We’re trying this tonight: Dirty Rice With Shrimp Recipe 2 tablespoons cooking oil 1/2 lb ground pork 1 onion, chopped 2 celery ribs, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 bay leaf 1 3/4 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper 1 1/2 cups long grain rice 3 cups canned low sodium chicken broth (can use homemade stock) 1 lb medium shrimp, shelled and halved 2 scallions, including green tops chopped It’s reached the “Reduce heat and simmer covered for 15 minutes” stage, and it…
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Someone helpfully made Steven Colbert’s roast (or hilarious incineration) of President Bush available on YouTube. YouTube – Colbert Roasts Bush 1-3 UPDATE: But then it was eventually removed from YouTube at C-SPAN’s request. However, it’s now popped up on Google Video – apparently with C-SPAN’s permission. You can watch it here. I’m about to settle down and watch it. Did not fail to notice the President’s body language and “screw you guys, I’d like to go home and go to bed, but Laura won’t let me” expression as Colbert was called to the podium. LATER: Yes, that was pretty amusing,…
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An undocumented worker named Rosa tells her story. Actually, it raises an interesting question: Working in the shadows | Chicago Tribune She paid $120 for a fake Social Security card and applied at the restaurant where she has worked six days a week ever since. Her boss, who relies on her to train new workers, has told her she could be an assistant manager if only she spoke better English. So she takes classes at a community center. Her fear of being deported is yielding to a conviction that illegal workers need to speak up. With the Chicago Workers’ Collaborative,…
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$100 rebate plan called costly, ineffective – Martin Wolk: Eye on the Economy – MSNBC.com For a nation “addicted to oil,” as President Bush put it, Senate Republicans have a proposal that can only be described as enabling: Put $100 back into the pocket of every taxpayer. The proposal, unveiled Thursday, has been roundly criticized not only by Democrats but also by fiscal conservatives who warn it will widen the deficit while doing little to encourage energy conservation. “It could be one of the dumbest ideas of the year,” said Jerry Taylor, a senior fellow at the conservative Cato Institute.…
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Neil Young’s latest, much anticipated album went “live” on this website yesterday. The music is streaming for free, but not for download, so it’s not quite “free.” But you can listen, and the lyrics are sort of available – you click on the song title to see them stream across the screen ticker-style (and if you click the license plate to see the title list and get to where the ticker scrolls, the music cuts off). It sounds pretty rough – reportedly, it was written, recorded, and marketed in a hurry. There’s a lot of feedback – and I bet…
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What the hell, I used another online “Write a letter to your Congresscritter” form to add my little voice to the rising chorus calling for impeachment. Dear [Decision Maker To Be Filled In Later], Why have I chosen a form letter to write to ask your support in a grass-roots effort to Impeach George W Bush? Because it’s easy, yes, and also because I was reminded of this issue just now while I was working online. Actually, I’m all for a package deal – impeach the whole pack of lying, warmongering, spying war-and-energy profiteers, I say. I appreciate the work…
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David sent this link to me just now via email (from downstairs – I’ve been up listening to music and blogging most of the day, we’re weird and wireless like that). He added “These kids have WAY too much time on their hands.” Home Made Light Saber Battle Video Sure, it’s a fan-produced movie with a light sabre battle. But it’s got near professional-grade production values, it’s got extremely good fight choreography, and the camera work, editing, soundtrack, and sound effects are very, very good. The ending… actually almost ruins it. It’s left unexplained in a way that’s very unsatisfying.…
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And after that rant, I need to just chill and get in touch with my inner Pink. Whose video Stupid Girls, by the way, is awe-inspiring if a little raw. Stupid girl, stupid girls, stupid girls Maybe if I act like that, that guy will call me back Porno Paparazzi girl, I don’t wanna be a stupid girl Go to Fred Segal, you’ll find them there Laughing loud so all the little people stare Looking for a daddy to pay for the champagne (Drop a name) What happened to the dreams of a girl president She’s dancing in the video…
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This item was right at the top of my Google News today – I have it set up to find articles about the Episcopal church (but also filtered so that I mostly see stuff about my own, progressive wing of said church, rather than endless polemics from the small but extremely vocal conservative wing, who are forever yammering about how the consecratioin of Gene V. Robinson as a bishop (remember, he’s the one that wishes he’d be remembered as “the good bishop” and not just “the gay bishop”) forces them to hold the threat of schism over the rest of…
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Here’s irony for you – yesterday, I was doing a laundry run for the local PADS homeless shelter yesterday. It was absolutely the last day to do it, because the shelter we at Holy Moly volunteer for is a Friday night, and they needed to have the soiled laundry picked up, dropped off at the local hospital that donates the bedding sets, and clean sets returned to the site. Normally, I do this (about once a month or less) on Sunday after church the week I’m scheduled, but it can actually be done any time between Saturday and Thursday. But…