Chicken
Green Beans
Cauliflower
Squash
Thursday, October 31, 2013
boo !
My Halloween stated with a flu shot! and then a little walk around Honeoye Falls
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Halloween '13
Pumpkins, Pals, Pizza and more.... a large time was had by all
getting ready for tomorrow night!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Art + Beat ( Halloween Edition )
Last minute ( ??!?? ) Halloween Ideas from PBS
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| BANKSY yes - I am obsessed |
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| Lichenstein SUCH a cute idea !! |
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| Rene Magritte Pretty darn easy.... |
T.P.I.D.;I.I.E.P.
This old ghost:
All sorts of internet : this week as - right here in ROCHESTER - the stars and bars raised their ugly had once again.
From our local Democrat and Chronicle : A University of Rochester student says college officials violated his right to free expression by forcing him to take down a Confederate flag that he had put in the window of his room on campus. Matthew Papay also said that the email that two UR deans — Richard Feldman and Matthew Burns — sent to students last Friday misconstrued what happened."The deans lied in the email about why I took it down — saying I did so by choice after discussion with fellow students — when in reality the school told me to take it down," said Papay.
and then that age old canard:
"I am from North Carolina and the school is blatantly ignoring my rights to express the cultural identity I choose to identify with, even though the school prides itself on how 'culturally diverse' it is.
Story got picked up by all kinds of various folks:
and naturally FOX NEWS , where Mr. Papay got loads of support from the almost 1300 commenters!
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Are we really here in 2013 - still dealing with this bullshit of my childhood and in way way upstate New York ?
After chatting with a pal of mine that works at the University of Rochester, I dug a little deeper into this guy. Exactly what you would expect, all Fratty, Glenn Becky, Ronald Reaganie - GO AMERICA. I almost think he really , at what ever age he is - had NO IDEA of the history of this flag that he wraps his southern pride in - just blows me away.
and in a related story :
Monday, October 28, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Hazy Shade of ( early ) Winter
RIP LOU REED
From the NYT : Lou Reed, the singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s had a major influence on generations of rock musicians, and who remained a powerful if polarizing force for the rest of his life, died on Sunday at his home in Amagansett, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 71. ( the rest )
WILD SIDE
WILD SIDE
For those that did not know, he was married to LAURIE ANDERSON
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
dinner
First really chilly day of the season
Sausage and Kale Soup
w/ red potatoes
I sort of felt the first twinges of a possible cold today - could have just been allergies, so hot soup was called for. I've sort of posted this before, there is not even a real recipe.
- 3 medium onions
- 3-4 stalks of celery - use the leafy part too, loads of flavor
- 1 BIG carrot, or a few small.
Mostly onion, then celery, then carrot - all chopped close to the same size. All in your large heavy bottomed pot with a little oil. Let it go, nice and slow,really - there are not many ingredients in this soup, so you need to build the flavor that comes with letting your vegetables cook a good long time. A few minutes in add a big teaspoon full of
- Whole Grain Mustard
Cook everything down, then add
- 5-6 Italian Sausage Links - out of the casings. I use hot - either is fine
Squish them out of the little tubes into the veggies, break apart with a spoon and again, just let it go - before its all the way cooked / browned add
- A lot of chopped garlic - how much, I used 4 BIG cloves - as much as you think you like, but more than you would use in almost anything else, but I really like garlic.
Finish cooking all this - season, I only used
- salt and pepper
While all that is going on de-rib, wash and chop
- 2 bunches of Kale. I used the plain old curly kind today, but what ever you can find.
Add to the meat and veggies
- 2 boxes plus one large can of chicken stock. Tonight I used two boxes of organic, free range blah blah, cause it was on sale. It did have a really good flavor. Then the large can just to round it all out....You could use veggie stock - mixture. With the flavor from the rendered sausage, I bet you could get away with water in a pinch.
- ADD THE CLEANED CHOPPED KALE
It will look like way to much, like you have made a pot of greens, and as a matter of fact I did hold a little bit back, maybe a 1/4 head - but it could have taken it all. Like all greens they really reduce.
After things have cooked for a few min, add your washed and chopped
- 4-5 medium red potatoes - you just don't want to cook these to much.
Cook just until the potatoes are done - and they are large diced , so really does not take all that long. Much better if they do not cook to mush.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
dinner
Mid Week Splurge w/ time travel
Since 1808 - YES 1808! Folks have been eating here - different names but it has been the Holloway House since the 1950's It is in the next little town down, Bloomfield NY. Neil thinks he last ate here in 1965
We had a group-on, but with every time I have ever tried to use one of those, it did not apply. Wednesday Night is Classic Turkey Dinner night!
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| A Happy Bill |
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| A Happy Neil |
Turkey Dinner
Was supposed to feed 4-6
- Bill : Espresso Cake
- Kyle : Apple Crumb Pie
- Neil : Creme Brulee
Frost Warning
We man be a little bit outside of the freeze area, but Neil didn't want to take any chances- there are still so many out in the yard....
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Tech High Smithies vs. the Boys' High Purple Hurricanes
I went down a total internet rabbit hole today reading about the history of the City of Atlanta High Schools. Yeah, a tad niche - but I just found it fascinating!
This was my favorite story.
From a July 2006 story from Georgia Trend.
Boys High and Tech High were both Atlanta high schools and both inside the same building, that is now Grady High.
THE ULTIMATE RIVALRY
Boys High and Tech High delighted football fans around the state
Ever heard of a high school football game drawing 20,000 fans or out-drawing University of Georgia games? That's what happened in the 1940s when, next to the Georgia Tech-Georgia game, the old Tech High/Boys' High game was the biggest sports attraction - not only in Atlanta but in the entire state of Georgia.Even
Georgia's 1942 Rose Bowl team out-drew the Tech High Smithies vs. the Boys' High Purple Hurricanes only when it played the Yellow Jackets in Sanford Stadium and
Alabama's Crimson Tide in Grant Field.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
BEATING ON
One hour and the national map of Marriage Equality will look like this:
Welcome Garden Staters !
Inching closer, closer to game over. I don't really know what the striped ones mean, but I am guessing its better than the dark rust color. Pennsylvania an Illinois are in play right now - those two , you would think , would just tip it all right over - see ya, Nom....
But for tonight as those lovely folks in love gather there , off exit 3 - we will just celebrate NEW JERSEY!
The Last First BCS
- ever.
Yeah, I know, I've copped out on you.
Listen, about once a decade, Vandy beats us - We don't always look that bad when it happens,but it is just the way of the world. Now the deeper UGA problems are out there dripping from every poison key board in ever chat room in the Bulldawg Nation , but I have just wrapped my brain around not going there. Is it more fun to win and be a contender? Ask anything you see wearing Clemson orange tomorrow - but we have not been there for a long ,long time , and I guess the powers that be in Athens are fine with that. The money rolls in, TV loves the Dawgs - and for at least half the season every year we are happy.
But on to bigger and brighter things!
- ALABAMA
- Florida State
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- MISSOURI
- Stanford
- Miami
- Baylor
- Clemson
- Texas Tech
- AUBURN
- UCLA
- LSU
- Virginia Tech
- Oklahoma
- TEXAS A&M
- Fresno State
- Northern Illinois
- Oklahoma State
- Louisville
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- Michigan
- UCF
- Nebraska
- Oregon State.
Read it and weep - and just think about two UNRANKED teams meeting down on the mighty St Johns in two weeks. Sad. Or that the Texas A&M / MIssouri game, Thanksgiving weekend ( I think ) will have real bearing on the SEC. I hate change.
Karen gets a new patio.
Reason enough for a few drinks!
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| daily Koda |
That patch of bright green is our back yard!
Everything is food, food, food .
Spent the weekend cooking for the masses.
Saturday
40 or so for a lunch - They inhaled all of this
Sunday
A little St John's Brunch
Cut in full half by some exploding pyrex!
Pulled this hot from the oven, put it on a board I had been
cutting fruit on and BAM! We are down to a single strata.
Most strange part of this was the # of people who told me we could still eat it!
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