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Party Time?
Why is it so important that you get "publicity?" And why not get yourself a blog where you can order and title your rants? Are you afraid no one would read it, and that is why you have to shove your way into every discussion you can, pushing all of the details on your existence into our faces? I say why not take up the challenge and start a blog on the Reader neighborhood sites, and see how many readers you can gather up.— August 26, 2009 5:23 p.m.
Bijan Learns to Surf
Wow, first human subject on camera for OB in HD! Indeed an honor! I agree, standing up on the board is very difficult--I've only made it for a few seconds. Another fun vid, Shizzy. Danke! :)— August 26, 2009 5:17 p.m.
Letters
PP drooled: "The N word instead of the word itself are f**king morons just feeding the flames of power to that word. It's a word. a combination of letters. Ni&&er(See how I got around the auto-censor?)is the same thing as the word house-A WORD." The fact that you are at a complete loss to comprehend anything of the power of language and its place within, and relation to, history and cultural meaning, is exactly what makes you an exceptionlly unoriginal and careless "thinker." While you like to opine that you are some kind of revolutionary for free speech, you do nothing but repeat an old, tired, and skewed rhetoric shared only by a willfully uneducated--and hopefully shrinking-- demographic.— August 26, 2009 5:11 p.m.
Destiny's Rainbow
If you do try the veg version, let me know how it works! I know they sell soy meat substitute at Mexican groceries. One of G's coworkers gave us a recipe to use a rehydrated soy textured protein meat substitute for tacos. That works great for tacos, because it's crumbly and takes on spices well.— August 26, 2009 3:56 p.m.
El Cajon no-smoking law flouted
This is the only issue on the planet about which PP and I are in accord. The resolution is simple: 1. Smokers need to be polite. Don't smoke in crowds, just outside the doors of any establishment, or on playgrounds or near children. Use your common sense, and don't irritate others. It may be largely junk science when it comes to second-hand smoke outdoors, but the average nonsmoking citizen either doesn't know this, and/or is just looking for an excuse to vent suppressed rage over childhood issues or everyday disappointment with life. If someone starts doing that fake little "cough" or glares, or makes a comment, extinguish your smoke or walk away. 2. Smokers need to stop littering--especially on beaches and in parks! All smokers need to purchase a portable ashtray. My new one is a small, square, stainless steel thing with a cool flip- out cig holder. When closed, butts are stored in an odor-free, airtight receptacle until a trashcan can be located. 3. Nonsmokers need to respond in kind, reasonably and politely. Do not expect that smokers are not going to smoke outdoors anywhere. If you are near a smoker and don't like it, move away. The breeze carrying the smoke is NOT going to follow you wherever you go. If a smoker is violating the rules above, be polite and give him or her an option to put it out in the nonsmoking zone, or to take it elsewhere. Be understanding, and do not confront. You'd be amazed how far a non-confrontational attitude will take you, and hey, you might even make a new acquaintance of your neighbor. 4.Politicians: Enough with the red herring and smokescreens, and get to work on the real issues taxpayers are paying you to resolve!— August 26, 2009 3:20 p.m.
A Threat from the East
Thanks for sharing some of your serious stuff with us Reader folk! I knew you had this kind of exphrastic bent!— August 26, 2009 2:04 p.m.
Pedicab Crackdown
World's smallest violin to your inability to find decent digs in SD. MOVE already.— August 26, 2009 2:01 a.m.
Party Time?
Oh hey, and Fred. I have no problem admitting when I must needs google one of your cheap puns. I'm sure even russl has to run and consult his battered copy of 120 Days of Sodom now and then ;)— August 26, 2009 12:37 a.m.
Party Time?
Mindy, methinks someone doth protest too much about IQ. You know we are all already cowering at your incisive native wit--why rub it in? If you cut us, do we not bleed?— August 26, 2009 12:04 a.m.
Destiny's Rainbow
Wow, those little suckers were really going at a rapid boil--surprised they don't break apart! The problem with 'vegetizing' such a recipe would be a. finding a ground soy substitute that would really stick together enough with just egg, and b. flavoring it up enough, as clearly, the tomato broth takes on complexity from the meat as well as the serranos and clove. It looks like she added just a bit of salt and very little garlic? It may well be a hopelessly meat-centered experience. So albondigas must mean 'little nests,' because the egg is nested in. Cute. Reminds me of making plum dumplings with Nana.— August 25, 2009 11:46 p.m.