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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

The chef on my favorite tv show says i can do this!

My absolute favorite tv show these last few weeks has been TOP CHEF!!!!

It's like Survivor, but with CHEFS...and they never vote you off an island--they just say "pack up your knifes and leave!" And it doesn't matter if i don't know how to cook and once broiled a cake...which, by the way, if you like cake batter...it's not too bad...it has a nice crispy texture to it with a subtle slightly burned flavor...but is a bitc* to frost!

However, my favorite sexy judge in the world says that ANYONE...(so i'm guessing he means me) can DO THIS RECIPE...sooooo....here goes...

TOP CHEF TOM COLICCHIO'S Strawberries with Balsamic Vinegar

Top Chef Tom says use the freshiest strawberries you can find and that this taste pretty good over vanilla ice cream or yogurt...

1 quart strawberries, cleaned and quartered
1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. superfine sugar
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

Sprinkle sugar over strawberries, tossing gently. Let mixture sit about 15 minutes until the sugar dissoves. Add balsamic vinegar. Taste and adjust sweetness as desired.

And if it doesn't work...Walgreens has a sale on chocolate candy bars this week.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

No TACT, No BRAINS, No CLUE, No JOKE

When i first heard the story about the soldier in Iraq who got a nasty email from a business called DISCOUNT-MATS.com...i honestly thought it was going to turn out to be a hoax...a sort of urban legend created to piss people off...like the Starbuck's HOAX a couple of weeks ago...as if we don't have enough real things to be angry about anyway...

NOBODY could be THAT stupid, right? I mean, if your in a business to sell something, you know, to MAKE MONEY...you don't EMAIL a nasty reply to someone that could turn around and email your thoughtless reply to millions of people AROUND THE GLOBE...some who, presumably might want to purchase your product...it's a competitive world out there right?...there must be hundreds of people selling your exact same product, like mats, and why would you want to anger, i dunno, half of your potential client base?...or am i just over thinking this...

Well, it turns out that the email IS TRUE! I'm reprinting some of this just in case you missed this;

SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses and even if we did, we would never ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

The vice president of Discount-Mats.com reported that they had to shut down their site to deal with the angry and threatening emails...Well BIG DUH...

Othmau Atta of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, who scores at least a couple of points for at least not fanning the flames with the "freedom of speech line" totally missed the entire boat by saying "if you look at the polls, his opinion is reflected by a majority of Americans now."

Another BIG DUH dude...i DON'T WANT my stepson in Iraq, in fact, i'm terrified for him but it isn't up to me...But now, thanks to Discount-Mats.com, i have someone i can be angry at...the thoughtless, tactless, clueless "why don't you put your name on your email sissy boy", or girl...i'm just saying, "it's sure a weird way to build up a business..."

But then again, who says there's no such thing as bad publicity? I dunno, maybe we should ask the Dixie Chicks...

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

But i HAD the flu shot!

My daughter informed me this morning that i did not have the flu...i spent the entire weekend laying next to the downstairs toilet because it was easier then having to worry whether or not i was going to make it in time...plus, you can hear the tv from the frontroom!...but according to my daughter, what i had was some kind of virus...NOT the flu...picky, picky...

I spent most of the last couple of months bragging to my neighbors that i got the flu shot this year..."i'm a disorganized mess who can't find a pair of socks that match but I GOT THE FLU SHOT" i would brag to my neighbors as one after another they would succomb to a night of vomiting...til yesterday morning when i called in sick while looking out at the 4 inches of newly fallen snow and listening to the radio about all the car accidents thinking; "oh great, no one's going to believe i have the flu."

But according to my daughter it wasn't the flu...it was some kind of virus called the "noro something or other" that shut down a cruise ship with the same symptoms i had. Something to think about while my stomach rolled with the waves...

But there is hope, i know i'm starting to feel better because as i'm laying here next to the toilet wondering how many pounds i lost i'm starting to notice that i need to do a little cleaning around the sides so as long as i'm down here, "kids, can you pass me the Clorox bottle?"

Monday, January 01, 2007

What Scrooge says and what i think

I was reading my bosses blog over the holidays and was shocked to see someone hated our giant "Plasma Screen TV" giveaway...
"What a waste of money when there are starving people in Milwaukee" he or she said...i don't know if it was a she or he because they cloaked themselves under the word "anonymous"...which i guess is as good as any name when your a big chickens#$...OPPS...see, here's where i get in to trouble...i should just say "i respect your opinion and i hope you'll respect my right to disagree"...think of all the trouble i could have bypassed in life if i had just done that!!!!!!!

But, and that's a big butt i have...that has never been me...one who...when faced in a pile of quicksand and a shovel in which to dig my way out of has always politely said, "no thanks" and just sank to the bottom! What i'm trying to say, i think, is that i would never be a great in politics because you would always know what i think! Although, as my friends would tell you, if i was telling you to go to hell, i would always be polite enough to include directions! Maybe that's why i'm always stuck on the night shift!!

So, maybe i shouldn't use the word big chicken whatever...maybe this year will be the year of the "kinder, gentler jock." The one who when reading on my bosses blog "i was outraged by your wasteful stupid plasma screen tv giveaway" could say something INSTEAD LIKE "i recognize that you think you have a valid point but tell me anonymous person, what did YOU DO this year to make a difference in someones life?"...Cuz, i could think of a ton of ways YOU CAN HELP!!!

For instance, every time we sponser another "Mothers helping Mother's" or we try to provide a Thanksgiving meal for families that usually don't even get a whole meal during the day...all families who live in our city, maybe next door to you or down the block...or, if you missed those, here's some other ideas YOU, yes you, anonymous plasma screen hating person can take part in;

I'm not trying to promote Pick N Save here but just in case you do shop there they offer an advantage card program where if you have one (an advantage card), you can simply stop by their customer service desk and fill out a form in which THEY (Pick N Save) will donate a percentage of what you spend to a deserving charity of your choice like your kids school, or boy or girl scouts or even an animal shelter...my designation goes to the No Kill cat shelter called "HAPPY ENDINGS" on 5349 Forest Home Avenue in Milwaukee because i have personally witnessed how hard they work over there to rehabilitate abused or abandoned cats and kittens that would have otherwise been destroyed...they also neuter feral cats and they work their butts off with very little and yet, accomplish a heck of a lot...i'm really proud of them...shoot, if at the very least you pick up an extra thing of paper towels or heavy duty trash bags or even cat food, or at the very least you have a couple of extra bucks, you could drop it off next time you drive by there, they're open Thursday nights and Saturday's from 10-4pm. (You can also email them at happyend@execpc.com)

And then there is our awesome Wisconsin Humane Society...did you know you can volunteer there?...my daughter and me are discussing it for this spring when you can volunteer May through September to help feed orphaned wild birds. (This came from an incident last spring at the "Elegant Farmer" in Muskego when i encountered a helpless baby bird lying on a hot tar pavement with a broken wing that was obviously going to die, but i couldn't just leave it lying there...so i picked it up and looked for help--i had no idea what to do to comfort it and from that moment i said "never again, i want to know what to do")

Ok, ok, i know my suggestions are animal related, but it's something, it's a start...sure beats complaining about plasma screen tv's, although that's just my opinion.