Going into a food coma, myself. Picked up some beautiful poblanos and chorizo sausage yesterday, and dad cooked up some stuffed poblanos, chorizo corn tamales, and a black bean dish. Dessert was rhubarb with a wholewheat crust.
Simple dialectics
Who knows if he was really acting or not, but Dennis Hopper’s performance in Apocalypse Now is one of my very favorite performances in film. I hear so many things these days that remind me of this nonsense about how you can’t land on a fraction.
RIP, Dennis Hopper
Early Morning Open Thread: Blockbuster Season
Haven’t seen anything about this summer’s upcoming movies that would tempt me to spend $25 and an evening. Not even much, beyond a couple of documentaries, that I’d bother adding to my Netflix queue. Lindy West’s review of “Burkas and Birkins” made me laugh, though:
… SATC2 takes everything that I hold dear as a woman and as a human—working hard, contributing to society, not being an entitled c#nt like it’s my job—and rapes it to death with a stiletto that costs more than my car. It is 146 minutes long, which means that I entered the theater in the bloom of youth and emerged with a family of field mice living in my long, white mustache. This is an entirely inappropriate length for what is essentially a home video of gay men playing with giant Barbie dolls…
(Many more laughs when you read the whole thing. Just not out loud in front of your boss, or small children.)
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Thank the trickster gods for the infinite blessings of the interwebs. If I want to watch cartoon antics and antisocial subhumans blowing stuff up, there’s the political news. And for romance, soap opera, and classical tragedy, there’s YouTube…
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(from the YT comments: “kwaheri= goodbye. The song is about this girl who caught her bf cheating and is like breaking up with him, but the guy is trying to deny it whilst trying to win her back.”)
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Open Thread
I was driving to the fruit stand today and some redneck (with obligatory mullet!) in a beater of a pick-em-up truck passed me, and he had a bumper sticker that said “Horn broken- watch for finger.” Even though I know it was tacky, I laughed pretty hard because it just fit the whole truck perfectly.
It has been hot as hell here, and we need rain.
*** Update ***
Also, Lime daquiri.
Early Morning Open Thread: Dirt Talk
February must’ve been more brutal than I remember, or else I was permanently scarred by last summer’s rain-intensive Year of Almost No Sunlight, because somehow I ended up with 42 different tomato varieties, mostly single plants, mostly mail-order. (And, yes, I understand that completely violates the whole virtuous green locavore ethos of growing one’s own, but there you have it.) This year’s repeaters: Black Prince, Cherokee Purple, Isis Candy, Jellybean, Juliet, Oxheart, Pineapple, Rose de Berne, Roma, Sugary, and Sun Gold. Couldn’t find a Garden Peach or Black Pear, but otherwise I’m pleased and hopeful, now that all the transplants have been crammed into what passes for the “sunny spots” in our tiny New England fiefdom.
On the other hand, the boutique seed potatoes I planted early last week aren’t sprouting, but the ones waiting in the kitchen are.
Product review: The Bionic gardening gloves have been worth every penny. Tough enough for the heavy work, but thin enough that I didn’t end up taking them off while potting out tiny transplants. This is the first year I’ve been able to rake winter mulch, dig planting holes, clean out pots, transplant seedlings, and prune the blood-thirsty mini-roses without my hands ending up looking like I’d lost an argument with a large bobcat or a very small bear. But even though they’re supposed to fit tightly, they run small — I actually bought mine at a local garden show, and had to move up from a men’s medium to a large to be comfortable.
Everything in the garden is running a couple of weeks ahead of schedule this year, thanks to an unusually warm & rainy February/March/April. The Zepherine Drouhan (pink) roses and Rozanne (pale purple) geraniums have been glorious for the last couple of weeks, and now the Don Juan (dark red) roses are starting to open. The Siberian and dwarf irises are over, but the daylilies are just starting to bud. After almost 20 years of poor choices, missteps, and failures, I’m finally starting to see results approximating the pretty pictures of my snow-bound phantasies…
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So… how’s your garden plan going?
Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu Edition
Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly:
Tonight’s menu is really in anticipation of fresh summer produce. We are not quite there yet, but you shouldn’t have any trouble finding the ingredients. While I lived in suburbia, there was a great farm stand a mile or so from my house. I passed it coming and going from work and errands. It was perfect for when I wanted something fresh for dinner that night. Farmers’ Markets are great, but nothing beats a farm stand you can shop at any day. I had in the back of my mind that since I moved, I needed to scout out a new one, but hadn’t given it a lot of thought or effort. And then came the lost wallet.
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One of the guys I work with found a wallet, stuffed with cash, cards…you know basically someone’s entire financial life. A bit of investigation and he tracked her down. Come to find out she lives a few miles from me, so I was the logical person to return the wallet. I knew from the address it was going to be a beautiful location, and it was, farmland on the river with a breathtaking mountain view. Very nice family and even better, they operate a farm stand with organic produce. Kismet. You never know how you’ll find what you’re looking for.
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And I must give a shout out to our wallet owner. Very kind, very appreciative, she handed me a wad of cash to give to my guy and then handed me a grocery card. I tried to refuse, because I really believed we were just doing the right thing. But she was a feisty 95lb woman in her 80’s that would brook no refusal and while I could have probably arm-wrestled her to the ground, it didn’t seem appropriate. I think I’m going to enjoy shopping their farm stand this summer.
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1. Creamy Chicken & Pasta
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2. Fresh Garden Medley
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3. Sliced Melon
Recipes and shopping list, as ever, at the link.
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