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Friday, December 21, 2007
a labe of squab
Thursday, December 20, 2007
see you next year
Man, the Taylor's market meat counter is crazy around the holidays. They have duck, goose, capon, rabbit, pheasant, and many more exotic creatures. I've been ending up at Taylor's like every day recently and I love it there. Everyone is so friendly, especially the wine guy. They really need to get a numbering system at the butcher case, though, if you're not on your toes some fat cat will cut in front of you in a second.
I won't be around much until next year, so see you then!
Monday, December 17, 2007
grandmas, rejoice!
I hesitate to share this with you because I want to be the sole guardian of this secret so that I can impress people with my pie crust, but I am by nature a person who cannot keep a secret, so I have to share with you that the soulless robo-cooks over at Cook's Illustrated have for real, created a recipe for the easiest to work with and flakiest and best pie crust ever. The secret ingredient is vodka! Cuz you know how pie crust is a war between moisture and tender flakiness? I personally will always err on the side of flakiness, usually by adding very little moisture and not mixing very vigorously, and subsequently I have ugly pies that are a real trauma to roll out. When I read this recipe I was sooo skeptical. Making pie crust in a food processor? Grandmas everywhere are gnashing their teeth. But they swore that the addition of vodka eliminates the problem of too much water making it tough and they are totally right! It's amazing. The dough is so nice to roll out, it really is like playdough. No stress, beautiful pies and the crust has big shattery flakes. My modifications would be to take out the sugar and double the salt, because I like a salty crust. Here's the link.
Friday, December 14, 2007
un-break my circle, say you'll love me again
Thursday, December 13, 2007
thumbs up
I give Control the thumbs up. This is a clip from Tony Wilson's TV show that was recreated for the movie. On the youtube page for this people were saying that the Killers version is better! There are so many great, influential songs in the movie and then Anton Corbijn blows it at the end by including a Killers cover of a Joy Division song! Anyway, tonight's the last night it plays.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
favorite scene
The Werner Herzog ranking over at Moviecityusa reminded me of Cobra Verde, which reminded me of my favorite part of it, and because we live in the internet age this scene can be found quickly on the internet. Well, part of it, it goes on a for quite a while longer, but there's some bare-breastedness involved. Check out how badass this singer is.
whose interest? whose community?
This article freaks me out. So Fargo was quoted as saying "this community wants to see more housing". Who exactly is saying that? Really, who? Presumably it would be people who want to move here but can't find housing? Are there people like that? I doubt if it's people who can't afford to buy a house cuz that's me and I can't afford nor would I want to live in any of the new housing, especially since it all seems to cost as much as buying a pre-existing house downtown. So if it's not people like that then it would have to just be developers who stand to make money from building the housing. Who are hardly the "community". How about the reporter framing the dissenting comments as a "parade of interest groups" taking "cracks at the development". That's not really neutral reporting language, is it? Isn't Thomas Enterprise the largest "interest group" of them all?
curse you, Davis
Here are some cruddy pictures that I took just so you could see how cool the new Palms is. I didn't want to use a flash to take pictures of Jonathan Richman. What a wonderful venue! I hope there are more shows that I want to see there. J. Rich was in a great mood. He was probably stoked to have a crowd that wasn't yakking away the whole time. You could have heard a pin drop for most of it so he played and sang very quietly a lot of the time. He did a kinda medley of "corner store" and "old world" and now that he's a bit older (although still looking handsome) it really choked me up to hear him bid goodbye to the old world. He played for an hour and half and it really flew by. He's the best.
Monday, December 10, 2007
stocking stuffer idea
Boring day. I'm excited to see J. Rich. (no I will not call him jojo) at the Palms tomorrow. Yeah! No Ironsides crowd talking over his quiet songs! This man is a LIVING LEGEND. He deserves respect. Hopefully he will not play I was dancing at the lesbian bar.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Christmas jams
omg! Kate Bush looks batshit crazy in this one? I love how she gets all sexy even though it's a christmas song with no sexy lyrics. She's practically giving that chair a handjob.
I think I posted this one last year, too. I think when George Michael says "special" that just might be my favorite single word uttered in any song ever. It's my ringtone right now.
Unfortunately this one just has a fan-made slide show, but still, one of the greatest Christmas songs ever, even though I can't agree with the sentiment of wishing it was Christmas every day.
The most rockin' Christmas song ever. Man, that caveman guy in Slade is so crazy looking. He looks like a little kid who got ahold of the scissors.
The best part of this one is the synth riff and the nice sentiment. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. No big deal.
Here's the only traditional one on this list. People like this for the novelty of David Bowie and Bing Crosby doing a duet, but it's actually a rad version of this pretty crappy Christmas song.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
embrace thai thai
1 lb potatoes
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 to 3/4 cup olive oil
Accompaniments: sour cream and applesauce
PreparationPreheat oven to 250°F.
Peel potatoes and coarsely grate by hand, transferring to a large bowl of cold water as grated. Soak potatoes 1 to 2 minutes after last batch is added to water, then drain well in a colander.
Spread grated potatoes and onion on a kitchen towel and roll up jelly-roll style. Twist towel tightly to wring out as much liquid as possible. Transfer potato mixture to a bowl and stir in egg and salt.
Heat 1/4 cup oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Working in batches of 4 latkes, spoon 2 tablespoons potato mixture per latke into skillet, spreading into 3-inch rounds with a fork. Reduce heat to moderate and cook until undersides are browned, about 5 minutes. Turn latkes over and cook until undersides are browned, about 5 minutes more. Transfer to paper towels to drain and season with salt. Add more oil to skillet as needed. Keep latkes warm on a wire rack set in a shallow baking pan in oven.
the key is the wringing out with the towel, you have to get all the water out. wring out the onions, too. and keep the heat up pretty high, but try not to let the oil smoke.
I need to reiterate, if you haven't been to Thai Thai Express in Pacific Rim plaza on stockton blvd, you really need to go! Unless your go to dish is pineapple fried rice and you're not into branching out. Their pad thai is really good if that's your dish. The other day we got the Thai Thai tom yum, and it has beef liver in it, along with other meats. The beef liver was ground and seasoned and it was so good! Not scary at all. They also often have pork giblets in their soups, which just seem like regular pork and shouldn't keep you from ordering the dishes. I love their papaya salad so much. They put salted crab, dried shrimp, and roasted peanuts in it.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
the 'tis' schnoz
Monday, December 03, 2007
december 2007 (oh what a night)
Saturday night. Oy. I started it off at the Big Tomato press book release thing at Old Soul. There were a ton of peeps and I played a game trying to figure out if one of them was Mike Dunne. There was free local wine, and I hadn't really eaten anything and if you haven't noticed most local wines are so strong that they go straight to the dome. The revolution wines guy was there, and his zinfandel wasn't that bad. I told him that it was lighter than I expected. Then I tried a bogle wine that was like a cup of hot jam. Too much alcohol!
This is the lady who wrote the kids book on Delta and Dawn. It was probably too loud inside for the little kids to hear, but her book seemed to be selling the best after.
Then we went to the Bows and Arrows opening. I can't seem to keep my wallet shut when I walk in there, especially since I was less than sober, so I bought a dress that Olivia was trying to warn me was too large, and indeed it is. Drunken shopping! We got a couple of Coors out of the ice chest and headed to R5 for the midtown monthly event. I was excited to to see teen punks No Admission, but the singer ruined it for me with his precise, emo punk singing style.
The Four Eyes ripped it up except when they sang "Feliz Navidad" which is the worst song. They revealed their new theme song, which is "Rag Doll" complete with lots of scatting from Joel.
This short chick seemed to dig them.
Then it was off to the Distillery to see the Pizzas. Really, really good. So many pizza jokes, my favorite of which was "River deep dish, mountain pie". A super fun band. I sat there racking my befuddled brain for pizza jokes, and they don't come easy.
So, this night at the Distillery was the 27th annual (!) N-men christmas party. This is some local historical skating thing that I have never heard of?!? Can someone explain this to me? It's related to the Midtown Monthly cover story, right? I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but all the skater bros were browsing the issue. They had a band playing old punk covers and the singer was pretty rad but a pit developed quick and my foot got totally stomped out so I was like "lates".
Friday, November 30, 2007
chicago fire pizza
Thursday, November 29, 2007
the saturday to end all saturdays
and then bambambam I found out about way too many things going on on saturday. I got invited to some book release thing at old soul, and one of the books coming out is a childrens book about delta and dawn!
And then Bows and Arrows is having their grand opening and I'm thinking I might buy that deadstock space savers brand purse that I foolishly passed up twice on the grounds that it would immediately get really dirty. Hmmm.....I guess there's also a "flashlight party" at the townhouse on friday where they're going to cut all the lights at midnight? Sounds dangerous.
And then the really big deal is the R5/Midtown Monthly event and fund raiser thingy at which a buttload of great local bands are playing!
morning links
A blog about signs with "unnecessary" quotation marks it's really "funny"
this one has passive aggressive notes. it's not quite as funny as the quotation one but it's pretty good.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
people are so mean
However, I must say I approve of Breton using the phrase "lots of homeless dudes" in this article. I think that as the law stands, unfortunately eminent domain CAN be used for crap like putting in a mall, but that wasn't the original intention for it's use. I hope that someday the supreme court will set that straight. I guess it will have to be after Clarence Thomas dies.
what's a juggalo?
What is a Juggalo? Well he ain't a phony / He'll walk up and bust a nut in your macaroni / And watch you sit there and finish up the last bit / Cause you're a stupid-ass dumb fucking idiot.
There was just a new yelp of Akebono, so I thought I'd put in my two cents. I was prompted to go there by Mike Dunne's mention that they have ramen. The more ramen I eat, the more respect I have for Edokko II's ramen, because it must be damn hard to get it right. I got the shoyu ramen at Akebono. The broth was bland and thin. The dish was uninspiring, and not that filling. I was still hungry after I finished the bowl. At edokko II I can rarely finish my bowl, and I usually eat the leftovers for lunch the next day, for the same price. And not because it's giant, it's just really rich and complex tasting and filling. OK, and fatty and salty, I'll admit it. That's how I want my ramen to be.
Now pandora is playing tupac. thumbs up! It's cool that they play the unedited versions and not the radio edits.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
breaking the tripe barrier
also, are g and j balls back from ireland? what was the food like. gballs wrote something on the indiechicks about a lymph-containing blood pudding she had?
Monday, November 26, 2007
happy hmong new year (yesterday)
Have any of you ever been to or even noticed Kobasic's candies waaayyy out on Riverside Blvd? They have a lot of handmade candies there, truffles, bars, bark, etc. I was riding my bike to the Pocket yesterday (which was really fun!) and I saw it and went in. I get peanut brittle and English toffee and it was fucking good. They have cute boxes and stuff for those who like to give candy as a gift. Blow off Sees and get your gifts here!
Here was the sunset over the river on the way home. Too bad the stupid bike trail keeps getting blocked off at points due to the city not owning all the stretches of levee.
I was craving spicy soup so we went to Korea house. I got the pork and kimchi soup. It was pretty good, but smiller's sea bass soup had the exact same broth and vegetables and I think that's a little lazy of them. The panchan was great and as usual there was one I'd never had before, that one with the black beans there. The beans were really chewy and dense and had a salty, licorice-y flavor. It's really hard for me to get a handle on Korean food. I love the bbq, I know that. But the food is kinda pricey so I shy away from trying new things that I might not like. The menu at Korean house had a ton of short descriptions of dishes that sound intriguing, but I know they are leaving something out. Like "cold noodles with spicy sauce" for 10.99. There's got to be more to that! I want to branch out from the standard short ribs and bibimbap but I don't know where to start.
This guy was serving up raw oysters, they were really good. Beer and oyster breath at ten am? Not a great combo.
That guy in the purple was a Kings themed pimp. As the head said, after we discussed how many furry tophats were in the crowd-"this is the most 90's crowd I've seen since the mid-nineties". Sac is hella nineties, which is cool
Here's the ride. There was a lot of bellringing and fun, somehow it just felt a bit lackluster. It was funny when some big guy whose car was made to wait because we rode past acted like he wanted to fight the bike ride. At the end of the ride I feel asleep in the grass for awhile. I had a hangover by three, which was not helped by watching Heartbeeps
Monday, November 19, 2007
t-day b ride?
It almost time for the bike ride that cannot be named. I'm quite excited. Are you going?
An unforseeable catastrophe involving the Bananas and the recording of background vocals kinda caused me to miss the Heather Klinger benefit show, so I STILL have not seen the Pizzas. Weak. However, I just discovered that you can donate through paypal, and also order Heather's zines and comics and stuff. Jed, follow the link.
Friday, November 16, 2007
show of shows
Thursday, November 15, 2007
let's conduct a test
Send both groups home.
Fiji Islanders? Russians? The US doesn't need any more ethnic groups moving here. This nation has become a garbage dump for the rest of the world and the days of needing or wanting more immigrants is long gone.
5 out of 15 people rated this comment helpful. the bee comments board is serving as a haven for racists to air their views in a legitimizing (if that's a word) forum. This isn't about free speech, this asshole is free to write these things but as I've said a bunch of times before, the Bee DOES MODERATE these comments, and does not allow obscenity or off-topic comments (no matter how innocuous). Someone approved this comment, and also this one from this same guy:
Dozens flee scene of major cockfighting raid
DNWyatt at 4:11 PM PST Thursday, July 5, 2007 wrote:
Legal or illegal, this is part of the Hispanic culture they are so proud of. Isn't diversity great? This country is now like a jammed sewer line that needs to be flushed out and emptied right back to Mexico. Let the organizers and fans of cockfights take knives and fight each other and show that famous machismo bravery. The survivors could then graduate to become gang leaders
I decided to conduct an experiment. I have posted a few comments on this article. to try to see what the bee's criteria are (is?). i of course shudder to write anything racist, but i got as close as i could get. i think probably none will get in because i submitted them all under the same name, but i encourage you to submit some and tell me what they were. here are mine:
What a great article.
Thanks for this useful story! The Bee is the best fucking paper around!
nice picture
man, that guy in the picture is sexy. i'd really like to show him a thing or two about a thing or two, if you get my drift.
This article is great except for the fact that it was written by someone with a foreign sounding name. That makes me feel angry and fearful.
first things first
Second things second-I checked out Bows and Arrows last night, intending to just be there 5 minutes to get a gift certificate and I ended up being there for over and hour and buying a kitchen table and a handmade dress, and smiller got two pairs of shoes. The place is insanely rad! I didn't expect it to have so much good shit. Now I just have to try to sell some stuff to get some credit there.
Third things third-the English Singles have been added to that friday house show!!!
Fourth things fourth-I went to Oz Korean BBQ for the first time in over a year yesterday. That place has gotten really weird. In addition to the flatscreens and signed Kings stuff, etc., they have made a real effort to make their menus accessible and not scary by making up English names for the dishes, like calling a seafood soup Korean cioppino. And they have like chicken finger appetizers and shit. It gives it a weird vibe. Our server was really awesome but I really had very little idea what she was saying or what we had ordered until it came to the table. The confusion centered around us trying to order one of the expensive soups that said that it was for two. Turns out it's in a giant cauldron and is really for like 4 or 5. And then we somehow ended up ordering two plates of bbqed meat (pre-bbqed, we didn't sit at the table). One was a kind of plain, thinly sliced beef that I liked a lot on the lettuce with the salty bean paste. I think the other was bulgogi, but it was too sweet for me and not spicy enough. Too much like beef with KC masterpiece on it. It annoyed me that the server warned us about the spiciness of everything and then it wasn't spicy at all, and I'm not some kind of macho "bring on the spice" person. The seafood in the soup was not very high quality and the broth was bland. The one really interesting thing was that there were tons of these gray pods floating in the soup that looked like eyeballs. I felt brave for biting into one before I knew what it was. It had liquid inside and something hard. I asked the server and she said there's no western name for it, but that it was in fact some kind of kelp that you don't eat but that the prize is the soup squirting out in your mouth when you bite down. Crazy! I found the pods to have a light soapy or perfumey taste, in addition to the fishiness of the soup.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
mantles in sac
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Here are the guys doling out the beer.
This was one of the guys leading a donkey cart. His tshirt says "I survived a root canal"
Here's smiller in a hammock on la isla piedra. You can take a little ferry boat out there. The beach is the best, and there are all these little places to chill and drink beer and eat super good food.
Here's the beach, sometimes it's deserted, sometimes there are tons of cruise passengers out there.
A sign in the town on a gym. Look like anyone?
Here's some tasty pozole from cenaduria conchita. We ate there three of four times. Was this the lettuce that gave me montezuma's revenge? We'll never know.
This was ceviche we had on stone island. In a week of delicious ceviche, this stood out as the best.
Playa Bruja was kind of a bust as a beach but this sign of a surfer is funny.
Playa Bruja was pretty but the lifegaurd wouldn't let us swim. eff that.
This courtyard was INSIDE the house we stayed in. no big deal.
Congratulations. You made it to the end. There is ANOTHER good show tonight in Davis. Two local bands so support your bros!
Friday, November 09, 2007
hey dudes
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
fuck roseville dining
Here are the three sisters, looking very beige.
Here's cutie Diane Keaton sporting a horrible grown out perm. I remember my mom often having this style. She would get perm after perm, hate each one, let it grow out, and then get another one. I wonder if perms will ever come back big? Answer: someday.
Monday, October 29, 2007
I've written about these two places before, so nothing new under my sun but...
I went to Edokko II the other night and got the tan tan men, and I have to reiterate that their ramen blows Shoki out of the water. Give it a try if you've only been to Shoki. I'd be interested to know if people agree or disagree.
Also, I went to Rolle again for lunch and even though I felt very tantrumy (inside) to find that they had run out of baguettes AGAIN, I got the salad nicoise with poached salmon and it was fucking GOOD. The mustard vinaigrette is delicious. I also got the gratin of the day (red potato) and it was sooo rich and the dusting of herbs de provence was perfect.
viva the free box
I hear that local entrepeneur Olivia of Olipom is starting up a new business. And she's going to buy and sell clothes ala Crossroads. This is very exciting and seems sure to prosper. I'm going to have to stop giving away my thrift store finds to friends and make some money on that shit. jk!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
everly bear!
davis shmavis
I also checked out this weird wine shop (Valley Wine Co) on 4th and G in Davis that MH clued me in to. I've passed by it a thousand times on my way to the co-op and always thought it wasn't open to the public. But it is, although there are tons of cardboard boxes obscuring the front entrance and you have to go in through the side. They have an interesting selection. I got a 2004 Alsacian blend for 11 bucks, and smiller got a 2004 Fuller's vintage ale that I don't think they realized they had, it had just been sitting in the fridge for two years. The guys who run it are nice.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
came up with this costume this year:
franzia white zin?
MD posted something about wine on his "food" blog (surprise) about the rankings of wine ordered at restaurants and after the nasty, nasty list of the top ten there was a sad, tragic, heartrending, tearjerking fact :
Overall, chardonnay easily was the most popular varietal at restaurants, accounting for nearly 43 percent of sales, and 41 of the 105 wines in the magazine's complete list\
why people, why? free your palates! you can't even chalk this up to cost because there are so many affordable and delicious whites on the market
preservationist nitpickers
Today in the bee, Breton has an axe to grind against all us nit-pickers, historical preservationists, and "nincompoops" drowning out "viable visions deserving of support". Yes, that's right, he thinks that all of us common citizens should just shut the fuck up, lay back, and enjoy whatever Thomas Enterprises chooses to do to us. And why? Because they've already spent $75 million (according to him) on the railyards project. So it follows that laying out that much cash means no one should try to block or even question any of their plans. Got that? Here's how he wraps it up:
Otherwise, the city of our civic dreams will never come to pass.
"our" civic dreams? Are you sure about that, Marcos?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
dumb bitch
Monday, October 22, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
angry letter
Hey! Look over here! Bill Burg was on Insight with Jeffrey Callison last week talking about his Southside Park book. I hear the book is really good, Beers has it.
Speaking of Beers', Queen Sheba on Broadway has this awesome Hakim "stout" (it's not really a stout-style beer, just a dark beer) that is really spicy and fresh and juicy.
AP reviewed Maalouf's (which is great, I mean great that he reviewed it and of course the food is superb). Here's a couple of definitions he busts:
We began with a bowl of hummus ($5.50), which is pureed garbanzo beans (chickpeas) mixed with tahini (sesame paste), accented with garlic and lemon juice, and topped with olive oil.
Falafel is deep-fried, hush puppy-lookin' croquettes of mashed garbanzo beans, rich with the aromas of spices.
Is there anyone left in the world besides toddlers and the extremely elderly who do not know what hummus is?
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Congratulations go out to our local Rubicon Brewing Co. for winning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival in the Belgian-style sour ale category for their high mountain cherry ale. This is like the academy awards of America beer, so this is a big deal. Unfortunately, they don't have this beer on draft, but they do have plans to bottle it soon, and I can't wait. I've really been enjoying American sour ales lately, particularly those brewed by Russian River...but you'll have to read about my visit to Russian River Brewing in the next Midtown Monthly.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Can someone read Heyamoto's column from yesterday and explain the Steve Cohn item to me? Also, can someone attempt to construct a sentence more awkward than "Good thing Austria hadn't come calling"? A prize to anyone who does.
friday morning george michael
Remember how great this video was, when he had just been busted for having sex in that bathroom, and then he has a song about having sex outside and the bathroom turns into a disco and everyone is making out and the cops are busting them and then the cops start making out! Somehow I think that noone reading this is going to enjoy this as much as I do.
The new Fiery Furnaces record is out, Widow City. I've listened to half of the double album and I like it a lot. Matt Friedberger is a genius. They're playing in SF on the 19th.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Sy Hersh, no less
The onion blog (which has lots of good content) just posted a comments policy. The Bee should follow this model. Does the Bee even have an official policy on their comments?
No one is supposed to mention how I said I was going to retire, because then I get embarrassed about it. Can't a woman change her mind?
I checked out the two dollar bar food McCormick and Schmick's happy hour thing yesterday. The place looks like a hotel banquet room inside, which really surprised me. I thought it was really fancy, but the cheap tiling and green carpeting (you should never have carpet in a restaurant, never!) make it look kind of crappy. Between four and six, and from 930 to close, they offer two dollar Coors Light or Bug on draft, and some food items for two bucks. There's a two drink minimum, which seems to be enforced, but they don't have to be alcoholic drinks. Long story short, the food was pretty mediocre. I mean, of course it was, it was two bucks! You can get two oysters on the half shell for two bucks, and when I asked which kind the waitress started to say it's whatever they need to get rid of, and then tried to pretend that's not what she was saying. Of course that's what they are, they're two bucks! You know what else they were? Room temperature. Not appetizing. They didn't make me sick or anything, they just weren't delicious. Everything else was just OK, too. But they do have a hamburger AND fries for two bucks, so if you're really broke, have at it. The best thing I had? A Moscow Mule, which was like 8 bucks.
The house show last night was fun and really well attended. A whole new generation of kids, and they're not bad! The only thing I object to is the unecessary hats. I'm all for hat nerding, but when it's warm inside and everyone is wearing knit hats, I just fixate on the fact that I know their heads are getting all hot and sweaty and why not just take the hat off at that point? The highlight was a new Sac band that was good and I've never seen anyone in it before in my life. They're called Ganglians. We were tripping on them and wondering what their influences are, and I guess you can tell from their myspace.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
gaping hole
I just was looking at a Bee story where they allowed someone in the comments to call two black people "monkeys". Oops, some overt racism slipped through their guidelines that usually only allow covert racism! Not really a proud moment for the Bee.
The comments on this one are making me laugh, though. Man, Breton is getting his chops busted left and right!
Holy shit! And look at the comments on this Heyamoto column!
show tonight
Wed, 10/10 - EAT SKULL (PDX) + MAYYORS + GANGLIANS23rd & L House, Sacramento - 8:00 SHARP, $5 donation, all ages Best new PDX band a'la Times New Viking meets Hunches, sorta...really!
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
The Head needs some help, she wants to know where she can get her 1980 Honda Express moped fixed.
someone should have told me
There's a house show tomorrow that is going to be really good. Why? I'm not sure, but I'm going to go anyway. Here are the details on it.
I missed the Aguirre screening and instead stayed home (after a decidedly bland and lackluster meal at Shoki Ramen House, they really let me down this time) and watched a collection of Herzog shorts. The first one, The Great Ecstasy of the sculptor Steiner (which is a hilarious example of Herzog trying to impose his own ideas on the documentary he made about ski jumping, he only show the guys sculptures for 2 seconds), about Steiner is fucking amazing, with really stirring music by Popol Vuh
Here's Walter Steiner, he's very self-effacing yet a complete badass
Here's Werner!
There are tons of super slo-mo shots of people flying on skis, and some harsh sl0-mo crashing.
The next movie is about the 1976 world championships of auctioneering, and though it goes on too long (30 minutes of listening to that nasally, auctioneering type of voice as they auction cattle) it was still really good and it was quite emotional at the end because they guy who wins is so stoked.
The third short is Herzog and his crew on some small Caribbean island that has been evacuated due to a volcano that is about to erupt and is spewing poisonous gases, so of course as soon as he about it he rushed right there. At one point he supposedly has to flee from a descending poisonous cloud, but I think he might be exaggerating.
Monday, October 08, 2007
screengrab mystery
Here's the Bananas making all the customary rock faces.
Here's a band I saw saturday night at El Rio, the Rantouls. They were fucking great! Super bubblegum. That guy on the right is Gavin of Fevers fame, and more importantly he is the similar guy of cassingle fame! Look at that guy on the left, he was born to have that haircut. It was his destiny.


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This trip is not for the faint-of-heart. You'll be physically challenged, but rewarded with paddling a gorgeous emerald waterway that few people have ever seen.
"This is the perfect trip for an adventurous soul who wants to see a beautiful river canyon few have ever seen."Zach Collier
Day 1
We'll begin by traversing the Kalmiopsis Wilderness by foot and then paddle down the river by inflatable kayak. We'll travel light and pack in only necessary supplies.
When we reach the river, it will be time to pump up and rig the boats. We'll camp at the put-in that night.
Day 2
After a simple breakfast the first morning, we'll have a thorough river safety course. After the instruction you'll jump in your kayak and head down the gorgeous Chetco River.
Days 3 and 4
The upper gorge of the Chetco is beautiful beyond belief. Its tight, intimate canyon is one that should be savored so you'll want to take your time traveling down the Class IV rapids. We'll stop to scout all the big rapids and will portage a few of the bigger ones.
The next couple of days, we'll just enjoy this stunning wilderness. There are many places to stop, swim the crystal-clear pools and take a few side hikes up the small creeks that feed the Chetco.
Day 5
On day 5, we'll cross the wilderness boundary, where the river opens up on the approach to Tolman Ranch where our trip will end.


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Blue Shield of California Foundation helps domestic violence organizations form strategic partnerships.
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Louisiana SPCA uses strategic planning to affirm priorities and strengthen core services in animal welfare
Colorado AIDS Project merger creates a unified voice for HIV/AIDS services statewide
NAACP's strategic plan creates a powerful vision to honor its legacy and guide its work in the 21st Century
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I am just catching my breath from yesterday's launch of the Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative in Los Angeles. With our partners from the Weingart Foundation, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the California Community Foundation, The Center for Nonprofit Management, and the Luskin School at UCLA, we took over Loker Auditorium at the California Science Center for a morning-long event attended by more than 600 nonprofit leaders.
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While admiring beauty, for example, of formal gardens and parks, enjoying their songs and wondering grooming, involuntarily holding some parallels, we can not identify a significant difference from our gardens. This design of the border areas, borders of flower beds and plantings. It is well-decorated borders, giving neat and tidy garden, indicate high grade garden design.
English lawns like green river curvy current in the garden are always admired. Their expressive, clearly defined edges, envelopes beds and composition, not only support the beauty of lines, but also make it easier to care. To get a clear line of grass edges it is trimmed with special flat tool in the shape of a crescent or a sharp spade. All straight lines cut across the board, or a stretched rope, curved on the decomposition of the hose. Unfastened edge of the lawn has to be cut at least twice per season, in the spring, when all the edges will inevitably spread out and in need of repair, and in the middle of summer after the regrowth of grass. Assigned section eliminates the need to correct the edges.
In order to use garden ornaments decorative border, this should match the style of the site and a flower garden. For example, you can add naive white fence to the location of the playground in the garden or in the country style of the composition, but it is inappropriate in the foreground or cereal, for example, luxury, exotic flower garden. Vines and twigs organically complement the natural and rustic design, but probably they should not be at the front of flower garden cottage.
Precautions should be taken to the stone lawn edging, which often looks unnatural. What connection has a lush rose garden and a bright flower garden with a stone ridge of boulders and pellets? Even if it is a flower garden rockeries or gravel, where the presence of stone understandable, unless of course will look at the edge of the stone snake? Keep in mind that any design should be functional. Because the mower will inevitably leave the grass around the stones, it will have a painful way weed. If you want a stone, for example, for framing tree trunks of large trees not hinder mowing flat flagstone can be used.


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New Feature: Appear Online
With this patch, we've added full support for players who wish to appear online at all times. Now, when you log out of World of Warcraft, you'll still appear to be online farming random battlegrounds or dungeons. We really hope you enjoy this highly-requested new layer of confusion being added to your personal relationships.
New Loot Type: Impersonal Loot
When you select this option, loot will be practically thrown at you. It's not even placed nicely on the boss's body or in a chest or something. It's just flung in your direction. Those gloves almost hit your face just now! Ugh!
New Toy: Narcissa's Black Mirror
Ports you into a post-modern urban landscape where that one weird thing all the kids are doing with their Insta has been taken to the farthest extremes and now defines your very existence.
Integrates your DPS meters with your social media. If you drop too low, all your relationships IRL will crumble.
New Feature: Royale Battlegrounds
Drop into a massive free-for-all where you and 99 other unknown players will battle to be the last one standing.
Everyone starts each round with no equipment, talents, or class abilities; you'll have to find them hidden around the map (or take them from your opponents) to survive.
Earn exciting new rewards like special cosmetic gear, a new "Fort Knight" title, and more.
Coming soon to Android and iOS!
New Mythic Keystone dungeon affixes:
– A mass of tiny bubbles builds up from the floor as you go. Not bad at first, but …
– Everything and everyone in the dungeon just kind of feels like taking some extra time and really savoring the moment.
– Someone in this dungeon is eating very loudly and oh my god if they take one more bite I am going to RAGE.
– All holes and crevices in the dungeon are slowly being filled with putty and smoothed over. It's really distracting, yet oddly satisfying at the same time.
– Okay, this was a bad idea.
General Improvements
All mailboxes, herbs, and mining nodes now offer the master loot option.
The Auction House Dance Party has been moved to just outside the Auction House.
All auctioneers have relocated to just outside the Auction House, so that they can participate in the Auction House Dance Party.
Due to concerns for the wellbeing of auctioneers, who are now standing outside and exposed to the elements, all Auction House structures have been shifted over to provide them with cover.
Fixed a bug where this could be us, but you playin'.
Some flight masters now offer passengers little bottles of water and choice of music.
That one building in Stormwind that has been under construction for over seven years has been declared a historical monument and will remain as-is in perpetuity.
The drop rates of mounts from raids and dungeons have been adjusted to ensure that that one mount you've been farming for the past 3 years will drop immediately for the newest member of your guild.
Fixed an issue causing Gamon's Braid to occasionally summon a Gamon who wasn't remotely interested in saving any of us.
All player characters have been provided with 5% more class fantasy.
Death Knight
Anti-Magic Shell now comes in four delicious candy flavors!
Bone Shield number of bones increased to 20 (was 3). There just weren't enough bones to really shield you from anything, TBH.
Dancing Rune Weapon has gotten so good at doing what you do that it would like to try working somewhere else for a while. Maybe get a place of its own.
Due to global warming, Remorseless Winter is now about 10% less remorseless, depending on whose numbers you believe.
Sindragosa's Fury can now be glyphed to summon other interesting dragons:
Chillmaw's Fury, which circles around and around.
Hailscorn's Fury, which hails you scornfully.
Sapphiron's Fury, which takes a while to spin up.
Infected Claws is just a super gross idea.
Pestilent Pustules is now 20% more fun to say out loud. Pestilent Pustules.
Sludge Belcher has been reunited with its relatives and is once again making burgers.
Demon Hunter
Fixed a bug that was causing Chaos Blades to behave predictably.
Havoc Demon Hunters have been given proper instruction on when to use their Eye Beams and should no longer inadvertently blind oncoming traffic.
Metamorphosis now properly includes a pupal stage in which the Demon Hunter is encased in a beautiful chrysalis.
Fallout is unchanged. It never changes.
Fiery Brand now has a chance to spawn an NPC, Fiery Brand Manager, who tweets fresh, spicy memes on the Demon Hunter's behalf.
Last Resort redesigned: this is now the last talent you can ever choose. Seriously, do not choose this talent unless you've completely exhausted all other options. You've been warned.
New Specialization: ANGERY
Unlike Havoc or Vengeance, ANGERY Demon Hunters gain their power through sheer, unadulterated rage.
Use canonically ANGERY abilities like "Teef Snarl" to do your enemies a real frighten.
Work with other ANGERY Demon Hunters to defeating the foulest of demons: the VEGETAL.
Celestial Alignment needs to be checked out by your mechanic every 10,000 miles or so.
New Moon has been in the game for a while now, and has been renamed "Moon".
Starfall, when combined with Stellar Drift and Starsurge, now causes Starlord and Shooting Stars to all run together and confuse you.
Fixed a bug where Bleed effects could be reflected onto you. No one causes you to bleed your own blood!
Moment of Clarity now has a 40% increased chance of causing your character to proclaim "Eureka!" when it procs.
Rip removed. RIP Rip.
Guardian Druids' total health has been reduced by 50%. Let's see if they notice!
Stampeding Roar now gives the Druid the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire. 'Cause you are a champion!
Typhoon is now called "Hurricane" in the Western hemisphere.
Healing Druids who keep failing to use their Clearcasting procs on the most efficient targets in the raid are going to lose their spot. I'm talking about the tanks here, Brad. Why would you cast Regrowth on yourself?!
Innervate can now only be cast on the first healer to call for it in voice chat.
Swiftmend now makes a pleasing sound that appropriately complements the visual of your mana disappearing at an alarming rate.
Beast Mastery
New talent: Energy Shot – Slam down 1.5 ounces of unfortunate tasting green coffee extract, sugar, amino acids, and B vitamins. 5-hour cooldown.
Stomp now causes your Dire Beasts to deal bonus Physical damage in a unique percussion group that combines body and ordinary objects to thrill and amaze the audience.
Random extra beasts who just show up to your party uninvited are now required to at least give you a few bucks to pay for the drinks.
Trick Shot no longer causes Aimed Shot to fire fidget spinners. Those tricks were never really impressive in the first place.
Piercing Shot will now reverse the effects of Binding Shot, as intended.
In addition to its previous effects on Arcane Shot and Multi-Shot, Trueshot will now also cause Bursting Shot and Concussive Shot to trigger Counter Shot.
The word 'Shot' is starting to look weird, like it doesn't even mean anything anymore.
Thas'dorah, Legacy of the Windrunners has been returned to the Windrunners, who are kind of upset that you had it all this time. It's their legacy, man.
Aspect of the Eagle now causes you to take on the form of the only surviving person who can really perform "Hotel California" anymore.
Spitting Cobra removed because it wasn't a very nice experience.
Survival Hunters will now always be the last players alive when a group wipes. We apologize for only just coming to this realization after all these years of the spec's name.
Added support for keyboards with fewer than one button.
Casting Evocation now alerts all other mana-using specs in your group that they should be so very envious of you right now.
Unstable Magic is fine. Really, it's fine. What's your problem anyway?
Presence of Mind has been renamed Presents of Mind. Enjoy your creepy brain gifts.
Fireball was feeling kind of puny, so we made it twice as large. It's okay, fella. You're still the most important thing in the rotation, promise.
Flame Patch now causes Flamestrike to leave behind one of six collectible patches that are available to convention attendees only.
Heating Up to a Hot Streak of four consecutive crits now activates the new effect Hottest of the Hot, causing all your damage dealing spells to cast at the same time. This can only happen once per week, but trust us, it's pretty lit.
Fingers of Frost no longer sometimes break off embarrassingly and everyone stops talking and looks at you awkwardly while you bend over and pick it up and then what are you supposed to do with a dismembered frostfinger?
Lonely Winter no longer makes it so that you can't summon your Water Elemental. You can, but something's different between you.
Blizzard now hits harder against targets that aren't properly dressed for it.
Keg Smash has been replaced with a less-wasteful alternative: Barrel Roll. This ability can only be used by pressing Z or R twice.
Leg Sweep now knocks down only one opponent. Do you have a problem with that?!
Fortifying Brew is now fortified with iodine, a necessary nutrient.
Mistweaver Monks now say "chi" when using their S.E.L.F.I.E. cams.
Thunder Focus Tea can now be combined with a bit of milk and a few drops of vanilla extract to produce a lovely hot beverage for all seasons.
Monks who cast Revival at the exact same time the Priest cast Divine Hymn are now officially the worst.
Blackout Kick, Rising Sun Kick, and Spinning Crane Kick can now be combined to create new and exciting moves such as:
Spin Out Kick - You go around and around and do no damage, but it's soooo fun.
Spitting Raisin Kick - You annoy your opponent with saliva-covered dried grape projectiles ... while kicking them.
Black Hole Sun Kick – Washes away the rain.
Strike of the Windlord is set to carry on into its sixth week, as salary negotiations broke down yesterday in heated talks with management.
Touch of Death has been replaced with the equally terrifying new spell "Wee Bit of Fatality".
Storm, Earth, and Fire has finally renewed their cellular service and should once again heed your calls.
Holy Paladins are asked to please stop leaving fish in the fridge at work. We don't know who's doing this, but we know it's a Holy Paladin.
Crusader's Might has been redesigned with more indecision. After all, you can never tell what a Crusader might do. Hell, they might not.
Holy Prism no longer has any holes in it, and is once again a complete and smooth Prism.
Equipping The Silver Hand again causes you to come in second place behind players who use The Gold Hand. But at least you beat those Bronze Hand losers.
Avenger's Shield, when combined with a Stone of Infinity, now summons Captain Azeroth, a goody-two-shoes Paladin NPC who can do this all day.
Fixed a bug where Consecration was lighting you up from really bad angles, giving you a lot of anxiety over how you look in screenshots.
Shield of the Righteous is now 20% less smug.
Crusade now causes you to go on Twitter and retweet people ranting about whatever lost cause you're going on about today, but I'm pretty sure most of your followers have you muted at this point.
Divine Storm damage increased again this year. I tell ya they sure seem to be getting worse.
Eye for an Eye counterattack damage increased by 200%. It wasn't leaving the whole world blind, as intended.
Atonement no longer requires the recipient to unequip their gear and walk through the streets of Stormwind. Shame!
Plea is now 25% less pathetic.
Priests who cast Divine Hymn at the exact same time the Monk cast Revival are now officially the worst.
Several new Holy Words have been added:
Holy Word: Fragrance – It's not very effective but at least you smell nice.
Holy Word: Document – Causes nearby party and raid members to-HEY! It looks like you're trying to write a patch note. Need some help?
Holy Word: Firefly – Abruptly short cast time with an uneventful finish. At least you can cast Holy Word: Serenity later?
Your Knaifu now speaks to you twice as often.
Your Knaifu can no longer be added to your ignore list. You really shouldn't have done that.
Fixed a bug where you and your Knaifu never have any good ideas for dinner.
Your Knaifu now speaks to you three times as often.
Fan of Knives has been modified to have a bit more room to hang his favorite blades on the main wall in his bedroom.
Rogues who cast their finishing moves at only 3 Combo Points are now highlighted in the group window for their raid leaders and that one guy who's always telling you how to play your class. I mean, he's not wrong, he's just annoying.
Blade Flurry is now defaulted to 'on' at all times. We're not even sure if you can turn it off anymore.
Deeper Strategem now provides you with 5% more mind-blowing ideas while you're in the shower.
Opportunity no longer seems as though it procs but once in a lifetime.
Fixed a bug where Relentless Strikes would sometimes relent.
While players in all other specs are busy doing Professions or Holiday Events or Pet Battles, Subtlety Rogues are now required to study the blade.
Stormkeeper has managed to lose track of the storm somehow and has been fired. If anyone you know has prior Stormkeeping experience, please have them fill out an application at jobs.blizzard.com.
FROST SHOCK! Haha, remember that video? Good times. Anyway, we nerfed Lava Burst.
Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning have had their existing visual effects removed entirely.
New ability: Sentry Totem – Summons an immobile Sentry Totem that doesn't really do anything.
Feral Spirit now summons 3 wolves to fight for you (was 2). We have no idea how we ever thought that 2 wolves were enough wolves.
Rockbiter should no longer cause Shaman with the Boulderfist talent to chew their fingernails. Seriously, it's gross, stop it.
Removed: Sentry Totem.
To better differentiate between the Shaman and Druid healing specs, Restoration Shaman has been renamed "Ocean Shaman." We believe this new spec identity will take healing Shaman by the hand and lead them to the land that they understand.
Torrent is now properly subject to digital rights management systems. Anyone found using Torrent illegally will be prosecuted.
Wellspring has had its healing effect reduced by 30%, and its name changed to "Alrightspring."
Crashing Waves has completed a remedial driver's education course and should hopefully be back on the road once the shop finishes putting its RX-7 back together.
Soul Flame now gives you Soul Glow. Just let it shine through.
New ability: Richard Coil, which replaces Mortal Coil for Affliction Warlocks. It does essentially the same thing as Mortal Coil, but includes a vague reference to that one cartoon series everyone's been making lame jokes about for the last couple of years.
Seed of Corruption now has a chance to apply Agony or Unstable Affliction in addition to Corruption. We got the packets mixed up and frankly we can't tell them apart anyway.
Warlocks who choose both the Shadow Embrace and Death's Embrace talents should probably stop being such edgelords.
Seems like they're in a really good place right now.
Havoc now causes all other players within a 30 yard radius to stop and look over their shoulders to see what you're doing over there.
For the third consecutive year, Cataclysm is about 10% better regarded than it was before.
Fixed a bug where Reverse Entropy worked. Considering quantum mechanics, it's clearly not possible to reverse entropy in this deterministic universe.
Channel Demonfire now exclusively plays infomercials between 2 and 6 AM.
In response to feedback that there was not enough difference between Arms and Fury, we've added two more arms to all Arms Warriors. Visit the Barber Shop to customize the exact placement of your third and fourth arms.
New ability: Test Your Might. Display the sheer physical strength of your four arms by mashing buttons repeatedly.
Defensive Stance has not received any changes. Defensive Stance doesn't NEED to change. Defensive Stance is doing just fine without your help, thanks.
Slam will now appropriately welcome nearby players to the jam.
When you select this spec, your character will no longer have upper body appendages.
Corrected an issue allowing some Warriors to select both Endless Rage and War Machine. Rage should now always correctly be against the Machine.
Furious Slash has, unfortunately, not been replaced with a really angry guitarist. We really wanted to, but the licensing alone would have cost a FORTUNE.
Into the Fray should now correctly inform Protection Warriors how to save a life.
Inspiring Presence has been made 200% more inspirational. Hang in there!
The entire Protection Warrior toolkit has been re-designed with Spell Reflection as the primary focus. They protecc, and they attacc, but most importantly, they reflecc.
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I firmly believe that food is a way of expression, whether you yourself is the creator or simply enjoying someone else's creation. And so cooking and baking are parts of the experience. The smell of butter mleting in the pan or of an old-fashioned apple pie. The taste of creamy mac n' cheese or of bittersweet chocolate. The texture of a crisp spring roll or the perfect (relative, of course) chocolate chip cookie. The colours of bell peppers or summer berries. The sound of the sizzling of a steak or that of the crackling of a baguette as it cools.
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Alberto Manzano's new book has now been published by Ediciones Luciérnaga.
288 pages, paperback + 16 pages of color and b/w photos
Series: Philosophies and Religions
Google translation from the publisher's website:
https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-l ... zen/266159
Thanks to Alberto Manzano and Luciérnaga for a copy of the book (got it today!)The peace and inner silence emerged when the depth of his personality dissolved and Leonard Cohen ceased to be Leonard to be Cohen alone in his work.
Synopsis of Leonard Cohen and Zen:
In mid-1993, after the presentation tour of The Future was over, Leonard found no reason to continue in Los Angeles. He could not enjoy the success that his work had given him, his love affair with Rebecca de Mornay had come to an end and he felt gripped by a deep depression. It was then that he packed his bags, picked up his Pathfinder and headed to the Mount Baldy Buddhist monastery.
For more than fifty years, the need for a complete self-reformation led Leonard Cohen to a spiritual search through the study of Zen and Hinduism, an immense and profound personal work whose reward he finally obtained in the last years of his life.
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Quite literally the beginning of it all. In this 4-part series you'll get students thinking about the four big stories in the book of Genesis. We start with exploring the poetry and implications of God's creation story. From there we look at the introduction of man into the world. Next, we take a look at the story of Noah. Finally, we take a look at the life of Abraham as God moves His creation from the fall of man to the restoration that'll ultimately be found in Jesus.
Viva — Genesis
- The Poetry of Creation
- The Story of Adam and Eve
- The Story of Noah
- The Story of Abraham
How to Use Viva
We wrote this curriculum for those of us who might have been given a last minute assignment to lead a group. If you can put your hands on the supplies you should be able to walk in and teach this lesson with minimal prep. But you don't have to wait to the last minute either. All groups benefit from preparation. So take some time, if you have it, to read through the lesson before you meet.
Each of these lessons can be led in different ways. Please be sensitive to your group. You might have a group that really wants to dig into an idea, or you might have a group that just needs to hear the basic truth. You get to decide that as you meet.
Finally, please feel free to discard any of this content to stay in your group's context. The best curriculum for your group is you, caring for them as they get to know God.
About Viva
Viva is a series of short, downloadable, curriculum resources. Whether you are looking for a last minute lesson plan or ideas to add into your teaching, Viva is designed for youth workers leading the revolution.
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We've noted several times in recent months that, despite the 'economic recovery', a record number of young 'adults' are moving back home with mom and dad after college and staying there well into their 30's.
Now, as confirmed by a recent study conducted by Fidelity and the Stanford Center on Longevity, the added stress of caring for all those 'adult' children is putting a severe emotional and financial strain on Baby Boomers with over 75% saying their adult children are cutting into their budgets and over 50% saying they're generally less happy about life. Per Fidelity:
Adult children who move back home is a common event mdash; one in nine Boomer parents surveyed said their kids returned "to the nest" in the past year. And it's taking a toll: 68 percent of parents reported they are more stressed, and more than half said they are less happy (53 percent), less satisfied (54 percent) and have less leisure time (53 percent). Those new housemates come at a cost: 76 percent of parents said they face higher expenses. The health impacts are significant for women, as 46 percent reported sleeping worse and 40 percent reported gaining weight.
At one point in time in America, living at home with mom and dad after crossing out of your teenage years and into your 20s was embarrassing and something that was generally avoided at all costs. And while hard times come and go, 20-somethings who were forced back into their parents' care worked their tails off until they could save up enough money to once again regain their freedom.
That said, these Boomer parents shouldn't expected their basement-dwelling snowflakes to leave the nest, for the second time, anytime in the near future because, as we pointed out a few weeks ago, roughly one-third of all millennials live at home with their parents and one-fourth of them can't be bothered with enrolling in school or finding a job.
According to the following chart from Bloomberg, there are 2.2 million millennials who live at home with mom but neither attend classes nor have a job. Of those, 40% of them are already in their 30's, they're predominantly white and have a high school diploma of less.
And since they're not employed, it's only logical that 90% of the millennials living at home last year are still there this year.
"Almost 9 in 10 young people who were living in their parents' home a year ago are still living there today, making it the most stable living arrangement for young adults," the report said. "In 2005, the majority of young people lived independently in their own household (either alone, with a spouse, or an unmarried partner), which was the predominant living arrangement in 35 states. By 2015—just a decade later—only six states had a majority of young people living independently."
Meanwhile, for the first time in history, more young adults today are living at home with mom and dad than with a spouse.
We continue to be shocked that all of those kids out there with $250,000 Art and Anthropology degrees are finding it difficult to land their dream jobs.


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At its core, our planet is a piping hot place. Sure, it may not seem that way on a cold, dark morning in the dead of winter, but far below Earth's surface lies a scorching center made almost completely of metal. The outer core is an iron-and-nickel alloy that serves as a buffer between the inner core and Earth's mantle, a layer of magma and molten rock. The inner core is a solid, iron-rich ball that's about 750 miles (1,207 kilometers) thick. It's also the planet's hottest spot, with temperatures as high as 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit (6,093 degrees Celsius) [sources: National Geographic, Schultz].
With all the talk these days about the harmful effects of global warming, you might assume that Earth's core could stand to chill out a bit. In truth, we need the planet's center to remain blistering hot so that it can protect Earth from potentially harmful solar winds and debris.
Earth's core is about as toasty as the surface of the sun. It's been that way since, oh, about 4.5 billion years ago. That's when the planet first formed from a cloud of gases and particles. Gravity caused iron and other heavy substances to sink toward the middle of Earth, while lighter material like air and water rose to the crust. The stuff in the middle is so hefty that the outer core's gravity is about three times that of Earth's surface. It still maintains some of its original heat, as well as that created by gravitational friction from the movement of heavier materials closer to the center. The inner core continues to grow by about a centimeter every thousand years, gaining more heat as it expands. Decaying radioactive isotopes also add heat to the mix as they radiate from the planet's mantle [sources: National Geographic, Anuta].
If the core were to cool completely, the planet would grow cold and dead. It also would get a little dark: Power utilities pull radiant heat from Earth's crust and use it to heat water, the steam from which powers turbines to create electricity [source: Anuta].
Cooling also could cost us the magnetic shield around the planet created by heat from the core. This shield protects Earth from cosmic radiation. The shield is created by a convection process caused by constantly moving iron. Like the planet itself, Earth's core is constantly spinning – some scientists think it's moving even faster than the rest of the planet. The friction converts kinetic energy into electrical and magnetic energy that forms the field, which deflects harmful, charged particles emanating from the sun toward the north and south poles [sources: Folger, USGS].
Just how much losing the magnetic field would change life on Earth isn't clear. Some say the planet could see an onslaught of radioactive waves that would overheat the planet and make it uninhabitable. Others point to a possible uptick in solar rays that are believed to cause cancer. Still more observers say we could experience sweeping solar winds, perhaps as strong as those that may have swept all of the oceans, lakes and rivers from Mars and Venus. It's safe to say we're better off not finding out exactly what losing the magnetic field would mean [source: Schirber].
Related Articles
- Anuta, Joe. "Probing Question: What heats the earth's core?" Phys.org. March 30, 2006 (May 17, 2015) http://phys.org/news/2006-03-probing-earth-core.html
- Folger, Tim. "Journeys to the Center of the Earth." Discover Magazine. July 14, 2014 (May 17, 2015) http://discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/13-journeys-to-the-center-of-the-earth
- National Geographic. "Core." (May 17, 2015) http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/core/?ar_a=1
- Schirber, Michael. "How Vital Is a Planet's Magnetic Field? New Debate Rises." Space.com. March 21, 2011 (May 17, 2015) http://www.space.com/11187-earth-magnetic-field-solar-wind.html
- Schultz, Colin. "The Center of the Earth is as Hot as the Sun." Smithsonian Magazine. April 26, 2013 (May 17, 2015) http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-center-of-the-earth-is-as-hot-as-the-sun-43631207/?no-ist
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "How does the Earth's core generate a magnetic field?" May 6, 2015 (May 17, 2015) http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9782/2738


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It was the summer of '07. Chris Messina, then a designer at Google, took to the still very young Twitter to suggest something that would, for all intents and purposes, define Internet-speak as we now know it: "How do you feel about using # (pound) for groups," he asked. The San Francisco startup thought his idea was "for nerds," and that it wouldn't take off.
We're now on the brink of summer 2014, seven years later, and the pound sign has gone hyper-ultra-megaviral, transcending—or more like obliterating—the so-called nerd ceiling. Simply, colloquially, and pretty much universally, the symbol has come to be known as the hashtag.
And while the hashtag's original purpose was strictly for pooling metadata—annexations of topics and talking points from across the Internet's antipodal depths, grouped focally and accessibly—it has also evolved into something of a stylistic quip, a binary signature where an author might flex his or her linguistic electro-claws. As it is, we have an extremely adept personage in such matters at Vogue: one Mr. Hamish Bowles. (If you don't already follow @hamishbowles on Instagram, you should, for even if you don't care about captions, his photographs are second-to-none in terms of loveliness, be they of New York's buttery vernal magnolias or Doha's priceless regional antiquities.) When asked if he'd be interested in a story, the always on-form Bowles replied: "#hysterical. #certainement."
With that conviction in mind, we decided to give Bowles a set of archived Vogue images, ranging from a young "Magic Mike—the early days" Channing Tatum to an over-it Lacroix-clad Natalia Vodianova posing as Alice in, but bored with, Wonderland. (Hence, #nataliahashadit). As always, Bowles manages to be both lushly descriptive and of-the-moment in his writing, proof that even as traditional language becomes . . . well, less traditional, there'll always be room for artful word play.


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The holidays turned out to be a lot brighter at the high end, judging by the results of four major retailers who reported earnings on Tuesday.
Walmart, Macy's, Home Depot and Saks Fifth Avenue all reported sales increases for their fourth quarters ending in January. But while Walmart had to lower prices so aggressively that it hurt its profit, retailers focusing on higher-income customers crowed about the solid prices those shoppers paid.
For consumers with higher incomes, "I think there's generally more confidence today than there was at this time last year," said Macy's chairman and chief executive, Terry J. Lundgren. But, he added, where someone is "making decisions between filling up their gas tank or buying shoes or a handbag, that consumer certainly is more impacted."
Walmart has been holding down prices to get customers to spend. "We've seen the unemployment numbers come down a little bit, and that's really good, but that hasn't stopped the paycheck cycle," said Charles M. Holley Jr., Walmart's chief financial officer, referring to customers spending paycheck-to-paycheck.
Price cuts meant Walmart's fourth-quarter margin in the United States decreased by $100 million. For the company as a whole, fourth-quarter margin fell by 0.4 percentage points, to 24.3 percent of sales.
Saks Fifth Avenue, meanwhile, which said it was selling items like fine jewelry, fragrances and men's accessories at a fast clip, had a "historically high gross margin rate performance," said the chairman and chief executive, Stephen I. Sadove, in a statement. There was "reduced promotional activity" throughout the year as the company increased its full-price sales, and its margins for the year rose to 40.8 percent of sales, from 40.1 percent. For the quarter, margin fell 0.2 percentage point to 37.6 percent.
At Macy's, a decline in margin was not because of lower prices throughout the store, but because of a free-shipping promotion and markdowns on cold-weather gear, said Mr. Lundgren in an interview. Holiday discounts "were about the same level as last year and they were all planned," he said.
The average price paid for items at Macy's and Bloomingdale's rose 9 percent in the quarter, because of some inflation in commodity costs and better sales of expensive items like jewelry.
Mr. Lundgren added that the Bloomingdale's business was particularly strong. "The Bloomingdale's customer is categorized as that consumer who's buying more luxury product, and that business was very good, and you've seen that from some of the other luxury retailers," he said.
Macy's gross margins declined by 0.3 percentage point for the quarter and for the year, but its margins, at 40.4 percent for the year and 41 percent for the quarter, were much higher than Walmart's.
Home Depot said that sales at stores that had been open at least a year, also known has same-store sales, had increased in 13 of its 14 categories, and that it was seeing improvement in the professional-contractor sector. Sales in states where housing markets were particularly hard-hit by the recession, like Florida and California, were continuing to improve.
"The performance of our business, particularly in the back half of 2011, would suggest a strengthening market," said Home Depot's chairman and chief executive, Frank Blake.
Same-store sales rose 5.7 percent for the fourth quarter. And two indicators of high-end momentum also rose: transactions over $900 increased by 3 percent, while the professional-contractor business, which handles expensive home renovations, posted increases in transactions and the amount spent. "We're starting to see the beginnings of an improvement among the professional contractors, which is great," said Carol B. Tomé, chief financial officer.
Home Depot's margins increased 0.29 percentage point from the same quarter a year ago, to 35 percent, which was mostly because of supply-chain improvements, Ms. Tomé said.
Apart from their profit margins, all the retailers posted sales increases, though with mixed results.
Walmart reported the second consecutive quarter of positive same-store sales; the retailer had been in a same-store sales slide for nine quarters before that.
The company said Tuesday that its domestic sales grew 2.4 percent in the quarter, to $72.8 billion, while sales at stores open at least a year increased 1.5 percent.
To achieve that, though, Walmart's domestic profit margin slipped lower. Throughout its divisions, the company's consolidated net income fell 13 percent for the quarter, but Mr. Holley said in a telephone call with reporters that the drop was because of a net income number a year ago that was buoyed by a tax benefit from the disposal of a German business. He said the more accurate number to look at was income from continuing operations, which rose 3.4 percent for the quarter, to $5.2 billion.
Sales rose 5.8 percent to $122 billion.
Executives said customers took advantage of programs like layaway over the holidays and responded to the 10,000 or so items that Walmart had brought back to stores. Visits to stores and the average amount spent per visit both rose during the quarter.
January 2012, the last month of the quarter, was the strongest month in terms of sales and traffic, Mr. Holley said. The company did not offer layaway after the holidays.
"It wasn't the time that we had the layaway — that speaks to the momentum we have in the Walmart business," he said. "We feel very good about where we are with market share grabs in most categories that we operate in."
"Top-line results were generally in line with expectations, but surprisingly did not demonstrate any improved momentum versus" levels in the third quarter, a Sanford C. Bernstein analyst, Colin McGranahan, wrote in a note to clients.
Macy's net income rose almost 12 percent from the fourth quarter a year ago, to $745 million, while its same-store sales rose 5.2 percent. Online sales for Macys.com and the Bloomingdales.com unit rose 40 percent from a year ago, and the company said it expected online sales in 2012 to exceed $2 billion.
At Saks, sales of luxury items pushed fourth-quarter net income up 48 percent to $37 million. Same-store sales rose 7.7 percent for the quarter.
At Home Depot, net income for the fourth quarter increased 32 percent to $774 million, while sales rose 6 percent to about $16 billion.


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As an extension to the Collectible Automobile article I posted last month — this is the page at the end of the magazine with the value.
So You Drive a Dodge Magnum
Magnum Article in Collectible Automobile
There was an excellent article on the 1978-1978 Dodge Magnums in the October 2013 Collectible Automobile. I strongly suggest all Magnum lovers purchase a copy of this magazine (used on eBay also available) before they run out. The below are page scans of the article — but you're going to want to buy and save that issue.
Welcome To MagnumGT.com
1978 was a horrible year for the United States. Jimmy Carter was President, Disco was at it's height, and cars were both ugly and performance dogs. One of the few bright spots was the 1978 Dodge Magnum, which was to have replaced the Charger. At the last minute Dodge executives got cold feet on the "Cord" style grill, renamed the car as the Magnum, and continued with the Charger for 78.
The Magnum was an immediate hit, the Charger was phased out, and the Magnum returned for 1979. The Gas Crisis in the Summer of 78 had automakers scramble to downsize, and the Magnum was replaced by a smaller Slant-6 Mirada for 1980.
This site is dedicated to provide information for those interested in this single bright spot of the late 70s. Please feel free to browse through the pages and posting here, and follow us on Facebook.
Dodge Magnum
Originally designed to become the 1978 Charger, the radical frontal styling reminiscent of a Cord from the 30s scared Dodge's management into hedging their bets and to continue the Charger while renaming the intended replacement the Magnum. The Magnum was an overwhelming success and the Charger was discontinued for 1979. In 1979, Dodge also released a 4-Dr version on the new R Body platform called the St. Regis. However, the oil embargo and gas shortages caused Dodge to drop the B Body platform for 1980 — and the Magnum was replaced by the smaller J Body Mirada.
Mopar Platform Reference
If you would like to learn more about the various Mopar Platforms that Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, and Eagle cars were based on — then use the below links to navigate to the various Body topics on www.MoparWiki.com.
The MoparWiki has the ultimate goal of being the best reference for all things Mopar. This is done through collaboration of all willing to help improve the topics by adding information they have and citing a reference. Your help is welcomed.
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Mopar's Generation Next
I just finished reading Rob Wolf's excellent editorial in the most current issue of Mopar Collector's Guide — called "Generation Next", an obvious play on Generation X.
In the editorial, Wolf points out that those of us who experienced the Muscle car Revolution first-hand — were the baby-boomers, and are now between 55-70. The Next'rs are in their mid-to-late thirties and their forties. They saw these cars in the childhood when they were still street driven and at shows. The editorial further points out that there is a crop of these Generation Next people working at dealerships, restoration shops, and racing — but they might be the end of the line, and the last to be able to even work on these cars.
That's very true in large part — but there are exceptions. My son Dallas is 24, has been racing Mopars since he was 16 (when he also obtained his NHRA Class IV License), is the crew Chief for all of the cars we race on a National Circuit — and yesterday won NMCA's 2011 "Crew Member of the Year" award at the Award's Dinner at PRI. The newest car he's ever raced is a 78 Aspen — and the oldest a 63 Plymouth. Steven, the Shop Rat at my shop is 19 and works part-time (25-hours a week) at my shop. He too is a Mopar man, and is capable of doing a engine/transmission swap on a mid-60s Mopar pretty quickly. He works for minimum wage because he is able to work on the old Mopars as much as swinging the mop. He has another part-time job where he pulls engines and transmissions on imports for twice what I pay him — but he rather work on old Mopars with us rather than working full time for his other employer. My youngest daughter is 13, and has been going to races with me since birth. She can tell you the year of any B-body and we're setting up my 10-second Vitamin C (63 Plymouth NSS car) for when she hits 16.
These kids are rare — but they do exist. They can exist in greater numbers if "Generation Next" will take the time to pass the heritage along. It takes a little psychology — and it takes getting to them when they're still young. In the case of Dallas, I took him to every car show and race I ever attended since he could be pushed in a stroller. He learned old Mopars before he could be corrupted but any kids with Imports. Same with motorcycles. I'm a Harley man, and much to his mother's chagrin, I bought him a large touring bike at 15 and took him riding with me until turning him on his own at 18. He learned from me, instead of on a crotch rocket by some punk with his hat on backwards and 300 body piercings. Steven's father is a die-hard Mopar man, and like Dallas, Steven never saw an import parked on the property. My youngest daughter was given her first go-cart at 5, and helped to assemble her 6-speed dune buggy at 8. She started driving on the property at 10.
My generation did a lot to create the Generation Next people, and now it is their duty to pass this along to their kids — and the earlier the better. Take them to car shows and tell them about why these cars are so special. Include them with the washing and working on your cars. Build a project together. I bought Dallas his first car at 15 — a 78 Magnum with a warmed over 360, as he had a special license to drive to and from school. He still has that car. We built his (now — but started as a 12-second) 10-second 72 Demon together when he was 15 — which we still have.
It doesn't have to end with the "Generation Next", if the Generation next will take the time to drag their kids away from the X-Box, and get them into the garage working on cars with them. A father is his son's biggest influence — and he only has a limited time to use that influence. My generation needs to do the same with our grandchildren.
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Week 4: Fatty Acids and Their Importance
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2-3 tbsp butter
4 cups of chicken stock
1-2 diced onions
1 cup milk
1 bunch of spinach, washed/chopped
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2-3 tbsp flour
Melt butter is large saucepan and add onions. Once onions are tender, add spinach. When spinach is cooked through add flour stirring constantly then add stock. Bring to boil, add nutmeg, salt and pepper and milk, heat til warm, but do not allow milk to boil. Serve with bread or biscuits. Makes enough for 4 servings.


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Is inheritance a privilege or a right?
Award winning Australian author Fiona Lowe returns with a gripping family saga, set against the backdrop of Victoria's high country. A family is tangled together by a wealthy inheritance, secrets simmering childhood rivalry and betrayal.
For the beneficiaries, does it show love, does it give security, or does it mean freedom?
6 word synopsis: Three claims, one fortune, sibling rivalry