I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.
No, this is not a drill.
You've seen the TV footage of food riots in parts of the developing world. Yes, they're a long way away from the U.S. But most foodstuffs operate in a global market. When the cost of wheat soars in Asia, it will do the same here.
Reality: Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster. - WSJ
The Mormons and militias are right.... Run for the hills! Over a hundred earthquakes in Reno! The sky is falling and I want my mommy!
It's funny, I just realized I've seen DLR three years in a row - once in 2006 during a solo tour, 2007 in Portland with Van Halen, and 2008 again with Van Halen in Reno. The show on Thursday was all right - you can't beat the view in the Reno Events Center, but the place could learn a thing or two about acoustics.
"Eventually, I believe, everything evens out. Long ago an asteroid hit our planet and killed our dinosaurs. But in the future, maybe we'll go to another planet and kill their dinosaurs." - CNN
Now I don't know what stopped Jesus Christ From turning every hungry stone into bread And I don't remember hearing how Moses reacted When the innocent first born sons lay dead Well, I guess God was a lot more demonstrative Back when he flamboyantly parted the sea Now everybody's praying Don't prey on me - Bad Religion
When the Oscar meme started floating around last year I thought it would be a good idea to use it as a blueprint to catch all the films on the list - both as a fan of movies and as a total OCD freakazoid. So between Oscar ceremonies, I hit 18 of the movies on the list. Since the last Oscar ceremony, full-on neurosis set in, and I've caught 26 more movies (see below). Last night I wound up deleting 30 more flicks from my DVR in an effort to stop the insanity. What is it about a list that creates a compulsion in some people? At any rate, I'm still on my quest to catch all the nominated movies (I've expanded the original meme to include every Oscar ceremony dating back to 1928.), but I'm going to take slower, less OCD pace in the process. :P
The Awful Truth (04/07/08) The Grapes of Wrath (03/15/08) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (03/10/08) High Noon (02/27/08) Roman Holiday (03/16/08) Shane (02/28/08) Auntie Mame (03/07/08) Lawrence of Arabia (03/13/08) Lilies of the Field (03/31/08) Ship of Fools (03/06/08) In the Heat of the Night (04/12/08) Midnight Cowboy (03/30/08) Patton (04/06/08) The French Connection (03/30/08) The Last Picture Show (03/05/08 Lenny (03/11/08) An Unmarried Woman (03/06/08) Raging Bull (03/08/08) Braveheart (03/04/08) Elizabeth (02/27/08) The Thin Red Line (04/09/08) Gladiator (03/02/08) Gosford Park (03/19/08) Babel (03/18/08) No Country for Old Men (03/16/08) Michael Clayton (03/03/08)
In an effort to simplify my life and focus on other projects I'm shutting down Edible Foods and Happy Death, Inc. until further notice. I dig both sites, but just don't have the time to put towards them right now and I'm still not happy with the layouts/formats of either. So rather than half-ass my way through them, I'm shutting them down temporarily until I have the time to do a complete reformat/relaunch. They will be back, whether that's in six weeks or six months, I don't know.
I thought I would post this recipe to Comentario Loco while Edible Foods is closed for remodel.
1 cup diced cooked chicken 2/3 cup diced onion 1 1/2 t minced garlic 2 T dark sesame oil 1 1/2 t curry powder 1/2 t salt 1/2 t black pepper 1/2 t crushed red pepper flakes 3 cups chicken broth 1/4 cup tomato paste 1 cup chopped stewed tomatoes, drained 3 T chunky peanut butter
In a large pot, saute the chicken, onion, and garlic in the sesame oil for 10 minutes, until onion is tender. Add the curry powder, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes and saute 1 minute more.
Add the chicken broth, tomato paste, stewed tomatoes and peanut butter, stirring until well-combined. Heat until very hot but not boiling. Serve immediately. Serves 6.
Due to overwhelming fan demand, VAN HALEN announced today that they will add Reno, Nevada to their critically acclaimed North American concert tour, bringing fans one of the most successful concert tours in recent memory.
Music fans and the press have responded to Van Halen's 2007/2008 tour with passionate fanfare. "For more than two hours, the gods delivered," said Rolling Stone. Playboy magazine recently awarded VAN HALEN as Best Live Act of 2007 in its annual Music Poll in the March 2008 issue. - Van Halen (.com)
Earl Cossey sounded weary last week, assessing the importance of a newfound parachute. The Dan "D.B" Cooper/parachute expert had seen it all, over and over.
This week, he laughed recalling his reaction to seeing a parachute found last month near Amboy, Wash. Some believed it might be linked to Cooper's Nov. 24, 1971, jump into the rainy night sky with $200,000 in ransom strapped to his body.
As Cossey suspected last week, it wasn't the one. - Oregonlive
Bummer. You know, if Deep Throat can come out of the closet, how come we can't figure out what happened to Cooper? I was crossing my fingers on that one.
