Heya Suz !!

boing boing boing boing three-and-a-half somersaults, tuck

c a n n o n b a l l

kur-splaaaaaaaaaash

g’evening everyone – how ya doing tonight?

hey jayt – how’s indiana tonight?

Hi, Suz
Evening, Pups!

FunnyWheelieDiva

hey funny – how’s seattle tonight?

So great to see Suz diving!

my sources and informants report that all is well. *g*

I think my computer is sick – links don;t seem to work. Would y’all check, and see if this works right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj4g_Z0gIQw

thanks.

hey ce – how’s ohio tonight?

marie marie works jayt

cool – thanks – doesn’t work in preview, so I thought it was, umm, *forked*.

lol. thanks.

links do not work in preview :( has made me think i had forked it up many a time until i forking remembered jayt

http://www.clemusart.com/membe…..onDay.aspx
What a day! We had over 300 people in the library alone. I worked five hours and gave four presentations about our programs. I was exhausted by 5:00, but very happy.

Hey all!

Things did look up today – got a second interview for a job. It’s a bit of a commute, but at this point I takes what I can gets.

hey and yay spotts!

wow ce – very impressive

Who needs a giggle?
http://redcowranch.wordpress.com/

hey word – how ya doing tonight?

We fled to a local restaurant to eat (nothing all day for the four of us), drank two pitchers of iced tea, and ate like bandits…

and big thanks to Margot who somehow deduced that I was a Blasters fan and sent it to my FaceBook page – even though I had forgotten that.

That’s a little weird – but she was right. I’ve listened to the whole repertoire now – and enjoyed the hell out of it.

did you know that the guy out front, with the brilliantine smile, has a PhD in math and artificial intelligence ? (Phil Alvin)

and thus endeth today’s lesson in rock-n-roll trivia.

almost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB2kogSjyQU

and put your feet up no doubt.

Oh I’m hoping for you, Spotts!

Hi all!

i heard ball and chain* by the boneshakers today – no videos for it :(

*not the janis ball and chain – totaly different

Cute pic, Suz. I can’t tell you how many daydreamers I had. Good kids.

hey margot – how ya doing tonight?

Jayt, I didn’t know who the Blasters were until this moment. Are you sure it was me?

Well I am fine but now I’m confused, lol.

hey loohoo – i recognized a few of my own in it :) how’s socal tonight?

How very cool, Christine. Nary a teabagger?

i’d go for dazed and confused

Hiya, Suzanne! Whats cookin?

the woodstove – got a fire going and am quite comfy – token snoozing at my feet with his belly full (of diet dog food)

Oh, no Loo Hoo,
Not in our blue environment, our county. The thing I love so much is that art lovers are radical dems.

ummm – thought so – just go ahead and take the bow, ok?

(I’ve obviously screwed this up)

And to those who took the brunt of my bad mood the other night when I was just looking to pick a fight – I apologize.

I HATE losing a trial.

Well – won one count and lost one count – to me that’s a fucking loss, and I don’t react well for a few days afterward.

My bad.

mmmmmmmnn cozy-ness

Oh hey…I do have a friend who likes Dave Alvin a lot. I bet I reposted something he posted and never noticed it was the Blasters. Never mind!
Edit—bows to my good friend and colleague Jayt from Indiana.

mmmm dave alvin – i did his ashgrove here a few months ago…

How’s about a link to your rant?

Christine, are you in Monterey County?

How’s about a link to your rant?

ummm – there were a few – and I just blasted some people who most likely didn’t deserve it all.

I don’t lose well.

No, Loo Hoo,
I’m in Cleveland,Ohio. Born in Chester, PA, lived all my adult life in Wilmington, DE and educated in Newark DE at the University of Delaware.

the snake dance to make jayt feel better

Good. I like that in a lawyer.

Los Lonely Boys?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPIWkzUaDvQ

little on the sweet side – lemme see if I can bring something a little more gritty.

loohoo you must be thinking of newspaper brat, who runs the stowitts museum in monterey

Bonnie Raitt is good for feeling better

this will reset your groove jayt

oh, you know me too well !!

And now – the Mistress of The Macabre,
The Epitome of Evil,
The Most Sinister Woman to Ever Dance On the Face of this Earth,
Lowly Dog ! Bow Your Head – Kneel, and Worship
At the Feet of *Santanico Pandemonium* !

and that’s not to mention the albino Boa Constrictor…

Ya know – they just don’t make movies like that any more…. *g*

thanks, Suz.

Evening all. I’m baking a ginger-ginger sour cream cake that serves 20. Just had a hankering – no way I’m gonna find 20 folks to eat it.

*blowing smoke from my typing fingers and smiling evil smile*

you are welcome jayt

hey sunny – i’ll take a slice off your hands if ya share the recipe

OPENS MOUTH

That’s an interesting hankering.

Sorry, I mixed you up with NPB.

~Holds out plate~

let’s try, to get just a little more gritty at a time, Carlos and Everlast…

hey – *I* like it…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..re=related

that is a good (and overlooked) song – everyone focused on smooth on that compilation cd – lots of good songs on it

g’evening Suze & Pups!

Sunny, if you left it on the art room table where i work, within a few minutes you’d have a pan with a few crumbs.

smooth

hey ndfg – how ya doing tonight?

Not in the oven yet — but I’ll fax ya a piece tomorrow!

Recipe (and comment) came from rec.food.cooking I think. I love this cake because it’s moist and tres gingery. There’s another (similar one) at epicurious, but calls for powdered ginger. I believe this is a Maida Haetter recipe.

———————–

Comment — I concur:

“This is *not* even remotely like gingerbread. It is a moist sour cream
cake made gingery with generous amounts of both fresh and candied ginger.
The texture is somewhat like a pound cake but more moist than most.
During baking part of the candied ginger will settle to the bottom of the
cake, which will become the top when turned out of the pan and it will
have a deliciously chewy and candy-like texture. I made this for a friend
who is crazy about candied ginger: he said the longer he kept it the
better it got. This has no salt, it doesn’t need it.”

Ginger Ginger Cake

3 cups sifted all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
6 oz (about 3/4 cup) candied ginger
3 to4 ozs fresh ginger root (a piece 3 to4 inches long &
about 1 inch thick)
8 ozs unsalted butter
2 3/4 cups granulated sugar
6 eggs graded large, separated
1 cup sour cream

Adjust a rack one third up from the bottom of the oven and preheat the
oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10 X 4 1/4 – inch angel food tube pan (it
may be a one piece non stick pan) with an 18 cup capacity; butter the pan
even if it has a non-stick finish. Dust it all over with fine dry bread
crumbs, invert it over paper and shake out excess crumbs, and set the pan
aside.

Sift together the flour and baking soda and set aside.

Cut the candied ginger into 1/4 to 1/3 inch pieces and set aside.

Grate the fresh ginger and set aside.

In the large bowl of an electric mixer beat the butter until it is soft.
Gradually beat in the grated fresh ginger and 2 1/4 cups of the sugar
(reserve the remaining 1/2 cup). Then beat in the egg yolks.

On low speed gradually add the sifted dry ingredients in two additions
alternately with the sour cream in one addition. Remove the bowl from the
mixer.

Stir in half of the diced candied ginger (reserve the remaining diced
candied ginger). Set aside.

In the small bowl of the electric mixer (with clean beaters) beat the egg
whites until they hold a soft shape. Reduce the speed to moderate and
gradually add the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar. Then increase the speed
again and beat only until the whites hold a peak when the beaters are
withdrawn.

In three additions fold the whites into the batter: with the first two
additions fold only partially–do not be too thorough–and with the last
addition do not fold more than necessary to incorporate the whites.

Turn into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle the reserved
candied ginger on top.

Bake for about 1 1/2 hours until a cake tester inserted gently into the
cake comes out clean. (The cake will not rise to the top of the pan).

Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 to 15 minutes. (The cake will sink
about an inch as it cools.) Then cover the pan with a cake plate and,
holding the pan and tha plate firmly together, turn them over and remove
the pan and let the cake cool.

Makes 16 to 24 slices

ohmystars – its an upside down pound cake with the candied ginger… i gotta go to the store tomorrow

thanks ndfg – my fax machine squishes the forking food *sigh*

indeed. I just prefer, by a hair, the Everlast duet.

On to less gritty – on account of I’m still kinda pissed. (I knew when the judge started to give her ruling and began by talking to me first that I was screwed) – was kind of in shock – been a long time since that happened.

Anyway – Fastball – check out the guitar work back behind…. inventive and flawless…

A one-hit wonder. I heard Meat Loaf interviewed one time, and he said something to the effect – “hey, I may not end up in the Hall of Fame, but I had *two* number-one records – I’m cool with that.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wfu3tOrtQ

fastball’s the way is another good tune from that era. goth pop death songs rock

Excellent. Carlos and Eric Clapton. See if it doesn’t sound like they’re saying OBAMA at about 5.30.

goth pop death songs rock

And you wonder why everyone loves you…. *g*

ooo! thanks for the recipe, sunny. It looks awesome. I’m crazy about ginger, so i gotta try this.

loading it up loohoo – love jingo

*blushing and laughing* well, ya see, baby girl went through this phase..

I think I know which song I’m gonna hear here – and I think it’s a Spanish word that I can’t translate (not being related to ordering beers or finding out where the bathroom is, ya know),

Lemme check it out….

hey loohoo – what year was this crossroads? i’m pretty sure it was pre-obama and yet it does sorta sound like it….

Adieu

Great song, Loo Hoo!

check out Clapton and Robbie Robertson doing “Further On Up the Road”.

I’ve never found a live version to rival the studio track laid down on E.C. Was Here, but this one smokes pretty well.

Who’s playing the better guitar? I’m giving it to Robbie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..8;index=35

What’s on your mind?

Wow! I’ve developed a strange appreciation for teabaggers. The point is that they understand that Obama is going to screw them, i.e., the middle class and their grannies. Jane Hamsher, Robert Reich, and Scarecrow also understand that. But what about the Obamistas and the rest of us? When will we get it?

Per Scarecrow’s theory, here’s some background on Pete Peterson, the keynote speaker at Obama’s Fiscal Responsibility Summit:

http://www.truthout.org/articl…..l-security

http://firedoglake.com/2009/02…..-be-saved/

la song

PS – Works for me in a traditional sized bundt pan – don’t have an angel food pan.

hey wigwam – how ya doing tonight?

Hey guys! Sort of late to the party.

There are 27,000 comments over at Huffpo about the march on Wash today. Almost as many as were participating in the march. More like a stroll than a march.

hey mary mcc – how’s sac tonight?

I’m a great believer and fan of phases.

Elsewise, life would be so dull….

I consider it to be a sacred duty to run each one all the way through – balls-to-the-wall.

Maybe that’s just me….

thanks sunny

i do have to say that it is much more fun going through a phase than it is being the parent of a phase goer-througher.

Sac is good tonight, Suz. It actually rained today. Wet drops hitting the ground. Real weather. The whole neighborhood had their windows open. And we had an air show over at Mather Field. blue angel type noise this afternoon. Suki The dog didn’t like it.

in september? rain? in sac? whoever planned the air show had to have been irish mary mcc

from Teddy’s wake/memorial service – the Boston Community Chorus – Just a Closer Walk with Thee”

These people sing loud and proud – I fuckin’ loved it. And it’s obvious that they love what they do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZtzmgA4YQY

I coulda gone all day without being reminded of that…. *g*

Prolly Irish, English, French, German and, whatever.

As you can see, I’m in my usual pissy state, and unfairly I come her and dump my load.

I’m really pissed off at Obama cutting deals with the industrial interests and then slick talking his way around it. “Of course I favor a public option, but it’s only a means to an end, and I’m open to other means.”

Read C. Northcote Parkinson’s The Law of Delay: “Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”

The point is that Obama has already kicked the public option can down the road four years, and now he wants to make it subject to triggers, just like the importation of low-cost drugs has been subject to triggers (which never got pulled).

You said it.
When my younger son wanted to have dyed blonde hair, it turned into this Cyndi Lauper violent yellow color. He hated it (I didn’t say anything beyond, “yup, that’s yellow”) so then he decided, blue. It turned into this interesting deep turquoise.

Well, I guess they showed us. That was the accountability moment for progressive politics – Legendary fail.

Pack it all in and knuckle under to the anointed one, libs.

;>)

hey db – how’s canada tonight?

“I will fight to the death for a Public Option, unless I won’t.”

Hey db, how do you like this photoshop work?

wigwam – this is exactly the place for rants – off topic is the topic – i don’t see any requirement that it not be a rant

stephanie had pink blue and green hair throughout junior high school. was better than dying it jet black in my book

Still north of Wisconsin, S. Political paralysis the order of the day – Canadians…They’re such children, with their quaint socialist ways. When will they learn to love Big Brother?

;>)

And that’s exactly where it’s at:
— teabaggers will fight to the death against a public option, but it would save them
— you’ll fight for a public option, unless …
But how will the rest of us be saved, if at all?

Goodness me Mary, is it legal to show that much leg on the ‘Internet’?

Well done.

;>)

stephanie had pink blue and green hair throughout junior high school. was better than dying it jet black in my book

me too.

I think that the pink and blue were fine – but the green is what caused pretty much all of my hair to fall out.

it’s a theory….

db – my passport finally came in the mail today. i guess i passed the secondary prove you are a real person paperwork hurdle.

Thanks. It was Ron’s idea and my handy work.

But how will the rest of us be saved, if at all?

dude – I’ve already given up on that. Just hoping that the final version won’t make it much, much worse.

she found out the hard way the green and the blue were very hard to ‘wash out’ of her blonde hair. they really are more like stains than temporary rinses that fade away after a month or so.

Medi-cal wrote me and told me I had to prove I was a citizen. They sent me forms that I was supposed to take to the nearest social services office with my birth certificate and my driver license. So far I have been to three places and they have no idea what to do with it.

Geez.

…the secondary prove you are a real person paperwork hurdle.

If you show up in person, and kick someone right in the nuts, wouldn’t that qualify?

Big time ginger lover here. Local asian grocery has really good candied ginger for cheap.

fer chrissakes, was I the only one digging the Boston Community Chorus?

(well, me and my mom – it only took us 51 years or so to get tight)

‘You can check out anytime, but…’ Always good to have official government documents, with their crisply issued smell.

;>)

Great news!

i’m quite sure that i am on a list somewhere because of my affiliation here at the lake.

i’m proud to be a dfh — and having worked in the system, i made sure to include my old stuff from the pd and that i was born in a naval hospital and lived on navy bases etc.

passport folks learned DFWMF

Obama’s advisors know what
– Bobby Kennedy did to LBJ in 1968
– Teddy Kennedy did to Carter in 1980
– Nader did to Gore in 2000.
The prospect of a Bernie Sanders candidacy in 2012 would scare the shit out of them.

oh yeah i am jayt – i’m letting them soothe …

i’m proud to be a dfh

‘Gasp’

Next thing, you’ll be trying to tell me that Newt Gingrich likes porn…er…

;>)

Might be easier just to get a passport :-(

ps.
Loved your troll clown car inquiry.

i’m quite sure that i am on a list somewhere because of my affiliation here at the lake.

And, as we at the Lake have always said, those NSA agents who have to read our postings certainly deserve a pay raise, which is a matter we’ll point out to our congressmen.

forkers at nsa are still cut off snacks until they stop being peeping toms with my electronic communications – only snacks they get seem to always have exlax in em…

you know newty indeed

He’s no namby-pamby peacenik socialist, that’s for sure.

;>)

dude – I’ve already given up on that. Just hoping that the final version won’t make it much, much worse.

IMHO, we have to consider the Baucus bill to to be the status quo. The Robert Reich’s article indicates that there is still a lot of reason to fight and hope for victory.

those NSA agents who have to read our postings certainly deserve a pay raise…

True.

which is a matter we’ll point out to our congressmen.

Nah.

pinko commie liberal as evidenced by the turtleneck

the reich video explaining it rocked

Alright. Let ‘em suffer.

hey – it’s after Three O’Clock in The Moaning here.

so in case I nod off or just disappear, let me post at least one last one:

Last Waltz – Forever Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=melUPYJc11U

Right! We need to fight these bastards. But which ones? Wendell Potter assures us that his former colleagues at Cigna were wonderful blokes. Daniel Ellesberg recently said the same of his nuclear warrior colleagues at Rand. So, exactly whom should I hate?

sunday morning

That’s right, straight out of the loony left playbook along with avocado dip and Birkenstocks. Chairman Barackovich no doubt approves.

;>)

hey – it’s after Three O’Clock in The Moaning here.

And, post-bedtime here. G’nite, all.

i’ll give ya just in case g’nite now – just in case

g’nite wigwam

hahahahahaha that is great db – didja see the twolf graphic at the top of thers’ post downstairs?

You’re right. Robbie’s hot!

and if I don’t have my own file, enshrined somewhere in some manilla folder, I’m gonna be pissed.

(that was kind of a line from Alice’s Restaurant – probably doesn’t apply anymore). Sucks getting old.

‘twolf is a running dog counterrevolutionary who seeks to destabilize the agrarian proletariat‘…or something.

;>)

Yes, but he’s our running-dog lackey!

not bad db – but beck’s actually looking sorta like mao to begin with does tip the scales in twolfs favor

ya nailed the eyes on that

Ah, comrade wigwam, you have fallen under the spell of the Central Committee, I see.

;>)

Have you ever watched the documentary version of The Last Waltz? It’s amazing. Just a group of guys who truly love music. All kinds of music. Every kind of music.

They’re all freaks. Music freaks – but the documentary kind of explores those loves as tilted against the life of professional musicians, the road, the toll of the road, the inability to sustain the love of what they do pitted against the realities of the road….

The Band – *true* musicians – was lucky enough to see them once, traveling with Dylan – Rolling Thunder Revue? Been a day or two – but those guys deserve extreme credit; they were in it for the music, not the bucks.

Of course, and Mao was a big crybaby, too. Always blubbering on about paper tiger cuts and the like.

;>)

even brought his shrink to tell the politburo what he was feeling

even brought his shrink to tell the politburo what he was feeling

“It’s good to be the King”

(Mel Brooks)

Gone.

Nite, y’all.

If you show up in person, and kick someone right in the nuts, wouldn’t that qualify?

That reminds me of my friend’s suggestion for determining dominant language in elementary school.

Her theory, just drop a rock on their foot. If they say “ouch” they speak English, if they say “eeiyyy”, they speak Spanish.

What a drag it is getting old

I loved the chorus. Thanks!

*laughing* g’nite jayt

These sort of creeping daily socialist affirmations need to be nipped in the bud.
Why, next thing you know the government will be forcefeeding Grandma arugula pesto with whole wheat ‘baguettes’!…And you know what that leads to.

;>)

Prettyful!

grandmas in orgies *shrudder*

And you know what that leads to.

I have a number of friends who were raised in the seventh-day adventist faith. One of their favorite joke lines is that the problem with extramarital sex is that it leads to dancing.

Haven’t seen it, but I put a sticky note on the computer for tomorrow.

Night, sleepers.

Overseen by ‘breath panels’, who will ration strict allocations of air…infringing on the constitutional right to pant heavily.

;>)

and yet viagra is covered under most plans

about time for me to ease on down the road

thanks for all the conversations tonight folks

g’nite all