January 2010
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Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger →
Wow. The Onion is quickly becoming my favorite news source.
CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. “He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions...
Bummer
The house (what we were calling “the Farmhouse”) that Rocky and I were hoping to buy fell through. We were hoping to get it for really cheap, since there didn’t seem to be any kind of urgency to the sale. Anyway, our realtor looked into it and it looks like there were other bids that were rejected by the bank, and in the end there was an auction and the bank (? unclear) bought...
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Maple-Basalmic-Glazed Pork Medallions
Maple-Balsamic-Glazed Pork Medallions Cooking Light December 2007 This is crazy easy, relatively cheap, and fantastically delicious. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice. ¼ cup maple syrup 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin, trimmed 2 teaspoons olive oil ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Combine syrup and vinegar in a small...
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They're Made Out of Meat →
A funny short science-fiction story, the conversation between two aliens who come across Earth. By Terry Bisson. It’s all of two pages long; totally worth reading.
“Okay, maybe they’re only part meat. You know, like the Weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma brain inside.”
“Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads like the Weddilei. But I told...
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RIP
RIP Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger. Man. Bummer.
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Rejected Euphemisms for the Disabled
The unnerving
The conveniently parked
Go-tards
The differently pleasant to be around
Stumbly-wumblys
Prey
The just-a-tad-off
Pinnacles of human perfection
Ingredient “D”
The Onion
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Urban Legends About Food
If you fart, sneeze, burp, and hiccup at the same time, you will die, provided you have also been savagely bludgeoned with a George Foreman Grill. (True!)
Originally from: Not My Desk
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Ancient Joke
A young man wanted to purchase a gift for his new sweetheart’s birthday and as they had not been dating very long, after careful consideration, he decided a pair of gloves would strike the right note: romantic but not too personal.
Accompanied by his sweetheart’s younger sister, he went to Nordstrom’s and bought a pair of white gloves. The sister purchased a pair of panties for herself. During...
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Massive Earthquake Reveals Entire Island... →
The Onion is usually just incredibly funny, but this is some incisive social/political satire right here.
“Of course, there have been rumors in the past about a long-forgotten Caribbean nation whose people struggle every day to survive, live in constant fear of a corrupt government, and endure such squalor and hunger that they have resorted to eating dirt. But never did we give them much...
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Movies and TV
Shutter (2004) - Great Thai horror film. Four stars. Netflix
Bitch Slap (2009) - A real Roger Corman-style exploitation flick, though I guess it’s kind of tongue-in-cheek. Funny in places just because of the over-the-top violence and slow panning up sweaty, dirty cleavage (impromptu water fight, anyone?). It was fun, but tried a little too hard, I think. The fight scenes just went on and on...
Five Jokes About the Apparent Eagerness Of Certain... →
Ouch.
Weekend Cooking
This is what I made this weekend:
Banana bread
Pineapple/Habanero salsa
Chicken pot pie
Picadillo
Roasted butternut squash with homemade harissa
Bananas in coffee bean syrup
Almond biscotti
Mincemeat pie
Jicama/clementine salad
On deck for this week:
Roast cauliflower with Indian barbeque sauce
Maple-Dijon pork tenderloin medallions
Coffee flan
Arroz costeno
Guacamole
