This ad is directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, the brothers who won Oscars for Fargo (aka, The Sarah Palin Story) and No Country for Old Men (aka, The John McCain Story). One of their earlier films, Raising Arizona (aka, When John Met Cindy), is one of my all-time favorite movies.
Was last night the worst AI ever? For being 1/3 of the final 36 that was downright sad. There really aren’t too many highlights to review.
When Kris said he was going to do Michael Jackson I was readying myself for a train wreck. White guys singing Michael rarely work well on American Idol. Much to […]
I was doing an update to the blogs last night and noticed that my first article was just over a year ago. Has it really been a year already? Since then, there have been more than 290 articles. Wow, I'm even surprised that there was an average of m…
The Winter session of the United States Beer Tasting Championship was completed recently. In the USBTC competition the beers are judged in regional field trials. The regional winners in each category then move on to a national judging to determine the …
As defined by Webster:
Main Entry:
3lie
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
lied; ly·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English l?ogan; akin to Old High German liogan to lie, Old Church Slavic l?gati
Date:
before 12th century
intransitive verb
1 : to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive
2 : to create a false or misleading impression
transitive verb
: to bring about by telling lies <lied his way […]
VAN-POOLS.COM – Van pooling is real popular around here.
Dilbert comic strip for 02/25/2009 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive. – It#039;s been a long time sine I found a Dilbert funny – but this one nails it.
Apparently so:
The House of Delegates yesterday killed a bill regarding “wind energy drying devices.”
Sounds fancy–until you realize that a “wind energy drying device” is, essentially, a clothesline.
[…]
First, delegates amended the bill to make it apply only to community associations in Northern Virginia.
That prompted Del. Bobby Orrock, R-Caroline, to join the debate.
Orrock said the policy should […]
I found this good article in the New York Times about pairing wine with spicy food. Spicy food is a tricky pairing and as the article points out people usually go with beer, hence the short wine lists usually found at Thai or Indian restaurants. I prefer white wines with spicy foods, especially whites with a bit of sweetness to them. Off-dry or semi-sweet Rieslings are a great choice, or Chenin Blancs done in a sweet style. Wines with a bit of sweetness go very well with these foods because the food also tends to be salty, and sweet and salty go very well together, like popcorn and soda. You also want your wines to be low in alcohol. I don’t really get the red choices in the article. If I went with a red I would do a Beaujolais, made from the Gamay grape. Those wines are light, fruity, and pair really well with food.
Truth be told I usually go with beer with spicy food. It’s just a more natural pairing (although I tend to think wine is better with food in general). I have heard it said many times that hoppy beers go well with spicy food. I can’t imagine how that recommendation got started because that is a terrible pairing. If you really like hops and don’t feel like tasting anything in your food except the heat from the spice, then it works. I like beers with some malty sweetness, like a Czech Pilsner for lighter stuff or a Belgian Tripel for more robust dishes.
Compared to reviews I’m reading from conservative commentators, this is actually pretty tame on the part of Paul Krugman:
And leaving aside the chutzpah of casting the failure of his own party’s governance as proof that government can’t work, does he really think that the response to natural disasters like Katrina is best undertaken by uncoordinated […]
This is the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fredericksburg, the church I’ve been attending for the past 18 years. It’s on Caroline St., between Amelia & Lewis, 2 doors down from the library.This is Eileen’s, at the other end of Caroline St…
