• Clan: McTiVo - Radio

    So Glad We Had This Time Together

    April 6, 2010 - By 

    …woke up to the sound of Carol Burnett’s voice on NPR this morning, which caused an instant and very pleasant flashback to our 70’s-era family/dining/TV room. Her variety show was always a favorite in our family, and even now I can remember many loud belly laughs caused by their particular brand of tongue-in-cheek sketch humor. We got hysterical most weeks watching that show; laughing helplessly at the famous “Went With The Wind” dress, but also at Tim Conway trying to close a door by sitting on its unusually large doorknb. Most of all, there was poor Harvey Korman, trying not…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Decoder Ring Not Required

    March 31, 2010 - By 

    Sayonara, Rev. Paperboy. Make maximum use of improved textbooks : Editorial : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri). Still, the problem remains finding ways for teachers to make really good use of the beefed up textbooks. After all, if they try to teach everything, the amount of material may overwhelm the children’s capacity to absorb it all, consequently returning to the much-criticized “cramming” style of education. Yet teachers are expected to have the competence to proceed with lessons after sorting out what part of the textbooks are to be taught, while accurately gauging the level of their students’ comprehension. ===…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    That Nopey, Derangey Thing

    March 31, 2010 - By 

    … coming from the Dopey Strangey thing is even more clueless than usual. UNLOAD! #fb Sarah Palin Tells Tea Partiers To Stop Drivers With Obama Bumper Stickers « Alan Colmes’ Liberaland. Less than a week after a man was driven off the road for sporting an Obama bumper sticker, Sarah Palin told a tea party rally in Searchlight, NV to stop cars with Obama stickers on them. (and demand to know how that “hopey, changey thing” is working out for them)

  • Food, Glorious Food

    In A Cooking Mood

    March 27, 2010 - By 

    David and I are getting in a mood to cook something a little different – in addition to David’s homemade chicken soup, we’re going to try kreplach (filled dumplings), which are tasty little packets of savory goodness when added to soups. About.com: http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Easy%20kreplach Source: Good Yom Tov – Helen Stern Saute onion in smaltz. Place chicken in food processor. Add onions, schmaltz and grivens to chicken. Add salt & pepper to taste. Chop well. Place 1 teaspoon of meat filling in center of each won ton skin and fold into triangles. Pinch sides together. It helps to moisten the edges…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Shared Links February 25th – March 7th

    March 7, 2010 - By 

    Facebook | Ethan Alexander Jewett’s Photos – Bishop Lee’s visit to St. Nicholas SLink » Blog Archive » Second Life Tutorial – Using the newly supported .png format to create transparent textures in Photoshop! Possible hints re SL plant textures NPR.org » Pentagon Gunman Dies Hours After Being Shot Fruit ‘blocks breast cancer’ Way to ‘boost’ breast cancer drug

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Recursion! Hair Gadgetry

    March 7, 2010 - By 

    Took advantage of the health club’s dressing room mirrors to get a picture of the hair combs I bought on Maui – they’re joined by beaded elastic. Available online soon, will post link later. And yes, I’ve lost some wait. Makeup? How quaint. Via: Flickr Title: Recursion! Hair Gadgetry By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 7 Mar ’10, 12.46pm CST PST