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Could Your Problem Be Solved By Using A Little 'Italian Common Sense'…?
It was during a recent cruise that 'She Who Must…' and I stopped in Livorno in Italy and ventured forth towards Pisa (of leaning tower fame) and then over to Florence with the intention of learning as much about these two cities as we could in the shortish time available. To do this we had the benefit of a witty, charming and intelligent local chap called Ignatius (English spelling) who ensured we didn't miss a thing … and at the same time also introduced me to the concept of 'Italian Common Sense' Continue Reading


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It's that time of year. The arrival of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas means time off from work for many employees. The holiday season may provide a solid block of time to be home, as much as 12 straight days if one were to take vacation from the weekend before Christmas through New Years Day. At first glance that sounds amazing, but for super commuter families used to one parent living away from home due to their job, how can you make the transition to being together, the re-entry into the family home in other words, easier? Below are three suggestions for maximizing your quality time together.
1.) Prioritize. For many super commuter families, weekends are spent checking items off the "to do" list. Use this extra free time for more than chores by having each family member pick one thing they would like to do or accomplish, ideally something that brings enjoyment. It could be seeing a movie together, a date night for parents, or time for the commuter parent and the kids to do something they don't normally have time for. This last option has the added benefit of allowing the primary caregiver their own "time off".
2.) Rest. Pick one day where everyone has a few hours of downtime. The holidays are busy with parties, shopping, and travel, so by scheduling rest, the entire family can recharge is whatever way works for them. A nap, fitness class at the gym, or reading a book that has been sitting on the nightstand for weeks are a few examples.
3.) Keep it simple. If you have kids, they likely will be excited to have everyone reunited. While ones instinct might be to plan a big outing or a lot of events, the reality is that most kids, with their busy school and activity schedules, want down time as much as parents. My suggestion? Make homemade pizzas together, go through photos that are sitting on your computer and reminisce about the year, and set some family goals for 2014.
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The refugees in Camp Sahr, Chad, have escaped from Central African Republic (CAR) holding nothing but the hands of their children as they ran for their lives. Their stories go beyond hair-raising.
Mr. Omar, who broke into tears as he sat down to talk with Zakat Foundation of America field representative about his experiences. Mr. Omar said he was crying from the horrors he saw in CAR.
As tensions escalated, Mr. Omar sent his wife and children to the Chadian embassy for evacuation. An auto mechanic, he stayed behind to look after his tools and equipment, and to settle his debts.
During that time, he said, he saw people killed before his eyes. He could not believe that neighbors he knew for 32 years had turned against the Muslim population.
When Mr. Omar left CAR, the army escorted him and other Muslims to Kakabondo for safety. In Kakabondo he witnessed the murder of a woman and her child. Mr. Omar wept as he recounted removing their bodies and burying them. He swore never to return home.
The trip to the camp took nine days, with little food aside from some bread given to them by Muslims they met along the way.
On March 23, Zakat Foundation of America distributed food packages that included flour, sugar, and oil to 507 families; the most vulnerable families also received small cash stipends. Mr. Omar graciously thanked Zakat Foundation of America for remembering him. But when this food runs out, he and the growing number of refugees fleeing CAR will need more.
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Eagles, Jackson Browne, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Madonna, Mott the Hoople, New Order, Outkast, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors, The Smiths
It seems it's been forever since I wrote one of these entries. It has been over a month, for sure. I've iterated that I've been busy and that's certainly the case. I've missed sitting in the studio doing some research or travel work or maintenance and letting some music flow over me. Eugene and I had a conversation about this list (you know he hates lists) and we discussed how I listen. I do take it in. I listen to the beginning to get a "feel" of the album and then let it play in the background, whilst keeping the editor for this blog open so I can come in and type some thoughts about it as it's going. I do agree with him that subconscious listening can be beneficial and more apt for absorption. All that being said, let's jump in here. The last segment was really fun for me, let's hope this one is, too.
#370 – Mott by Mott the Hoople. All I knew about Mott was Ian Hunter and Bowie's song "All the Young Dudes." "All the Way From Memphis" is fantastic and chugs along like a roving party and it is fun. There is total soul from Hunter "Hymn for the Dudes." Soul you can feel, even. AND, you get Thunderthighs (the female backing vocals from Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side") providing their fabulous airs. "Violence" is rocking but the chorus reminds me of the theme song to the Spider-Man cartoons from the mid- to late-60s. Listen and when he says "vi-o-lence, vi-o-lence. It's the only thing that'll make you see sense" see if it doesn't make you think "Spider-Man, Spider-Man does whatever a spider can." Not complaining, really, I just think it's funny. And more emotion with "Ballad of Mott the Hoople." Hunter shows some vocal depth here, too. "I'm a Cadillac/El Camino Dolo Roso" is a musical escape and well done at that, with guitarist Mike Ralphs taking the lead vox responsibilities for a song. Overall a really good album. I wouldn't turn it off if it came on. Dug!
#369 – Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths. Thanks to The BCPF, I had already gained an appreciation for The Smiths. That is NOT to say that I'm a huge fan as there's something really annoying about Morrissey's insistence of talking through the songs. What I mean by that is: even though he technically "sings," he's just basically talking in key. His phrasing is quite unique, though. Ultimately, I'm torn with The Smiths. I appreciate them and I'll even admit I do like most of the songs but at the same time it is bothersome and other than the point I made earlier, I can't pinpoint what it is about it I don't really care for. Another thing, I am, for all intents and purposes, breaking my own rule as this is a compilation, albeit mostly B-sides and such beyond a few A-side single releases. It's a throwing together of tunes to appease to US audiences. So instead of reviewing the album, really, I'm going to just point out some faves and move on. "Sheila Take a Bow," "Shoplifters of the World Unite," "Panic," "Ask."
#368 – Eagles by Eagles. Let me say up front that, like Doug Davis, I too, can't get into much of Glenn Frey. He's a sap and his songs are mostly boring, at least to me. Don Henley, as I've stated, I love. "Chug All Night" is complete crap. "Take It Easy" is okay and yes, it's a Frey song (co-written by Jackson Browne), just not my favorite stuff from this band. The next album, Desperado and later disc, Hotel California are much better albums. Bernie Leadon, I do like him. Give me him and leave Frey out. Same with Randy Meisner. "Witchy Woman" is one of my all-time favorite Eagles songs. "Earlybird" has great vocals and that banjo from Leadon is fantastic! "Most of Us Are Sad" and "Take the Devil" are also good songs. Dug.
#367 – Ray of Light by Madonna. This is not the Material Girl. This is some serious stuff. Serious as in seriously good. First off, anyone who purchased this get their money's worth. 13 songs and the shortest one ("The Power of Good-Bye") is 4:10. The average length is around 5:10 or so. The ol' gal shows she still has chops as her voice is still silky and sultry. This is more a dance album as it's more electronica-based and well written. I'll say it's catchy but nothing really stands out as awesome. Somehow, though, even saying that, there's not really any filler. Is it possible that it's just a good album without distinction? Well, it's my review and I'll say, yes. The title track was the only thing I'd heard from this album prior to listening and will probably still be the only one I'd recognize. William Orbit (producer) is a mad man with the ambience and structures, though. Dug.
#366 – American Recordings by Johnny Cash. I love the fact that Rick Rubin approached John and asked him to do this project, stripped down, like he likes it. And, I love the fact that the album was named for the record label, being the first on it since changing its name from Def American. "Delia's Gone" is a great opening number. The stripped down aspect of this album along with the song selection (some of which were written by others specifically for JC) makes this a beautiful listen. JC is honest with his voice, without all the twang, and in the style that got him the notoriety in the first place. "Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)" is classic Cash storytelling, even if it wasn't written by him. That's another thing about him: he takes and owns what he records. It's his; him. Dug.
#365 – Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine. Mighty politico against a very talented riff-cranking guitar master in Tom Morello. "Bombtrack" starts off the album and is subdued and you get the feeling of a train rolling toward your face. A racing drum build and the now-signature RATM sound comes through. OMG! "Killing in the Name." I learned that song for a band once and that bass line is one of my all-time faves. So much groove and angst in that song. Powerful and perversely elegant at the same time. This is a ball buster and you smile the whole time. Very unconventional musicans. Some call Morello a noise maker, one who plays with the guitar more than actually playing it. They're stupid. He's very versed in the ways of guitar wizardry and riff magic. Other notables are "Township Rebellion," "Freedom," "Bullet in the Head." Dug!
#364 – L.A. Woman by The Doors. Not the biggest Doors fan, but this doesn't suck. The 12 bar blues crap on "Cars Hiss By My Window" I can do without. "Love Her Madly," "Riders on the Storm" I'm okay with. As far as the title song goes, I actually think I like Billy Idol's overplayed version of it better. Jim Morrison was just not my cup o'tea. I do, however really admire and appreciate Ray Manzarek's abilities and what he meant for their sound. I guess I'm saying I enjoy the sound but something about them overall – I can't put my finger on it – really bugs me. Maybe it's just Morrison himself? I do like that they used a real bass player for some of the tracks, although, again, Manzarek was a beast. Mostly dug.
#363 – Substance by New Order. Caveat: I didn't listen to this specifically for this list. I own this because I know The BCPF likes New Order (to a degree) and that I had gotten more and more into them, at least the radio hits. That being said, I have listened to it several times as of late; both straight through and through the various shuffles on my iPod. Again, I'm going against my own rules as this is technically a compilation album of 12″ versions of New Order and older Joy Division songs, including what my wife, The BCPF, has proclaimed to be her favorite song of all-time: "Ceremony." That's a strong proclamation. I do like "True Faith," "Blue Monday," "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Thieves Like Us." I could do without all the B-sides and such, like "The Beach" which is basically an instrumental/remix of "Blue Monday." I guess it's great for N.O. fans but casual listeners, like moi, I think it's overkill. The first 12 songs? That's a great compilation. The whole, to me is excess. First half I dug. The rest, I abstain.
#362 – Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins. This album's era was my first exposure to Billy (Corgan) and the gang. At that time. I was in a hair band. This music "killed" that music; at least that's what I felt at the time. I have grown up and stopped thinking that way. I think "Today" was the first song I heard. Then, it was "Disarm," I believe. Back then, I hated that "crap" and now I can enjoy listening to it. My feelings about the Pumpkins was changed after watching some behind-the-scenes doohickey about the next full album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. This is great driving music or great background music. It's heavy and hard but it's plenty laid-back, too. This album is a good representation of things to come and, to me, showed that the Pumpkins were just getting started. Dug!
#361 – Stankonia by Outkast. Okay, so I'm listening to the opening track called, appropriately, "Intro," and I am laughing. I really don't know a lot about Outkast; I couldn't name one song without looking at track listing. This doesn't really do anything to change that, but I have to say that the album as a whole is an easy, if long, listen. I was dreading it for the reasons of most hip-hop music in the earlier parts of this countdown. I thought it was going to be a lot of "N" word this and "N" word that and condescension of "respect" left and right but this wasn't that. There are a few instances of the "N" word showing up but it's not driven like a hammered nail into your ears. "Ms. Jackson," "So Fresh, So Clean," and the title track, "Stankonia," are show melodic elements that were really fun to listen to. "B.O.B." was was a bombastic, rhythmic flight to Funking-It-The-Hard-Way. I'll admit that I enjoyed this album. Would I listen again? Probably not to the whole thing but parts of it, I wouldn't turn off. Dug.
Wow! By my estimation, I see 8 1/2 "dugs" up there (no rating for Smiths and only half of the New Order and I'm counting all of The Doors). That's one of the biggest liked sections of the countdown I've had. I actually believe that I'll have a good bit of likes from now on as we're getting more into the meat of the countdown. I'll say the beginning was a bit shaky but we're getting better. Some of the stuff is really surprising me and some of it is right where I thought I'd be, while only a bit of it is disappointing. More perplexing than anything else, in most cases. Anywhat! My time for this segment is done! What are your thoughts on these reviews?
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
"Today is the greatest day I've ever known. Can't live for tomorrow, tomorrow's much too long. I'll burn my eyes out, before I get out" – "Today" by Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan) from Siamese Dream (1992)


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ICD-10 is a diagnostic coding system implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993 to replace ICD-9. The system was developed by WHO in the 1970s and is now used in almost every country in the world, except the United States.
In the United States ICD-10 usually refers to the U.S. clinical modification of ICD-10: ICD-10-CM. The code set is scheduled to replace ICD-9-CM, our current U.S. diagnostic code set, on Oct 1, 2015.
Another designation, ICD-10-PCS, for "procedural coding system," will also be adopted in the United States on Oct 1. ICD-10-PCS will replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM as the inpatient procedural coding system. The final rule stated CPT® would remain the coding system for physician services.
Learn more about ICD-10 vs. ICD-10-CM vs. ICD-10-PCS
Free ICD-10 White Paper: The History, the Impact, and the Keys to Success
ICD-9-CM has several problems. Foremost, there is no room for expansion of the code set. Because the classification is organized scientifically, each three-digit category can have only 10 subcategories. Most numbers in most categories have been assigned diagnoses. Medical science continues making new discoveries, and there are no numbers to assign these diagnoses.
Computer science, combined with new, more detailed codes of ICD-10-CM, will allow for better analysis of disease patterns and treatment outcomes advancing medical care. These same details will streamline claims submissions, since these details will make the initial claim much easier for payers to understand.
In many ways, ICD-10-CM is quite similar to ICD-9-CM. The guidelines, conventions, and rules are very similar. The organization of the codes is very similar. Healthcare professionals qualified to code ICD-9-CM should transition to coding ICD-10-CM with minimal effort.
Many improvements have been made to coding in ICD-10-CM. For example, a single code can report a disease and its current manifestation (i.e., type II diabetes with diabetic retinopathy). In fracture care, the code differentiates an encounter for an initial fracture; follow-up of fracture healing normally; follow-up with fracture in malunion or nonunion; or follow-up for late effects of a fracture. Likewise, the trimester is designated in obstetrical codes.
While much has been said about the increase in the number of codes under ICD-10-CM, some of this growth is due to laterality. While an ICD-9-CM code may identify a condition of, for example, the ovary, the parallel ICD-10-CM code identifies four codes: unspecified ovary, right ovary, left ovary, or bilateral condition of the ovaries.
The big differences between the two systems are differences that will affect information technology and software at your practice. Here's a chart showing the differences:
ICD-10-PCS is a code set designed to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM for inpatient procedure reporting. It will be used by hospitals and by payers. ICD-10-PCS is significantly different from Volume 3 and from CPT® codes and will require significant training for users. The system was designed by 3M Health Information Management for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
ICD-10-PCS will not affect coding of physician services in their offices. However, physicians should be aware that documentation requirements under ICD-CM-PCS are quite different, so their inpatient medical record documentation will be affected by this change.
ICD-10-PCS has nearly 79,000 seven-digit alpha-numeric codes. Codes are selected from complex grids, based on the type of procedure performed, approach, body part, and other characteristics. The code system does not use medical terminology based on Latin or eponyms. More information on ICD-10-PCS, including an informative PowerPoint presentation that describes the coding system, can be found at http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/index.html
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule on July 31, 2014, that ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS will be implemented into the HIPAA mandated code set on Oct 1, 2015. Additionally, effective Jan 1, 2012, you must be ready to submit your claims electronically using the X12 Version 5010 and NCPDP Version D.0 standards. This also is a prerequisite for implementing the new ICD-10 codes.
CMS has indicated in their FAQ's that there will be no delay in implementation of ICD-10. The following are excerpts from CMS' website:
Remember: ICD-10 Compliance Date for Implementation
Implementation planning should be undertaken with the assumption that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will grant an extension beyond the Oct 1, 2015 compliance date.
HHS has no plans to extend the compliance date for implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS; therefore, covered entities should plan to complete the steps required in order to implement ICD-10-CM/PCS on Oct 1, 2015.
Track Your Progress
While there will need to be significant education and training for coders, billers, practice managers, physicians, and other health care personnel to fully implement this major code change, no one needs to panic. AAPC has created a plan to provide accurate and timely assistance to help you to effectively implement ICD-10 on time. The plan is broken down by year (2012 – 2015), incorporates both implementation training and code set training, and is delivered either live or online. As part of the implementation plan, AAPC has provided its members and those enrolled in our training with an "Implementation Tracker." This online application tracks and graphically measures the ICD-10 implementation progress of an individual or organization, giving members the ability to easily enter personal progress with red, yellow and green lights indicating whether the member is on schedule or not.
As part of the implementation plan, AAPC has provided its members and those enrolled in our training with an "Implementation Tracker." This online application tracks and graphically measures the ICD-10 implementation progress of an individual or organization, giving members the ability to easily enter in personal progress with red, yellow and green lights that indicate whether the member is on schedule or not.
Healthcare professionals responsible for a practice's coding faculty, health information management, or other ICD-10 implementation, must prepare well in advance of code set training. Our ICD-10 training plan suggests implementation training is the first of five steps in ICD-10 preparation.
The steps include:
Practices, facilities, and hospitals should begin preparing for ICD-10 implementation now. AAPC's ICD-10 Implementation Training teaches all you will need to know to implement ICD-10 in a practice. This training is available as an ICD-10 Implementation Boot Camp or ICD-10 Implementation On-site Training.
To ensure the ICD-10 coding education is retained through the Oct 1, 2015 implementation date, we recommend waiting until at least late 2012 to begin comprehensive ICD-10 coding training.
We offer essentials training for ICD-10 that can assist practice managers, ancillary staff, and physicians. The training is broken into three sections. In addition to our essentials training, we also offer ICD-10 documentation training to physicians.
CEUs will be offered for each of the training steps and will be equal to the total time of the training. For more details on the CEUs for each training step, please refer to our training roadmap.
The steps listed on AAPC's Coder's Roadmap to ICD-10 are strongly recommended for coder's preparing for ICD-10 . However, some training steps may be skipped with prior experience or knowledge. For example, coders who do not wish to learn the implementation process of ICD-10 may want to skip Step 1: ICD-10 Implementation Training.
Due to the clinical nature of ICD-10-CM it is recommended that those without a strong understanding of, or experience in anatomy and/or physiology strongly consider a refresher course. AAPC's ICD-10 Anatomy and Pathophysiology training covers all body systems in 14 modules and helps coders prepare for the advanced specificity and stronger clinical knowledge requirements of ICD-10.
Specialty ICD-10 Code Set training is divided into a single multi-specialty training course or twenty (20) specialty-specific trainings. It is recommended for those wanting more detailed training for a particular specialty or more advanced multi-specialty training. Specialty code set training is not required to pass the ICD-10 Proficiency Assessment (Step 5).
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On "The Good Wife" Alicia's and Peter's teenager son Zack has been featured in the first episode of the new zeason. He's hardly a heart-stopper but he knows his way around all the features of the smartphone, including how to videotape. And that's what he does when the cop stops him on the highway, which gets him into even more trouble. Mom rushes to the rescue, including using Peter's influence.
Obviously, the show is pulling for younger demographics. But it might have considered that before it cast some plain-vanilla characters like Zack and Grace as the main attraction's children.


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Who I Am…(or "Who Am I??") Part I
Recently, I had a wonderful experience performing at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Andy Braunfeld asked me to do a guitar workshop. Now, I've done these several times before over the past 35 years, and they usually involve 5 or 6 musicians sitting on stage hoping the other guys don't hog too much of the time. This time, however, Andy envisioned it as just being me and one other performer, the esteemed Canadian songwriter and guitarist Bruce Cockburn, sharing the stage for an hour. It sounded like a great opportunity for me to share some of my favorite guitar pieces with a large and appreciative audience in a non-competitive, supportive atmosphere. And, sure enough, that's exactly how it played out! Bruce was very gracious, we seemed to enjoy each others playing equally, and the audience was very positive both during and after the workshop. In short, one of those moments that musicians live for!
In discussing this on Facebook, I said that, as someone fairly low on the folk performer "food chain", I was very pleased to have this opportunity. People wrote me to say, "You're a great guitarist! You're not low on the food chain!!" It set me to thinking, and this is what I thought: I AM low on the food chain, because the idea of a competitive measure of performers, in this sense, actually is an indicator of popularity, or "draw" in business terms.
I'm not a big draw, for several reasons:
- I play acoustic fingerstyle guitar, not "electro-acoustic" guitar, and my specific vision of the music is not very "in your face". This does not mean that I disapprove in any way of showier playing than my own, provided I think it's good music. Sometimes, I envy it. Often, I respect the virtuosity of it. It just isn't "me", and this is especially true as I've aged.
- I am not an entertainer. I am, instead, (and this is a crucial element of how I've come to define myself as a musician), a lifelong student of the acoustic guitar. I like to share my music, and, with nearly a half century of performing under my belt, I think I'm pretty good at it, but I'm not driven to compete in the marketplace.
- I don't have a great voice, and, while I love to sing, and can probably put a song across pretty well, I doubt that there are many people who would prefer me to Ray Charles or Mose Allison.
- I only play music that I love. Like any good performer, I try to plan a set in a way that will be most engaging to my audience, but my planning will NOT include music which I do not love. Someone mentioned to me a while back that the word "amateur" means something along the lines of "lover of": It originally reflected on the idea of someone playing for the love of the music rather than money. It didn't mean "less talented". I still like to think of myself as an amateur in that older sense.
- I decided long ago that, on stage, I just want to be myself. Some people get up on stage and put on the mask. Others get up on stage and take off the mask. I'd prefer to be the latter…within reason, of course, which means that I try to just be myself on stage, not a "showman".
Here's the thing, though: Being low on the food chain of performers does not necessarily mean that I'm low on the talent chain, or the musicianship chain. Those judgements are for others to make, but my own wish as a guitarist has always been simply to have the respect of my peers, and, to a great degree, that has come about. Seeing someone like Bruce Cockburn smile approvingly at one of my original instrumentals, or having my friend Mike Dowling, whose musicianship I respect immensely, recommend me to a new music camp, is plenty good for me. I chose long ago to lessen, to some extent, the influence of money (or the need for money) on my music, and I've been lucky to make a living doing other things I enjoy, and still have time and energy to devote to music.
So, as mentioned earlier, when I ask, "Who Am I?" as a musician, the answer is simply this:
I'm a lifelong student of the acoustic guitar.
Sometimes, my ego gets out of control, and I suffer from a touch of "That Should Be ME Up There" syndrome. Then I need to remind myself of who I am, and of who I am NOT … So, that's my story. In the next installment, I'll answer the "Who I Am" issue in a more conventional way.
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Thanks for this, Rolly. Looking forward to Part II. For someone like me who is indeed low on the food chain, it resonates deeply.
Thanks for this. Thats how I see you too…and I respect it and you very much. Your obvious love for the guitar and you way of teaching it makes me want to immulate the same attitude. It makes you a teacher for real people as well!
Saying you were "low on the food chain" just reinforced to me that you have a great sense of humor. Hope to say hello at Winfield.
This an interesting and accurate perspective that applies to a number of us who have had at one time or another a dream (hope) that we could be commercially successful as a musician. (And possibly be universally admired in addition!! Fantasy can be fun!) But what really resonates with me is the need or goal of being authentic, whatever that is. Once I realized I could never be Albert Lee, or John Renbourn, Richard Thompson etc., i started to become more of the player that I am and accepting that this was a good thing – a very good thing. Also, ff you are low on the musical performer food chain, I am so much lower on the food chain than you! And it's okay! It doesn't diminish the joy I experience playing the guitar and singing, and sharing what I can do with friends or the occasional somewhat larger audience. I also look/hope for the respect of my peers. I also look to give respect to my peers. My ego never (almost) makes me miserable that I am not more than I am as a player. (I am much more likely to be harshly critical of my skills.) I find inspiration in players better than I am rather than envying them in a way that would make me miserable. (If I did envy better players, SAMW would be a miserable experience for me every year!) Your writing here is a good description as to how you've come to accept what you offer and the value that it has. And from personal experience, I can tell you how much so many of us value what you bring to us. Looking forward to Part Deux.
These are very thoughtful insights into yourself as well as into the world of "commercial" music. Being this thoughtful and perceptive comes across when you play a piece and also in your tutorials and is, in itself, (beside the musicianship) – a draw – and a very attractive aspect of your performances. I think – (and as you seem to realize), you are very high on the "food chain" in a few different particular "niches" of the music world – (a musician's musician being one of them). Thank you for all you do and all you give – it's much admired and appreciated.
Rolly; attending to the muse, investing in loss
Interestingly enough Rolly, your peers seem to think you are nothing but a gentleman, a gentle person, an amazing musician and all round wonderful person to be with
We (your peers) could not have written a better "who am I" for you
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Well written Rolly. I have always thought of you as a Musician. That is to say someone who can play along with anyone and who has real ability and talent. You are a perpetual student of the guitar, the gold is in the journey. Don't sell yourself short as a performer. I really enjoy watching you play because the love of the thing comes across and you make us feel like we are sitting in your living room with you.
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|Publication information
|DC Comics
|First appearance
|Watchmen #1 (1986)
|Created by
| Alan Moore (story)
Dave Gibbons (art)
|In-story information
|Alter ego
|Walter Joseph Kovacs
| - Excellent athlete
- Highly skilled boxer, gymnast, and street fighter
- Improvise weapons
- Described as a ruthless and intuitive detective
Rorschach (Walter Joseph Kovacs) is a fictional comic book character and an antihero of the acclaimed 1986 DC Comics miniseries Watchmen. Rorschach was created by writer Alan Moore with artist Dave Gibbons, but as with most of the central characters in the series, he was an analogue for a Charlton Comics character, in this case Steve Ditko's The Question, and Ditko's small press character Mr. A.
His mask displays a constantly morphing inkblot that is based on the ambiguous designs used in Rorschach inkblot tests. Rorschach was named the 16th Greatest Comic Book Character by Empire magazine, 6th Greatest Comic Book Character of All Time by Wizard magazine, and 16th on Top 100 Comic Book Heroes by IGN.
Fictional character biography
Before Watchmen
Rorschach is the son of Sylvia Kovacs, a prostitute, and "Charlie" (surname unknown). His mother was frequently abusive and condescending toward her son. In July 1951, at the age of 10, Kovacs became involved in a violent fight with two older bullies, in which he partly blinded one with a cigarette and took a large bite out of the other's cheek in a blind rage. Once his living conditions were finally looked into he was removed from his mother's care and put in "The Lillian Charlton Home for Problem Children" in New Jersey until 1956, where he rapidly seemed to improve, excelling at scholastics as well as gymnastics and amateur boxing.
After leaving the Home for Problem Children when he was 16, Kovacs took a job as a garment worker in a dress shop, which he found "bearable but unpleasant" partly because he had to handle women's clothing; it was here that he acquired the fabric that he would later fashion into the mask he wears as Rorschach. The fabric, inspired by Dr. Manhattan, contained two heat and pressure-sensitive viscous fluids between layers of latex, creating a shifting black-on-white color effect without mixing to form gray. Kovacs scavenged the material from a rejected dress that had been special-ordered by a young woman with an Italian name. Though Kovacs learned how to cut and fashion the material successfully with heated implements, he soon grew bored with it, as it served him no real purpose at the time. Two years later when buying a newspaper on his way to work in March 1964, Walter read about the rape and murder of Kitty Genovese (he later told his prison psychologist "[The] woman who ordered dress. Kitty Genovese. I'm sure that was the woman's name."). Ashamed by what he read about the unresponsiveness of her neighbors, Kovacs became disillusioned with the underlying apathy that he saw as inherent in most people. Inspired by Genovese's fate, Kovacs returned home, made "a face [he] could bear to look at in the mirror" from the dress's fabric, and began fighting crime as the vigilante Rorschach. Initially, Kovacs left criminals alive, but bloodied, for the police to arrest. In the mid 1960s, he teamed up with the second Nite Owl, a partnership which proved highly successful at battling organized crime.
In 1975, he investigated the kidnapping of a young girl named Blair Roche after promising her parents that he would return her alive and well. He was given the name of an abandoned dressmaker shop, where he found a little girl's underwear in the stove and two dogs gnawing on a human bone. Convinced that its occupant, a man named Gerald Grice, had killed Roche and fed her remains to his dogs as scraps, Kovacs killed the dogs with Grice's meat cleaver and waited for his arrival. When Grice returned, Kovacs surprised Grice by throwing his dead dog's bodies at him and handcuffed him to a stove. As Grice insisted he had not been involved in the kidnapping, Rorschach poured kerosene around him and gave him a hacksaw, hinting that Grice would have to cut off his own hand in order to escape. Rorschach then set the building on fire and left, noting afterward that no one emerged.
When the Keene Act was passed in 1977 to outlaw vigilantes, Kovacs responded by killing a wanted multiple rapist and leaving his body outside a police station with a note bearing one word: "neveR!"
By 1985 and the events of Watchmen, Kovacs is the last active non-government sanctioned vigilante. The first character to appear in the series is a red-haired man carrying a sign reading "THE END IS NIGH." A police report describes him as a "prophet-of-doom sandwich-board man seen locally over the last several years." This character appears several times through the early chapters, although it is not until Rorschach's arrest and unmasking that he is revealed as Kovacs.
Events of Watchmen
Rorschach is the only vigilante who remains active after the passage of the Keene Act outlaws masked vigilantes (aside from the Comedian and Dr. Manhattan, who both serve in the employ of the US government). Rorschach investigates the murder of a man named Edward Blake, discovering that he is the Comedian, one of only two government-sponsored heroes. He believes that someone is picking off costumed superheroes, a view that strengthens when Doctor Manhattan is forced into exile and when Adrian Veidt, the former vigilante Ozymandias, is targeted with an assassination attempt.
Rorschach questions Moloch, a former supervillain who unexpectedly attends Blake's funeral, who tells him what little he knows. Later, after reading a note written by Moloch telling him to come over for more information, Rorschach visits him again, only to find him dead, shot through the head. The police, tipped off anonymously over the phone, surround the house and arrest Rorschach after a fight, in which Rorschach tries to escape by jumping through a window, but is unmasked.
Rorschach is sent to a prison, where many of its inmates are criminals he put away, including Big Figure, a dwarf crime boss who is hungry for Rorschach's blood. During his incarceration, he is interviewed by the prison psychologist Dr. Malcolm Long, who believes he can help "rehabilitate" him; instead, Rorschach's explanation of his life and his justifications for his uncompromising worldview lead Long to question his own views and wreaks havoc with his personal life. One day during lunch, one of the inmates attempts to attack Rorschach with a screwdriver, whereupon Rorschach throws the boiling contents of a deep-fryer into his face in self-defense. After the inmate dies, the prison breaks out in a riot. Big Figure and two of his associates try to kill Rorschach, but he outwits and ultimately kills them all in rapid succession. Nite Owl and Silk Spectre, two other vigilantes, begin to take his "mask killer" theory seriously and break him out of jail to follow up on it.
Doctor Manhattan comes back from his self-exile to transport Silk Spectre to Mars. Rorschach and Nite Owl enter underworld bars to find out who ordered the assassination attempt on Veidt. They obtain a name, a company called Pyramid Deliveries, and then break into Veidt's office. Nite Owl correctly deduces Veidt's password and finds that he runs Pyramid Deliveries. Rorschach, who has been keeping a journal throughout the duration of the novel, realises that they may be no match for Veidt. He makes one last entry in his journal, stating his certainty that Veidt is responsible for whatever might happen next, and drops it into a mailbox.
Nite Owl and Rorschach fly out to Antarctica. There they learn the true nature of the conspiracy and Veidt's motivations—to unite the world against a perceived alien threat and stop the possibility of a nuclear holocaust. Veidt then reveals that he set his plan into motion well before they arrived. Doctor Manhattan and Silk Spectre II arrive at the base after viewing the carnage Veidt's false alien has wrought on New York City. Despite their mutual horror, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre II and Doctor Manhattan all agree to keep quiet about the true nature of the events when the United States surprisingly does enter into a peace accord with the Soviet Union. Rorschach refuses to cooperate and sets out to return to America and expose the truth; Doctor Manhattan confronts him outside, and is forced to kill Rorschach to prevent him from doing so.
In the final scenes of the comic, Rorschach's journal has made it to the offices of the New Frontiersman, a right-wing newspaper. Outraged by the new accord between the Soviet Union and the United States, the editor pulls a planned two-page story. He leaves it to his assistant Seymour to decide how to fill that space, and Seymour begins to reach for the paper's "Crank File," which contains the journal. The outcome is left to the reader's imagination.
Powers and abilities
Like most characters in Watchmen, Rorschach has no obvious "super powers". He merely has his will, physical strength, and skills. Rorschach is extremely resourceful, adapting ordinary household objects into tools or weapons, such as pepper to blind a police officer and the use of hairspray in combination with a match to set fire to another police officer, during a confrontation at Moloch's house. During the series he is shown to use cooking fat, a toilet bowl, a cigarette, a fork and his jacket all as weapons; he is also shown using a coat hanger as a makeshift measuring device. He owns a gas-powered grappling gun, which he uses to climb buildings (and once as a makeshift harpoon gun against a police officer), as seen in Chapter 1, which was designed and built by Nite Owl.
Rorschach is well versed in street combat, gymnastics, and boxing.
He is also skilled at lock picking; a running gag throughout the series has him breaking into Nite Owl's home to talk to him.
During his childhood he was described as bright, and excelled in literature, mathematics, and religious education. Rorschach considers his mask his true "face" and his unmasked persona to be his "disguise". He continues his one-man battle against crime long after superheroes have become both detested and illegal. Moore depicted Rorschach as being extremely right-wing, and morally uncompromising, a viewpoint that has alienated him from the rest of society, even among other superheroes. He is often described as being mentally ill by other characters in the comic.
He has taken on the persona of Rorschach in every part of his life and hates being referred to by his birth name. Rorschach has deep levels of hatred for immoral behavior and is openly derogative of any other vigilante who does not share his unwavering views, deriding them as "Soft". His views on right and wrong are starkly black and white with no room for compromise or exception. However, his misogyny and his respect for the Comedian is such that he waved off the Comedian's attempted rape of the first Silk Spectre as a "moral lapse." Paradoxically, the crimes that most affected him spiritually were against women: the murders of Kitty Genovese and Blair Roche.
Moore has said that the character's real name, Walter Kovacs, was inspired by Ditko's tendency to give his characters names beginning with the letter K. In an interview for the BBC's Comics Britannia, Moore stated that Rorschach was created as a way of exploring what an archetypical Batman-type character—a driven, vengeance-fueled vigilante—would be like in the real world. He concluded that the short answer was "a nutcase."
Forthcoming comic
A four part series on Rorschach is due to be released in the summer of 2012, written by Brian Azzarello and with art by Lee Bermejo. This is part of a planned 35-issue Before Watchmen series.
References in other comics
- The Question, on whom Rorschach was partly based, actually read a copy of the Watchmen trade paperback in Question #17 (1988). Question is briefly inspired by the comic and the character of Rorschach, leading him to take a more physically aggressive style of crime fighting. At the end of the issue, having been overpowered in hand-to-hand combat by a pair of villains, he is asked if he has any final words, and Question remarks "Rorschach sucks."
- In issue #2 of the 1996 DC Comics miniseries Kingdom Come by Alex Ross and Mark Waid, Rorschach appears as a background character breaking Brother Power's fingers. He is also seen standing between the Question and Obsidian, during a scene in which Superman visits a metahuman bar.
- In Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #6, Rorschach makes another cameo appearance in one of the riot scenes, running across the panel.
- Rorschach was featured in promo artwork by Art Adams for the Countdown to Final Crisis: Arena mini-series, where he is being beaten by Batman from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. However, DC opted to omit Rorschach and the Dark Knight Returns Batman from the actual Countdown to Final Crisis: Arena miniseries.
- In the four-part Deadpool miniseries written by Mark Waid in 1994, Deadpool's mask is removed, at which point the character parrots Rorschach by saying, "My face! Give me back my face!"
- Steve Ditko described the character of Rorschach as Mr. A, only insane.
- During "Second Coming"- X-Men crossover Fantomex, while fighting a group of nimrods from the future, quotes Rorschach line from when he was in prison : "None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me" and then adds "stupid movie."
- In the Darkwing Duck comic book story arc "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings", one of the alternate Darkwing Ducks looks like Rorschach.
In other media
Jackie Earle Haley portrays the character in the 2009 film adaptation, with Eli Snyder, the son of director Zack Snyder, playing the young Rorschach in a flashback. The film differs slightly from the graphic novel, mainly in that Rorschach uses the meat cleaver that killed Blair Roche to kill Grice. Rorschach is also shown to openly disapprove of Dan and Laurie's relationship, mockingly stating "Should have known all it would have taken you to come back was nice pair of legs" and being condescending toward Laurie for "being unfaithful to Jon", asking if she "just got tired of being patriotic or did somebody put you up to it?" Unlike in the book, Dan is present for Rorschach's death (whereas in the book, Rorschach dies without anyone save for Dr. Manhattan watching). Another difference from the book is Rorschach's age, being 45 in the graphic novel, and being age 35 in the film.
Video games
The 2009 video game Watchmen: The End Is Nigh and Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 features Rorschach and Nite Owl as partners. The game follows the two during their vigilante acts prior to the Watchmen movie. Part 2 of the game ends with the reason for the end of Nite Owl's and Rorschach's partnership. Jackie Earle Haley provides the voice of his character from the movie.
A Rorschach costume is available as downloadable content for the PS3 video game LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2.


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Chicken Enchiladas – Tahoe Meal Prep #1Posted: July 17, 2018 Filed under: All, Beer, Chicken, Dinner, Main, Mexican Inspired, Mi Rancho, Sauces, Uncategorized, Wine | Tags: All, Beer, Cheese, Dinner, Food, McCormick, Meat, Mexico, Mi Rancho, Recipe, wine Leave a comment
This is our 3rd or 4th summer Tahoe trip and making most meals ahead of time is getting easier and easier. I'm (finally) preparing our food in aluminum cook-and-carry pans. The plan is to be able to toss them in the recycling bin before we return. Anything to make life easier and enjoy vacation even more. In keeping with that spirit, I found another way to cut a step of the process. A new product I found was shredded rotisserie chicken at Safeway. I would like to say that I pop several chicken breasts or thighs in the instant pot and shred and freeze them, ready to have on hand. But I don't. Don't get me wrong, that's a great idea, just not sure where or how to add it to my "To do" list. Truth be told, I don't even want to!
When you're craving enchiladas, give these a try! Let me know how it goes, what you would do different, any changes you make, or any shortcuts I might have missed. I'm always on the lookout for new ideas. ¡Salud!
1 lb cooked, diced chicken (or any diced meat of your choice, even black beans)
2 cups Quick and Easy Enchilada Sauce
½ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp McCormick® Perfect Pinch® Mexican blend seasoning
½ tsp black pepper
1 ½ cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
1 cup reduced-fat sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt)
10 Mi Rancho® organic corn tortillas
*Add some heat with a 4 oz can of green chile peppers
In large skillet, heat chicken through. If using uncooked meat, cook over medium heat, breaking up while cooking. Drain off any fat.
To a medium bowl, add meat, garlic powder, Mexican blend seasoning, salt and pepper to taste. Stir to combine. Next add ½ cup of enchilada sauce, ½ cup sour cream, and 1 cup of cheese. Mix well.
Preheat oven to 350° Warm tortillas in skillet and spoon meat mixture in center of tortilla. The amount depends on the size of your tortillas. Corn tortillas have a natural side that starts to curl when heated, this helps when rolling the enchiladas. Roll tightly and place seam side down in large baking dish lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Combine the remaining enchilada sauce and ½ cup sour cream, spread over enchiladas. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top and tent loosely with aluminum foil and bake until bubbly, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and garnish with your favorite toppings, such as lettuce, tomato, avocado, sour cream, or Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce®.
Beverage Suggestions:
Your favorite ice cold beer is a wonderful accompaniment. Mexican beers widely available in the U.S., such as Pacifico, Corona, or Modelo. If wine is more your style, try a merlot, blended red, or sauvignon blanc.
Serves 6
Prep time: 30 minutes; Cooking time: 30 minutes
Sticky Honey-Soy ChickenPosted: September 16, 2015 Filed under: All, Asian inspired, Chicken, Dinner, Grilling, Main, Rice | Tags: Butter, Chicken Thighs, Ginger, Honey, Minced Garlic, Olive oil, Riesling, soy sauce, wine Leave a comment
I make a lot of chicken in this house. It's better for our bodies and the only beef The Hubs likes is steak. Pork I'm still working on (it's usually too dry and over cooked). I can and will start incluing more fish. overall, though, that leaves us with chicken. Chicken several times a week can get sooo boring. How do you mix it up, making it interesting? By constantly being on the lookout for something different, even if it's a little tweek here or there. While this chicken is similar to many other chicken recipes, especially using soy, this one has a secret ingredient. It's hidden right there in the name, honey. In this instance, I used the honey at the end, to add a sort of glaze. This locked in the flavors and added a very nice, sweet finish. Served over rice, a pretty perfect meal.
2 Lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 cup low sodium soy sauce
1 Tbs fresh grated ginger (I use Gourmet Garden's Ginger Paste)
2 cloves minced garlic (Pre-minced can save a few minutes in prep time)
Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
2 Tbs olive oil
2 Tbs butter
1/2 cup honey
Mix together soy sauce, ginger, and garlic. Add chicken to a gallon zip-lock bag, pour in sauce. Allow to marinade from 30 minutes up to 2 hours.
Remove chicken from marinade, season with salt and pepper. In a sauce pan, over medium-high heat, melt butter in olive oil. Grill chicken on medium-high heat for about 10 minutes each side. The last 2-3 minutes each side, brush with honey butter mixture.
Serve with sticky rice topped with teriyaki sauce (recipe to follow).
Wine Pairing Suggestions:
Grüner Veltliner
Serves 4
Total time: 40 minutes
*Derived from Tyler Florence at Cooking.com
Cheeseburger MacaroniPosted: September 11, 2015 Filed under: All, Beef, Dinner, Main, Pasta, Wine | Tags: Barbera, Cheddar cheese, Garlic Powder, lean ground beef, Milk, onion powder, Paprika, Pasta, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon blanc, wine Leave a comment
This recipe was not a hit with the family. D doesn't like meat. Berto doesn't like cheese. The Hubs doesn't like ground meat or cheddar cheese. Sigh. This meal, to me, was wonderful! I do believe, though, it had less to do with the actual meal than with the fact this dish is true comfort food and it's been over 100 degrees here in Cali. Maybe dinner would have been more successful had I just served ice cream. Hmmm, things to ponder . . .
1 Lb ground beef (I Texas Longhorn beef from the farmer's market and it cooked up similar to ground turkey, but still had a wonderful beef flavor)
1 1/2 cups hot water
2 cups milk
2 cups whole grain elbow macaroni (or whatever you have on hand, I used penne)
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (I can see any number of types of cheese being used and it being wonderful)
1 1/2 Tbs cornstarch
3 tsp paprika
1 1/2 tsp onion powder
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp black pepper
Heat a large skillet to meidum high and brown meat. Once cooked, drain any fat that remains.
While meat browns, mix together seasonings in a small bowl. When drained, return meat to skillet and add seasonings, stirring to combine. Pour in hot water, milk, and pasta. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10-12 minutes, or until pasta is cooked.
Stir in cheddar cheese until melted. Remove from heat and let stand for a few minutes until sauce thickens.
Serve immediately with melty garlic bread and a crisp salad.
Wine Pairing Suggestions (because no matter the dish, we always need wine)
Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio
Sauvignon Blanc
Serves 6
Total time: 25 minutes
Creamy Leek and Mushroom PastaPosted: January 16, 2015 Filed under: Dinner, Main, Meatless, Pasta | Tags: Cream, Garlic, Mushrooms, Olive oil, Pasta, wine Leave a comment
I have a very good friend who is vegetarian. I'm not. But because of this friend, I'm always on the lookout for vegetarian dishes. A lot of them make me think of her. This is one of those dishes. Enjoy!
2 Tbs olive oil (one of my best, best friends Agbeko, gave me this amazing garlic olive oil. I use it for everything now. Check them out at SunshineinaBottle.com)
2 large leeks, white & light green parts only, thinly sliced and rinsed (I thought I had leeks, but I didn't. To sub I diced a large yellow onion. Yes, it changes the flavor of the dish, was still awesome, though)
1 lb sliced mushrooms, I used cremini and sliced baby bellas (save yourself some time and buy pre-sliced)
3 cloves of garlic, minced (another time saver is to buy it in a huge jar, such as that by Spice Island)
1 cup low sodium chicken broth (for truly vegetarian, use vegetable broth)
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup shredded parmesan
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 tsp salt, or to taste
1/8 tsp pepper, or to taste
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (optional. I opted out)
12 oz Angel hair pasta
Parmesan for serving
Cook pasta according to package directions.
Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add leeks (or, as in my case, onions) and garlic, sauté 2 minutes. Add sliced mushrooms and sauté until softened, 6-7 minutes.
Stir in broth and cream. Allow mixture to simmer 5-7 minutes, until thickened. Stir in parmesan and parsley, stirring until cheese is melted. Add salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Drain pasta and return to pot. Slowly add creamy mushroom mixture. Toss to coat. Serve immediately with additional parmesan, fresh ground pepper, and parsley.
Wine Pairing Suggestions:
Serves 8 large / 5-6 small
Prep time 10 mins / total time 30 minute
*Derived from Kitchen Daily
Quick Spaghetti with Meat SaucePosted: August 21, 2014 Filed under: All, Beef, Dinner, Main, Pasta, Sauces, Uncategorized, Wine | Tags: Barbera, Basil, Chianti, Diced tomatoes, garlic & herb spreadable cheese, Ground beef, Malbec, Parmesan, Pasta, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, spaghetti, Tomato sauce, wine Leave a comment
Pasta is a staple in my house. For the most part, you can make it fast. But, there are also some amazing dishes that take a while (lasagna, baked ziti anyone?). I kind of have to admit, too, that one of the reasons I love pasta has to do with the control freak in me. It's also the same reason I prefer texting and email. It's all on my time. I get to decide, do I want/need a quick pasta tonight? Do I need/want to respond to this text right now? Basically, whether a text or pasta, it comes down to me. And no one knows the elements that brought me to the decision. This dish, however, I'll share with you the behind the scenes thought process. I already had defrosted the extra lean ground beef. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it simply because my family is just coming back from a quick little vacation to Kings Beach in North Lake Tahoe (one of our fave places and I encourage everyone to go) and anyone that knows me understands that I spent the week leading up to Tahoe planning, cooking, and packing for our trip (those recipes to follow). By the time we got back home I was 1) exhausted from a wonderful trip, 2) really tired of planning and cooking, and 3) completely out of groceries save for the staples I had on hand. I can tell you, quite confidently, this was a huge hit!
1 lb extra lean ground beef (can sub ground chicken or turkey)
1 (14.5) oz diced tomatoes
1 (14.5) oz tomato sauce
1/2 of (6.5) garlic & herb spreadable cheese (such as Alouette)
1 Tbs dried basil (such as Morton & Bassett) (I prefer fresh, but since my GSD puppy ate my plant, I had to go with dried)
Handful of dried spaghetti
Parmesan grated, shredded, shaved (your preference) for serving
Boil pasta according to your doneness preference.
While pasta cooks, brown meat. Once browned, drain off any excess fat. Add diced tomatoes and tomato sauce. Reduced heat to medium low and heat through. Add the garlic and herb spreadable cheese. Stir to completely incorporate through. Reduce heat to low and allow to simmer 5 – 10 minutes. Add basil the last few minutes and stir (if using fresh basil, wait until ready to serve.
Mix pasta with sauce, in batches, stirring to combine with each batch. Top with favorite Parmesan. Serve with crusty bread.
Wine Pairing Suggestions:
Pinot Noir
Serves 8
Total time: 40 minutes
*Original Serves-4 Recipe
Quick Beef StroganoffPosted: April 3, 2014 Filed under: All, Beef, Chicken, Dinner, Drinks, Lunch, Main, Meatless, Pasta, Uncategorized, Wine | Tags: Broth, Butter, Cabernet Sauvignon, Egg noodles, Flour, Garlic, Greek yogurt, Malbec, Merlot, Mushrooms, Onion, Parsley, pepper, Pinot Noire, salt, Sangiovese, Sour cream, Steak, wine, Worcestershire sauce 2 Comments
I love beef stroganoff, and it seems that there are so many different recipes out there with the smallest change making a huge change if flavor. What attracted me, though, to this recipe from Gimme Some Oven was it's 30-Minute timeframe. While this did take me a little longer than 30 minutes, it was so worth it! And between you and me, I think the reason it took longer was completely my scattered fault. I just can't seem to get my ducks in a row, and if I finally get them in a row, they certainly don't stay that way! There were some substitutions I made to make it a little healthier or I was missing an ingredient. There are also many ways you can make this healthier, instead of steak, you can use sliced chicken or turkey. Or, if you are vegetarian, sub mushrooms and use vegetable broth. All in all, a wonderful weeknight dish!
1 lb wide egg noodles
4 Tbs butter, divided
1 ½ lb thinly sliced steak (I bought the fajita sliced steak in the meat department. They also have super thin carne asada style)
1 white or yellow onion thinly sliced (I used a small one, the size depends on your enjoyment of onions)
4 cloves garlic minced (As always, I used the pre-minced from Spice World)
1 lb sliced mushrooms (You can use a mixture of different kinds of added flavor)
½ cup dry white wine (or you can just use more beef broth. I had the wine, but it fell into my mouth . . . )
1 ½ cups beef broth
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce (thanks to the kids experimenting, I didn't have any. I used A-1 instead and it brought a very nice, unique flavor)
3 Tbs flour
½ cup plain low-fat Greek yogurt (or you can use light sour cream, the yogurt added a different flavor)
Salt and pepper to taste
Chopped fresh parsley, as optional garnish
Cook egg noodles in boiling water according to package directions (Gimme Some Oven recommends actually adding the egg noodles to the water at the same time that the beef broth is added, and this is a perfect recommendation for timing!)
As pasta water is coming to a boil, melt 2 Tbs of butter in large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add steak in a single layer and season with salt and pepper, let it cook for 3 minutes without turning to get a good sear. Remove the steak from pan with slotted spoon, transfer to a separate dish. Discard the cooked butter from the pan.
Return pan to heat and add remaining 2 Tbs butter. Once melted, add onions and saute for about 3 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms, stir to combine. Continue sauteing an additional 5-7 minutes, or until mushrooms have through and onions are soft. Add white wine (or broth) and deglaze pan. Let mixture cook down an additional 3 minutes.
In a separate bowl, whisk together beef broth, Worcestershire (or A-1) sauce, and flour until smooth. Pour the broth mixture into the pan and stir to combine. Let simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Next, stir in Greek yogurt (or sour cream) until combined. Finally, stir in cooked steak.
Serve over egg noodles, garnished with parsley if desired.
Wine Pairing Suggestions:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pinot Noire
Total time: About 40 minutes
Serves 6


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