Oscar Nominations Today
Bob put the TV on so we could watch them live. Keisha Castle-Hughes! I am so thrilled. I'm excited about a lot of the nominations this year. And I've actually seen a decent number of the movies. We saw In America over the weekend. It skates on the edge between something wonderful and something heart-breaking the entire time. We were wrung out at the end. And before that we saw Big Fish which is another fine film and heart-wringer. We still need to see Mystic River and Barbarian Invasions -- and those don't look light-weight either.
Saturday, January 24, 2004
I know -- what is this? Maybe 3 posts a week for eons and now 4 posts in one day. I have more, too. I have a whole thing about Tex Hall's State of the Indian Nations address. I think I might start an Indian blog. More on this later.
But this is a Yoda blog. Yoda is my iMac. I bought him in March of 99 which makes him about 110 in computer years. He's a 266 MHz lime G3 with 64 mg RAM and a 6 GB harddrive of which I've used about 2.85 GBs -- I'm just getting the whole music on the computer thing and I got a digital camera for my birthday so my HD demands are rising. Poor Yoda -- he can barely walk and chew gum at the same time. I've used him pretty much every day since I bought him and he's been great but we ordered a new computer this week.
On 2/11/89 I bought my first MAC (I have extensive PC experience at work and can state with real authority: I hate windoze) -- a Mac Plus which I still have. I think it came with a half MG of RAM -- Erin upgraded it to a whole MG -- I think. I'm not really a power techno-geek. The new computer will only be my 4th MAC. The Mac Plus was The Good Mother. Then I got a 520 Powerbook which was Lestat. Then Yoda. The new one is going to be an EMAC named Frodo. I want a new machine but I'm always sad about ditching the old one. It seems rude to even write about it on him.
But this is a Yoda blog. Yoda is my iMac. I bought him in March of 99 which makes him about 110 in computer years. He's a 266 MHz lime G3 with 64 mg RAM and a 6 GB harddrive of which I've used about 2.85 GBs -- I'm just getting the whole music on the computer thing and I got a digital camera for my birthday so my HD demands are rising. Poor Yoda -- he can barely walk and chew gum at the same time. I've used him pretty much every day since I bought him and he's been great but we ordered a new computer this week.
On 2/11/89 I bought my first MAC (I have extensive PC experience at work and can state with real authority: I hate windoze) -- a Mac Plus which I still have. I think it came with a half MG of RAM -- Erin upgraded it to a whole MG -- I think. I'm not really a power techno-geek. The new computer will only be my 4th MAC. The Mac Plus was The Good Mother. Then I got a 520 Powerbook which was Lestat. Then Yoda. The new one is going to be an EMAC named Frodo. I want a new machine but I'm always sad about ditching the old one. It seems rude to even write about it on him.
Black Magic Cake
Priscilla gave me her Bundt pan and a couple months ago she gave me this recipe:
1 cup butter
3/4 cup chocolate syrup
8 Milky Way bars (2.05 oz), cut up
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 t vanilla
4 lg eggs, lightly beaten
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
3/4 t salt
1/2 t baking soda.
1 Preheat over to 325. Grease 12 cup Bundt pan. In Cooks Illustrated they had a tip where you melt 1 T butter and mix in 1 T cocoa powder and then brush the paste into your Bundt pan. Try it -- totally worked. In a microwave safe bowl heat butter, syrup and Milky Ways. Whisk until smooth.
2 Whisk in sugar, then buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs. Stir in flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda.
I should mention that I didn't read the instructions very well and I had 10 Milky Way bars but at the last minute I noticed the total on the whole package said 6.02 oz. OOPS. I used all 10 plus I threw in all the unsweetened baking cocoa I had in the house which was another 2 oz. It came out completely delicious.
3 Pour batter into pan. Bake 1 hour 30 to 40 mintes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Loose cake from pan; invert onto rack to cool. I checked at 1 hr 20 and it was ready to come out. I believe the source is Good Housekeeping.
We gave Priscialla hunk and I served it at writers group today. It went over VERY big. I encouraged everyone to eat at least 3 pieces. I learned that from my Tante Hilla. Guests appreciate it.
Priscilla gave me her Bundt pan and a couple months ago she gave me this recipe:
1 cup butter
3/4 cup chocolate syrup
8 Milky Way bars (2.05 oz), cut up
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 t vanilla
4 lg eggs, lightly beaten
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
3/4 t salt
1/2 t baking soda.
1 Preheat over to 325. Grease 12 cup Bundt pan. In Cooks Illustrated they had a tip where you melt 1 T butter and mix in 1 T cocoa powder and then brush the paste into your Bundt pan. Try it -- totally worked. In a microwave safe bowl heat butter, syrup and Milky Ways. Whisk until smooth.
2 Whisk in sugar, then buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs. Stir in flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda.
I should mention that I didn't read the instructions very well and I had 10 Milky Way bars but at the last minute I noticed the total on the whole package said 6.02 oz. OOPS. I used all 10 plus I threw in all the unsweetened baking cocoa I had in the house which was another 2 oz. It came out completely delicious.
3 Pour batter into pan. Bake 1 hour 30 to 40 mintes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Loose cake from pan; invert onto rack to cool. I checked at 1 hr 20 and it was ready to come out. I believe the source is Good Housekeeping.
We gave Priscialla hunk and I served it at writers group today. It went over VERY big. I encouraged everyone to eat at least 3 pieces. I learned that from my Tante Hilla. Guests appreciate it.
Sex Advice from Cowboys [Warning: explicit -- but hilarious.]
"Where's the best place to engage in outdoor sex?
Just about anywhere. I've done it in the creek, I've done it on horse blankets. I've done it in the long grass, got thorns in my ass. Hell, once I smoothed out pine needles and threw her down right there."
"Where's the best place to engage in outdoor sex?
Just about anywhere. I've done it in the creek, I've done it on horse blankets. I've done it in the long grass, got thorns in my ass. Hell, once I smoothed out pine needles and threw her down right there."
Super Size Me
This guy did an experiment where he ate three meals a day for 30 days at McDonald's. He made a documentary about the results. Not only did he gain weight but "It was really crazy - my body basically fell apart over the course of 30 days." Is anyone surprised?
This guy did an experiment where he ate three meals a day for 30 days at McDonald's. He made a documentary about the results. Not only did he gain weight but "It was really crazy - my body basically fell apart over the course of 30 days." Is anyone surprised?
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Katha Pollitt is my new hero. Here she is on Christmas:
"Isn't there a better way to run the economy than by hectoring people into buying expensive, unnecessary items in order to exchange them with others who have done exactly the same thing?"
The full article is here.
"Isn't there a better way to run the economy than by hectoring people into buying expensive, unnecessary items in order to exchange them with others who have done exactly the same thing?"
The full article is here.
It is Martin Luther Return of the King Day weekend at our house. We started Fellowship extended version on Friday and finished it yesterday and then watched Two Towers extended. This afternoon we're going to see Return of the King on big screen. Bob hadn't seen FOTR or TT and he kept saying, "I can't believe how good this is." I loved all extended stuff and can't believe some of the stuff that got cut out (although I understand why). Like that whole extended Boromir/Faromir scene in TT. None of the extra stuff felt like padding to me.
I thought I was having some sort of allergic reaction to something. I've never had an allergy and didn't expect one to pop up at this point in my life but I've been sneezing with watery eyes and endless runny nose. I've been at it all weekend and now I'm wondering if it might be a cold. I'd almost be relieved if it was a cold because then I could be sure it would go away. But it doesn't feel like a cold.
The latest snow report is that we only have a few lingering patches. Otherwise we can see lawn again. Our backyard plants don't look bad at all and I swear the grass and weeds have been growing under all that snow and ice. The front Rhodie needs chopping and will be much shorter in the future and the hedge-thing next to it will turned to compost. Also our front rain gutter is drooping. We went for our first walk in two weeks yesterday and saw all the damage to the trees in our neighborhood. Wow. One of our neighbors had such a lovely yard and he lost 2 trees completely and one he whacked back to a trunk. It looks so sad.
I thought I was having some sort of allergic reaction to something. I've never had an allergy and didn't expect one to pop up at this point in my life but I've been sneezing with watery eyes and endless runny nose. I've been at it all weekend and now I'm wondering if it might be a cold. I'd almost be relieved if it was a cold because then I could be sure it would go away. But it doesn't feel like a cold.
The latest snow report is that we only have a few lingering patches. Otherwise we can see lawn again. Our backyard plants don't look bad at all and I swear the grass and weeds have been growing under all that snow and ice. The front Rhodie needs chopping and will be much shorter in the future and the hedge-thing next to it will turned to compost. Also our front rain gutter is drooping. We went for our first walk in two weeks yesterday and saw all the damage to the trees in our neighborhood. Wow. One of our neighbors had such a lovely yard and he lost 2 trees completely and one he whacked back to a trunk. It looks so sad.
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