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What's For Dinner? 15.12: Rouladen
Rouladen, or rinderrouladen, is a German comfort food consisting of thin strips of usually beef, rolled with mustard, bacon, onion, and pickle stewed in a rich gravy. I know, it sounds so good. I used...
View ArticleLincoln Project: "Smart"
Lincoln Project is just everywhere this morning. No words are necessary for this one:xYouTube Video
View ArticleNew Lincoln Project: "Focus Group"
Welp, the Lincoln Project is at it again. Remember that Focus Group that Luntz had after the debate? xYouTube VideoNow I do take exception of that one voter who called the occupant a “crackhead”....
View ArticleTop Comments: Doing Your Duty Edition
So…Early voting started in Indiana this week—on Tuesday the 5th. Right after school, I headed over to the courthouse and did my duty. Small line, but a steady trickle of people that kept the line at...
View ArticleCovey Spreader don't care.
What happens when you take the Lincoln Project, and “Randall” (Honey badger don’t care) and make a video? Two and a half minutes of pure trollery, that’s whatxYouTube VideoNow for those of you that...
View ArticleStop It Already
Fellow humans and other travelers. Breathe. Breathe again. We do not need doom and gloom reporting from every little tic that you see. It will be far from a straight line to tonight, and there will be...
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What's For Dinner? v15.21: Sauce Genovese
Genovese sauce. A rather “unknown” pasta sauce, created before tomatoes arrived in Italy. It’s essentially a sauce of meat and onion—and little else. Most of the recipes I researched followed the same...
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Top Comments: One Year Later
One year ago, on March 12, I received word that the choir I sing in was cancelling its concert that weekend. We were in a team up with a local orchestra, and the orchestra had not yet cancelled, so...
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Top Comments: What is a "diet"?
Merriam-Webster defines “diet” as follows:1a: food and drink regularly provided or consumed-a diet of fruits and vegetables-a vegetarian dietb: habitual nourishment-links between diet and diseasec: the...
View ArticlePresident Biden did something today that the US hasn't done in over 100 years
President Biden continues to make History. In a speech today, he officially recognized the Armenian Genocide of 1915, much to the anger of fellow NATO partner Turkey. From Politico:President Joe Biden...
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What's For Diner? 15.44 Bigos (Image heavy)
Bigos is a Polish dish usually translated as “Hunter’s Stew". It’s made by stewing various meats with sauerkraut and fresh cabbage. There are many variations, as each family makes it differently. This...
View ArticleTop Comments: Teacher Appreciation Week?
So it’s Teacher Appreciation Week this week. Of course, it’s also Nurses Appreciation Week as well. Can you tell where this is going? This is the week where we “appreciate” teachers for doing what we...
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What's For Dinner? 15.46 Peposo--The dish that built the Duomo
This imposing edifice in the cover picture is the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Notice the giant dome, commonly known as Il Duomo, or “The Dome”. When you say “Il Duomo”, that is...
View ArticleLiberal Redneck on why to abolish the filibuster
Trae Crowder, AKA the Liberal Redneck, responded to Sen. Sinema’s editorial about the filibuster where she put forth the “but what about when Republicans get power back” argument. He did so...
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What's For Dinner? 16.02 Beef Tips
Let’s talk about tips. Beef tips, to be exact. Nowadays, when people think of beef tips, they think of sirloin tip. But that wasn’t always the case. Beef tips refer to the extra bits of meat that were...
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Top Comments: Eugene Williams Edition
Today is the 102nd anniversary of the murder of Eugene Williams. What happened after would be part of the Red Summer of 1919.But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments...
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Top Comments: First Week of School Edition
Last week began the 2021-2022 school year for me. Two teacher work days, then the first three days of school. So first: Our COVID protocols. I teach in Indiana, but in the Northwest corner—essentially...
View ArticleMy first school shooting
It’s Friday afternoon, and I do not have a class for the last period of the day. I decided to sneak out a bit early and to get a quick errand done before a virtual department meeting. I live 3 minutes...
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Top Comments: Aftermath. One Week After A School Shooting
So, as many of you know, last Friday a thing happened at my school. Now the question becomes, What Happens Next?First, the shooter has been arrested. He was a former student. The students who joined...
View ArticleJason Miller detained in Brazil for Undemocratic Activities
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and all the rest are serious about killing democracy all over the world. The latest is in Brazil, where a Jan 6 style coup is planned for today. As you saw last night,...
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