discusses the fortunes of 3D Systems, making of the Cube and ProJet printers.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Somerset police officer arraigned on drug charges
Department laces officer on leave
A 10-year veteran of the Somerset Police Department is facing felony drug charges for allegedly creating a ruse to collect expired prescription drugs from residents in an elderly housing complex.
Ricardo Pavao, 33, of 37 Mohigan St., Somerset, was arraigned in Fall River District Court today on two counts of possession a class E drug, two counts of possession of a class C drug and one count of larceny under $250 under false pretenses, according to court documents.
Pavao was released and the hearing was continued for a pretrial hearing on March 28.
Police reports indicate Pavao contacted a number of residents at North Farm Senior Estates on County Street in Somerset while on duty on Jan. 27.
Pavao allegedly knocked on residents' doors and told them he was checking on their emergency information and questioned some whether they possessed firearms or had a vicious dog on the premises.
One 92-year-old man told investigating police officers he handed Pavao three prescription drug bottles after Pavao offered to dispose of any expired prescription drugs he might possess.
Investigators reportedly questioned Pavao at Somerset police headquarters and he allegedly admitted to soliciting emergency information from the residents and collecting three bottles from a resident.
Pavao said he was trying to "show some initiative" because of poor work reviews over the past few years, but said he threw the drugs in the trash at his parents' home to avoid writing a report.
Police obtained a search warrant for his personal vehicle where they allegedly found a white plastic container with Pavao's name written on it in black marker.
Inside the bag, police say, was nine pills including tramadol hydrochloride and hydrocodone.
According to a police news release, Pavao was placed on administrative leave.


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