I’m not kidding. Taylor Hanson’s (yes, that Hanson) new project, with bandmates from Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, and Smashing Pumpkins, is just the kind of happy go lucky power pop that you want to hear when you are lounging at the pool or the beach.

Hat tip: Scalzi

Given the cold pool of air overhead the SPC has us in a 5% “See Text” severe weather area, but I’m not planning to go any further than to walk out the door and snap a photo or two. The radar is showing a line of showers approaching the vicinity, but n…

Really. Usually when a recipe says it takes 30 minutes, what they mean is that it will take you 30 minutes to cook it. They don’t count the prep time. This recipe really can be done in 30 minutes. I know because I tried it last Sunday. It’s delicious and kids will like it too if they’re familiar with Chinese food already. You can also substitute other meats for the beef. Use already peeled shrimp and the recipe is even easier.

For the ingredients, I recommend 5 Mile International Foods, an Asian grocery store over by 5 mile fork. They have good oyster sauce and Chinese Broccoli, stuff you can’t find in regular grocery stores. They also have lo mein noodles. In fact, if you’ve never been there you really should check it out. It’s not pretty but they have all sorts of cool stuff. Here’s a link to google maps showing you how to get there. Make a left on Old Plank Road and then a left on Cherry Road. Shortly after you make a right into a little shopping center where you will find the store.

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Now I know why he calls his blog, I’m Surrounded By Idiots:
From: Catherine Crabill
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 5:16 PM
To: ‘Allen Webb’ ; ‘James LeRoy Cupp’
Cc: ‘Tom Foley’ ; dlharper56@yahoo.com ; cgdawson@hughes.net ; ‘Jeannie Kling’ ; ‘ROBERT FOUNTAIN’ ; ‘Joan Blackstone’ ; ‘Larry B Kile’
Subject: RE: blog and comments
Dear Fellow Republicans,
I am amazed at how […]

Suffice it to say that today’s chase was an interesting contrast, especially since it included a reporter and a photographer from the local paper . We were under a tornado watch but the best early afternoon storms fired south and east of Richmond, not…

They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I don’t know about apples, but it must hold true for brewing talent. Local home brewer and “Proud Poppa” Lyle Brown announced to the FABTS mailing list today that his son Kevin has accepted a position …

You saw this coming with Mark Warner, but Sen. Webb has always been a strong populist on ecomonic/labor issues. I’m disappointed, but a) he knows the Emplyee Free Choice Act (EFCA) doesn’t have the votes, b) this gives political cover for Warner, who now won’t be seen as the anti-union VA Senator (at least for now), and c) organized labor just […]