Monthly Archives: November 2006

A Substituted Tuesday Twenty

I’m a day late. “On The Shoulders Of Giants” – Jennifer Nettles “In Only Seven Days” – Queen “If I Can’t Have You” – Etta James & Harry Fuqua “Plague Upon Your Hissing” – The Mars Volta “Alone” – Mary J. Blige “Silent All These Years (Live)” – Tori Amos “Sweet Virginia” – The Rolling

Revenge Is Like A Poison

It’s a good trailer, though I think I prefer the earlier teaser. I don’t fear that this preview reveals too much, as the big surprise — or at least what I think will be the big surprise — isn’t telegraphed at all. My concern is with Tobey Maguire. He’s been the perfect Peter Parker up

Goodnight, Mr Bradley

I’ll make this one short and simple, as I don’t want to linger. To this day, I can’t think of Sunday nights without recalling a select set of childhood memories. On Sunday night, my mom would make potato soup. Not every Sunday, but enough Sundays that I can close my eyes and taste it. Good

They’ll Still Be Friends

“George, promise you won’t forget about me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred.” George thought for a little. “How old shall I be then, Donald?” “Ninety-nine.” George nodded. “I promise,” he said. Later, George — a bear of little brain — thought for a little more and decided that a hundred years was just

Another Monday Twenty

“The Guns Of Brixton” – The Clash “Little Boy Blue” – Tom Waits “Colors” – Amos Lee “Heaven On Their Minds” – Sam Taylor “Evil” – Stevie Wonder “The Slide Song” – The Afghan Whigs “This Corrosion” – Sisters Of Mercy “Jesse” – Jonathan Edwards “Memory” – Yoko Kanno “El Dorado Sunrise” – Cee-Lo “Belfast”

Vegetarian Not-Shrimp And Grits

Last night, I needed to create a vegetarian equivalent to the relatively famous Modified Low Country Shrimp And Grits. Obviously, shrimp was right out, as was the smoked bacon and parmesan cheese. So we made some substitutions, some subtractions and an addition. I didn’t think it could be done, but I tried it all the

Sugar In Any Language

We didn’t have that many Trick-Or-Treaters last night. In fact, we tried to have none at all. I know, I know … it’s not very sporting to ignore holiday traditions, particularly those like Halloween that appeal so much to children. But we had so much to do. The house to clean. Food to prepare. DVRs

Holy Truck

11-01-06_0853.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Holy Truck.