I have a new post reviewing a season two premier of The Incredible Hulk. You can read it here:
Please check it out and tell me what you think.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Movie Reviews
http://ghostwheelkeepsitsimple.blogspot.com/
I have a lot of movies and shows in mind to review. So much that I think it requires a self contained blog. I'll be submitting one soon but visit to see my first post.
J
I have a lot of movies and shows in mind to review. So much that I think it requires a self contained blog. I'll be submitting one soon but visit to see my first post.
J
Monday, July 5, 2010
Hotdogs and Hamburgers
From Hot Word
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, people commonly believed that the thin sausages contained dog meat. This particularly gruesome coinage started on American college campuses in the late 19th century, according to hot-dog historian Bruce Kraig.
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council suggests the phrase, in part, might have slightly more innocent inspiration. In the mid-19th century, German immigrant butchers in the United States began selling variations of sausages, some of which were thin and long, like the dog breed dachshund. They called these dachshund sausages. Over time, the phrase may have been bastardized into “hot dog.”
Two other words for hot dogs — frankfurters and wieners — raise an unsettled debate about where the food originated. The former is named for Frankfurt, Germany; the latter, for Vienna, Austria (wiener is the German adjective that means “of Vienna). Even the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says this argument is too hard to pin down.
And in case, you’re wondering: Non-kosher hot dogs do not contain dog. They have pork in them, whereas kosher hot dogs have no pork and are likely to contain beef, chicken, or turkey. No dog meat there, either.
The word “hamburger” also owes its origins to a German city — in this case, Hamburg. Food historians believe that around the same time sausage-makers were refining their meat products, cooks in Hamburg served up a cooked version of steak tartare. For awhile, the dish was known in English as “hamburger steak.”
If you’re a vegetarian, fear not. We have a word to barbecue for you, too. Throw a tofu burger on the grill and keep this is mind: “tofu” comes from Chinese, by way of Japanese, meaning “rotten bean.”
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, people commonly believed that the thin sausages contained dog meat. This particularly gruesome coinage started on American college campuses in the late 19th century, according to hot-dog historian Bruce Kraig.
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council suggests the phrase, in part, might have slightly more innocent inspiration. In the mid-19th century, German immigrant butchers in the United States began selling variations of sausages, some of which were thin and long, like the dog breed dachshund. They called these dachshund sausages. Over time, the phrase may have been bastardized into “hot dog.”
Two other words for hot dogs — frankfurters and wieners — raise an unsettled debate about where the food originated. The former is named for Frankfurt, Germany; the latter, for Vienna, Austria (wiener is the German adjective that means “of Vienna). Even the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says this argument is too hard to pin down.
And in case, you’re wondering: Non-kosher hot dogs do not contain dog. They have pork in them, whereas kosher hot dogs have no pork and are likely to contain beef, chicken, or turkey. No dog meat there, either.
The word “hamburger” also owes its origins to a German city — in this case, Hamburg. Food historians believe that around the same time sausage-makers were refining their meat products, cooks in Hamburg served up a cooked version of steak tartare. For awhile, the dish was known in English as “hamburger steak.”
If you’re a vegetarian, fear not. We have a word to barbecue for you, too. Throw a tofu burger on the grill and keep this is mind: “tofu” comes from Chinese, by way of Japanese, meaning “rotten bean.”
Sunday, June 27, 2010
The Force Is Strong With This One
When James Dean introduced himself to Alec Guinness outside a restaurant, he asked him to take a look at the Porsche 550 Spyder. Guinness thought the car appeared 'sinister' and told Dean: 'If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.' This encounter took place on September 23, 1955, seven days before Dean's death.
Guinness, Alec. Blessings in Disguise [Random House, 1985, ISBN 0-394-55237-7], ch. 4 (pp. 34-35)
Friday, June 25, 2010
T-9 Series Terminator Cat
*A Yahoo reader reported that the first bionic cat was George Bailey in 2006 in North Carolina at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. That is correct. See article here.LONDON (AFP) – A cat which lost both back paws after a traumatic accident involving a combine harvesterhas regained a spring in its step after being fitted with prosthetic limbs.
In a groundbreaking surgery carried out by Noel Fitzpatrick, a Surrey-based veterinary surgeon, the custom-made implants "peg" the ankle to Oscar's foot and mimic the way in which deer antler bone grows throughskin.
The prosthetic legs, called intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthetics (Itaps) were developed by a team from University College London, led by Professor Gordon Blunn.
"The real revolution with Oscar is [that] we have put a piece of metal and a flange into which skin grows into an extremely tight bone," Fitzpatrick said of the operation which took place last November.
"We have managed to get the bone and skin to grow into the implant and we have developed an 'exoprosthesis' that allows this implant to work as a see-saw on the bottom of an animal's limbs to give him effectively normal gait," he added.
The veterinary surgical team took three hours to insert the pegs by drilling into one of the cat's ankle bones in each of the back legs.
The Itap technology has already been used to create a prosthetic for a woman who lost her arm in the July 2005 London bombings.
Oscar's recovery will feature as part of a six-part BBC One documentary series, The Bionic Vet, starting later this month.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Rolling Stone Article on General
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/119236?RS_show_page=0
I just read the Rolling Stone article. I have no idea why the General McChrystal would have agreed to something so stupid as a Rolling Stone article. He must have left his political sense at home if he ever had any. I find it hard to believe that the general and his aides thought it would be a good idea to be themselves in the midst of a journalist. If they're that stupid perhaps its a good idea that the general is reassigned.
Sill, I found no good reason for McChrystal to offer his resignation. As of today, he did offer Obama his resignation. Articles were not clear if that meant just to be reassigned or is out of the Army.
The author, Michael Hastings, must have been a typical one. Appearing all likable while interviewing you then craps out what appears to be hate piece at first. Do all journalists work like this? See my upcoming post on Maya, the pop star.
In Hastings own words:
" to keep up the fiction, in essence, that we actually have allies"
"The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs." **As if patriots were a bad thing**
"This is one of the central flaws with McChrystal's counterinsurgency strategy" **Now he's an expert in military strategy**
"took solace in baseball, a sport in which he made no pretense of hiding his superiority" **Why would anyone hide how good they are in a sport?**
**Describing WestPoint,** "was a potent mix of testosterone, hooliganism and reactionary patriotism."
But at least Hastings wasn't completely one sided:
"Despite the tragedies and miscues, McChrystal has issued some of the strictest directives to avoid civilian casualties that the U.S. military has ever encountered in a war zone."
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