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Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Dancing With The Devil (aka “election year butt-smooching”)   This headline will surely steal the thunder from terrorist sympathizers who might say this plan is “irrational and inhumane.”     Word, CNN, Fox has already cornered the market for “stentorian fake populism,” so you would best forget that angle and try to corner another.   Maybe there’s a market for a contemplative news service that wonders if opportunistically empowering an illegal immigrant class (willing to work for sub-minimum wages in unsafe working conditions) might undermine the job security and health of red-blooded white American blue-collar workers (the ones who can still afford to buy the basic cable upgrade that includes CNN) - and enthusiastically buys endlessly advertised bun-free Atkins hamburgers as well!   Probably not.   A 60+ word sentence is way too big for a headline. It’s clumsy, ideologically vulnerable, and therefore simply incomprehensible and too controversial for those marginal subscribers. Go for the simple three-word sound byte and let Murdoch. Charlton Heston, and God (of course) choose the victims. A newsworthy ruler chosen by God says it’s “rational and humane,” dammit. That’s enough to get your viewers through another working day.   Say, has an interviewer at CNN ever considered shouting “Class Warfare!” just a split microsecond before the screwballs  “writing” these goofy preemptive sound bytes could keyboard macro it into the clueless candidate’s Teleprompter?  Just once, it would be so refreshing, like a hot summer dip in a cool mountain stream or a home team game-winning goal in OT. We could brag that at least we said it first that one time. Cold comfort. 10:12:10 PM    comment []

In A Word   I ran across this recipe after a UK buddy at work told me that fingerling bangers are called chipolatas in England. I hate calling that place the United Kingdom because whatever is left of it, say Ireland, is not united by any means. Anyway, that word, led me to a truly mouth watering mind recipe for mini-bangers wrapped in Parma ham and topped with pan-fried chestnuts. Be still, my beating heart…   Ingredients 200g/7oz chestnuts 55g/2oz white bread 2 rosemary sprigs 2 tbsp olive oil 6 chipolatas 6 slices Parma ham Method 1. Wrap the chipolatas in Parma ham. 2. Heat the oil in a medium pan and fry the chipolatas for 6-8 minutes. 3. Place the chestnuts in a mini food processor and blend to a purée. 4. Place the bread and rosemary in a food processor and blend together to form fine breadcrumbs. 5. Mix the chestnut purée and breadcrumbs together in a large bowl. 6. Heat the oil in a medium pan. 7. Pan-fry the chestnut mixture for 3-4 minutes or until golden. 8. Remove from the heat and serve the chestnut crumb on top of the chipolatas. 7:01:55 PM    comment []

Confuse A Cat   This RC stunt vehicle cost $6.00 at Harris Teeter. Hours of couch potato cat fun guaranteed! You can’t steer it, but it has forward and reverse buttons and controls for the front wheels to make them spin like a propeller. Claudette can’t see it very well, but she can hear it and that’s good enough. Twyla is frightened by it, even though she's pretty certain it's not a vacuum cleaner. 5:33:15 PM    comment []