Long day today, and this sums up my feelings:
Is there anything better than tomato sandwiches and iced tea for dinner? I think not.
Talk amongst yourselves.
BTW- Saw the Pilot for Warehouse 13 last night and thought it was a fun show. I’m going to try to catch a couple episodes On Demand.
Stooleo
My tomatoes had blight this year too. I need to solarize the ground.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4037_solarize-soil.html
Demo Woman
A fresh bagel, cream cheese and a slice of tomato microwaved for 20 seconds is heaven.
General Winfield Stuck
Where’s the Beef?
Demo Woman
Lily is such a beauty and you are so lucky that she found you.
shelley matheis
Tomatoes, eh? From the pic, I thought Lily had gone apple picking
Robertdsc-iphone
After the touch of flu I had this weekend, food does not appeal to me. Snapple Raspberry tea in the 32 ounce bottle sounds good, though.
asiangrrlMN
Yes (in answer to your question, Cole).
I would like it to be eighty degrees cooler, thank you very much.
schrodinger's cat
How is the boss kitteh Tunch?
eric
that is not at all what people eat in Real America. Your elitist northeastern ways are disgusting.
Try something more authentically American like nova lox, cream cheese and bagel, with tomato slices on side with fresh ground pepper.
eric
asiangrrlMN
P.S. Lily is a sweetie, of course.
JK
Kudos to Neal Gabler for this right on the money op-ed
‘Truth’ vs. ‘facts’ from America’s media
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-gabler23-2009aug23,0,4834705.story
Stupid Article of the Day
Obama’s Plan to Desecrate 9/11
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/08/24/obamas-plan-to-desecrate-911
General Winfield Stuck
Ground turkey and yes sliced maters and a small baked tater and Maucha iced tea. It is cooler today and we have gotten rain with more expected, so life is good even if the country is going insane.
Rey
Grilled catfish, tomato/ red onion salad and sliced honeydew for a sweet treat. Lily is so sweet!
Breaking news…
Murder she wrote for Michael Jackson- Larry King has finally got a show line-up until August 2010….
eric
@Rey: Larry King? Nancy Grace just sacrificed a small farm animal as a burnt offering to the FSM for her good fortune.
eric
Joshua Norton
Warehouse is on Hulu, also. I’ve been watching it on SyFy. They’re on about Episode 5 now.
Quaker in a Basement
Is there anything better than tomato sandwiches and iced tea for dinner?
Yes, there is! Tomato sandwiches, ice tea and peach cobbler for dessert!
JK
The logic of Larry “No Quarter” Johnson
“It is worth remembering that in the midst of the current health care debate the Democrats are treating the Republicans and critics in the same fashion that Republicans treated Democrats and critics who spoke out against the Bush Administration’s use of fear tactics to bolster its political support. It is Deja Vu all over again. I guess we will have to just wait and see who will be the Tom Ridge of the Obama Administration.”
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/08/22/tom-ridge-finally-comes-clean
arguingwithsignposts
Damn, you cooks make me hungry. i had taco hell and a dr pepper.
KG
Is there anything better than tomato sandwiches and iced tea for dinner?
Yes, yes there is. First, replace the tomato sandwich with steak, or grilled shrimp. Second, make sure the iced tea is from Long Island, or find a solid microbrew.
gwangung
@Quaker in a Basement:
I….got nothing to that.
me
No! Needs Bacon!
Emily's Forests
Homemade pizza, Chicago-style deep dish, with dough I made last week so it’s been fermenting happily in the fridge, plus amazing pepperoni from the Italian deli across town. Also spinach, so I can pretend that something with four pounds of cheese is “healthy.”
Rey
@eric
yeah I think all of the cable news talkers got a thrill up their leg when hearing this news. Tweety even led off with it. Who would have thunk it? a Michael Jackson homicide… This means that Jermaine will be on my teevee every night until December. This has got too be good news for Obama!
JK
GOP Senators: US Faces Terrorist Attack if Holder Probes Bush’s Torture Program
h/t http://www.truthout.org/082409R
CynDee
Lily blooms.
General Winfield Stuck
@JK:
Well, at least they’re not talking about Death Panels, or are they? Maybe Obama plans to hire OBL as Sec. of Health/Human services/ After all, Kenya ain’t more than a stones throw from Pakistan, or wherever.
shelley matheis
Ty Lookwell
What’s a “tomato sandwhich?”
tomato and bread? Wha?
is there, like, … oh, I don’t know… cheese, or mayo, or other stuff?
This reminds me of when Ezra Klein was raving about “Pa amb tomàquet” and I looked at the recipe and thought… is this a joke?
cbear
That is one fine-looking dog. A credit to her species.
You’re a good man, John Cole.
Anne Laurie
Sweet Lily! She must be a day-Lily, ’cause I could just eat her right up. Sooo cheering to see her filling out and getting more confident with every photo. Good job, Mr. Cole!
@Demo Woman:
I’m working on the perfect timing for a rye bread / provalone / homegrown tomato ‘panetta’ using our Foreman-style indoor grill. Even the near-misses are dam’ tasty.
Alan
I like Warehouse 13. I think the writers are having a hard time figuring out if they want it to be a kid’s show or not. The male SS agent character needs to tone down the stupid a bit. Otherwise, the show has great potential.
Pavlov's Dog
Lilly is starting to look “big-boned” like Tunch ;)
Re Larry “Whitey” Johnson over at No IQ – The only reason I go over there anymore is to check his sitemeter. So far his traffic is down ninety percent and falling. The comments are still a hoot. What a bunch of nutters.
arguingwithsignposts
I swear, though, between the trolls and the health/care torture trolls,
BJ commenting has left me exhausted today.
@JK:
Internal or external? Because I’m thinking the terrorists would just be happy to sit on the sidelines and watch us kill ourselves all off at this point, which seems to be where some in the wingnutosphere seem to be treading.
The next-to-last samurai
What is nova lox? We had pizza. Tomorrow is our family’s weekly restaurant night.
JK
@Rey: @eric:
With Michael Jackson, Larry King is set until he retires and Campbell Brown and Anderson Cooper are set for the next 6 mths. Fuck the healthcare debate, CIA abuse of detainees, Republican obstructionism, Michael Jackson trumps everything.
Now, MSNBC has an excuse to air Martin Bashir’s Michael Jackson documentray another 3 or 4 times.
I’ve had it with this motherfucking Michael Jackson story. He’s still dead. What the fuck difference does it make how he died?
eric
@JK: This is great news for John McCain!
InflatableCommenter
Nope. SATSQ, Tomato Edition.
Anne Laurie
@Ty Lookwell:
With good enough ingredients — homegrown tomatoes and high-quality bread — you really don’t need anything else. But sure, some quality cheese, a little garlic aoili, basil, balsamic vinegar, even some bacon if you like. Thing is, fresh tomatoes are sooo incredible, and the season for them is so brief, you just wanna indulge while you can!
InflatableCommenter
Question:
Is there a reason for the continued existence of Larry King on television?
Corner Stone
@Emily’s Forests: You just made the Baby Jeebus cry.
General Winfield Stuck
@arguingwithsignposts:
Yes, I’m not sure I wasn’t spoofing myself.
Corner Stone
@JK: Keep on walking?
Seth 4:10
I am a big Saul Rubinek fan, I’ve even shaken the man’s hand, but after 5 eps of the personality free cast and the cut rate “Friday the 13th the Series” antics of W13, I’ve taken back that hour of my life.
Watch Psych and/or Leverage, Eureka if you’re desperate for whimsy.
eric
@JK: I would like to make a serious point: today is a great example as to why people say things like (or some variant) “a month is a life time in politics.”
All joking aside, you know Michael Jackson is gonna dominate the news when they aren’t talking about the new special prosecutor to investigate torture. Those two things will impact the health care debate by taking some of the oxygen away from the horse race talk-a-thon that we get instead of real debate.
Two days ago, you could not have planned for either of those events and yet, here we are.
I think the less talking there is about Obama’s impending failure and the less talk there is about the inaccurarately referenced “nuculer” option, the better for Obama and his Mr. Tibbs.
eric
smiley
@Alan: I watched the first two shows that are currently on hulu (episodes 3 and 4, I believe) and now have the pilot on hold as I type this. I think I can say this. I really don’t like programs like that that take place in current times. For me, it’s all about the future.
Rey
Larry King will live forever. When he dies they will encase his head in a clear box, along with that stupid microphone- that is not plugged up, and have a 24/7 memorial on CNN. You think Tim Russert was over done at MSNBC, just wait……
JackieBinAZ
I started school today! And I’m doing it on a Pell Grant so for all of our winger regulars – thanks! Not only have your tax dollars helped reinforce my belief that i can depend on the government. They’re going to empower a liberal pursuing a degree in paralegal studies and environmental law so I can do my part to block corporations from raping our public lands.
This is something I’ve postponed for years, having gone straight into the Army as a journalist out of high school then continuing as one after I got out. My decision to leave the field came when my company decided as a cost-saving measure to do community journalism from 60 miles away rather than maintain a presence within the community they were covering.
shelley matheis
Ty Lookwell
Anne Laurie –
hey, where did you buy your “Black Pear” Tomato seeds? (I’m assuming you ordered the seeds online in the US?)
eric
@JackieBinAZ: sorry to hear about the downsizing and good luck with continuing your liberal indoctrination. Hopefully the planet is still be here when you get done.
eric
Paddy
I’m witholding judgement on W13. It has some interesting possibilities, but up until now has been pretty cartoonish. Looking forward to the episode where they reveal that Leena is the love child of Artie and Mrs Fredrick.
I grew up in a household where tomatoes were part of all good snacks- sliced tomatoes and cheddar, whole tomatoes sprinkled with salt and eaten like an apple and broiled tomatoes with meals all the damn time. Can’t beat them.
JK
@eric:
I hope less negative coverage of Obama is a good thing. At this point, I don’t know.
@eric:
For John McCain’s outrageous and unforgivable decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate, I hope he burns in Hell for Eternity
@Corner Stone:
Speaking of walking, Walkin by Miles Davis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfBpKzu6XA&feature=related
Abbreviated NY Times Non-Fiction Best Seller List
#1 CULTURE OF CORRUPTION by Michelle Malkin
#3 LIBERTY AND TYRANNY by Mark R. Levin
#5 CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
#7 A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY by Bill O’Reilly
WTF is wrong with this damn fucking country that millions of knuckle dragging neanderthals are lining the pockets of these assholes by buying these cover to cover bullshit books? Besides having Sarah Palin as president, what is more despicable than Michelle Malkin being number 1 on the NY Times Best Seller list?
Ty Lookwell
aha, found them here:
Black Pear Tomato seeds from Garry Ibsen’s TomatoFest
Tattoosydney
It’s spring in Australia. Today is 20 degrees (68 degrees F) and it’s forecast to stay above that for at least the rest of the week…
Mind you, we’re also having gale force winds and bushfires, but spring is here!
smiley
@Seth 4:10: Despite the support it gets here, I find Leverage to be a pretty stupid show.
P.S. The dark-haired woman (Sophie?) is pregnant. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. They must have thought they could hid it as they filmed this season. It will be interestng to watch how they cover it up.
Corner Stone
@JackieBinAZ: “empower a liberal female african-american pursuing a degree in paralegal homosexualstudies and environmental death panel law
Fixt.
(Ok, this is a big test for both strikethrough and italics. Work with me here WP!)
Rey
@eric
what you said. Now the attention turns way from Michael Jackson really, and on to his Dr. By this Friday, there will be breaking news, with cameras at Dr. FeelGood’s house and the police taking him away in handcuffs. Or maybe we will be treated to another highway chase, with a Black Bronco (this time) and the Dr. threatening to take his life.
We are well overdue for a celebrity chase distraction.
Corner Stone
@Corner Stone: Damn you WP! Damn you to hell!!
Mark S.
@eric:
When did Headline News become the worst channel in the universe? I remember when it just did news updates every half hour. I didn’t have cable for a couple of years, and when I have had it I guess I never watched the channel, but one of the tv’s at the gym I go to is always on that channel and I seriously would probably rather watch Fox News. It’s got Nancy and someone exactly like Nancy except with brown hair endlessly speculating on cases and 98% of the time proclaiming the defendant guilty even though they haven’t seen any of the evidence.
Corner Stone
@smiley: I won’t go so far as to say “stupid” but I will definitely go with “max cheese”.
And I’m a long time Timmy Hutton fan.
gnomedad
@JK:
Holy crap, that didn’t take long.
Corner Stone
@Anne Laurie: Now I am craving an old school BLT. Problem is that I had previously been craving spring rolls and big honkin serving of pad thai from my local Pho shop.
These two cravings can not be easily reconciled. This will not end well.
arguingwithsignposts
@eric:
You know, I was just thinking something along similar lines about the fact that some anonymous w.h. sources leaked the info about the torture investigations today, and how that was sure to muddy the waters and divert attention from health care. I don’t know if that was intentional for Obama or against Holder.
Either way, throw MJ into the mix and whooo-daddy.
Maybe we’ll sneak health care reform through while nobody’s looking.
And this is another reason I’m glad my cable was unplugged.
trizzlor
Just spotted the torture prosecution talking points at the WSJ (that didn’t take long) – all the usual stuff about how the CIA is going to be oh so sad (“demoralized”) if people are prosecuted and that maybe more people will be held responsible than we thought first. But these two nonchalant quotes made my hair stand on end:
I’m not frequently brought to hysterics, but what the hell kind of country are we living in where this is a reasonable opinion by a major newspaper?
Betsy
I can’t say for sure that it was better, but I made portobello mushrooms, marinated in balsamic vinegar, garlic, and onions, and served with caramelized onions and lettuce on fresh bread for dinner, along with a nice Sangiovese. That was pretty great.
JK
@Mark S.:
CNN Headline News is mostly garbage, especially in primetime, but for God’s sake don’t watch Fox News Channel. It’s the worst channel on cable and Fox News is the most dishonest news organization in America.
Steeplejack
@General Winfield Stuck:
Dude, at one point today I thought you were spoofing yourself.
anonevent
I like WH13. I find it interest how much the show is really focused on the characters, though that sometime makes the gadgets almost an afterthought. But it does keep the silly gimmicks under control.
anonevent
interesting, not interest.
Seth 4:10
@smiley:
Now I have nothing against the concept of pregnancy, and this is going to sound really bad, but her getting in that state is really selfish. There is an entire production staff that hinges on a handful of actors keeping themselves available to work. If the cast was smaller, or if it was Parker, this show would be doomed, and dozens of people would be out of work.
Big Ben ruined an entire Steelers season with his motorcycle accident.
Yancy Butler wrecked Witchblade with her behavior.
chuck
Malkin named her book “Culture of Corruption”?
Really? Isn’t that kind of like the schoolyard retort “nuh-UH, YOU are!”
Oh wait, forgot who I was talking about.
That’s okay, wingnuts can write their books, we’ll be over here writing laws. With numbers in them.
bedtimeforbonzo
Anybody else put mayo on their tomatoes? I do the balsamic vinegar and oil, too, but sometimes mayo is just as good.
I drink more iced tea than anyone I have ever known. Arizona Sweet Tea is the best, although the vast quanities I drink worries my wife.
My vote for the most beautiful woman on TV: January Jones, who plays Betty Draper on Mad Men.
General Winfield Stuck
@Steeplejack:
I got counter snarked and lost me mojo.
War is Hell.
JK
@bedtimeforbonzo:
My vote for the most beautiful woman on TV: January Jones, who plays Betty Draper on Mad Men.
She’s beautiful, but what about Andrea Roth on Rescue Me, Jennifer Morrison on House, and Mary Louise Parker on Weeds?
arguingwithsignposts
@trizzlor:
That “ticking time bomb” excuse is the ultimate fallback for these subhumanoids.
smiley
@bedtimeforbonzo:
SiubhanDuinne
Lily would never have let herself relax like that two or three months ago. What a cuteheart she is! (But what happened to that weird quilted Steelers diaper thing she had around her neck the other day?)
I love fresh tomatoes, but my nearly-as-favourite way to fix them is halved (or really thick slices) with either grated parmesan or romano or some kind of hard cheese, or else bread crumbs (seasoned if you like, or just S&P) with a little oil or butter. Under the broiler until nicely brown. I just remembered I often grate some fresh nutmeg on them.
One of those, and a few avocado slices, and a nice gless wine, and I am a happy person.
Travis
@JK: I hadn’t been over to that site in a while. Among other things, they’re obsessed with hating Michelle Obama. It was both remarkable and stupid.
freelancer
@JK:
Beth Riesgraf (Parker on Leverage)
Evangeline Lily
Maggie Lawson (Detective O’Hara on Psych)
Anna Paquin
kid bitzer
damn, that is one lovable dog. great pic.
freelancer
@Rey:
NASA has a Larry King Interview Simulator to steel themselves against the gut-churningly stupid inanity:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/nasa_simulator_prepares
Anne Laurie
@Ty Lookwell:
I got the Black Prince seeds from Gourmet Seed when I couldn’t find plants. I got an excellent germination rate even though the extent of my care was dumping the packet out in a planter partially shaded by the established plants, so that’s a pretty good stress-test referral, I’d say.
My Black Pear plants came from Tasteful Garden. Wasn’t sure how well Alabama-grown plants would do here in New England, but the several varieties I ordered have done pretty well, and I’m planning to go back there next spring for more Black Pears!
P.S. Thanks, I’ve added Gary Ibsen to my gardening-favorites list.
Anne Laurie
@JackieBinAZ: Congratulations! I’m sure you’ll be sharing some fascinating stories with us over the coming months & years…
Keep in mind that the Wingnut Welfare Wurlitzer bulk-buys the vast majority of these books — they’ve made a science of timing their purchases from the NYT-reporting bookstores in order to boost their favored authors. The resulting pallets of warehoused book-shaped objects will appear as “Join our club, get Malkin’s latest FREE!” ads at the top of BJ in a few months, as soon as they’ve sold down the oversupply of Ann Coulter BSOs.
There are, of course, voluntary buyers as well, but most of them will no more read their new acquisitions than the people named on the cover did. “Best selling” conservative books seem to be bought for the same reason that the pious Catholic ladies of my working-class childhood bought plaster statues of the Virgin, 3-D Sacred Heart pictures, and theme-of-the-month rosary beads — as a form of religious icon meant to reinforce the group membership of the buyer.
OriGuy
The Illinois GOP were having a meeting, but they didn’t have a flag to pledge to, so they pledged allegiance to a guy’s shirt.
Anne Laurie
@Corner Stone: You can do italics with the i-inside-angle-brackets, but you have to spell out “strike” and “blockquote” if you want them to work correctly in the current incarnation. (As I discovered through trial and much error.)
smiley
@freelancer: Those are all beautiful women. Unfortunately for me I spent my youth chasing this:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=blonde+hippie+&aq=&aqi=&aq=&aqi=&aq=&aqi=&aq=f&aqi=g1&fp=c9fe100d9e542c1e
until I realized that l prefer dark-haired women of the wise Latina persuasion.
Anne Laurie
@Corner Stone:
Well, I’ve actually eaten corned-beef-and-cabbage spring rolls (ah, New England) and they’re tastier than you’d think. Maybe tomato slices and bacon wrapped in lettuce leaves and lightly steamed? With either garlic mayo or a balsamic-and-olive oil dipping sauce on the side?
JK
@Travis:
Once upon time, Larry Johnson was sane. Sadly, he’s devolved into a deranged, warped, frustrated individual.
@freelancer: The only actress from your list whom I have actually seen is Anna Paquin. I find her attractive but not beautiful.
@Anne Laurie:
I love the phrase “Wingnut Welfare Wurlitzer”. It’s priceless. I hope you’re right and that the NYT bestseller list doesn’t tell the whole story. I do think it’s tragic that malevolent fiends like Michelle Malkin and Mark Levin are rolling in money. In a perfect world, these cretins would be laughed out of the media and laughed out of our national consciousness.
Corner Stone
@Anne Laurie: I have tried everything yo. There is just no stopping the vicious rapine of my tender nether spots by this damn blog.
Anne Laurie
@trizzlor:
If it makes you feel any better, tonight Katie Couric interviewed an expert (too lazy to look up his name) who told her that, yes, “threats of death or severe harm” were flatly forbidden by the Geneva Convention, and he “knew of no other civilized country” that would admit to taking such actions even against suspected terrorists. So, the Conventional Wisdom may say that such threats aren’t really so bad, or that other countries just won’t admit what they’ve been up to, but it’s not a universal we-never-an-besides-you-can’t-prove-it defense.
Corner Stone
@Anne Laurie: I gave in. Spring rolls, chicken fried rice and a broiled beef bun from the Pho.
Tomorrow the BLT is frickin on!
John Cole
@Corner Stone: Patience. My blogmistress had other websites ahead of us and will get to us shortly. I swear.
Anne Laurie
@bedtimeforbonzo:
I was never a big mayonnaise enthusiast till I ran into the garlic mayo at Ruby Tuesday’s, which is insanely good on fries. Now, yeah, mix the white stuff with a scoop of minced garlic, or squeeze a couple roasted cloves in, and that’s TASTY! on the tomatoes, especially if I’m using rye bread or a “hearty” sourdough to sop up the juices.
josefina
@Anne Laurie: Those are great sources, Anne Laurie–thanks muchly!
In case you haven’t found them: Baker’s Creek Seeds is a fantastic resource. Almost twenty pages of tomato varieties! Sorted by color! Plus tons of unusual and rare veggies from all over the world.
I’m sadly bereft of ‘maters this year. Nothing from my community garden patch because of the long wet spring and the truncated summer. Very little from my CSA — but those few are treasured. Usually by this time of year I have so many tomatoes I have to resort to salsa and sauces and caponata just to keep up. This year, each lovely fruit has been consumed in only one way, the second-best way I know:
Make a vinaigrette with good olive oil and mellow vinegar and crushed garlic and fresh basil leaves, sliced into ribbons like you’d used scissors. (In fact, I have used scissors.) Slice & quarter tomatoes and throw in a bowl. Add an equivalent amount of similar-sized chunks of fresh mozzarella. (Ideally, it’s always buffalo mozzarella. Ideally, it’s always an August late-afternoon just at that sweet break of heat.) Dump in the dressing, stir, and then let sit on the counter as long as you can stand it. While you’re waiting, slice up some crusty bread to sop up the juice. Eat out on the deck, with the bowl in your lap and something cool and crispy (a good sancerre-ish white or an IPA) in a glass, while you scritch the dog’s belly with one foot. Or eat right in front of the window unit, cranked up with the vents set so they blow your hair off your face. The exact venue is less important than: bowl in lap, glass of cool and crispy, dog-belly scritching via the feets.
The first-best way to eat tomatoes is, always, standing barefoot in the hot tilled dirt next to the plant with a salt-shaker in your hand.
freelancer
@JK:
Can we add “puke funnel” to that, and make it twice as priceless?
in canaduh
Ice sandwiches with tomato tea
trizzlor
@Anne Laurie: Yeah, sometimes my hobby of watching/reading only conservative media warps my world-view a bit; but I’m still shocked that the WSJ so glibly joked that the threat of death might go against some statue somewhere while complete ignoring the very concise US legal definition of torture which states just that.
Maybe I’m naive, but an outright admission that the DOJ should simply ignore mass law-breaking that they sympathize with is still leaving me dumbstruck.
Ash Can
Ooh, who’saLilyboo? :::huggies’n’snorgles:::
::ahem::
Yeah, what’re you lookin’ at, you assholes?
Anyhoo, @JK: Shorter GOP senators: “Oh shit, they’re on to us! Head for the hills!”
And I guess they’re right — there seems to be another small imbroglio the grown-ups are looking into while Atty. Genl. Holder is carrying out his latest marching orders. Whoops.
@Anne Laurie: “Well, I’ve actually eaten corned-beef-and-cabbage spring rolls”
So have I, at a local Irish joint. They’re not half bad, but I prefer the fresh veggie ingredients of the original version.
And speaking of veggies, the beauty of fresh tomatoes is that, even though they have a wonderful, distinctive flavor, they lend themselves exceptionally well to other flavors and textures. They can be combined with other foods and condiments in so many wonderful ways.
(Sheesh, good thing I’ve already eaten supper.)
General Winfield Stuck
Little Libby watching teevee.
John T
At first, I thought this article in the American Spectator was satire, about Obama’s plan to “convert Sept. 11 into a day of leftist celebration and statist idolatry.”
Obama’s Plan to Desecrate 9/11
But the website’s commentariat seems to think it’s for real.
bago
Cable tv is for rubes. Hulu is the new tv. If I can’t hili it, I netflix it. If the owners are too anal I will bittorrent it. I only watch msnbc as podcasts while working out.
Soon the only people not watching tv on demand will be teh olds yammering at BillO and the damned kids on their lawn.
Of Bugs and Books
@Stooleo:
Good on you! More detailed info on solarization here:
http://solar.uckac.edu/new_page1.htm
Miscellany – Enough solarization would cover many bases, but if disease id. becomes necessary (e.g., actually abiotic disease), then id. as soon as possible. Original disease symptoms can later be confused with decomposer microbes feeding on dead material, multiple diseases, etc.
For a homeowner in a hurry / a cool climate / with heavy soil, etc., and a small plot, and who has a water heater that needs flushing, you could use that water when soaking the soil to speed things up a bit. A little bit.
Seanly
I’m waiting for WH13 to step it up a little, but a new show needs time for the better themes to come out. I do like it better than Eureka – never got into that. Find myself waiting for Sanctuary as I thought it was just hitting it’s stride when the season ended.
Actually, my wife & I have been making an in-home date of watching Star Trek TNG on Mondays. A little kitschy, but I’m appreciating Picard as a good leader a bit more.
Zuzu's Petals
Fried egg and fresh garden tomato sandwich for breakfast. Using real bread, of course.
I only get this when I visit my friends for the weekend. They have a quality lifestyle.
Zuzu's Petals
@John T:
I guess they don’t realize the concept of a national day of service on that day was started right after 9/11 by 9/11 families, first responders, and recovery workers. They were among the biggest advocates of the legislation.
bedtimeforbonzo
smiley: I am from Newark, Delaware, which we consider to be Northeast — only a half hour from Philadelphia.
Am I the only person who loves tomatoes so long as they are not baked in the oven? Also, I hate tomato soup. Seems strange.
Anne: That garlic mayo sounds very good.
freelancer: I forgot about Evangeline Lily. But I can’t keep my eyes off January Jones when I watch Mad Men — she is a Grace Kelly type.
When I got home from work last night, my 10-year-old son was watching the Disney remake of “Race to Witch Mountain,” which he really liked. I thought it was terrible, but at least Carla Gugina was on the screen — I’ve always thought she is an under-the-radar hottie.
jack neoff
I certainly hope there was bacon involved