tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13495675190413372172024-03-12T19:26:45.920-07:00JPR Williams' SideburnsKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-90858624876629211302008-12-22T07:20:00.000-08:002008-12-22T13:27:06.425-08:00Where We Set Out For You The Traditional Monday Cajun Meal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHJFls29ydkD7vRKr6Br3-f0t4CEA9LLZPDpayvZWEjWArv7nTWSXfDLViZuHGV7APxYb4gdQrfg5Iwc0XbwrdDSCMwKCkyOrOXS8dyQGqP9Vz57ixwV38ALFVvaflIyQvFjHIS1FxiE/s1600-h/Cajun_woman_hulling_rice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHJFls29ydkD7vRKr6Br3-f0t4CEA9LLZPDpayvZWEjWArv7nTWSXfDLViZuHGV7APxYb4gdQrfg5Iwc0XbwrdDSCMwKCkyOrOXS8dyQGqP9Vz57ixwV38ALFVvaflIyQvFjHIS1FxiE/s320/Cajun_woman_hulling_rice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282635053419224786" border="0" /></a>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun">Cajun</a> areas, Monday is wash day. And since way back, that did not mean throwing a few loads into the Whirlpool, rather it was back-breaking labor, that did not leave much time for food prep. So traditionally, the women (<a href="http://jezebel.com/">sorry</a>: yes it was the women) would put out a easy to make and cook pot of red beans and rice. And since it's cold as hell out there, I give you my recipe.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ingredients:</span><br /><br />6 cans red beans rinsed (yes, you saw that right - canned. It's easier and just as good - just rince the crap out of them to get the solution from the can off)<br />24 oz of andouille sausage cut into slices on the <a href="http://www.kitchenhintsandtips.com/kitchen_termsbias_slice.shtml">bias</a> (really, do try to get real andouille. But if you can't, decent smoked sausage will do)<br />3 medium onions, diced<br />2 medium green bell peppers diced<br />3-4 sticks celery diced<br />2-3 cloves garlic, mashed and fine chopped<br />1 smoked ham hock<br />2 bay leaves<br />oz of thyme sprigs - tied together (This is certainly one time you can use dried - but use about teaspoon. And make sure it's not too old)<br />1 beer and 1 oz (a nice dark lager preferred, an Abita would be a nice nod to tradition )<br />1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper (more or less for your tastes - yes this means you have to TASTE while it's cooking)<br />salt and pepper<br /><br />cooked white rice<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Equipment:</span><br /><br />A large dutch oven<br />a ladle<br />small bowl<br />slotted spoon<br /><br />heat the oven to medium heat. toss the sausage in and stir it around so it browns and renders some fat out.<br /><br />empty the sausage out with the slotted spoon. pour out all but about 2 tablespoons of the oil.<br /><br />saute the onions, peppers, and celery until soft. add the garlic after about 5 minutes.<br /><br />turn the heat up to high, and pour in one beer and an ounce of the other beer. using a wooden spoon scrape up the bits on the bottom, let the beer reduce to about a third of the volume.<br /><br />pour in your beans, sausage and nestle down that pork hock.<br /><br />pour boiling water to cover.<br /><br />add rest of ingredients and stir well. bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer. put the lid on and leave a little crack open.<br /><br />let simmer for 2 hours minimum more if you have time, stirring and tasting occasionally. My rule of thumb is to let cook long enough to watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jzmFg18fyo">The Right Stuff </a>in its entirety.<br /><br />15 minutes before serving, take out about a cup of beans and mash them up. return to the pot and stir in - this will thicken up the dish. Also, take the ham hock out, and cut off the meat that's still on there - add back to the pot.<br /><br />serve with cooked white rice and Louisiana Hot Sauce.<br /><br />laissez les bon temps rouler!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-44608565074663520742008-12-21T16:08:00.001-08:002008-12-21T16:20:34.530-08:00Where We Continue to Defy the Wishes of Our Small but Loyal Readership by Showing the Most Exciting 29 Phases of Rugby You Will Ever SeeLaettner vs Kentucky, Jordan against Cleveland, Reed vs Louisville*. Great Buzzer Beaters all. This is much, MUCH better. Even if you don't like Rugby, you will like this.<br /><br />(and for those that do NOT know anything about Rugby, the matches are 80 minutes, so when you see the clock go red, the time is over. At that point the play would end on any stoppage in play.<br /><br />From BloodandMud.com<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mqi728ZhbMQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mqi728ZhbMQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />*as a Louisville Basketball fan, an eternal "fuck you" US ReedKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-2245447861379767622008-12-21T08:39:00.001-08:002008-12-21T08:42:46.094-08:00Where We Briefly Interupt This Period of Non-PostingThis is a great restaurant review, nuff said<br /><br /><h1 style="font-weight: normal;" class="heading"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/a_a_gill/article5359477.ece"><span style="font-size:100%;">J Sheekey Oyster Bar</span></a></h1>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-72631870196841551892008-12-17T20:50:00.000-08:002008-12-17T21:15:19.511-08:00Where We Issue South Africa a Booking for It's Zimbabwe Policy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYe5hZWhfvozoMtWFz80k-CD718_BNtCsSg90WxZtZSiIDjGA2wyefP4iFC82QL7jA5582JeL-ql5MVQ4u0opzdRN5RuAMsIvvHbnm_UAfJh7mgrGYTCfs8zdhLZ92kIUkOQo5dASw0Y/s1600-h/red+card.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYe5hZWhfvozoMtWFz80k-CD718_BNtCsSg90WxZtZSiIDjGA2wyefP4iFC82QL7jA5582JeL-ql5MVQ4u0opzdRN5RuAMsIvvHbnm_UAfJh7mgrGYTCfs8zdhLZ92kIUkOQo5dASw0Y/s320/red+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280994345755258850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'm not going to go into the details here regarding <st1:country-region><st1:place>Zimbabwe</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Suffice it to say the state has failed. And as African nations demand that this is an African problem and should be dealt with by the Africans ( a view I wholeheartedly endorse), we now have<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5361549.ece"> </a><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5361549.ece">this</a> from South African President Kgalema Motlanthke:<o:p></o:p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i>"Asked how bad things had to get before </i><st1:country-region><st1:place><i>South Africa</i></st1:place></st1:country-region><i>, the region's economic powerhouse, joined calls for the 84-year-old dictator to leave office, Mr Motlanthe told journalists: “It's really not for us. I mean I don't know if the British feel qualified to impose that on the people of </i><st1:country-region><st1:place><i>Zimbabwe</i></st1:place></st1:country-region><i>, but we feel that we should support and take our cue from what they [Zimbabweans] want.”<br /></i><span style=""><br /><b>What they want?</b> I've not Henry Kissinger here, but I’ve probably got a good idea what they want. How about the democratic and internationally certified elections where the Opposition won to count for something? How bout an end to the worst inflation since Kurt Weill was writing plays? How about their children not dying of Cholera? How about opposition journalists not abducted in the middle of the night. You think “They” might like that?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">What is clear here is that </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="">South Africa</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="">, the only thing close to a power broker in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="">South Africa</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style=""> is clearly in denial of the fact to their north, and has no interest in removing from kleptocratic power a fellow “liberator”. Well, why should we doubt them, after all they had the brilliant medical foresight to insist that <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/934435.stm">AIDS is not caused by HIV</a> and can be <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-26-1174576936_x.htm">cured by pesto</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">So fine, you don’t want to interfere? That is your prerogative. However the inevitable instability that is coming to </span><st1:place><span style="">Southern Africa</span></st1:place><span style=""> means that you must lose your bid to host the 2010 World Cup. <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5348676.ece">An idea whose time has come.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-88560170363370498542008-12-17T17:42:00.000-08:002008-12-17T17:48:54.868-08:00Where We Briefly Introduce You the Hardest.Person.Ever.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/06/01/main_mexbirth01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 301px;" src="http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/06/01/main_mexbirth01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I want you to read <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/01/1086037758224.html?from=storyrhs">this</a>. And then NEVER.COMPLAIN.AGAIN.<br /><br />ABOUT ANYTHING<br /><br />EVER.<br /><br />[from <a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/">KevinMD</a>]Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-4741215909755208972008-12-14T20:12:00.001-08:002008-12-14T20:58:46.303-08:00Where We Introduce the Weekly Series: Things You Should Know, but May or May Not<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfYG9NObfZywByHXGYyhF5eMmPZHfFB52Powhg_9YVkPtj5lYVeieMZPQ42duHP9FQSAXEMk0-a0duqWZdarpedovW1ae5N-qlnd1JJsCiErR4RFao34cEY_ucMO3YJ6hMGCOrHfAg6w/s1600-h/shaker-vinaigrette-design-450.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfYG9NObfZywByHXGYyhF5eMmPZHfFB52Powhg_9YVkPtj5lYVeieMZPQ42duHP9FQSAXEMk0-a0duqWZdarpedovW1ae5N-qlnd1JJsCiErR4RFao34cEY_ucMO3YJ6hMGCOrHfAg6w/s320/shaker-vinaigrette-design-450.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279865490991240562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Number 1: How to make a Vinaigrette.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">I like to cook, and I like to cook correctly. And I'm lazy. This is why the vinaigrette is perfect. Yes it's primarily a salad dressing*, but what it really is, is a sauce** and in the right hands a grand tool in your repertoire, but in the wrong hands, or poorly made, a thing of great evil.<br /><br />You can use this for fish, chicken, veg, forcemeat, anything. And it is quite easily the easiest thing to make, short of microwave popcorn.<br /><br />Ingredients:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1/3 cup vinegar. (hence the name. And you can use white wine, red wine, balsamic, rice wine - anything you want. But please, for the love of everything holy, use good stuff***)<br /><br />1 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil**** (see above, this is not the time for the cheap stuff - this is 80% of your sauce. Get some good, virgin oil. It doesn't need to be expensive Tuscan pressed by nun's tits stuff*****, it doesn't even need to be Italian - Greek is good, so is Turkish and Syrian, the Spanish are coming on, and even are the folks in California<br /><br />salt (kosher) and pepper to taste******<br /><br />1 tsp Dijion Mustard<br /><br />optional: Finely chopped******* herbs, shallots, roasted garlic******** ( I like to leave a clove in for 20 minutes and then remove prior to serving)<br /><br />Equipment: Medium Mixing bowl, whisk<br /><br />Mix. (how fucking hard was that?) Actually, you should add all the ingredients but the oil, and then add the oil in a thin stream while you whisk- it will keep the emulsion together.<br /><br />Then use it. Enjoy. You're welcome.<br /><br />Next week: A Springsteen album you need to have.<br />__________________________________________________________________________________<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">*Three mistakes you probably make serving a salad. I know I did. 1) Dry your greens. If they have water on them, the oil will not adhere to the leaves. You know that deal about oil and water? Better cooking through<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Food-Cooking-Science-Lore-Kitchen/dp/0684800012/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229315416&sr=1-1"> science</a>. 2) You add WAY-TOO-FUCKING-MUCH DRESSING. You want to taste the high quality greens, not the sauce. The sauce is a condiment. This applies to pasta as well. If you have a pool of sauce at the bottom of the bowl, you used too fucking much. 3) Dress the salad right before serving. The French call this<span style="font-style: italic;"> a la minute</span>, which means "right fucking now" if you do so, you will make your greens soggy.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />**Most good cooks would rather eat their own fingers than present ANY course without a sauce. Learn this. Live this.<br /><br />***We will return to this theme time and time again. Good ingredients= good dishes. Note: I did not say "expensive", just good.<br /><br />**** I swear to everything that is holy and just, if I catch you saying "EVOO" I will rip out your heart and grill it. Same applies to using the word "Sammie" or using boxed broth. Be warned.<br /><br />***** You didn't think I'd go this far without being in poor taste, did you?<br /><br />******That means you taste stuff you're going to serve. Often. Why would you serve food you don't know what it tastes like? And don't wait till the last minute, what can you change then?<br /><br />******Look up the word <span style="font-style: italic;">brunoise</span>. This is a good time to do <span style="font-style: italic;">that.</span><br /><br />******* Let's call this, optional, but just short of required. Fuck it, add the garlic. You'll thank me later. Even better, mince up a fresh crushed clove, and then add the roasted clove as well. Oh, and that jarred stuff? That's not fucking food.</span><br /></span>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-31775299993883815112008-12-13T21:10:00.000-08:002008-12-13T21:14:37.960-08:00Where we Crack a Tube for John Drake, former All Black.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpogXMl0P_m8pSiWeTejhYlT2t0P2mShQL0HXTbI6ELsPOfHblH3DDYYukUFx67mFSr0QAz2ADEfps_59OHje1FIPCTWNzy1ubo9huS00zLLskypw1F3BOBV75HOuzMeOfwQZ1dwGc2B8/s1600-h/john+drake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpogXMl0P_m8pSiWeTejhYlT2t0P2mShQL0HXTbI6ELsPOfHblH3DDYYukUFx67mFSr0QAz2ADEfps_59OHje1FIPCTWNzy1ubo9huS00zLLskypw1F3BOBV75HOuzMeOfwQZ1dwGc2B8/s320/john+drake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279509029041151506" border="0" /></a>New Zealand All Black Prop John Drake dies at 49.<br /><br />Lift a glass, boys.<br /><br /><h1><a href="http://www.rugbyheaven.co.nz/4792714a22459.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">So long Drakey, we'll all miss you</span></a></h1><br />[ Rugby Heaven]Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-47671596484370190842008-12-13T21:01:00.000-08:002008-12-13T21:05:36.392-08:00Where we announce the next English rugby defeat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnYT9mTkHUgKdjfJB7d-55Cjia7to53kChb0p8FYqJEvPUPYYzb_kEjMriq_JXd5-abVDIwldnfDv2sHn4rkqBixJFRTmhMliGYGChiDx3r0jaDMfODU63JUGOW8C3bijVCNnqtBbHjQ/s1600-h/lion-skin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnYT9mTkHUgKdjfJB7d-55Cjia7to53kChb0p8FYqJEvPUPYYzb_kEjMriq_JXd5-abVDIwldnfDv2sHn4rkqBixJFRTmhMliGYGChiDx3r0jaDMfODU63JUGOW8C3bijVCNnqtBbHjQ/s320/lion-skin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279507118476454002" border="0" /></a>Oh, good. I was afraid that they wouldn't lose to EVERY Southern Hemisphere team.<br /><br /><h1><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7780528.stm"><span style="font-size:100%;">England set for home Pumas Test </span></a></h1>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-66873559163902717942008-12-12T22:35:00.000-08:002008-12-13T09:17:44.287-08:00Where we Briefly Shout "WooHoo!"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBVSAhJPo2Fm4Fv7ynyjCAdNq6oU24Zd_8e51DTrci_3V50RAgqofTCqCvicEelzTx4CJHxYwhAr5YgIgSCH3qsqyR7e1xYNP-teh0HIAtS2gYsg51VZJAe3nh7dhA73mf1P60bydCYU/s1600-h/london+irish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBVSAhJPo2Fm4Fv7ynyjCAdNq6oU24Zd_8e51DTrci_3V50RAgqofTCqCvicEelzTx4CJHxYwhAr5YgIgSCH3qsqyR7e1xYNP-teh0HIAtS2gYsg51VZJAe3nh7dhA73mf1P60bydCYU/s320/london+irish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279160424326831970" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Woo-hoo!</span><br /><br /><h2 class="sub-heading padding-top-5 padding-bottom-15"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article5327948.ece">London Irish 59 Dax 7</a></h2><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">[</span>Times of London]<br /></div>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-70570894694370532902008-12-12T22:28:00.001-08:002008-12-13T09:18:09.440-08:00Where we introduce the weekly feature: "ER Ass-hat of the Week"One of the things I do when I'm not doing <a href="http://www.stegtastic.plus.com/images/scotty-02.gif">this</a> is volunteer at the local Emergency Room. More on my I do this later<br /><br />In my work there, I get to hang out with many interesting, facinating, life-affirmaing people.<br /><br />I also see some first class ass-hats.<br /><br />So dude, if you are gonna decide it's a good idea to put your hand through glass, come in wave your fingers around so that blood flies over the place - including my very good friends - don't excpect much sympathy from me. And don't mouth off when I don't drop everything to come wipe you up when there's a sink and a towel 2 inches from your face.<br /><br />Ass-Hat.Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-52864748612834617782008-12-12T22:22:00.001-08:002008-12-13T09:18:56.175-08:00Where We Belatedly Salute The Chairman of the Board on his Birthday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bplJkDzQBpEPYNgTln-M-6jvag-M-vMToARUiZFWzDF1NN8qjMR57pMJzwyyr1FGjrfG6_RJ4Btt2n44Egopg1cDH1AOTRjGc3XsMrQ2PczudrbUQcndD2TW2TmTxEsADKTHanR97Wc/s1600-h/anonymous-frank-sinatra-8401034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bplJkDzQBpEPYNgTln-M-6jvag-M-vMToARUiZFWzDF1NN8qjMR57pMJzwyyr1FGjrfG6_RJ4Btt2n44Egopg1cDH1AOTRjGc3XsMrQ2PczudrbUQcndD2TW2TmTxEsADKTHanR97Wc/s400/anonymous-frank-sinatra-8401034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279156935359911442" border="0" /></a>Happy Birthday Frank. Celebrate by finding <a href="http://gawker.com/5103938/sinatras-humiliating-godfather-tell+off-retold-in-700-book">Mario Puzo </a>and kicking the shit out of him.Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-25101983960435803562008-12-09T23:21:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:26:27.745-08:00Where We Get to the Root of the Gov Blagojevich Scandal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/09/us/10blago4_600.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 331px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/09/us/10blago4_600.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Any man with the poor sense to be a Cubs fan, is probably likely to get indicted for massive corruption as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/us/politics/10Illinois.html?_r=1&hp">[NYTimes.com]</a><br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/admin/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/admin/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" />Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-72545956670370898842008-12-09T13:12:00.001-08:002008-12-09T14:29:41.457-08:00Where We Discuss Sex EducationHalf MD has some advice for those about to celebrate the end of finals with some wild monkey sex.<br /><br /><a href="http://halfmd.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/the-half-mds-guide-to-breeding/">The Half-MD's guide to Breeding</a>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-14748642232220357682008-12-09T10:37:00.000-08:002008-12-09T13:18:17.419-08:00Where We See The Benefits of Learning a New Skill in This EconomyThat's what we want to see, the piggies out on the wing. Think Siragusa taking the option pitch.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QoqHM9-R2DM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QoqHM9-R2DM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloodandmud.com/2008/12/rugby-video-heineken-cup-round-three-highlights.html">From Blood and Mud</a>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-30826104596496645812008-12-08T17:46:00.000-08:002008-12-09T09:39:10.259-08:00Where We Have No Time To Add Anything Of Merit, and a Merry Christmas from BelgiumJust because it needs saying:<br /><br />Trans Siberian Orchestra? Get Bent. It's ridiculous. Go Away. You're worse than that awful Mannheim Steamroller.<br /><br />Goodnight.<br /><br />Oh, and <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/lager-heads/anheuser-busch/2008/12/anheuser-busch-inbev-to-cut-1400-salaried-jobs/">screw you InBev</a>. Screw you in the ear. [Lagerheads]Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-42602270983398063122008-12-07T15:01:00.000-08:002008-12-07T15:12:38.736-08:00The Doomsday clock just got moved to, uh, now.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://goatmilk.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/mushroom-cloud1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 219px;" src="http://goatmilk.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/mushroom-cloud1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br />Let me get this straight.<br /><br />You have nuclear weapons, but not <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CALLER FUCKING ID?!?!<br /><br /></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>This should end well.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><h1 style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;" class="heading"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5302549.ece"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hoax phone call 'almost took Pakistan to war' [Times of London]<br /></span></a></h1>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-41888385416883225042008-12-07T14:14:00.000-08:002008-12-07T14:22:03.407-08:00Just. Bloody.Perfect<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjB1S5EsueRWDiMSBU7oOHVkK3bfAjElSd_SFhx3BrWD0peMkYN2HAJekAGROhQMWrT6HzYqu9DYSlttEpJRDSYxn5esbgd5dEjq9P8kv2GJjVj4VFDBo8as7KhNoNiskep8uH8oAqsY/s1600-h/roy+orbison.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjB1S5EsueRWDiMSBU7oOHVkK3bfAjElSd_SFhx3BrWD0peMkYN2HAJekAGROhQMWrT6HzYqu9DYSlttEpJRDSYxn5esbgd5dEjq9P8kv2GJjVj4VFDBo8as7KhNoNiskep8uH8oAqsY/s320/roy+orbison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277176232715680962" border="0" /></a><br />If you at all consider yourself a conssiuer of good music. Drop what you are doing now and find out when "Roy Orbison: A Black and White Night" is playing on your local PBS station.<br /><br />Do it. NOW.<br /><br />NOW!!<br /><br />(I'll Wait)<br /><br />Ok, good. When Springsteen, Waits, Costello and Raitts are in your backing band - you're pretty freaking good.<br /><br />James Blount? John Meyer? Phhht. Let's see you hit 3 octaves at this age.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night<br />(IMDB)<br /></span>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-47104808783312272262008-12-07T13:03:00.001-08:002008-12-07T13:03:22.410-08:00Michelle Wie bows to logic, common sense.Good for you kid, learn to play on a tour,start winning some tournaments. Then worry about the PGA.<br /><br />And, yeah, keep your dad the hell off of the course, and the hell away from any decision making about your career.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3752292" name="&lpos=hn1&lid=Wie earns her LPGA">Wie earns her LPGA Tour card with solid round</a></li></ul>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349567519041337217.post-74328375535231176332008-12-07T13:02:00.001-08:002008-12-07T16:05:18.526-08:00Let's start this thing off on the right noteQ:How are the Mizzou Tigers like my three-year-old?<br /><br />A: <span style="font-style: italic;">They both crap the bed more often then I'd like.</span><br /><br />Dear God.<br /><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/8D220C0A029830F886257518001D54A1?OpenDocument"><br />http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/mizzou/story/8D220C0A029830F886257518001D54A1?OpenDocument</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO5ly2tdxWJR6n92YkS6bt_0U2j1h2NNE7aEgn_rzlwseqofDpCN_OYgiI_sYNaBDRU0fQ7Zwc3qksCGmHGM1DLRSczyncQePdXOO9HSTPN_qk84Ws5lsPLTgesg8wIRwfDmLOdI-IEG-/s1600-h/_1194027_carryingtiger_ap300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO5ly2tdxWJR6n92YkS6bt_0U2j1h2NNE7aEgn_rzlwseqofDpCN_OYgiI_sYNaBDRU0fQ7Zwc3qksCGmHGM1DLRSczyncQePdXOO9HSTPN_qk84Ws5lsPLTgesg8wIRwfDmLOdI-IEG-/s320/_1194027_carryingtiger_ap300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277145078938324866" border="0" /></a>Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12422204108474682868noreply@blogger.com0