Archive for April, 2008

• This Is Just to Say

  This past Sunday “This American Life” on NPR stations aired an episode called "Mistakes Were Made."  The show was all about people who apologize without really apologizing.  A short segment at the end of the broadcast featured William Carlos Williams’ poem “This is Just to Say,” which reads:
  This Is Just To Say
  I have eaten [...]

  April 30th, 2008

• Dinner Tonight at the Jannotti and Humes Home

  Tonight was my night to prepare dinner, so I made the following:
  Long Grain and Wild Rice Sesame Kale Greens with Garlic Chicken with a Champagne Mushroom Sauce ( which included Baby Bella mushrooms, garlic. shallots, onion and paprika
  Here is a picture:

  For desert, we had Aunt Naomi’s Fudge cake (a [...]

  April 30th, 2008

• I Have Nothing to Add to This . . .

  In a brief article by Seanna Adcox, an Associated Press Writer, published today, we read:
  FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - Federal authorities say a South Carolina teen accused of plotting to blow up his high school told police that he wanted to die, go to heaven and kill Jesus. A dark portrait of Ryan Schallenberger emerged Tuesday [...]

  April 29th, 2008

• It Gets Me Every Time!!!

  I was just flipping through the channels earlier and happened upon a movie that reduces me to a bawling baby every time I watch it.  Yes, it’s a "guy" film (as opposed to those ubiquitous "chick" flicks), and my readers can probably guess what it is after reading one or two of the quotes below.
  "This [...]

  April 23rd, 2008

• People Are Stupid, Part 1

  In a recent Pew poll, it was discovered that 10% of American voters believe Barack Obama is Muslim.  And sadly, this idea persists across party lines.  Fourteen percent of Republicans, 10 percent of Democrats and 8 percent of independents think Obama is Muslim, while just over half of each group correctly identified him as Christian, [...]

  April 23rd, 2008