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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The Manager's not messin' around
But then you see this tweet from Bastian with the Jays' first lineup of the Spring, and you start looking for something against which you can bash the rational thoughts out of your frontal cortex.
We get that these are the Fake Games. That they are meaningless. That they don't count for shit. But when you look at that lineup, and you see Travis Snider hitting ninth behind John Buck, Jeremy (.669 OPS) Reed and Alex Gonzalez, it kinda makes you lose your faith in humanity.
Putting Snider in ninth, especially behind Reed and Gonzalez, is a clear and undeniable message from The Manager to Travis and to all other Jays players: Don't fuck with Clarence. You might complain about how he's doing things, or how negative he gets when he grunts out some incomprehensible rationalization. But don't take The Manager or his boys to task for the way they do business, or you'll find yourself at the ass end of things.
24 comments:
- Darren Priest said...
This post goes well with the Jays story in my local paper this morning. "Snider Hoping to Crack Jays Lineup"
"Young outfielder will have to play his way onto team, says GM"
Really? OK. So he can learn more by going Babe Ruth on AAA pitching?
Does Rogers secretly want us to hate the Jays so they can sell the team without much fuss?
- March 2, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- MJK said...
if Clarence is still doing this at the end of spring training then i'll worry about it. these games are meaningless and so is the batting order.
- March 2, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- SP said...
Check out the Garfoose's Twitter for Brad Mills' life story
- March 2, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
Imagine it was like 2008, and someone asked you to check out the garfoose twitter? wtf?
- March 2, 2010 at 2:37 PM
Looking forward to the posts about the managers horrible bullpen management later today.
- March 2, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Ty said...
It's bullshit, but yeah, it's expected bullshit at least. Maybe Snider's better off this way - hitting in front of those three guys is a surefire way to make sure you NEVER get anything good to hit.
Cito did say he was going to give Snider playing time in RF thus Spring, so at leas he's coming around a little bit. I'm sure if Snider performs as well as we all know he can, he'll force his way out of the 9-hole pretty quickly.
- March 2, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Actually, that's probably what caught me off guard: I had actually somehow convinced myself that Snider was OBVIOUSLY going to get moved up in the lineup.
And frankly, him hitting 7th behind Reed would have seemed low but reasonable. But the nine hole really surprised me, especially given how The Manager had moved him up the lineup in September last year.
- March 2, 2010 at 3:54 PM
How do we convince management that the hard core fans they have left are really getting tired of this clown running the team?
- March 2, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Oh FUCK OFF. JB's infested the Tao too too now??
- March 2, 2010 at 4:24 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I guess I should un-bunch my panties until after spring training. It's not like the Orange-Pineapple-Grapefruit league means anything in the grand scheme of things.
I just wish they would bring in some benevolent Svengali to work with this rag-tag bunch instead of a manager who does best when his team is made up of all stars.
- March 2, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- Nick said...
Fuck me. This is the time to get Snider up in the lineup, and make sure he's getting as many AB's as possible. Snider needs to face better pitching too, and the only way to do that is to have him at the top of the lineup.
Clarence will kill the season for us.
- March 2, 2010 at 4:50 PM
I don't care if he kills the season, I just don't want him to kill the future in the process.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:00 PM
I have read Tao for years, bucko. One of the best in the Blue Jays biz.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Tao, are you a Wii man only or do you have another game system? I was reading up on MLB 2K10 today. Looks decent. I might have to buy it. They say The Show for PS3 is the best but I don't have a PS3 and don't plan to for a few months -- although its ability to play Blu-Ray DVDs is enough to make it worthwhile purchase.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I got a PS3 this year, so I think I'm officially switching over to The Show.
I had fun with 2K on the Wii, and the ability to swing the controller to hit the ball was fun. But when I saw the previews for The Show, I nearly crapped my pants. I can't wait.
Plus, there are roster updates...2K's rosters suck.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Don't care if you read JB, just never post here again.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Oh, please, JB can post here all he wants. This isn't the New England Journal of Medicine
Anyways, I just might have to throw a PS3 on the ol Future Shop Card. I'll get buy-in from my lawfully wedded by playing up the Blu-Ray angle.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Mylegacy said...
Tao - while I share many of your concerns and nightmares about our beloved Cito - I am not having my sperm count retaken just because game 1 of the pre-season sees the sainted Travis Snider being started in the 9th hole.
This guy is just barely 22 - if he'd been a senior college signing he'd just be in Low A this year. No question; this guy, Wallace, Hill and Lind are going to be a powerhouse "Four" for years - BUT - lets let the "Kid" EARN it - lets not give it to him. He wants to hit 4th - no problem - just go out there and DO IT.
Now - if he's still batting 9th when he's 25 - now then I get my sperm retested 'cause obviously something will be all fu*ked up!
- March 2, 2010 at 6:23 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
@Darren - PS3 is a great BluRay player. And that angle totally works on wives, although you might have to purchase some boxed set on BluRay that she loves to seal the deal.
@Mylegacy - Earn schmearn. I say throw the kid into the fire, and let him move up in the order. And you've got to imagine that he has earned the 7th spot in the lineup moreso than has Jeremy Reed.
- March 2, 2010 at 6:33 PM
I have posted here many times before. Just that Tao doesn't need to be called out as much as some of our other friends.
- March 2, 2010 at 7:19 PM
I feel it imperative to address my fans at this point. Clarence is just blowing his old horn for the world to see that he is in charge. But he really isn't - I am. I tell Alex what to tell Clarence, and that is the end of it.
I agreed that the manager would be left to his own devices for a few ST games, in order to present him with a face-saving exercise, that would bear no impairment to my long-term objectives of restoring this team to glory and bathing in my personal eminence (while making my company a commodious annuity, of course).
Travis Snider will not hit in the ninth spot for long. Randy Ruiz will play 1B vs LHP, and will see some time in the OF vs tough RHP and also get ABs at DH.
Have some faith in my brilliant strategy and sexy, savvy style. I am ridiculously smart, and a handsome tiger of a business man. My team will shock the world.
Trust me,
Handsome Tony Viner
- March 2, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- The Ack said...
HTV is like a drug. I feel tremendous now.
- March 2, 2010 at 8:14 PM
- Darren Priest said...
It's true. I don't know who he is, but he scratches me where I itch.
- March 2, 2010 at 8:25 PM
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Last spring, I danced with two sandhill cranes right in the middle of our very own meadow as my husband Ron stared goggle-eyed—and camera-less—out the bay window. We had followed the birds' antics all morning as they edged closer to the house. Finally, unable to resist, I sneaked outside and presented myself to them with a loud "Awk!"
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Many of our friends thought that no one in his (or her!) right mind would trade double-incomed, big-city security (full medical and dental coverage, six weeks of paid vacation per year, plus retirement benefits) for a log house on ten acres surrounded by miles of the rawest wilderness in the country! But just a year ago—feeling perfectly sane—Ron and I did just that, and we both agree that it's been a most successful swap!
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Over the next few summers, we could build a house in "our meadow" (as we had come to call it) by working weekends and taking extra time around holidays. Since we'd keep our full-time jobs while in the process of setting up our homestead-to-be, Ron's salary could cover construction costs, and mine could pay for our continued urban living expenses. By spreading the project over several years, we could pace our building speed to match our earning capacity, eliminating the need to take out a loan.
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The first thing we did was use our savings to buy those ten acres, making them truly ours. We spent the rest of the year putting away more money, developing house plans, and scrounging materials. Before raising a single log, we had stockpiled enough plush carpet and padding to warm the floors of two bedrooms . . . as well as solid core birch doors for all the interior rooms . . . quarry tile for the kitchen . . . two styles of wallpaper . . . a bay window . . . a pair of skylights . . . two large chandeliers . . . a baseboard heating system . . . three sinks, two tubs, and a toilet . . . and scads of lumber.
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The actual building of the house started Memorial Day weekend of 1979, and with it began a routine we'd follow during the next four years: All week we'd buy and/or organize materials, loading them onto a 16-foot trailer. Right after work on Friday, we'd head for Ninilchik. Five hours later, after pitching the tent (while being eaten alive by swarming masses of Alaska's "state bird", the mosquito) we'd sink gratefully into our sleeping bags.
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Two of the summers that we spent on the project were the wettest on record. We got used to having water seep down the insides of our sleeves under our rain gear. The endless mire of ruts we called our driveway developed into a swamp negotiable only—and barely—with four-wheel-drive vehicles. (More than one friend swore never to return . . . if we'd pull them out so they could leave!)
As the house took shape, we learned some valuable tricks of the trade. For example, research told us that during the years it would take for the logs to dry out, each of them would probably shrink an eighth of an inch in diameter. Therefore, a wall of 16 such timbers would settle two inches. To allow for this, we left gaps over each door and window . . . cut vertical grooves in the uprights flanking each major opening where slippage might occur . . . and constructed each inside frame wall (kiln-dried and thus not expected to shrink) so that it floated free in a groove in its log counterpart. In addition, we set blocks under each first floor beam and under the stairway.
With just the two of us working (and me a 110-pound weakling!), we had to devise methods of handling the tremendous weights involved in house construction. We lifted the massive beams that support both the second story and the roof into place by jacking them, inch by steady inch, from the ground with two rope come-alongs tied to a rafter. We built the frame walls in short, 12-foot sections and hauled them upright, again with a come-along that this time was hitched to the truck. We forced stubborn, twisted logs into line with an ingenious system of 2 X 4 levers. And we moved the woodstove into place using several lengths of leftover copper pipe as rollers.
As time passed, we built better and better working conditions for ourselves. (Most laborers have to go on strike for such things!) The addition of the roof ended our weekly soakings and allowed us to sleep indoors, often to the lulling drum of rain on tin. Windows—with real screens—at last kept the bloodthirsty mosquitoes at bay. And eventually I moved the cookstove to (of all places) the kitchen . . . and abandoned our water jug in favor of cold, chlorine-free liquid piped from a 37-foot-deep well that produces 22 gallons per minute. With a choice of electrical outlets in every room, we no longer had to fight over the one extension cord coming from the one plug-in on the outside pole.
During that final winter, our Anchorage headquarters became a factory/warehouse. We accumulated five major appliances and, since we had no garage or basement, stored them in the only logical place: the house. Likewise, because we had no workshop, we built bathroom vanities and a set of kitchen cabinets in the only space possible. (Right! The house!) Sawdust covered everything, even the ceilings, and we wrote notes to each other in the dust on the bathroom mirror.
When the snow melted, we moved the truck from the carport so that Ron could use that space to build (and I'm not kidding) a 23-foot dory. While under construction, the boat grew longer than its shelter and finally hung out the back. Later, we had to squeeze the completed skiff out into the driveway next to the car and the pickup: We needed the room in the carport for Ron to finish the welding on a trailer to haul the boat. And if all that wasn't enough clutter, we'd also been hoarding case lots of canned goods over the previous months—food that could carry us through our first winter in the boondocks. Somehow, surrounded by all that chaos, I managed to sew drapes, hook rugs, do macrame, and make stained-glass windows. It was a time I'd really rather forget!
The Wrap Up
Over the course of the last "working" summer on the site, we finished four rooms down to the smallest details. Being able to enter a clean room for a while and close the door on the house's messy, still-under-construction area proved to be a great shot in the arm. In addition, the material for doing the rest of the house was stacked in the dining room—directly in the path of traffic—where, we reasoned, we would be inspired to use it and thereby avoid another potential trap: becoming accustomed to living among the exposed studs and rafters of an unfinished home.
After installing the woodstove and cutting enough logs to feed it for three months, we locked the door and headed back to Anchorage. When we returned, it would be for good!
Once in town, we sold my car and found a buyer for the house. (It turned out to be the postman, so we didn't even have to worry about having our mail forwarded.) I quit my job and—for the next two months—prepared for the Great Swap.
The Move
The long-awaited Big Day, October 2, finally arrived. As we moved out the back door, the new owners were moving in at the front. We filled a U-Haul van (the largest available), then the pickup, and then the trailer . . . and still had to leave things behind to be picked up the following spring. At 3:00 PM, hours behind schedule, we headed out . . . an overloaded, creeping convoy of two. Just south of Anchorage, at the beginning of the first stretch of rough road, the truck blew a tire. We found the spare by disconnecting the trailer and unloading the whole pickup . . . all in the mud and the blood and the pouring rain. At midnight—nine hours and 200 miles later—we parked at the head of our swampy road, knowing the van would never make it in.
And so for the next two days we ferried everything we owned from the U-Haul to the house, using the indispensable four-wheel-drive, until every last mud-splattered piece was finally home . . . for good! (I swore then that if we ever moved again, the furniture would be left behind!)
And after slaving day and night to finish our place by New Year's Eve, we were done! The Great Dream, spawned almost five years before, was at last a reality.
Alaskan Homestead
Last night, almost a full year after settling here, we sat on the porch swing and watched "our" two cranes join their comrades for the flight south. We have, in fact, made many wild friends. An ermine lives in the wood stacked on the porch and eats out of our hands. Camp robbers (Gray jays) compete with magpies for our table scraps. A family of woodpeckers inhabits a nearby hollow tree. Swallows nest in the houses we built for them under the eaves. Moose sleep in the meadow beneath shimmering displays of the northern lights, and foxes and coyotes drift through . . . as does an occasional bear.
The pantry and the freezer fairly burst with the wonderful variety of edibles that we've gathered. February's minus tides fell at night, so we clammed by the light of the moon (and a lantern), digging a year's supply of those tasty bivalves. And you've heard, of course, of the March hare? Well, we have ten of them in the freezer! In April, king crabs sought the shallows to molt, and we were there to trap them in baited crab pots. On early spring nights, our shrimp rings yielded hundreds of those tiny delicacies, their eyes pinkly fluorescent as they milled about in the net. A little later, we were boring holes in birch trees . . . to make birch syrup (something we learned from It's Tree-Tappin' Time ... Most Everywhere!). A midnight in May found us on the Kenai River, armed with a 20-foot net and awaiting high tide. By morning, 500 cleaned hooligan (smelt) were ours. Come summer, we used the skiff to horse halibut from the depths on 3-inch hooks and to troll for king salmon. In August, we dragged dip nets to the Kasilof River; the red salmon were running. Then on September 9, we made an appointment with a young bull moose for 6:00 AM at the east end of our swamp. We were all on time, and—a week later—several spruce hens, shot while we were gathering wood, joined him in the deep freeze.
The action's been pretty brisk on the home front, too. Goat's-milk cheese is aging in the crawl space, and—in a crock next to it—I'm corning some moose. We wash with soap made out of caribou fat (lemon-scented!) . . . and, as I write, the aroma of blueberry pie baking in a flaky bear-fat crust wafts from the kitchen. Jars and jars of home-canned king salmon and moose line the shelves, and I'm sure we'll eat smoked cheese, spruce hen, and fish for a long time to come. (While listing all this activity, I'm amazed to think that our friends claimed we'd be bored!)
Smiling, we recall the pain of muscles sore from the building of—and the living of—a dream. Yes, it can hurt to chase happiness . . . but it's nothing compared to the ache of regret we'd still feel if we hadn't taken up the pursuit.


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I love it. Those last pictures are super! I like the look of that dwarf with the grey beard. Is that Gandalf's?
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Cryptographic module validations
All Apple FIPS 140-2 Conformance Validation Certificates are on the CMVP vendor page. Apple actively engages in the validation of the CoreCrypto and CoreCrypto Kernel modules for each major release of T2 Firmware. Validation can only be performed against a final module release version and formally submitted upon OS public release. CMVP now maintains validation status of cryptographic modules under two separate lists depending on their current status. The modules begin in the Implementation Under Test List and then proceed to the Modules in Process List.
T2 Firmware (2018)
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The winter issue of Twist Collective went live this morning! And while there are many lovely patterns in it, I'd like to take a moment to draw your attention to mine:
photography by Jane Heller, pattern Trefoil by me!
Trefoil is a cabled winter hat and mitten set with an elegant three pointed celtic knot on the crown and a single leaf of the knot mirrored on each mitten. The knot is framed by arching stockinette and trimmed with stretchy i-cord edging.
The idea for Trefoil started a loooong time ago. The idea seemed so simple, a celtic knot on the top of a hat. The decreases for the crown could be worked right into the cable and the cable would repeat three times around the crown, with the crossovers interlocking from each repeat into the knot. If you were reading my blog back then, you might remember the discussion of the hat I was designing. The one with the cable I couldn't get quite right. The one I knit no less then 15 times! After the first few tries I'd broken down to just knitting the crown over and over and over… I couldn't get the crossovers to work right. My best try looked like this:
Let's not even cover how busy the hat looks with the textured background! Eventually I gave up and stuffed the swatch into the back of my closet (in fact, I still have that purple prototype, as well as the knot swatch, hiding there now)
This story becomes a lesson in "why knitting other people's designs is a good thing" for me. It never occurred to me to try a top-down hat until I was knitting one by another designer. I realized that this approach would allow the crossovers to flow much more smoothly, but I worried that the first cables would bow out, downward, instead of directly across. Taking a page from another greater designer then myself I thought that cabling every row might give the horizontal cable look I needed.
After knitting this one little swatch in DK weight yarn I knew I had solved my problem! But the knot was very small, and would barely cover the crown. So before putting together my submission I knit a second hat in bulky yarn, so I could show the knot in two very different sizes.
I had considered adding mittens to my submission, but didn't because the hat was my first and main goal for this design. However I wasn't at all surprised when Kate Gilbert asked if I could add mittens to the pattern to create a set. Of course this provided it's own challenge. Did I need yet another mitten take on the 3 cornered knot? I decided the mittens should reflect the motif, without mirroring it exactly, in part because I didn't want to do a third take on that look. But mostly because the aran weight yarn was too heavy to fit a whole knot on a single mitten!
Once I'd finished with knitting the pattern write up provided a whole new challenge. Like many cable designers I work from primarily from charts, and if I include row-by-row directions in a pattern they're reverse engineered from those charts. But this hat was different, I worked the knot purely from the image in my mind, and noted my stitches as I went. This means I had the row-by-row directions first! Because of the way the stitches shift from one repeat into another this worked especially well in this instance. However I knew, for many cable knitters, I would need charts in the pattern. As a knitter myself I'll pass right over a cable project if it doesn't include charts. But I didn't want to chart the whole repeat, just the first repeat, so when you're knitting from the charts pay special attention to the rounds that begin and/or end with those vertical colored lines!
I absolutely loved working with Osprey from Quince & Co. It's very soft without loosing the stretchy bounciness that I love about 100% wool yarns. The plied texture shows off stitches and cabling very well. That being said, blocking is completely necessary to make the stitches as even as possible. On that note if you're having trouble getting gauge on this pattern – Block It. Due to the increases in the cables of the crown of the hat the whole thing will need to be stretched horizontally just a touch during blocking for the fabric to lay flat.
And finally, as if that weren't saga enough, the original name of this pattern was Highland. As in, the scottish highlands, highland cattle, windy highland moors, and celtic knots. But if you search "highland" in patterns on ravelry you'll get more then EIGHTY results. So I spent some time looking for something properly scottish as a replacement, but in the end it was Kate Gilbert who suggested Trefoil.*
*the girl scout cookies didn't even occur to me, until someone else mentioned it earlier today! Mmmm, cookies…


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The New York Times profiled Dave Chappelle's return to the stage.
Splitsider examines if doing stand-up on late night television still matters.
Comedy Central shared this preview for Inside Amy Schumer.
Friend of WitOut (check out Episode 12 of our podcast) Kevin McDonald will be guest writing for the next two episodes of Saturday Night Live with hosts Melissa McCarthy and Vince Vaughn.
David Cross talked to IFC about Arrested Development, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, and Mr. Show with Bob and David.
There is a new red band trailer for This is the End, the comedy featuring all those guys who have been in all those comedies together over the past few years.
Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno address rumors about The Tonight Show in this musical opening from Late Night.
You can see all the pieces from Gallery 1988's SNL-themed art show online via Splitsider.
Funny or Die produced this American Psycho parody featuring Huey Lewis and Weird Al.
This site sends strange texts to random numbers and then posts the results.
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The dog whistle has adjustable pitch for active control of the frequency produced. When you blow on the whistle, you can hear the secondary sound made by the air forced through the metal tubing.
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December 2011 Classic Trucks Parts - Parts Department
Dakota Digital BIM Series Expansion Modules
Dakota Digital is proud to unveil the BIM series of instrumentation expansion modules. The BIM-17-1 is the first product to be released within this highly anticipated new series. This allows for the addition of up to 16 gauges to be added to any Dakota Digital instrument system produced since July 2010.
The BIM-17-1 adds both a compass and outside air temperature gauge within the existing digital message centers. With a direct plug-in connection to the Dakota Digital control module, installation couldn't be simpler. All necessary wiring, sensors, and hardware are included to make this a true plug-and-play experience. The BIM-17-1 has an MSRP of $99.95 and carries a complete 24-month warranty. For more information call 800-852-3228 or check 'em out on the web at www.dakotadigital.com.
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AutoRad Radiators is known for their handcrafted, quality aluminum radiator/core support assemblies designed for both performance and beauty. They are proud to announce the latest additions to their line, with three bolt-in replacement models for Chevy trucks (for years '55-59, '60-66, and '67-72), available for any engine configuration. As with all their radiators, the Chevy truck units feature high-grade .090 all-aluminum tanks and sides. Each piece is TIG welded inside and out for a clean, secure weld. The cores are vacuum brazed for a strong, reliable seal. Two rows of 1-inch tubing is standard (1-inch tubing is an optional upgrade for competition motors). Other options include Maradyne fans for optimal airflow and a fan shroud that is neatly formed into the core support. The radiator and core support are rubber mounted, and the support is braced to ensure a smooth fit and lasting performance. For additional information please visit www.autoradradiators.com or call 770-983-1345.
Hotchkis TVS for '67-72 Chevy
Classic truck builders no longer have to compromise on ride and handling to achieve the perfect stance—the new Hotchkis Total Vehicle System for '67-72 Chevrolet C10 pickups is, according to the manufacturer, the most complete high-performance bolt-on suspension system ever offered for classic pickups, providing the perfect slammed stance, supercar handling, and a family-friendly ride. Technology born on the high-banked ovals of Stock Car racing and proven in Goodguys and Optima Ultimate Street Car competition means your C10 can out-handle a new muscle car, and it can be installed in your driveway with basic hand tools.
The system includes tubular upper and lower control arms up front that extend the wheelbase 1.8 inches to center the wheels within the wheelwells for increased stability and a better look. Geometry is improved by increasing the caster measurement up to +9 degrees. The camber curve is improved and bumpsteer is corrected with a new centerlink assembly and heavy-duty tie-rod sleeves. Ride height is optimized with sport lowering springs, a 1716-inch front sway bar reduces body roll, and Hotchkis-tuned Bilstein shocks and shock relocator brackets control the bumps along the road. The rear of the truck gets an adjustable full-length trackbar setup and an adjustable anti-squat bracket system to improve the truck's instant center for maximum traction. A -inch blade-style rear sway bar reduces body roll. Ride height is lowered 4 inches in front and 6 inches in the rear. Check out the entire line of Hotchkis Sport Suspension parts and components at www.hotchkis.net or give 'em a call at 877-4-NOROLL.
Split-Color Grip Steering Wheels
Split-color front grips, the newest addition to the growing list of options for Con2R custom steering wheels, look as though they could have rolled off a factory line in Detroit back when saying "Fill 'er up" didn't require a bank loan. Available in eight standard grip colors and an endless array of custom options makes it possible (for the first time) to create your own custom steering wheel with two or more color sections on the face of the grip. Complete with chromed bezels to separate the grip sections, all Con2R steering wheels are built on a chrome-plated steel frame with your choice of spoke pattern, offset, colors, and trim. These wheels have a 15-inch outside diameter and feature a center blow horn button with a standard three-bolt mount pattern. Split-color front grip steering wheels start at $354.95 plus shipping. For more info on these wheels and the complete line of cool Con2R products check out their website at www.con2r.com or give them a call at 503-626-6390.
Flush Gas Doors From Doc's Kustom
Doc's Kustom offers several versions of slick, flush-mount gas filler doors, three of which are shown here. Your choices range from rectangular and oval styles with flip-up lids, to the round pop-up style you see in the right foreground. The rectangular and oval styles are available in 51/2- and 61/2-inch lengths, and the round pop-up is 21/2-inches in diameter. They can be ordered with ball-milled grooves or with a smooth finish, and all come fully polished. Prices range from $89.95 to $99.95 for the rectangular and oval type, and up to $119 for the round pop-ups. All Doc's Kustom parts are made right in their own building—nothing is manufactured overseas. For more info on these cool fuel fillers call 'em at 229-528-4300 or visit 'em at www.docskustom.com.
Kugel's New Increased Capacity Reservoirs
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Clint Eastwood directs the movie version of the stage play about the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
No one is ever going to lump The Four Seasons in with the Stones or Beatles, but when it comes to judging who had the more adventurous climb to fame, the four lads from Jersey are clearly No. 1 – with a bullet. And it's a sure bet that projectile was fired by a mobster well-acquainted with either golden-voiced Frankie Valli or boneheaded guitarist Tommy DeVito. Both were children of the streets of Newark, and what began as a life of larceny eventually progressed into stealing the hearts of millions with a string of infectious pop songs that live on today, largely due to the Tony-winning jukebox musical, "Jersey Boys." Geographically, it's not such a big leap from Newark to Broadway, but when their story, along with those of fellow members Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi, makes the jump to Hollywood, it's likely things will get lost in translation. But transversely, expect much to be gained, especially with a musically inclined director like Clint Eastwood leading the band. He's not entirely successful, but there's no doubt he gets everything he can from a shallow, fact-fudging script by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (based on their Broadway book) that hits on all the high notes but makes little attempt to get under the skin of four radically diverse individuals of varying degrees of talent.
It's a greatest-hits pic, if you will, that smartly focuses on those unforgettably catchy tunes: "Ragdoll," "Dawn," "Sherry," "Walk Like a Man," etc. There are more than a dozen of them, and each instantly takes you to a time and place, especially if you're old enough to remember when Cadillacs (the group's cars of choice) still had fins. And each is sung live on film by a quartet of hugely talented actors who eerily reproduce every octave and inflection exactly like the real thing, including Valli's "gift-from-God" falsetto. It's provided here by John Lloyd Young, who reprises his Tony-winning role. He's not much for hitting dramatic notes, but, boy, can he sing. And when he does sing, the movie sings right along with him.
It falters only when the music stops to eavesdrop on the petty arguments, bruised egos and romantic malfunctions that eventually put the Four Seasons on ice. And like the seasons, "Jersey Boys" can be broken down into spring, summer, autumn and winter. It begins in the former, when three still wet-behind-the-ears juvenile delinquents – Valli, DeVito (a volcanic turn by "Boardwalk Empire's" Vincent Piazza) and Massi (Michael Lomenda) – finance their musical endeavors by knocking over warehouses and bumbling their way into state prison. Valli, then known by his real name, Francis Castelluccio, would serve as the lookout, opening up in song whenever a cop ventured near. His voice, and his youth, kept him out of jail, but not so with DeVito and Massi, both of whom became regular customers.
Between stretches, they somehow found time to form their band, but couldn't catch a break, even with local mobster Gyp DeCarlo (Christopher Walken) firmly in their corner. Then their summer arrives via no less than a young Joe Pesci (yes, that Joe Pesci), who introduces Gaudio to the boys. In practically no time, their star shines brighter than the July sun, especially with Gaudio (an excellent Erich Bergen) and producer Bob Crewe (Mike Doyle, bordering on a gay stereotype) penning hit after hit. Then comes the fall, literally, as relationships begin to chill and the hits dry up. It's capped by a bitter winter in which all implodes, professionally and personally.
Yes, it's the typical "Behind the Music" scenario. And, yes, it's tiresome, if not boring, especially when the film is padded out to 134 minutes. But every time you're ready to give up on it, one of those amazing songs pops up and you're all ears again, especially upon hearing them the way they're meant to be heard, in clear, crisp Dolby sound. It sends chills just as frequently as Piazza generates heat as the group's bonafide bad boy. In his capable hands, DeVito is sexy and brash, even if he's in way over his head managing the band, including secretly gambling away thousands of its earnings. He's fascinating, so much so, you wish the movie focused on him rather than Valli, who, Frank-ly, isn't all that interesting.
Gaudio merits more attention, considering he not only wrote, or co-wrote, all the hits, he also was the group's silent leader, using his smarts and upscale upbringing to take his mates to heights they never would have achieved without him. The diversity in his background compared to that of the others leaves a huge source of complexity regrettably untapped, as we're forced to settle with little more than DeVito's growing mix of jealousy and suspicion.
Eastwood compensates somewhat by giving the film a rich, lived-in look, with the color so washed out that it often appears as if it was shot in period-appropriate black and white. His sense of humor is equally keen, evidenced by a handful of surprisingly playful moments, particularly a scene in which the virginal Gaudio is propositioned by a groupie while watching – of all people – Eastwood on "Rawhide." And the curtain-call finale – in which the film's multitude of actors dances in the street accompanied by a medley of Four Season tunes – is a terrific blend of energy and choreography that puts most Broadway shows to shame. It's a perfect send off, leaving the music touching you in a way the story seldom does.


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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Brown Butter Macaroni and Cheese
I'm such a sucker for fall. Pumpkins, maple syrup, nuts, pumpkins, vanilla, nutmeg, apples, pears, cinnamon...did i mention the pumpkins? Then there are the changing colors of the leaves and those crisp sunny days with a slight chill filling the air. I totally pine for all those romantic fall activities - pumpkin patches and apple orchards, hay rides and corn mazes. So, it is ironic. Hmm, I don't think ironic is right, unless we are talking about the Alanis Morissette definition of ironic. But it is a wonderful cosmic life coincidence that I now live in Southern California... where there is no autumn. Don't get me wrong, I really do love and appreciate the weather here, but every now and then, I long for fall, especially on hot, humid, summer days like today. So I bring fall home to me, imagining that there are deciduous trees outside my window - with leaves changing color and full of those brilliant shades of gold and red and orange instead of palm trees, and i surround myself with pumpkins and squashes and scents of cinnamon. I eat food that makes me think of fall. I recently had one of those days. My very own fall day created inside my head... and I ate this mac and cheese. It has an earthy, nutty taste with flecks of crisp orange carrots that just says fall to me.
10 ounces whole wheat elbow macaroni, just slightly undercooked
1 cup finely chopped carrots
1 cup finely chopped cauliflower
1/2 cup walnuts, toasted and ground
1/2 cup panko
2 tablespoons flax seeds, ground
1 stick of butter, chopped into small, even-size pieces
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
3 cups whole milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
1/2 pound good quality cheddar (I actually used Beecher's Flagship cheese), grated
2 tablespoons grated parmesan
2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley
In a bowl, mix together the carrots and cauliflower and set aside. In another bowl, mix together the panko, flax seeds, and walnuts, and set aside. In a sauce pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Keep and eye on the butter, it will become foamy and brown specks will be at the bottom of the pan, and it will have a wonderful nutty fragrance. Be sure not to blacken the butter. Take the pan off the heat and whisk in the flour. Return the pan to medium heat. Once a roux has formed, stir in the milk, stirring frequently. Once that has thickened (about 8 minutes), stir in salt, mustard, and cheeses. Add in the macaroni and the vegetables. Heat oven to 350. Grease an 8x8 pan. Pour in the macaroni mixture. Top with the panko mixture. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the top is golden brown and the inside is bubbly. Serve with fresh parsley sprinkled on top.
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LOOOOOVE the browned butter and that you've added in so many veggies/healthy things to make me feel better about eating the entire thing! ;)ReplyDelete
I'm loving all the vegetables in your recipe! I've been on the lookout for recipes like this one. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I'm not quite ready for fall (mostly because of what follows,) but I could go for a huge helping of this macaroni and cheese. Please!? :DReplyDelete
I can't wait to move to SoCal--I'll miss winter (CHRISTMAS NEEDS SNOW!) But I'm a weirdo--I haaaaate fall. I hate the weather. I hate the colors. I hate it. BUT---I love brown butter mac n cheese! Yours look deeeeeelishReplyDelete
Ohmigoodness, that sounds a-MAZ-ing.ReplyDelete
Btduds, Autumn is awesome in theory, but having to dig your car out of a pile of leaves nearly as tall as you are, not cool.
What a fantastic looking mac 'n cheese! And so much better for you, too. I lived in So Cal for 16 years and I always missed fall. Now I live in Northern VA, and although I miss that great CA weather, I do love it when fall arrives!ReplyDelete
You had me at brown butter... And at macaroni... AND at cheese! :DReplyDelete
I love fall too - but I'm definitely in summer mode right now! Still, I'd eat mac and cheese any time of the year.ReplyDelete
Brown butter is like a drug to me. All year long. GREGReplyDelete
I can tell this will be absolute heaven. Brown butter + mac + cheese = Yummy goodness!! This is perfect for Friday, and after work comfort food. keke ;)ReplyDelete
I'm also a big fall lover. But I love summer, too and August is when we have all our fun summer plans. So I won't quite dream of autumn yet but I'll take a bowl of this mac & cheese anytime.ReplyDelete
Oh my! Great idea using browned butter!! I adore the stuff and it would be great in a mac and cheese :DReplyDelete
Oh Goody! When you start talking fall, I start thinking spring and I feel warmer already :)ReplyDelete
I love browned butter but I've never used it in mac and cheese. I think I'll try this tonight!
I love fall too. That macaroni cheese looks really good. Brown butter tastes amazing.ReplyDelete
Love fall as well and can't wait for it. This Mac 'n cheese sounds delicious. We will all be envious of that So-Cal weather this winter.ReplyDelete
I can imagine the delicious nuttiness this adds :DReplyDelete
Great idea!
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This looks fantastic and I love all those veggies, what a great meatless meal. I live in Florida so don't see the fall either but we like to drive up toward Pennsylvania around mid October. Such beauty.ReplyDelete
Fall is my favorite season! I am so ready to get away from the oppressive heat and enjoy the beautiful produce and the changing colors. This sounds so delicious.ReplyDelete
wow this is a killer mac and cheeseReplyDelete
Love the brown butter in this!The addition of cauliflower and carrots is also a great idea :)Can imagine the deliciousness in every bite!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 4:05 PM
Seriously...how did I not think of this before? Brown butter in mac & cheese is so smart! Plus I love all the other delicious add-ins like carrots & walnuts.ReplyDelete
Ooooooh my goodness. Brown butter plus mac & cheese! What a combo! Divine!ReplyDelete
Hahah, I'm a sucker for pumpkins too. Fall flavors make me smile.ReplyDelete
This looks delicious though! It's been SO long since I've made macaroni and cheese, I really need to try it again!
I seriously could not survive without autumn, although it's all of two weeks long in Alaska. This macaroni looks yummy--definitely several levels about Kraft!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 9:32 PM
Wow. That looks delicious! Brown butter sounds fantastic in macaroni and cheese.ReplyDelete
I am LOVING the walnuts and cauliflower in here...what an unexpected but delicious twist!ReplyDelete
This looks amazing! Hearty and comforting, and I love how you snuck the veggies in!ReplyDelete
brown butter makes my heart sing! i use it to bake all the time but this is such a fabulous idea!ReplyDelete
Mac cheese with brown butter...that sounds just heavenly!ReplyDelete
Now I'm even more anxious for fall!! This mac n cheese ROCKS! I love the extra veggies and flax seed, wow!ReplyDelete
Just when I thought mac and cheese couldn't get any better! The addition of brown butter sounds divine!ReplyDelete
I love how you've made this tastier and healthier!!! Now I'm hoping the hubby doesn't freak out too much about the veggies, but it's right up my alley~ReplyDelete
Love the brown butter....and the veggies... this is such a lovely way to eat veggies! I usually follow Chef John's (from food wishes) macaroni and cheese recipe with nutmeg....this sounds delicious, sply the brown butter bit.... bookmarking the recipe!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 25, 2012 at 8:47 AM
thanks for posting.ReplyDelete
This is such a nice addition thanks!!!
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A Sandwich a Day: Grilled Chicken Sandwich at Branko's
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As I discovered a few months ago, Branko's in Lincoln Park is a family-run operation with a few legitimate surprises on its menu of mostly Chicago classics. Sure, you can go for the natural casing hot dog or an extra-meaty Italian beef, but the real highlight is the grilled chicken sandwich ($5.99). Where most stands dish out overcooked and under-seasoned chicken, Branko's shows real care with its version.
It takes time, a fact that the cashier is clear about when you order. This turns out to be a good thing. Only after the order is the marinated chicken tossed on the grill. The result is chicken that is still juicy, but with definite grill marks. It's also gargantuan, so bring along a hungry friend to help you finish it.
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So, you've decided you're in it for the long haul. You write a few books. You send out a few queries. You attend a few conferences.
So you get a critique group, you read a few writing books, you edit a few of those books you wrote, then start the process over again.
Nothing except rejection that is.
So when is enough enough? When do you throw in the towel, raise the white flag, slink back to your only-in-my-dreams world?
Some say never. And this might totally be valid. I've heard MANY an author encouraged to "keep going, keep persevering" because publication might be one step around the corner. The stories about pursuing publication for twenty years before it actually happened come to mind.
And that might totally happen to any one of us!!! (well, let's all hope it doesn't REALLY take 20 years!)
But... it also might not.
I don't have the answers to this for you. But I do have a few suggestions.
- Don't give up. If you're going to do anything, give in. Giving up says "I can't do it." Giving in says, "I can do it, I just want to do something else for a while first." One is quitting... the other is changing your mind. Quitting is for those who are weak, changing your mind or changing direction is for those who are wise.
- Don't listen to everyone else. "Keep going" might totally be right on track, but if God is whispering for you to move another direction for a while, keep going is being disobedient.
- Pray. Ask for clear guidance. Be in prayer, talk to your family, and make sure you are on the path God wants for you.
- Don't be overly sensitive. A rejection letter isn't necessarily a "no" from God about publication in general. Neither is a harsh critique of your work. Many times it just means, "Not yet" or "Not this agent" or "Not this editor" or "You have some more work to do." It might be backbone building. But don't see every bad writing news as a lightning bolt from Heaven that you're doing wrong. You'll be shocked most every time:-)
- Take a break. I can't remember where I heard this first, but I've heard it many times. When all else fails, walk away for a little while. Take a week, a month, a year sabbatical. Then reassess. If that pit desire in your stomach is still there, then go back. If it has fizzled, then you have your answer as well.
Having fun makes the journey, no matter the end, much more enjoyable!
Because there are sometimes... when you are scratching your head and about to take the throwing towel plunge, something amazing happens. Last week, that happened to me when I finally landed my dream agent, Rachelle Gardner. I'd had a year of struggling with my writing while I went through a personal tragedy with my daughter, and when I was really trying to reassess just how much effort I needed to be spending on my writing, confirmation came that the towel needed to stay firmly within my grasp.
Discussion: Have you thought about taking the throwing towel plunge? Since you are reading this... odds are you haven't yet, or decided to keep going. What kept you going? Have you ever taken a "break"?


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Angelina Snodgrass Godoy, Popular Injustice:Violence, Community, and Law in Latin America (Stanford University Press, 2006) is reviewed for H-Law by Daniel Brinks, Departmentof Government, University of Texas at Austin. Brinks writes:
In this compelling and disturbing book, Angelina Snodgrass Godoy offers a nuanced analysis of a phenomenon that strikes at the very heart of democracy: mass popular uprisings which often led to the violent murder of people suspected of usually relatively minor crimes in post-civil war, democratic Guatemala. According to the UN mission to Guatemala, nearly five hundred such events were recorded in Guatemala from 1996 to2002, leading to the death of 235 people. The preferred lynching method in Guatemala is fire,rather than the rope: victims are doused in gasoline and burned alive. Often entire communities participate in elaborate ceremonies of public shaming and abuse before putting the suspected offender to death. The practice is not restricted to Guatemala, but seems especially prevalent there.
The lynchings Godoy describes raise the kind of fears discussed by Fareed Zakaria: fears of what might happen when popular sovereignty turns some measure of authority to "illiberal societies."[1]Godoy's book is richly ethnographic and theoretically informed, presenting in chilling detail and heartbreaking immediacy the depth of inhumanity and the deep normative struggles of participants in these elaborate rituals of death and violence. Moreover, Godoy points out,lynchings are just one of a panoply of hyper-punitive crime control tactics championed by elected politicians and publics across Latin America. The book pointedly raises a question that has considerable currency: what does it take to establish a rights-observing democracy in societies stripped of their social capital by the physical violence of internal war and brutal atrocities, and by the structural violence of a modernity that promises but does not deliver a dignified existence?
The facile analysis from outside Latin America is that these are backward societies, simply unprepared for democracy, and that popular sovereignty in such a society is something to be feared rather than welcomed. The equally facile analysis from inside Latin America is that these societies are merely responding to the failure of the state to impose order, by availing themselves of self-help mechanisms. Godoy goes a step further, arguing that these lynchings are expressive acts undertaken by communities battered by modernity. In her view, lynchings are attempts to send the state a message and simultaneously re-establish agency. They take place in communities thrown into a near perpetual state of fear and stripped of long term social cohesion by violence and neoliberal globalization. In her vision, these are not so much democracies to be feared, as democracies soaked in fear.
There is a recent quantitative analysis of this same phenomenon, which merits reading together with Godoy's. Carlos Mendoza, in a slim volume entitled Absence of the State and Collective Violence in Mayan Lands (2007), makes an important observation. The presence of collective violence in a municipality, he notes,is associated (positively and significantly) with the presence of a majority indigenous population.Mendoza argues, rightly, that these are collective acts, and therefore that the communities that engage in them must retain the capacity for collective action. Indeed, he theorizes that it is precisely the higher capacity for collective action of indigenous societies that enables violent collective responses, in the absence of state-backed order.He points out, for example, that non-indigenous communities have fewer (collective) lynchings,but vastly more (individual) homicides--indeed,the homicide rate in indigenous municipalities in Guatemala is lower than that in the United States. He argues, therefore, that it is not anomie and the lack of cohesion that produce mass violence, but their opposites; and that their counterpart in non-indigenous communities is not resort to the criminal justice system, but murder pure and simple. For Mendoza lynchings are also expressive acts, but he sees them as a message to potential transgressors, rather than the state:behave or you will be burned alive.
But Godoy also notices something important, which is missing from the quantitative analysis. Much of the collective violence against individual transgressors is accompanied by violence against whatever state presence does exist. Thus lynchings are accompanied by the destruction of municipal property, attacks on police or judicial officers, and so on. The justifications offered by community members tend in the same direction.The point seems to be not so much that the state is absent but that the state is against the local community; that the state is as much a problem asthe individuals being punished. Even worse, the point seems to be that it is the "liberal constitutional" part of "liberal constitutional democracy" that is the problem.
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