Thanks to an intense head cold, I don’t remember too much about yesterday. The whole day felt like I was at a move theater, watching my life up on the big screen, more casual observer than particpant. I think at one point I observed myself running for 17 miles. At another I drifted from one hospital pavilion to another (four times over) in the company [...]
“I was just a kid when I found out how cruel the world could be faded pictures from forgotten times of endless misery. I lit a candle but I could not know why.” -Dillinger Four (from their song “Hand Made Hard Times Handed Back”) A few years back there was a kid I came to know through three second intervals in the school cafeteria. I [...]
Are you really here looking for vegan calf testicles? If so, sorry, I can’t help you. There will be no vegan bull balls in this post. So why the title? Well, it is an entry about the best vegan food I enjoyed in the Rocky Mountains presented in little snip(pets) thus the oyster part. I know that since I have returned from Denver I have [...]
J-Fur and I attended our first Bradley Method birthing preparation class yesterday. The Bradley Method is a program designed for woman who are intending to have a natural birth without drugs and C-sections. It places some of the emphasis on the father to act as a “coach” during labor. It all seems a bit hippiesh to me. No drugs. Father as cheerleader. I fully expected [...]
Vienna is probably most well known for the log of meat that bears its name. But the Vienna sausage pales in its importance to the city when stacked up against baseball’s standby, the soft pretzels. You see one time pretzels actually saved the city. The story goes like this. During the Battle of 1510 the Turks decided to invade Vienna. Unable (or unwilling) to whittle [...]
Remember when I told you about accidentally booking a spring break trip to Denver? Well I enjoyed the fruits of that late night mistake this past weekend. I must say, it was EVERYTHING I expected. First and foremost, it was cold. How cold? Imagine my ex-girlfriend. Now put her on ice and toss her to the bottom of Lake Michigan in December while listening to [...]
Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, published in 1918, is the first literary mention of a Parisian sandwich staple called the Croque-Monsieur. Traditionally the Croque-Monsieur, which loosely(or literally, I’m not well versed in the French language) translates to “Mister Crunchy”, is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with Emmental or Gruyere providing the gooeyness. According to Wikipedia there are a number of other versions including [...]
You know that old saying when life gives you lemons you make lemonade? Yeah, well that didn’t happen to me this week. There weren’t lemons waiting on my doorstep Monday morning, there were poblanos. Now I’m not complaining, I mean I love poblanos and all, but a whole bunch of them can’t be easily made into something like juice. Believe me. I tried. Don’t go [...]
March 1st is a day dedicated to St. David, the patron saint of the Welsh. David is said to have had a melodic voice and so school age children honor this by taking part in concerts that include both recitation and song. St. David’s personal symbol (and a Welsh national symbol) is the Allium porrum or leek. According to legend, King Cadwaladr of Gwynedd ordered [...]
