đ The Dream of Reason (2018) by Jenny George
Lots of poems about animals. I didn’t jive with this one so much, but it had it’s moments.
Recipes. Seriously. Tonight I picked up the knife for a “preparation 5 minutes” recipe. First ingredient: whole bulb of garlic (10-12 cloves), chopped. lol
I’m starting to build up a list of my favorite albums as well as tracking those albums that I spend significant time with each year going forward. Thanks to Shawn for some styling help!
(Working with text boxes in blogging software does get a bit tedious and makes me revisit my decision to go with hosted versus self-generated.)
đ Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox (2003)
I may be 20 years late, but this is a good celebrity memoir. Some interesting stories backing a tale of the metamorphosis of a man.
đż The Maze Runner (2014)
This one really did depart quite a bit from the book. Partly I think that was for pacing. The big difference is that the book had a lot of inner dialog, which wasn’t the case in the movie (because that would be boring in a movie).
Learning to sharpen chisels today.
đ Prognosis by Jim Moore (2021)
Now this is what I meant when I wrote about mixing with my mind by reading poetry. This is a collection I will come back to, grabbing from the shelf and reading random bits.
Genius.
đ” Obviously by Lake Street Dive (2021)
I’ve listened to this 4 or 5 times in the past week. It makes your toes tap! I’d actually say the first 9 songs are near perfect â the last 2 songs kind of take out the steam for me. Maybe that’s intended!
đŠč Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon (2013)
This through volume four is roughly the basis for the Marvel Hawkeye show. I’ve read through volume six. Good stuff!
đ The Maze Runner (2010)
I’ve tried to read along with each of the kids on at least one book series (RE: The Hunger Games and Found), and now it’s time to read with the youngest. This one was a particularly brutal dystopia.
đœïž Spicy Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow Gai)
This is my favorite Thai restaurant order and Chef John is probably my favorite YouTube chef. I made it last week using serrano peppers. While it was cooking, each person in the family started coughing in turn. Some of the kids were 20-30 feet away! We were all coughing for the last 5 minutes of cooking time. It was pretty spicy, but not unbearable like I thought it was going to be. We still gobbled it up.
The picture doesn’t do it a lot of justice.
đż Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
It took a bit for me to get into the movie, but by the end I was quite fascinated by Dolemite Is My Name. Midway through, Eddie Murphy’s Rudy Ray Moore mocks a film producer’s plans to make a saccrine underdog story, all the while participating in a film full of joy and positivity from its own underdog. The movie is truly Capraesque, despite the extensive language and nudity.
I’ve decided to run a edited newsletter montly. It will collate many of the posts here at the blog as well as having a touch of original writing. If that sort of thing piques your interest please do subscribe!
đż Red Notice (2021)
Nothing ground breaking here, but a few laughs never hurt anyone.
Whelp, the money shoe has dropped (RE: G Suite legacy free edition), which probably makes it so I’ll actually figure out transitioning my email from Gmail. The question is Fastmail, Zoho Mail, or some other.
đœïž Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli
Could kind of eat this all night. Hope you like sausage! And oil+butter!
đ” Brothertiger Plays Tears For Fears’ Songs From The Big Chair (2017)
A friend turned me on to this one. As a Tears for Fears fan, I think Brothertiger does some nice work here.
From Jenny George’s collection The Dream of Reason (I could find no place to link to, so this is printed without permission):
Spring
Speckled egg, brown egg, or sky blue with black marks â
Having broken once, the world re-forms
in miniature.
Over and over, in the nest
between two limbs; in the hollow of grass
at a marsh edge.It’s relentless, the way it keeps trying
to return.
Joy
Joy
Joy
đœïž Black Bean and Roasted Salsa Soup
Another out-of-the-park vegetarian option. Soup season!
đœïž Street Cart Chicken & Yellow Rice
I’ve made this twice now, and it is the real deal. I make only one rice that is better. The marinade is well proportioned. The time it takes me to prepare everything is 50% again what is mentioned in the recipe. That’s a running theme, usually to the tune of taking twice as long to prep my ingredients.
The sauces are great. I don’t make them in the same proportion as the mains because my kids don’t really touch the sauces. I’ve had trouble nailing the consistency of the white sauce. The hot sauce has an “it’s time to invest in Big Cayenne” amount of cayenne pepper, and I wouldn’t sneeze at the amount of red flake in there either. I can’t bring myself to keeping pouring when making the red sauce.
But it’s all GOOD. You should make it your own!
đż Dune (2021)
This is the second time I’ve seen the movie now and I think I like it. It is filmed with such intensity. Also, I’m no Dune-head so I don’t have the hangups about the movie art not bringing about the same exact feeling as the book art.
After I watched the movie the first time, I interrogated my Dune-loving friend for 90 minutes. It added to my experience. My kids, however, didn’t really have any questions after. I’m hoping a few bubble up over time.
I appreciate the same shape being used in each of the logo letters:
Living by what yet get, life by what you give.
– Winston Churchill
đ Unsolicited Advice to Minnesota Children by Neil Hilborn
I shouldn’t quote the whole thing because that would be inappropriate, so I’ll do something worse and excerpt a poem:
and you ingrate children of the snow
spend all your time in “classes”
learning about “things” that will teach you
nothing about ice skating on the bones
of your enemies or lighting moose
on fire or felling fir trees
Anyway, I love it!
đż Bolt (2008)
My youngest had never seen this one, so we watched it tonight while the other kids were busy with a school activity. It’s a cute little adventure.
