‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Road Auditions Chicago Tuesday 8/15 9am-4pm Medieval Times 2001 N. Roselle Road Schaumburg, IL My friend Mark is sitting at this moment over at Medieval Times, Schaumburg, waiting to take qualifying tests. I guess they picked it because it’s a large, arena-like area that’s already easily split up into sections by color, but there’s no denying that it’s a faux castle that smells of horsies and roast chicken. It’s kind of… un-glamorous as a location for television auditions. He thought he’d be in the parking lot all day, but it sounded like he was…
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TSA: Our Travel Assistant (tags: TSA Travel) The New Yorker: Fact (tags: SeymourHersh)
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Simply Recipes: Chicken Paprikash Recipe mmm!! Something to do with the leftover yogurt from tonight: substitute it for sour cream in this recipe for Chicken Paprikash! 1 whole chicken (about 3 1/2 pounds), cut into 8 pieces 1 Tbsp butter, softened 1 garlic clove, crushed 2 large onions, thinly sliced 1 Tbsp sweet Hungarian paprika 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup chicken broth 2 Tbsp sour cream
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Stonyfield Yogurt – Beef Stroganoff 1 lb beef loin, sliced into 1 inch strips 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 yellow onion, thin sliced 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon 1/2 teaspoon paprika 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup beef broth 2 tablespoons dijon mustard 1 cup plain lowfat yogurt Directions: Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced beef loin, onion and mushrooms, saut� until meat begins to brown. Add flour to the mixture, and continue to cook for two minutes, stirring constantly. Add tarragon, paprika, wine and beef broth,…
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Season of Prayer for Peace in the Middle East (tags: prayer peace MiddleEast) Practice Gratefulness – A Network for Grateful Living (tags: gratefulness) The Religious Left Blog (tags: Episcopalian blogs) Episcopal Peace Fellowship – Peace Sunday Resources for creating a Peace Liturgy for Sunday Nov 9, 2006 (tags: Episcopal Peace Liturgy)
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The Blog | Bob Geiger: While Senate GOP Pushes More Tax Cuts, Kerry and Kennedy Attend Marine’s Funeral | The Huffington Post (tags: Kennedy Kerry Marine funeral Iraq) The Blog | Billy Shore: The Flags of Our Sons | The Huffington Post (tags: Kennedy Kerry Marine funeral Iraq) Hoffmania!: Here’s The Clip! Randi Rhodes of AAR beats up on Neal Boortz. She asks the perfect question: “Why did the President cut and run from Afghanistan?” (tags: AAR) Bibles.com: The Liberty Bible: Old Glory, Lady Liberty, and Holy Writ Together At Last (tags: Liberty Bible Theocracy) The Gadflyer: Tear Down the…
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I thought this quote was a prank when I read it on Boing Boing, so I went to the main CNN site and there it was: CNN.com – Agent infiltrated terror cell, U.S. says – Aug 10, 2006 A senior congressional source said it is believed the plotters planned to mix a British sports drink with a gel-like substance to make a potent explosive that could be ignited with an MP3 player or cell phone. The sports drink could be combined with a peroxide-based paste to form a potent “explosive cocktail,” if properly done, said a U.S. counterterrorism official. Are…
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Maisie Dobbsby Jacqueline Winspear Honestly, I tried to like these books. I love “cozy” British murder mysteries, and have read every single Ngaio Marsh title, every single Dorothy L. Sayers book about Lord Peter, every novel and short story by Edmund Crispin, and yet I have the good taste to shun Agatha Christie, because a) she wasn’t as good a writer as the above authors and b) she didn’t play fair with her clues. I was looking for a new author to love, and had briefly flirted with a couple of authors (P. D. James: too violent. Patricia Wentworth: dull…
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Just a thought: it might be really, really nice to get Season One of the New Doctor Who. I’m just sayin’. (this is a test post, I’m trying out some of the improved features of ecto 2.1.6) Technorati Tags: ecto, SciFi