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Thursday, November 20, 2008
A Simple Beef Pot Roast with Prep Cook Ragout
There is often not enough time to get everything done, and you can't really tell the chef that you didn't get around to dicing the mushrooms because you were enjoying a nice leisurely supper.
It's not that you starve; someone is usually assigned to cook a "family meal," as it's referred to. Leftovers are pulled together and laid out buffet-style to grab when you have a chance. This thankless job is normally done by the youngest cooks, who gain valuable experience, as well as learn profanity in several languages as the results of their labors are critiqued by the older line cooks.
Prep cook ragout or ragu, is what I call the stewed vegetables that are leftover from the making of stocks, sauces, or from roasting meats. This soft, cooked-to-death "mirepoix" (onions, celery, carrots) is the last resort "family meal" side dish of the "in the weeds" apprentice.
Here, however, these same vegetables make for a really nice topping to our simple, but comforting beef pot roast. Beef, mirepoix, butter, rosemary, salt and pepper…now, that's a recipe any busy prep cook would love. Enjoy!
Beef Chuck Pot Roast (about 3 1/2 pounds)
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced onion
1 tsp dried rosemary
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 stick butter
33 comments:
YUMmmm, such comfort food!
BTW - My 3 1/2 lb meat cannot be bigger than your 3 1/2 lb meat. (No bragging rights!) - November 20, 2008 at 2:52 PM
- Chef John said...
thanks, but I'll do the jokes. ;)
- November 20, 2008 at 3:58 PM
- Angie ^i^ said...
LMAO *snort* hahaha
Love the "special treat" within the video!! That was great! I'll definitely give this recipe a try! YUMMY!! - November 20, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Hey Chef John, I notice that sometimes when you're browning meats, you don't wait for the whole surface to get really crisped and caramelized. The pot roast here seemed to still have a lot of grey on it when you flipped it. Is this to avoid burning the pan and ruining the sauce, just because the meat doesn't really need to be browned all over, or some other reason that I'm not smart enough to figure out? I'm just an amateur, so I feel a little big in my britches to be criticizing your technique, but I'm curious about this.
- November 20, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Hey Chef John, I notice that sometimes when you're browning meats, you don't wait for the whole surface to get really crisped and caramelized. The pot roast here seemed to still have a lot of grey on it when you flipped it. Is this to avoid burning the pan and ruining the sauce, just because the meat doesn't really need to be browned all over, or some other reason that I'm not smart enough to figure out? I'm just an amateur, so I feel a little big in my britches to be criticizing your technique, but I'm curious about this.
- November 20, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- Chef John said...
it depends, that could have seared longer but the light was fading so I wanted to get it in the oven (probably why I screwed up those shots). Besides it roasts so long for this dish, not a big deal.
- November 20, 2008 at 7:45 PM
hi chef john, i don't like celeries much. can i take it out and the dish will still be decent?
btw, you look fit and thin. have you lost weight? - November 20, 2008 at 9:31 PM
- Chef John said...
lol, thanks. Sure leave it out.
- November 20, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Nice sketch work. Did you have to fly someone in to do that?
And thanks for the shout out to your leg.
Incidentally, I actually thought that "mine" might be bigger than yours until I saw the diagram, and realized you got me beat by a lot. Kudos. We are talking about your leg, right?
Anyways, not even a braise? I'm curious. And horseradish mashed potatoes? That's why you're the Chef. Sounds great!
Scott - Boston - November 21, 2008 at 1:37 AM
- Daniel Vu Tran lol said...
oh my goodness I absolutely love your shows :D
- November 21, 2008 at 5:01 AM
- Nath said...
Huh. I made basically the same thing for dinner yesterday (with slightly different flavourings). This looks like a good version for next time, though.
- November 21, 2008 at 5:54 AM
Great work - thank you.
I always wondered what I could do with the cooked-to-death left-over vegetables in my power soups. Now thats a great idea... as always: thanks :-)
Daniel - November 21, 2008 at 10:09 AM
- Jokes And Clips said...
great recipe! what other dish can I use in an oven? Can I use a foil pan?
BTW, you are so multi-talented, cooking, drawing....I wonder what else you can do. - November 21, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- Chef John said...
You can use anything as long as it's sealed. You would have to use foil.
- November 21, 2008 at 11:35 AM
this video keeps reminding me why I keep coming to this site xD.
I love your recipes too :3 - November 21, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Could this be done in a crock-pot as well?
- November 23, 2008 at 2:13 AM
- Chef John said...
Yes, but I haven't tried it. You may need some extra beef stock.
- November 23, 2008 at 3:02 AM
Your recipe calls for a 1/2 stick of butter, which is 4 TBSP. In the video, it looks like you added only 2 TBSP of butter. My big bottom and I can tell the difference. What gives?
- November 23, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- Chef John said...
it was just bad editing as some had already melted before the shot. You can certainly get away with 2 tbsp.
- November 23, 2008 at 1:16 PM
- test it comm said...
That looks good! I like the sound of using the leftover vegies from making stock. It always seems like such a waste to just toss them.
- November 24, 2008 at 8:36 PM
- Danny said...
I did this dish last night minus the herbs (didn't have decent rosemary on hand) and buried 6 cloves of garlic in a huge 5.5lb chuck and slow oven for 8+ hours. Served over your 'Perfect Mashed Potatoes', which is self defining
I've since been nominated for the 'best roomie ever' award. Thanks Chef John for the inspiration!
PS- noticing more use of Gold and less of Russet. Is Russet 'silver' in the potato olympics? - December 11, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Chef John said...
Well done! And, I enjoyed your clever "Russet 'silver' in the potato olympics?" Yes, and red potatoes get the bronze.
- December 11, 2008 at 8:17 PM
- Amy Lynn said...
Is the cooking time the same if I'm only using 2 lb of meat?
- January 24, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- Chef John said...
basically the same. just cook til fork tender.
- January 24, 2010 at 6:44 PM
I stumbled onto your videos on youtube and have been trolling it for a week solid. Just love your work. Hanging to try quite a few of the recipes, if only my computer were in the kitchen so I could refer to the video along the way. Loved your artwork in this one ☺
- July 3, 2010 at 11:09 PM
Hey Chef John,
I just made this last night and my ragout did not come out thick and chunk like yours. Instead, there was a lot of juice in the pot after the beef cooked and my sauce was more soup than ragout. I followed your directions and ingredients. What could have gone wrong? BTW, love your blog. Keep it up! - October 5, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- Chef John said...
No way to say, but u can always pour off and boil the sauce to reduce.
- October 5, 2010 at 4:09 PM
I am always look for a good pot roast recipe. My hubby hates roast and I keep on trying different ones because we ALWAYS have lots of roast when his father gives us meat from the cow he has butchered. :-) I will give this a try tonight. Thanks
- September 14, 2011 at 3:15 PM
I have been searching the web now for 6 hours for a great pot roast recipe and video. Your video/recipe is the best I have found. Thank you soooooo much!!!! My only problem now is how to make the recipe for 12 people in the same size slow cooker. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Holiday crazed housewife! - December 18, 2011 at 4:42 AM
Hello again! Holiday Crazed Housewife here. I want to thank you. I survived the X-Mas dinner for 12. I purchased two (2) slow cookers and prepared your 7-Bone Pot Roast in each. One slow cooker meal was served to those who arrived on time and the other was served to those who are always late. Your Pot Roast was the hit of the party. Thank you soooooo very much!!!!! Please have a very Happy and safe 2012.
Signed: No-longer the Holiday Crazed Housewife - December 27, 2011 at 12:29 AM
- Unknown said...
Chef John,
New to your channel ... tell me in your prior life did you sell cars? Great two-step photo recovery while ending with something that looks/tastes good! - September 11, 2016 at 11:36 PM
- Unknown said...
Chef John.... so glad I stumbled across this recipie... we love it! Thanks so much!
- February 3, 2018 at 8:14 AM
- Wildfire41 said...
Absolutely delicious and so easy. Another family hit. I've said it before, every time I cook something new and it's a big hit, my family looks at me and says, "Chef John"? Yep!!!!
- May 14, 2019 at 7:50 PM


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Those following the development of the patches for interactivity at massive load, I have COMPLETELY DROPPED them as they introduce regressions at normal workloads, and I cannot under any circumstances approve changes to improve behaviour at ridiculous workloads which affect regular ones. I still see precisely zero point at optimising for absurd workloads. Proving how many un-niced jobs you can throw at your kernel compiles is not a measure of one's prowess. It is just a mindless test.
Remember, I already had developed a hierarchical tree-based penalty patch for BFS and blogged about it here. I can do it in a 10 line patch for BFS, but it introduced regressions, which is why I dropped it (see earlier blog entry here: further-updates-on-hierarchical-tree).
Again, I can't for the life of me see why you'd optimise for make -j64 on a quad core machine. It is one workload, unique to people who compile all the time, but done in a way you wouldn't normally do it anyway. It is not going to magically make anything else better. If for some god-forsaken reason you wanted to do that, you could already do that with nice, or even better, by running it SCHED_IDLEPRIO.
nice -19 make -j 64 blahblah
schedtool -D -e make -j64 blahblah
It's not really that hard folks...
And if you really really really still want the feature for BFS, the patch that does the hierarchical tree based penalty is rolled into a bigger patch (so a lot more than just the 10 lines I mentioned) that can also group threads and enable/disable the features and it's still here:
It is worth noting also that the mainline approach costs you in throughput, whereas this patch is virtually free.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that for YEARS now I've been using my "toolsched" wrapper scripts that do this automatically. See toolsched for the scripts. Make always starts as SCHED_IDLEPRIO for me at home.


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Friday, July 17, 2009
Basket Case
Friday, July 17, 2009
I like to think one of the reasons Jen was first attracted to me (besides my devastating, Kiefer-Sutherland-before-he-got-too-skinny-on-24 good looks*, of course) is my natural affinity for sports. Sure, I don't like to watch them much, or talk about them, or really play any, but I am way more knowledgeable on the subject than Jen is. (Granted, Jen thinks 4D chess deserves its own Olympic category, so that's not saying much, but still...)
Anyway, I've been asked to shed a little testosterone-fueled light on some of these here basketball cakes. Here goes.
The first thing to know is that the ball is round. Like so:
(In the decorator's defense, it is really hard to make a round cake. It's not like they make pans for that kind of thing.)
This baker solved the round problem with a classic "spinning rug of poo on a bed of scrapple" approach:
Then again, maybe it's not spinning so much as it is sprouting ear hair... which raises a bunch of other questions I won't get into right now.
(Oh, and this is probably a good place to mention that it's never a good idea to change tips and/or Wreckerators mid-cake. Nobody likes mismatched balls.)
Next we have the ever popular basketball-flower-with-an-obligatory-face cake:
What's with all the faces on balls anyway? Is there a rule that says that all round objects on a cake have to be looking at you?
And if so, what kind of occasion calls for a nauseous basketball, anyway?
At least this last one looks happy, if a bit demented.
Aaaand we've come full circle with the round thing again. Given that they're both dreaded CCCs *ptooie* , that's not much of a surprise.
So in conclusion, sports are an inspiring blah blah blah full of life lessons blah blah blah, funny joke that showcases my wit and charm... blah blah.
Jessica S., Hallie S., Tara M., Erin K., and Ann Marie W., try to contain yourselves, please; I'm happily married**.
- Related Wreckage: Have a Ball!
* Jen wrote that, not me. (I would have gone with a Matt Damon/Brad Pitt mash-up.)
**And by "happily" I mean "ecstatically overjoyed with every passing day" - er, did I get that right, Sweetie?
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- BillDarryl said...
For the "nauseous" ball, I didn't see the tongue and thought the black triangle was his mouth. Which gives him a look as if he's in the locker room while Shaq is changing.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
Googly eyes on a demented basketball... that's... bizarre.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:41 AM
If you look past the nauseous face on the sick cake, that's actually quite a good basketball. I know it's not the most difficult thing in the world to make, but given some of these other attempts, credit should be given where credit is due.
~kate - July 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Ghoul Friday said...
I think the first one was originally intended for the hysterectomy cakes you featured recently.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- Evelyn said...
Why do people say you can't make round cakes, or that they're too hard? I do them all the time, no special pan needed, and no, I don't use the Wilton ball pans either. I use moms good old caserole's from the 50' & 60's. These cakes are just so, so bad.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:45 AM
heeh-heeh, you said mismatched balls
- July 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- sarah k. said...
I clicked the scrapple link. Dude. Thanks for ruining my breakfast.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Wow, those are awful. Although for the sick-looking one, at least it's round and kind of cute... though I don't get the white border with sprinkles or whatever on it.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Belle Epoque said...
LoLz...those facial expressions are "basket case" to be sure...
- July 17, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- Ana said...
Life cannot be boring with you too John! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! It's 3.45 pm here in Brussels, Belgium, and I've been hitting the refresh button for the last half hour waiting for my daily bit of laugh! Yet again you have not disappointed me!
- July 17, 2009 at 9:47 AM
That last one looks like the offspring of a basketball and a football!!
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- Miranda said...
I think even a sports-hatin' lounge lizard like me could make better basketball cakes than that! - July 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Boozy Tooth said...
John, you're an awesome stunt double. Great post. And who doesn't love Kiefer Sutherland?
- July 17, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Mel said...
Hahah... Scrapple. You just gave me horrible memories of my childhood. My grandma fried that crap up for breakfast like some sort of delicacy, as you couldn't buy it in Ohio -- like, "ooooh, look what we brought back from PA!!"
I would have rather had the case of Tastycakes. LOL - July 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM
The fourth cake looks like something you'd get for a team that's locked in a bottom-of-the-chart ranking.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
That happy demented one reminds me of Herman from the Munsters.
Nice post!
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - July 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- j. said...
The little black swishy marks on that one basketball look like mole claws.
wv: crerl (v.) : What it appears that one face-d basketball is about to do. "Oh no, I think I'm gonna crerl! *hurkk*" - July 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM
yeah! i am the first comment?!?! that never happens to me!
i have never seen faces on the basketballs before!
have a great day!
~lucia - July 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- Pam said...
I actually kind of liked the "dribbling" cake.
Loved your conclusion. - July 17, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Gilsner said...
If there's nothing I hate more, it's mis-matched balls ;)
At least they're not blue...
Just sayin', is all.
My mother would be so disappointed in me. If she new what any of that innuendo meant. - July 17, 2009 at 10:18 AM
And the best part of picture #1 is that there is a round cake right next to it that was obviously made using one of those hard to find round pans.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Etiquette Bitch said...
"(In the decorator's defense, it is really hard to make a round cake. It's not like they make pans for that kind of thing.)"
--HILARIOUS! Thanks for my morning chuckle...these all had me going, esp. the nauseated basketball. - July 17, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Crystal said...
Way funny. "Mismatched balls." That had me rollin'.
Thanks Jen's happily married Pitamon (pitt/damon) husband!
Do the two of you ever have "who's the wittiest of them all?" matches? I mean hands down Jen is gonna win, Every time. But still.
Just sayin'.
Wreck On! - July 17, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Perhaps the nauseous basketball could be used by someone that was upset that their team lost.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Little Luxuries said...
Will someone please explain the concept of the dreaded CCC to me? They're weird, they're ugly and they involve WAY too much frosting in a (failed) attempt to make them look like a single cohesive unit.
If I'm of a mind to make cupcakes, I at least respect their individuality by decorating them separately.
And if I'm of a mind to create something that doesn't look like Craft Day at the Asylum, I go with an actual cake. - July 17, 2009 at 10:31 AM
I actually like the flower cake. It has a lot of balls.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:34 AM
I think the first one looks more like a mangled ice cream cone.
BTW, I'm not Dutch, but the daughter of a man with a gift(?) for nicknaming people. (Tinkerbell, Peanut, Frigglesnitz; which one would you pick?)
WV- Yersess- The large bodies of water that you own, or your assessment of a situation, depending on pronuncation. - July 17, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Deanna said...
Pure hilariousness.
Thanks for the laughs each morning! - July 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- vegetable music said...
I love the faces on the basketballs -- they take the wrecks to a new level
- July 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM
HAHAHA!The link is Hilarious! As is the demented cake. Oh Jen, you will get there some day when it comes to sports knowledge... Maybe start with Tennis?
- July 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM
I think the one with ear hair is aspiring to be a golden snitch.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Are CCC's really that popular? I have never seen one in real life...
My theory: CCCs are probably like 10% of the total cake population, but since they are almost all wrecks they make up a disproportionate 60% of all cakewrecks. - July 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM
I think it is wonderful that John "guest comments and posts" on Jen's site. Each morning I can't wait to privately have a great laugh at others expense! Keep up the great work!
- July 17, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- wristbands said...
Where you being sarcastic about round baking pans? I see them all the time in publix. These cakes for some reason aren't the most appetizing in appearance.
But I give them credit for effort and an otherwise nice variety of display and information. Thanks. - July 17, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Those are possibly the two worst CCCs I've ever seen.
- July 17, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- For the Love of French said...
Real basketballs get bumpy like that when they are over inflated...I use to have one growing up and when I bounced it on its bump it went a whole nother direction.
- July 17, 2009 at 11:09 AM
The last one looks more like a rugby ball than a basketball.
Oh and @ Evelyn regarding the difficulty of making a round cake...
(sigh!)just try to stay with us honey. Can I get you a glass of water? Maybe if you just sit down for abit.... - July 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- sylvia maria said...
dear jen's hubby:
oops, sorry about the profanity in my (previous) comment
didn't notice the "no profanity" clause at first
it may be hard for me to avoid using profanity when my good judgement and self-editing skills are compromised by (your) incredible hilarity
gosh-darn-it-all, i may never be able to comment again
of course you could always allow a little good-natured profanity (mine) slip through every once in a while!
great blog! i like it a lot - July 17, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- chelle said...
Note to self: Do not look at horrible bright un-round basketballs while under the influence of a migraine.
Holey moley. - July 17, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
LOL. "To start off, the ball is round." I guess we're supposed to use our [spongebob]imaaaaaaginaaaation[/spongebob].
*rolls eyes*
I sort of like the happy basketball. *g* The nauseated basketball...not sure I'd actually want to EAT it. Is it for a team who got spanked? "Dude, we lost 15 to 105. Here's our cake."
And hey, I liked Kiefer before he was skinny! =D - July 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Suzanne Dargie said...
The "ear Hair" one looks like it's trying to be a spider on a Hallowe'en cake!
- July 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- ali said...
The first cake is a CCC, hence its complete failure to be round. I think you can have a round circle or you can have cupcakes in formation, but you cannot have both.
- July 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
That first cake looks like my flabby stomach when I'm wearing my mesh undies...TMI???
- July 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- Christina said...
@Mel: Thanks, now I'm craving (kraving?) Krimpets and Kandy Kakes and Texas is about 1000 miles from the nearest retailer of such Kwality Komestibles :(
wv: aphantra-Pass the aphantra, these cakes are giving me a headache! - July 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM
No references to Charlie Brown's head?
My husband regularly sends me the links to these; I loved the hockey summary as well. - July 17, 2009 at 12:22 PM
- Jael said...
The first one looks more like underwear. Apparently I'm not the only one to think this.
I've yet to actually see a cupcake cake, too, in person. I'm sure it will be worth waiting for in its pure wreckiness. - July 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- twinkle teaches said...
I featured a polymer clay artist on my blog and I have been encouraging to get into cake decorating. I think she would work good with fondant and marzipan. :)
tina - July 17, 2009 at 1:07 PM
So many mentions of balls, so few double entendres. Well done. I wouldn't be able to do it.
On another note, I think that because John posts as "John (husband of Jen)", Jen should start posting as "Jen (wife of John)." That way she'll sound all biblical and stuff. - July 17, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Occasion for nauseous cake?
"Congradulations on your pregnancy!!!!" - July 17, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- Katrina said...
You two really crack me up and make my day! Seriously, these cakes wouldn't be so funny without your great posts about them. Okay, maybe they'd still be funny, but you get what I'm saying! ;)
- July 17, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- Pilgrim said...
Great post John... when I 1st saw this was going to be a sports post, my 1st thought wa "Eh..boring." But... this was one of the funniest cakewrecks ever! You really had me laughing, thanks a bunch for brightening my day!
SOOO hard to make circles these days... - July 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Kaitlen said...
The combination of the baseball cakes' expressions and John's comments left me giggling uncontrollably (like with actual tears coming out of my eyes). Oh, did I mention I'm at work? Yeah....
- July 17, 2009 at 3:13 PM
When exactly did someone decide that CCCs (bleagh) were a good idea? It seems like this particular horror has only sprung up in recent years. The concept is fine, I guess, but the execution is nearly always a disaster.
- July 17, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Even my 4 year old daughter was laughing at the first cake...she knew that it didn't look like a basketball OR a net/hoop!
- July 17, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
The first thing I saw in the first cake-seriously-was a small girl with red/orange, poofy hair, standing with her back to us, wearing a white T-shirt and a mesh tank top over that. Someone has squirted the back of her head with Silly String.
The next one--underneat that-is not supposed to be a basketball at all; it is an orange and brown, wingless insect (of an unclassified species) that has sent her four hyperactive offspring to stand in the corners because they were bouncing off the walls from eating too much cake.
I can only surmise that the third one down had to have seen it's reflection in the underside of the plastic lid...it looks as if it's thinking, "Oh, S***! THAT thing is ME??? Guess I'm not getting out of HERE any time soon...!" - July 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- Professor Raven said...
the first one, the ball w/ net, isn't round because it's a freaking CCC! Why, oh why, do people do this? A CCM, I understand, but a CCC? There are far better uses of buttercream than to abuse it by heaping lumpy mounds of it onto a CCC in order to fake a true cake... Cupcakes everywhere, I urge you to stand and fight for your right to be your own dessert, to have your own frosting and not share it with other cupcakes in a misguided attempt to make you other than you are!
- July 17, 2009 at 4:25 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Do you wonder what that last one is smiling about?
My guess is:
Even though it
(1) KNOWS it's ugly,
(2) Looks nothing like anything,
(3) Has been called "Mr. Potato Head" all day,
It STILL feels lucky, because as much as being him STINKS, he can't smell it--he has no nose! - July 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Anna C. Morrison said...
What a great husband to be a guest blogger here! Major kudos to John. What will his next topic be?
- July 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- joyce said...
I could not figure out if they deflated the ball to fit the container or what. Thank you for the ccc heads up.
But, is it basketball season? I am confused. I know it is baseball season, and I heard them talk about football camp coming up---a camp which does not include tents...but I digress.
Thanks guys! - July 17, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Would it have been so hard to just make individual cupcakes decorated as basketballs? Why overthink it with the basketball CCC's?
- July 17, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Mmmm, Scrapple. The best breakfast food every invented. (No seriously, it is my favorite!) I'm actually surprised you know what scrapple is - are you from Philly?
- July 17, 2009 at 5:30 PM
I'm about to dribble
ROFL! - July 17, 2009 at 5:51 PM
hahahahaha @ nobody likes mismatched balls.
- July 17, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Get out the air pump...these CCC balls need more round!
- July 17, 2009 at 6:19 PM
"(In the decorator's defense, it is really hard to make a round cake. It's not like they make pans for that kind of thing.)"
You mean, like the cake right next to it? Oh, the irony.
Is it weird that I sort of like the multi-ball smiling flower cake? It's neat, in a trippy sort of way. Then again, I may be the most sports-ignorant person on the planet. - July 17, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Hey Melissa,
I don't know when I started writing john (the hubby of Jen) but I did it because I enjoy the fact that Jen is the star of the show. I tinkered briefly with john (the unworthy husband of the great and mighty JEN..en..en) but it got a little wordy.
I just really like being a part of what I consider a pretty awesome community.
john - July 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
john (the hubby of Jen) said...
"I tinkered briefly with john (the unworthy husband of the great and mighty JEN..en..en) but it got a little wordy."
Oh, WOW...! That is a truly awesome effect, there; I instantly flashed on a boxing ring, a mic, and a loudspeaker ("In this cornah...!")--the whole shebang.
Alternatively, I also saw a bit of the old "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...!"
Too cool. You the MAN, man.
=^~~^= - July 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- Nonna said...
I like the 4th one...it perfectly depicts all the feelings I have about the game of basketball !
- July 17, 2009 at 8:57 PM
- GJC said...
Note to all: it does nothing for one's image of professionalism when one giggles uncontrollably from an empty office.
Reallly, REALLY shouldn't look at this site at work. You'd think I'd know that by now.
(wv: subet. "No, I'll pass on the...erm, CAKE...I'll have a scoop of subet instead.") - July 17, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Sometimes I forget that not everyone knows what scrapple is! Believe it or not, this vegan has fond memories of it.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- rae said...
I love that you gave scrapple a shout out!
- July 17, 2009 at 9:52 PM
- stewbert said...
"Nobody likes mismatched balls."
snicker. - July 17, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I enjoy your posts, John, and I think it's cool that you pinch hit for Jen from time to time. Get it? Pinch hit? hahahaha... Anyway, these cakes range from ugly to terrifying. Love the bit about round pans. lol
- July 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- Taeraresh said...
Y'all are mean. Now I'm craving both scrapple and Tastykakes, and I have the Tastykake jingle stuck in my head.
- July 18, 2009 at 2:32 AM
John and Jen: how nice that Wreck-o-mentary is something you both share! This *is* a happy marriage. :)
- July 18, 2009 at 8:52 AM
- Melinda said...
So many "thats what she said" jokes...so little time!!
- July 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM
I actually don't mind CCC's, if they're done well.
But these aren't done well. Not at all. - July 18, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- Celeste said...
The cake is actually nauseated. It is nauseous because it makes everyone else nauseated, but because it looks like it's about to revisit breakfast, it is nauseated...
Sorry, I'm a grammar nerd...and I'm a little surprised you missed that...:)
Love it and keep up the good work! - July 19, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- Karen said...
I'd worry that the second one would get up and walk away. It looks like a big orange beetle.
Karen - July 21, 2009 at 8:30 PM
if you look closly you can see that it a cupcake cake! they put a whole bunch of cupcakes together.you dont have to cut it.
- August 4, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- brista said...
The second one looks more like a Halloween cake -- that large "basketball" in the middle is actually a spider and the ones on the corners are actually webs!
- August 24, 2009 at 4:49 AM
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As I have mentioned a few times already, I am going to be gosh darn sure to spend a lot of time with my kiddos this summer. I am privileged enough to work from home and want to make sure that I suck up as much time with them while they are out of school, as physically possible. So, we have been making sure to do all sorts of fun things with our days, whether we stay home and build train tracks and swim or head off to a day out and about at the beach or a flick at the cinema. It's been great and is slowly winding down with only a few short weeks remaining before school is back in full swing.
Each year I have had a goal of sweeping the kids away on a little end of summer "funcation". Last year we only traveled a few hours from home and went to the Wisconsin Dells. This year, I decided to be brave and take the kids from Wisconsin, all the way out to Montana and back!
It may not look all that far, but drive time came in at over 30 hours there and back, and that didn't include any stops or day trips we made along the way {since it was our goal to see as much as we could while we were away}. That is a lot of time for three little dudes to spend in the car.
Why Montana? Why not!? Well, and because my blog bff, Amanda, lives in Montana and since we typically meet up when she is home in Minnesota, I thought it would be a nice treat to head in her direction for once.
Back to traveling with kids. It was my main goal to keep these little guys as happy and content as possible during the 8 day road trip.
I am by no means an expert at traveling with kids. In fact, they are quite use to car rides spanning from three to five hours {we travel with them very frequently to locations closer to home}, but this was our first major family road trip, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect.
Thanks so Pinterest, I found the "Clips for Road Trips" method, which worked wonders for us!
Using some washi tape, I just decorated a few clothespins and popped them up on our visor, one for each boy. Everyone could easily spot the clothespins from anywhere in the vehicle. If their clip was present, then that means they were being the awesome kids they are. It also meant they earned privileges and treats {iPad time, lollipops, etc...} If they happened to get a little unruly, their clip came down. They always had the opportunity to re-earn their clip and it was amazing to me how quickly they earned them back if they came down and I loved how proud they were when their clip was up. It was so visually easy to keep track of behavior and keep them motivated to behave in the car. They will become permanent fixtures in the vehicle going forward...
Last year, I shared my traveling with kids sanity saver, which is their magical car bag.
Each mini-me has their own tote, and we keep the bag pre-packed with the essentials {wipes, activity books and drawing pads, reading books, crayons, electronics, etc...}. Anytime we head out the door, they can quickly grab their bag and be ready for hours of car ride entertainment. This held true for this last trip as well, but thanks to a recent trip to Target, I was able to add a couple of more items to the bag.
The teal plastic tray was found on an end cap in the kitchen/linens section, and was $2. Best. Purchase. Ever. They fit little laps wonderfully and it is just so perfect for the car, the kids used it for eating, coloring, drawing, playing, etc... And because I always keep a stash of cleaning wipes in the glove compartment, we could just wipe them up and keep them clean in-between uses. Fabulous. Target also sells blank drawing pads for $1 and has all sorts of activity books for $1 in their Dollar Spot. Thank you Target. Thank you very much!
While in Montana, I had the opportunity to go to a World Market. World Market peeps, if you are listening, please come back to Minnesota. You are missed by many....
Anywho, I found these awesome cards, 52 Fun Things to do in the Car, which were perfect for our car ride home {you can also find them on Amazon}. They kept us quite entertained with all sorts of simple ideas and activities!
Last but not least, I decided to make some printables. Weird, I know.
I wanted to create a small activity pack for the kids to stay entertained on the road. I wanted them to be bright, happy and colorful. I wanted them to have something to focus on in-between stops and to ensure they were checking out all the lovely sites along the way... The travel pack printables were born!
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We had so much fun searching for all of the BINGO items {we played "blackout" BINGO and had to cross of every single item}, playing alphabet eye spy, tracking our trip on the map, spotting really cool license plates and jotting down our favorite memories from the vacation. It was probably the one thing that kept the kids the most entertained along the way, and most of it was easy enough for our five year old buddy to play along with as well.
So there you have it, a few of our super simple ways to save our sanity with youngsters on our first major road trip. We decided to make it an annual tradition to travel extremely long and crazy distances with the kids, so I would love to know what other tips and tricks you have for having fun and keeping the clan entertained when you travel. Spill your travel secrets my friends!
P.S. I totally missed you guys last week while I was gone. The same way I miss my pets, friends and family. I couldn't wait to get home and hop back on my blogging train. It feels so good to be home!


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Peace – true peace – is more than the absence of war, more than a temporary respite from continual conflict. True peace rests on trust between parties, and it's rooted in on-the-ground conditions that ensure its viability.
That's true whether one side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in this case Israel, has deep-seated ties to the United States or not. And it's true whether Washington actively seeks to advance peace or leaves it solely to the parties themselves.
As the world's greatest power, the United States can play an important role when it comes to bringing warring sides together, such as by arbitrating between them, offering guidance and counsel, pushing and prodding, hosting negotiations, and promising financial and other support if peace ensues.
America played an important role, for instance, when Israel and Egypt made peace in early 1979. That came after President Carter hosted Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for two weeks of tough talks at Camp David in late 1978.
It did so as well when Israel and Jordan made peace in 1994. In that case, President Clinton encouraged Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein to seal a deal and promised debt relief for Jordan.
During these landmark negotiations, Israel was what it remains today – America's closest ally in the region, the one with which the United States has an unshakeable bond, the one whose defense Washington ensured with its timely shipments of arms to Jerusalem at the early stages of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
During each of those negotiations, the United States offered the guiding hand that brought the parties together, that empowered and incentivized them to do what they were obviously prepared to do in the first place. The rock-solid U.S.-Israeli relationship did nothing to impede those successful talks.
By contrast, Israeli-Palestinian peace is elusive today because the parties are not prepared to make peace. The U.S.-Israeli relationship isn't impeding progress, and an U.S.-Israeli split won't make progress any likelier.
Neither side, of course, is blameless for the stand-off. In the Jewish state, the country's leadership and its people are skeptical that Palestinians want a peace that Israelis can trust, and Israel's aggressive settlement expansion admittedly isn't making peace any easier to attain.
Nevertheless, the main impediments to Israeli-Palestinian peace reside on the Palestinian side. They include, first and foremost, the split between the supposedly "moderate" Palestinian Authority, which runs the West Bank, and the terrorist group, Hamas, which runs Gaza, remains committed to Israel's destruction, and allows frequent rock-fire from Gaza to southern Israel that targets innocent Israeli life.
How Israel can make peace with a divided Palestinian leadership that governs separate Palestinian land or with a united one that includes a group dedicated to Israel's destruction is a question that's never been resolved to anyone's satisfaction.
Nor have the Palestinian leadership and its people accepted the reality of Israel – that is, a Jewish state whose ties to the land date back thousands of years. Broad-scale Palestinian "rejectionism" of that basic fact, combined with continuing Palestinian dreams of capturing all land between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea, remains a huge stumbling block for nourishing true lasting peace.
Nor, in addition, have Palestinians abandoned their wholly unrealistic hopes of a "full right of return" of all Palestinian refugees, stretching the definition of refugees in ways that defy logic and would overwhelm Israel.
Put simply, Israeli-Palestinian peace remains elusive because one side doesn't seem to want it and the other doesn't trust that it can come about.
By loosening its ties to Israel, the United States would do nothing to improve prospects for peace. It would just raise questions about its reliability as an ally to all of its other allies around the world.
Lawrence J. Haas is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.


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Chocolate chip pecan cookies…with bacon grease
Does the world really need another chocolate chip cookie recipe? I'd say probably not. But when someone mentioned to me that they made their chocolate chip cookies with bacon grease, well, my curiosity was piqued.
Do you cook with bacon grease? I use it all the time for savory applications—in my refried beans, in my cornbread, in my cream gravy and in my okra, to name just a few places this fat is most welcome. Why do I use it? Well, I just love how with just one dollop you can propel a dish from mundane to magical. But using bacon grease for something sweet? For some silly reason, this had never crossed my mind.
Now, if you're not already saving your bacon grease and you're a bacon eater—I highly recommend this practice. You know that coffee can your great-grandmother always kept by the stove? Yep, that's where she stored her bacon grease, within easy reach for cooking. I'm not so brave, however, so I keep my bacon grease in a Mason jar in the refrigerator; I recommend you do the same. I reckon it keeps for a few months, though I use it so often I've never had the chance to test this theory.
As for the cookies, I'd wanted to make a recipe that I found in my great-grandma Blanche's collection that called for buttermilk, which also seemed like an unusual ingredient. And as our great-grandmother's were the arbiters of thrift, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that perhaps she made cookies with bacon grease as well.
After taking all sorts of liberties with the recipe, I ended up with a very interesting cookie. It's full and round, which I attribute to the bacon grease, which burns at a higher temperature than butter so it's less likely to spread and become crisp. And the center is almost cake like, which probably comes from the buttermilk. (Though I'm no scientist so please don't hold me to these theories.)
I baked the first batch with chocolate chips and pecans, which was a classic combination. The second batch, however, I was out of pecans so I substituted crunch peanut butter instead and I think I liked this version even more.
So yes, this is a darn fine cookie, but I know what you're really wondering: does it taste like bacon? Actually no. If you concentrate really hard you might detect some smoked-pork undertones, but for the most part it's simply a soft, luscious cookie in search of a hungry mouth and a tall glass of milk. And I'm good with that.
Do you ever make sweet things with bacon grease?
Chocolate chip pecan cookies…with bacon grease
- 1/2 cup bacon grease
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 cup roasted chopped pecans
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a cookie sheet.
- Cream together the bacon grease, butter, sugar. Add the egg, buttermilk and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
- Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cayenne and add to butter, sugar and egg mixture. Beat until well incorporated and then stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
- Roll dough into walnut-sized balls, place on parchment-sheet lined cookie sheets and bake for 17 minutes.


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Mr. Speaker, in a little more than two weeks, Ukraine will be holding presidential elections while Russia continues its campaign of aggression and destabilization. The evidence overwhelmingly indicates that the pro-Russian separatist militants that have been operating in parts of eastern Ukraine act at the behest and direction of the Russian government. President Putin has already said that the Ukrainian elections are illegitimate.
Yesterday Putin softened his tone with respect to the May 25 elections. Yet at this point words mean little unless they are matched by deeds. Putin has also claimed that the tens of thousands of troops deployed on Ukraine's border are being pulled back, yet so far there is no evidence that this is happening.
The upcoming elections are legitimate—and more than legitimate. They are heroic—many people will be taking real risks of future reprisals in voting. Yet according to a recent IRI poll, an overwhelming 84 percent of Ukrainian citizens said they will definitely or are likely to vote in the elections, including a substantial majority in the two regions in which the militants are active. The vast majority of Ukrainians do not support the separatist movement, and wish to remain in a united Ukraine. It is up to the Ukrainian people—and only the Ukrainian people—to decide their own future through democratic means. It is not up to Russia— whose President famously said that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a ''major geopolitical disaster . . . a genuine tragedy''. These are views shared by few of the people living in Ukraine, whether they consider themselves Ukrainian or Russian, and few of the people living in the other non-Russian former Soviet republics.
The real tragedy here is the suffering of so many innocent people at the hands of militants, extremists, and hooligans—including the OSCE military monitors who were held hostage by the pro-Russian militants for more than a week. The militants have murdered a number of pro-Ukrainian activists and have kidnapped, threatened and intimidated others, including journalists who simply favor democracy and free speech. Some 40 people are in captivity in the separatist hotbed of Sloviansk alone. Minorities also have reason to be concerned— militants have attacked the Roma community and among Russian special forces in Ukraine are members of neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic groups. And over the weekend, we saw the terrible clashes in Odessa that resulted in the deaths of more than 40 people.
We must not forget Crimea, where the Russians are consolidating power and taking measures against Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians The revered long-time Crimean Tatar leader and former Soviet political prisoner, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has been banned from returning to his homeland. Other activists have been attacked and threatened. An overwhelming majority of Ukrainian citizens, even in the two regions where the pro- Russian separatists are most active and where most of the violence is taking place, don't wish to join Russia, and certainly don't want war.
I welcome U.S. and international assistance to Ukraine's democratic and economic development, including for the upcoming elections. Especially important is helping Ukraine strengthen the rule of law and overcome the devastating legacy of corruption left in the wake of the ruinous Yanukovych regime.
The U.S. and international community should redouble efforts to counter Russian aggression and to support the Ukrainian people's overwhelming aspirations for peace, freedom, democracy and economic well-being. We must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those who want dignity, peace and freedom, in solidarity against those seeking to impose foreign autocracy and imperial rule.


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View movie reviews Hotel Transylvania Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more - to celebrate his daughter Mavis' 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem - but his plan could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. Starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Cee-Lo Green, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Koechner Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky Running Time - 1:31 Genre - Comedy Opened in Theaters - Friday, September 28, 2012 (11 years ago) ShowtimesThis movie is currently playing in theaters. View Showtimes Home VideoThis movie may be available now on home video.MultimediaRelated News Articles and Web SitesLooking for More Information?Search Google for more information about this movie: |
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This is a quick demonstration of the QNX 1.4 megabyte floppy disk demo.
QNX is an advanced, compact, real-time operating system. This demo disk, released in 1999, fits the operating system, the "Photon MicroGUI", and the HTML 3 capable Voyager Web browser all on a single 1.4 meg disk!
So far no emulator or virtualizer I have tried will run this QNX demo 100%, so this is running on real hardware. The video is captured with a VGA capture device.
QNX is one of the most intriguing operating systems of all time. This demo disk is one of those things that, even today, blows my mind. Be sure to watch through the whole video, especially the part where extensions are downloaded and run from the web, all on a single 1.44 MB floppy.


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An Indian boy and a Bengal tiger: a tale familiar to children a century ago from Rudyard Kipling's story of Mowgli and Shere Khan in Jungle Book and, with more unfortunate racial stereotyping, in Helen Bannerman's The Story of Little Black Sambo. Call the boy Pi and the Bengal tiger Richard Parker, trap them on a small lifeboat in unchartered Pacific waters, set up a boy-vs.-beast battle for territory and survival, and you have the essence of Yann Martel's Life of Pi, winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2002. No question, it's a (literally) ripping yarn, full of desperation, heroism and a certain spectral awe. But the story poses unusual challenges to the director of a live-action movie.
Ang Lee has often bucked long odds in his films. The Taiwan-born American director mastered the nuances of 19th-century English manners in Sense and Sensibility, set martial-artist adversaries to dancing on tree tops in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and sold the mainstream audience on the love story of two cowboys in Brokeback Mountain. This time, Lee sets out to astound the viewer with the hitherto untapped properties of 3-D. Pi builds on the triumphant innovations in James Cameron's Avatar, and the advances in motion-capture technology evident in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, to create a tactile, spectacular world of wonder.
(READ: Corliss's review of Avatar)
A techno-brat like Robert Zemeckis might have been attracted to this tale of the teenage Pi (Suraj Sharma), the only human survivor of a shipwreck that took the lives of his family, stranded on an immense ocean in a confined space with a wild creature who could kill him with one swipe of a paw. Zemeckis has used motion-capture for children's fables (The Polar Express) and Dark Age dramas (Beowulf), and in his last live-action film, Cast Away, put Tom Hanks through an ordeal of desert-island isolation.
But Lee, in a quieter way, is just as headstrong a pioneer. To tell him that a film project is impossible is just a way of getting him interested in it. Having come to the University of Illinois for college, and settling in New York City, Lee plunged himself into an alien culture for a series of social comedies about good manners (Sense and Sensibility), gay manners (The Wedding Banquet), awkward manners (The Ice Storm) and no manners at all (Taking Woodstock). Plus two Westerns (Ride with the Devil, Brokeback Mountain), a Chinese-language exercise in erotics (Lust, Caution) and a Marvel comics movie (the lumbering Hulk).
(READ: Richard Schickel's review of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain)
Making a film about a teenager who is Noah, Robinson Crusoe and Siegfried (without Roy), and who encounters all manner of sea life, plus an orangutan, a hyena and about a million meerkats, and whose mortal enemy and sole companion is an adult tiger, had a uniquely high degree of difficulty. A decade ago, a Life of Pi movie could not have been imagined, let alone realized — unless Lee had employed a severely sedated tiger, or summoned an endless supply of lookalike actors to play Pi and replace the ones whom a more energetic beast would have clawed or devoured. Now, thanks to advances in technique and a new generation of artist-tinkerers, it can be done.
Life of Pi, from a script by David Magee, isn't all storm-and-fang; it has recognizable Ang Lee elements. The tensions in a loving family, familiar from Sense and Sensibility, are reprised here in the relationship of young Pi (played at age 12 by Ayush Tandon) to his father (Adil Hussain), who owns a zoo in the Indian city of Pondicherry, and mother (Indian indie icon Tabu). The prickly love stories at the heart of The Ice Storm, Brokeback Mountain and Lust, Caution get a more tender, tentative play in the friendship of young Pi and a girl (Shravanthi Sainath) he meets at a dance class.
(READ: Corliss's review of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
When Pi's father is obliged to sell the Pondicherry zoo, he books his family and the animals on a Japanese cargo ship headed for Canada; the storm that sinks the ship, kills his parents and disperses the creatures — another amazing sequence — launches Pi on cross-Pacific journey that lasts seven months. That trek has its analog in Lee's own itinerary, which has taken him from Taiwan to the U.S. to Britain and finally back to his homeland, where he built a huge tank for the sea scenes. Pi's quest, which tests his spirit no less than his resolve, will lead him through three religions and a climactic enlightenment — all of which the adult Pi (Irrfan Khan) describes to a skeptical Canadian writer (Rafe Spall). Those present-day scenes are the movie's only sign of clumsiness, though Khan, so impressive as the displaced widower Sunil in season three of In Treatment, tells the tale with a poised poignance. (Spall replaced Tobey Maguire, who had starred in The Ice Storm and Ride With the Devil, when the director decided that rapport was lacking.)
To prepare for this daunting endeavor — a no-star production whose budget crept toward $100 million — Lee created a 70-minute "pre-viz" of the movie's central section on the life raft (we can't wait to see it as an extra on the Life of Pi DVD), then led a team of visual-effects artists to bring the tiger to vivid life on the boat. On the set, of course, there was no tiger, just as, in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, there were no apes, just digital sorcery. Yet the creature is as mean, majestic and as palpable as the one painted by Henri Rousseau in Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) — a title that applies equally here.
(READ: Corliss's review of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution)
The difference is that, in Life of Pi, it's the audience that's likely to be slack-jawed. On Lee's Pacific, the surface is a shimmering mirror; it reflects the sky so clearly that Pi seems to be both underwater and above the clouds. At times Lee follows the hallucinations of the malnourished boy — as in an underwater montage, where fish form a mosaic of his faraway girlfriend's face. The cinematography of Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) has the pellucid immediacy of a fever dream. Instead of the ecstatic soaring of the cross-species lovers in Avatar, this dream or nightmare is taking place in the remotest part of what we call Earth. We see dire and divine events unfold through Pi's troubled spirit and, at times, through the eye of the tiger.
(READ: How Rise of the Planet of the Apes revolutionized the action movie)
To compare Life of Pi with Avatar is not to suggest that the Lee movie will challenge the Cameron for all-time box office supremacy. But Pi is a poem of emotional immediacy — and a giant leap forward, outward and upward in expanding the resources of the evolving medium of movies. Magical realism was rarely so magical and never before so real.


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