Good Night, sweet dreams, farewell until morning.
OSO backwards is OSO.
OSO upside-down is still OSO.
There, I’m home, after mailing off some belated letters to my then-vacationing sweetheart.
July 1-3, anyhow. As soon as I unearth 4-6, another packet! 🙂
Settled in… lime freezerpop in hand, and reading the daily news at last… Newt has a lovely ice cube in his water, which he is digging, quite a lot.
I wonder where my sweetheart is… I’ve not seen her all evening!
Sacrificing things to the moving gods.
a reel to reel 3 track recorder and an old Atari ST computer (with a whopping 2 megs of ram! High tech for 1987!)
Anyone want them for the price of shipping? Anyone know what the price of shipping might be?
LE PETOMANE: FIN-DE-SIECLE FARTISTE
Under the stage name “Le Petomane,” Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century Paris. Audiences at the Moulin Rouge where first shocked, then won over, by this tall, mustachioed man in a red velvet suit…a suite with a hole cut in the derriere to release his remarkable talent. Pujol was a skilled musician in his own right, but his greatest instrument was his own rectum, with which he could produce an astounding variety of musical tones. Through a combination of historical documents, photographs, archival films, and interviews, this video reclaims Pujol’s place in history and, in the process, opens up a veritable Pandora’s box of contemporary debate over the meaning, impact, and value of this unusual master flatulator.
Directed by Igor Vamos
1998, color, 56 mins., VHS video
Purchase: $295 Rental: $95
Whoever thought that dragging the tail of a horse over a cat’s entrails could make beautiful music?
The violin amazes me. Horns, I can sort of see the development of. Strings… lots of evolution musically there. I’m wondering what the next step in music will be.
yogurt and fruit for lunch! Yay, mcd’s!
I was hungry… it was like ambrosia when it finally got here.
Dance again, like we did last summer…
a version for my sweetie and
real audio. Enjoy. 🙂
smarterchild is now working in yahoo messenger and MSIM as well as aim. 🙂
add it to your buddy list. help the software learn. 🙂
(MSN- search for user smarterchild@hotmail.com, yahoo name smarterchild)
I like somewhat salty food. word of the day, brackish.
Aigh! What caused me to wake up at 5:30 in the morning?
brackish BRAK-ish, adjective:
1. Somewhat salty.
2. Distasteful; unpalatable.
Brackish derives from Dutch brak, “salty.” It is especially
used to describe a mixture of seawater and fresh water.
Unlabeled tape = MST3K! A joel Episode, with Frank. That all I know. I’ll view it in
We’ve got Movie-sign!
Scotto’s poll of the day (looking though videos to watch)
note to self – make this sometime this week
Corn Chowder
Ingredients:
1 chopped onion
6 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels
3 cups veggie broth
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped basil
cayenne to taste
Instructions:
Saute onion for 5 minutes or until tender.
Add 4 cups of corn kernels and saute for 4-5 minutes until translucent.
Add 2 cups of veggie broth and cook until corn can be mashed easily with a fork about 20 minutes.
Transfer the contents of the pan to a blender and puree until smooth.
Return the puree to the saucepan over medium-low heat.
Add bell pepper, rosemary, thyme, black pepper, cayenne and remaining 1 cup veggie broth and 2 cups of corn.
Stir, cooking for 10 minutes or more until thick and creamy.
Garnish with chopped basil.
Makes 6-8 servings
Prep time:5 minutes
Cook time:35-40 minutes
Hazy memories…
A 70s made-for-TV movie called “The Challenge“. A potential war is averted by having both sides agree to single combat between two champions. So Darren McGavin and Mako are sent to an uninhabited island to fight. McGavin was using an SMG that looked like two Thompsons joined together.
That sucker became the fantasy weapon of choice while waiting for the Desert Eagle to come along.
Later in the movie McGavin, deprived of his weapon, nonetheless saves the day by finding deposits of pure sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal. He combines that with a big piece of bamboo and a handful of the diamonds lying all over the place to make an impromptu cannon. Or maybe that was someone else.