Day: March 11, 2005

Aarrrrgggghhhhhhh!!! I gotta get my taxes done… but I wanna read more of this stuff!! (OK, one ‘lover’ is abusive… )

OK, now he’s done it. Just what I need: a way to waste some time that yields more laughs. Dan’s blogroll at Riehl World View has some of the most off-the-wall possibilities I’ve seen since Dave Barry (said) he hung up his hat on column-writing. For example, at Topic Drift, this gem:

kheuh urhgi 4rgibflkur ???

When people say “Physician, heal thyself,” I always start weeping uncontrollably, because what if the physician is walking around, minding his own business, when both of his arms fall off? He won’t be able to pick up his arms, much less heal himself. Someone is going to have to pick up his arms for him – and this helper won’t be able to hand the physician his arms, because the physician will have no arms to hold his arms in his arms. That’s what I’m talking about.

Check out Topic Drift (courtesy of Dan’s blogroll @ Riehl World View Yeh, just do it. You have time to burn. Rub my nose in it. Go ahead. *sigh*

Woody beats up on the Mass Media Podpeople’s Army

In “Think On This (And hate Our Biased News Culture)”, over at Woody’s News & Views, is a good example of a measured, thoughtful response to the Mass Media Podpeople’s Army’s response to the lies, damned lies and stupid damned lying inconsistent tales from the mouth of a commie terrorist c sympathizer (and co-conspirator?), Giuliana Sgrena and its effect upon troop morale and safety.

Did I say, “measured” and “thoughtful”? Add “righteous.”

“… I can honestly tell you that I hate (yes, hate) the prevailing media culture in this country. CNN, CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, and especially morning shows like Today and Good Morning America that are trying to get the soccer moms weeping on a daily basis can all go to hell. Wake up people! This hand wringing and second guessing is making us a weaker nation. We can’t afford this during wartime, especially just for the sake of TV ratings.”

Count me in, Woody.

Read the whole thing (and the article he references).

Pamibe’s Carnival of the Recipes #30

Check out all the good stuff. I’ve already saved several recipes for future reference… and not all that far in the future at that! Indian Tacos, for example–how did I ever forget those! Well, folks don’t know how to make ’em here in America’s Third World Countyâ„¢ so I’ve missed the Indian Taco Dinners of old for the past ten years or so. Gotta have some, soon.

so to speak (off to the salt mines, more like 🙂

Here’s a parting shot. Think for a sec what changes you can make along the lines of “How can I live my day with LESS impact?”

Less spending.

Less hassle, etc.

“Can I buy/do Xxxx for less $$/effort?”

“Can I get a better quality (stuff/experience, whatever) for less $$/effort?”

etc.

It’s the essense of true tightwaddery: can I do better with/for less?

Heck, even simple things like washing the dishes. Do I need a dishwasher for two people? Can I clean the dishes for a two person meal faster and better by hand? Can it be a better experience than that muted rumble in the background from the dishwasher, that almost sub-sonic hum? I found the answer to that to be “Yes”—IF I make it so.

There are probably a myriad of things in our lives that we think are convenient and frugal but are not. Just try today looking at what you do and asking

“Can I do/have this better for less $$/effort? Can I have a better quality life for… less?”

Might be a surprise or two waiting.

Update: *sheesh!* Some folks are entirely too preoccupied with sex. After some offline queries, “Xxxx” above does NOT refer to

1.) Porn
2.) Getting some X-chromosome-laden “stuff,” as in “Four xes? Must mean two
women… ” *shee-e-esh* (slaps forehead… not my own, dope-slap on backswing)
2a.) No, the size of the xes has nothing to do with anything either.
3.) Anything but some unspecified “unknown”

OK? Golly, folks, get some algebra, would you?

Faster than a speeding bullet?

Quick snack pizza. Thin crust. No, really thin.

C’mon, tell me you haven’t been in this situation. No time to make a meal. Have a hankering for pizza. Ain’t gonna use some frozen sewer cover pizza. Uh-uh. Not gonna do it.

Whadda ya gonna do?

Well, if you were in my house, no problemo. Always have cheeses and some sort of leftover Italian-seasoned tomato sauce. Flour, oil, etc. (or just some leftover flour tortillas–store bought are really usually OK). Some sort of toppings (veggies, meats–usually leftovers or some bacon pieces or crumbs in the fridge, whatever).

(Addendum: here’s a decent flour tortilla recipe. It’s easy, and it just works.)

Easy: just slap some tomato sauce–appropriately seasoned–on a flour tortilla, add cheese and toppings, more cheese. Set oven at about 350-375 (oven temps vary). Use a convection oven if you have one to get the cheeses nice & melted quickly, etc. Depending on your toppings, about 20 minutes oughta do it.

Yeh, the tortilla crust makes a nicely crisp THIN crust. And while I prefer a thick yeast crust, this’ll do in a pinch.

Serves one. Make your own. This one is mine (Three cheeses, thin-sliced dried pepper-beef, bacon, onion and jalapeno peppers—yum!)

No, really: shoot!

Over at Riehl World View, Dan has broken the *worldwide exclusive!!!* story clearing the military in the shooting of the commie Italian “journalist” who had spent a few days shacking up with her buds in Iraq. Read “Military Cleared in Sgrena Shooting.”

Reading is believing.

(BTW: Her buddies now say they turned down the Italian government’s offer to “chip in on the rent” for her visit with them. “Nah, we’d already paid the rent and utilities for the month. One more ??????? ????? ???? ????? ???? ???? ???? ????? ???? ???? (filthy whore) in the crib didn’t cost us anything extra. She didn’t eat much, and, being Italian, didn’t even bathe.”)