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10/23/2008 20:46 #46287

Addicted!!
Category: eating in
I confess (and most bitterly). My recent addictions have gone to unhealthy excesses. I am officially and hopelessly addicted to:


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I need a quitline for these two, pronto!!! :/
tinypliny - 10/24/08 00:09
It is so crazy! I didn't know about Twizzlers in January this year and the Andy Capp thing came along somewhere in September when (e:imk2) was eating a pack in the office. I blame this addiction on all the craziness going on with school. But I have to admit that the Andy Capp fries are awesome!

@(e:Gardenmama): I need to check out these Mrs Vicki's chips. I think I have seen them in California! They also have an intense jalapeño chips called Tim's Jalapeño chips there. I had them once and they are seriously spicy. But I haven't spotted them around here so thankfully they don't get listed as addictions.

I need to kick these two. They are probably ruining my metabolism.
paul - 10/24/08 00:00
I am so surprised you eat things like that.
gardenmama - 10/23/08 23:30
Yum to both! I have a little addiction issue with Mrs. Vicki's pepper & lime potato chips. Thankfully, you can't buy them anywhere here that I am aware of. I have a friend who is Canadian but lives in the States. When she goes to visit her folks she brings the chips back. I always share them with my office and now they all want their own. Next time she goes she's going to pick up 10 bags for all my co-workers. Made them all pepper & lime chip junkies too, but they're delicious!
tinypliny - 10/23/08 23:09
I KNOW! Aren't they like the TASTIEST snack on earth???!!!
tiburon1724 - 10/23/08 22:59
I LOVE hot fries!!!!

10/22/2008 21:26 #46263

Musical Miscellany!
Category: music
Click on their pictures to reach musical bliss!! :)

1. Maria Dolores Pradera
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2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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3. Adrian Barilari
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4. Boney M!
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5. Vanden Plas
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6. Ennio Morriccone (played by Yo-Yo Ma)
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7. Deep Purple
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8. Scorpions
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9. Joaquin Rodrigo Vidre
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10. Wynton Marsalis
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Who are your top 10 this fall? Get those posts up and post 10 recommendations (and links) of your own!
heidi - 10/24/08 00:16
I'm in on Wynton and Miles, too. I heard Rodney Mack play this summer with a small string orchestra (sorry, i don't know the correct name) for the Endless Mountain Music Festival :::link::: . mmmmmm
jason - 10/23/08 09:12
Damn, I didn't know there were so many Wynton fans here. I was trained as a trumpet player when I was a younger man. Wynton and Miles are my two favorites. In case you guys weren't aware, and I think this is just amazing, Wynton is just as good playing classical as he is playing jazz. He played in orchestras as a teenager.
gardenmama - 10/22/08 22:03
I love Wynton Marsalis! They did a ton of interviewing him during the Ken Burns Jazz special on PBS. He is so cool, and talented.

10/21/2008 23:18 #46243

"Certified Loon" or Rational Human Being
Category: opinion
Half an hour back, I had no idea who Cindy Sheehan was. I now think she is an awesome and spirited woman with the energy and guts to pursue her ideals and convictions.

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How many among us -- obscure civilians, with no "power" to speak of, would channel our grief at the loss of a loved one to campaign tirelessly against corruption, greed and lies, fearlessly crossing party lines??? I am guessing the answer is no-one. We are too comfortable in our lives, in our jobs, in our little niches gasping at atrocities and pointing fingers at people who actually step out of their comfortable homes to make a difference and take on the establishment. It's so easy for us to judge these fine brave warriors of change and label them as loons when they do something intrepid that the complacent among us don't even want to think about.

I cannot help but admire her for her will power, her ardent support for the truth and her activism. She has dared to do what one in a ten million do -- raise from a "normal" unprivileged existence, and attempt to use a personal and powerful experience to shape not only her future but the future of millions caught up in the aftermath of a meaningless war and economic misjudgements.

Her platform is her vision for reform.


Sheehan is running on a platform of Single-payer health care, media reform, overturning all free trade agreements, repealing the Patriot Act, renewable energy, nationalizing oil and electricity, ending the War on Drugs, legalizing Cannabis (drug), ensuring all talks in the Middle East are fair to all parties, ending torture, closing Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Overseas commitment to cleaning up Superfund sites, ending deregulation, ending No Child Left Behind, legalizing gay marriage.



The French revolution had a weaker platform. Isn't it time we re-evaluated all our positions and appreciate the fact that some of us are willing to do what it takes to shake us all out of this iron-wrench of an oligarchy?
tinypliny - 10/22/08 13:51
:)
ajay - 10/22/08 12:55
Oh (e:tinypliny) , you shouldn't fall for the name-baiting by (e:jason) . He just lashes out at anything that doesn't fit his world view.

I'm sorry, (e:jason) . When you have sacrificed as much as Cindy has, then come back and start calling names.
tinypliny - 10/22/08 08:57
Checking now. Thanks. :)
jason - 10/22/08 08:53
Check your e-mail, I dropped a couple of notes into your inbox. I'm willing to go back and forth with you on this if you like.

10/21/2008 19:47 #46239

In love with salad...
Category: eating in
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So much so that I bought a HUGE 3 pound bag of spring greens this past weekend at Guercio's.

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For ~$10, these fresh salad greens were a steal. I intend to have a variation of bread/pita-hummus-greens for lunch this entire week. :)

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YUMMY! :)
hodown - 10/22/08 11:31
That looks so good and healthy!
imk2 - 10/22/08 09:09
yum, that does looks sooo good
gardenmama - 10/21/08 21:14
Yum! I love salad too - it's the best. I had a nice salad with lots of veggies and sunflower seeds and stuff in it at lunch today, but then, unfortunately, got an upset stomach this afternoon and haven't felt right since :-(
libertad - 10/21/08 20:05
That looks delicious. I am so hungry.

10/20/2008 21:25 #46218

Sunday at Forest Lawn
Category: tourism
I admit it. I am totally jealous of (e:pmt) weekend trips so I determinedly took one of my own this Sunday. I headed out to Forest Lawn Cemetery and decided to do this entirely by foot. Took me around 25 minutes to walk to the Cemetery from home. Not bad at all. I sorely missed Mt. Hope all these days and I think Forest Lawn is a worthy competitor. It was beautiful and I loved the fact that it was hilly and had somewhat steep-ish slopes just like Mt. Hope. Some photos from the hike...

I love that the entrance is so grand and has a small road fork of its own!
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The entrance gate is actually crowned! Nice touch. :)
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Is the green on this statue actually Copper patina or is it just green concrete/sculpting clay? I was in a hurry to rush all across the cemetery so didn't stop to read the inscriptions. Usually, I like to stop and read all of these random details and weave them into my own personal story versions. Hasty me. :/
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There is something so soothing about walking on a bed of crackling yet soft leaves layered on grass...
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Fall was out in all its glory at Forest Lawn!
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The water-bodies across the cemetery are spell-binding. I could have easily believed that throwing coins in them and wishing like crazy might have made all my dreams come true! They were just that perfect! This is Jubilee spring - the first of the three.
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Crystal Lake - as you can see it lives up to its name. Each leaf colour was reflected back in perfection!
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A couple more view of that magical lake.
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There were these morbid looking dark mushrooms all over the place.
(e:imk2), can Slawa tell whether these are edible?
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The Bridge to the mythical geese kingdom. :)
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The compass for lost souls.
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There were sections of the cemetery that looked like you were looking through some virtual convex glasses, when in fact you weren't. Such a cool effect!
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Creek Scajjy. ;-)
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The ferocious guardian of the mythical kingdom of geese (otherwise known as the mirror lake).
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The Geese Kingdom!
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These geese actually posed for me. :)
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From one of the mounds near Delaware avenue, you can see across the road on to distant plains and I think that is Delaware Park? (Not sure, though.) It was like one of the scenic moments described in a George Eliot novel.
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The colours on the leaves were gorgeous!
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There was this monument with angels and gargoyles that reminded me of churches in Prague.
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These crosses were set off by a riot of colours in the background.
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Not to be outdone by those below, some really delicate clouds were floating in the sky.
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This monument somehow reminded me of a water tank and nuclear cloud all at once!
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A flashback to Mt. Hope in Rochester that has Egyptian sphinxes as well!
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I thought this Roman influenced priest had such a dramatic background!
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I wasn't paying much attention to the inscriptions as I always do but these two picked me up ;-) The husband has measuring tools and a hammer on his side and the wife has humming birds (?) :)
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And, having that name must have been hard at school...
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It was a lovely afternoon! Forest Lawn is a real treasure. :)
heidi - 10/24/08 00:20
Thank you for the beautiful tour!
metalpeter - 10/21/08 17:40
Great looking pictures. Oh by the way I thought you could eat all mushrooms and the poisonous ones just got you super hight but not really sure about that.
dragonlady7 - 10/20/08 22:14
Oh I love Mt. Hope too!!


Actually I had a great-grandmother with the name of Roach, but she spelled it Roche. She was Irish, and died in the fifties, so I've no idea if anyone ever made fun of her. (It's a French name, but I don't know if it means anything.)