Tag Archives: food

A long Saturday … (happy Cinco de Mayo)

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Steve

Up at 6:45. Shower. Bus to town. Breakfast at/in Rathskeller. Meet Manfred at 9 as well as Heather. Do lights. Do more lights. Break. Try cues. Lunch. Everyone else shows up.

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Good, finished …

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Steve

… the Reverend Horton Heat. Many, many hours of music. Now: Richard Cheese (Lounge Against the Machine) and a bunch of lounge-styled covers of famous pop and rock songs. Cheese sings them in an ironically-knowing sort of way with a … Continue reading →

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Reunion: Monday mini-update

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Steve

I had hours left to kill at LAX before my 11:15 (10:30 boarding) flight to Chicago, the dreaded red-eye.

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At $0.49 per pound …

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Steve

… I found it difficult to say no to a pound and a half of bulk milk chocolate on sale at Woodman’s. I think I paid about $0.78 for it. A big block. I planned and still plan on baking … Continue reading →

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I’m a renegade of ___________?

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Steve

A.O. Scott writes at the beginning of his review of the Thai movie “Syndromes and a Century“: It is possible to feel, watching his earlier movies “Blissfully Yours” or “Tropical Malady,” that you just don’t get, on a conscious, cerebral … Continue reading →

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I am a strange loop …

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Steve

Over the years I’ve lost a lot if not most of my respect for Salon.com. Camille Paglia was one reason, Horowitz another, and then annoying site redesigns, and various types of advertising and membership models and other shit. And then … Continue reading →

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So, 30+ dead a Va. Tech.

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Steve

I taught in a relatively quiet classroom by comparison; my class of 15 (14 today) would have been small-pickins for a would-be-gunman.

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A Sunny Saturday

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Steve

Before I forget, the music of Abdel Hamid Tnnari — the Solos and Melodies album — is pretty stuff.

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Product of France …

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Steve

Wine of the night: Pepperwood Grove pinot noir. It seems that it, like Smoking Loon (which produces a tasty, inexpensive syrah/shiraz), is owned/made/marketed by Don Sebastiani & Sons. From the “winemaker comments” on my bottle we have:

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My Day in a Nutshell

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Steve

Or Nut-shell. Nut Shell. I could write for (or even four) paragraphs on hyphenation rules. But I won’t.

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