Lasagne Princess!

Posted by on Sep 14, 2008 in dish | 3 comments Today, the music department at church sponsored its first annual Lasagne Throwdown. I entered a couple of pans, and lo and behold, I won a prize! I am now the proud holder of the “Take Two Servings and Call Me in the Morning” ribbon for Healthiest Lasagne. Once you read this recipe, you won’t find it particularly healthy. Any sauce that begins with the directions “melt...
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Lightfingers

Posted by on Sep 13, 2008 in dish | 1 comment One thing owning a convertible teaches you is to put things away. Lock them in the trunk, take them with you, whatever, but put ’em away. Especially if you park with the roof down.I’m pretty good about putting things up when I leave the top down. But there are some things I just don’t worry about, like my parking tag, the flower in my vase (Inga is a Beetle, after all), and my...
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Where’s the Moose?

Posted by on Sep 9, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Back in the eighties, Wendy’s released a classic TV commercial. Octogenarian Clara Peller captivated the nation by demanding to know just one little thing about a Wendy’s competitor’s burger: “Where’s the beef?”Sarah-mania (Palin, that is) is now captivating the nation. Palin is, so the reports go, a maverick executive. She takes on corruption and wins. Her...
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Musings: On Writing

Posted by on Sep 8, 2008 in dish | 3 comments I heart Stephen King. I read the daylights out of Stephen King years ago, stopping when the books resembled (and weighed as much as) concrete blocks. But after reading, and re-reading, his wonderful portmanteau of a writer’s manual and memoir, I’ll probably have to revisit the “K” shelf at the library soon.King’s memoir is by turns hilarious, heartfelt, and as...
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Time for Some Campaignin’!

Posted by on Sep 5, 2008 in dish | 0 comments I love the folks at JibJab. They really can stick it to the man. In this case, they’re stickin’ it to two men, a couple of women, and a whole bunch of Washington types. Brilliant!Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!
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Clearly, He’s Never Been in a Real School

Posted by on Sep 4, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Several years ago, the spineless weenies at The Orlando Sentinel decided that Doonesbury was way too political for the comics page, and they shifted it to the editorial section instead. A couple of years ago, a new crop of spineless weenies decided that they were being unfair to the meat-eating red staters ’round these parts and went a-huntin’ for a “conservative” comic...
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