Miles Archer
Miles Archer's JournalAh, MONDAY MORNING. A hot cuppa Joe and my dog-eared copy of "Die grosse Mammuthöhle."
GUITAR FACE! Name a lick that guitarists should NEVER BE ALLOWED to play in guitar stores.
Stairway to Heaven? Smoke on the Water? What lick should shoppers NOT be allowed to play when trying out the gear?
CHOWDAH! SAY IT! (Bon Appetit's recipe for John F. Kennedy's New England Fish Chowder)
http://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/jfk-fish-chowder-recipe?mbid=recipes__20131122_14826504
Caribou Barbie equates "Nuclear Option" with dissing the memory of JFK. Oh, you betcha she did.
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May this day honor the late President John F. Kennedy. In his honor, and to protect our republic, Americans implore today's elected leaders to exercise virtuous truth and integrity in office.
Shockingly to some, the White House and Senate Democrats, desperate for a winning political talking point before Congress’s Thanksgiving vacation, just did the opposite. Liberals just changed 230 years of enduring Senate rules by enacting the “Nuclear Option” that will now let just 51 votes approve the President’s nominees, and thus prevent dissenting Senators from filibustering controversial appointees who’ll be charged with decision making that affects our lives.
This is significant as further proof that our government is so broken. When politicians can’t get anything to work, they change rules and hope we’ll just get distracted. The hugely divisive, dysfunctional “Nuclear Option” sets a terrible precedent. Mark Levin appropriately calls it “the latest act of leftist tyranny.” It’s also leftist hypocrisy. Back under Republican control of the Senate, Democrats blocked President Bush’s judicial appointees. You should have heard Harry Reid and then-Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden freak out in railing against the “danger... arrogance... poison” of the Republican majority even considering enacting such a rule change. To ensure cooperation and unity in balancing power for We the People, Republicans wisely did not change the rules.
But that was then. Now this makes for a nice Thanksgiving distraction for the left, but Americans are awake today – we’re not easily distracted with turkeys like this.
A while later, he says, "If I can touch you, I can kill you."
Charlie sighs and takes a seat, seeming lost and befuddled. But then, before I know it, he's reached out and bounced one of his fingers off the tip of my nose, fast as a frog's tongue, dart and recoil.
He leans forward. I can feel his breath in my ear.
"I've touched everybody on the nose, man," he says, quietly. "There ain't nobody I can't touch on the nose." He tilts to one side and says, "I know what you're thinking. Just relax." A while later, he says, "If I can touch you, I can kill you."
He puts his hand on my arm and starts rubbing it. An hour after that, we're talking about sex at the ranch in the old days, what it was like, all those girls hanging around, a few guys, too, the group-sex scene. "It was all this," he says, putting his hand on my arm again, sliding it up into the crook of my elbow and down. "That's what it was like. We all went with that. There's no saying no. If I slide up, you've got to go with the flow. You were with anyone anyone wants." I nod, because for a moment, with his hand on my skin, sliding up, I can see how it was. It feels OK. It feels unexpectedly good to go with the flow, even if it is Charlie Manson's flow and even if, since he's touching me, he can kill me, which is probably how it was way back when, too.
For my fellow foodies: Bon Appetit's "Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon Sesame Brittle"
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/twice-baked-sweet-potatoes-with-bacon-sesame-brittle
INGREDIENTS
4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch-wide pieces
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
6 medium sweet potatoes (6–8 ounces each)
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tablespoons white miso (fermented soybean paste)
1 2/3-inch piece ginger, peeled, finely grated (about 2 teaspoons)
2 1-inch pieces scallion (dark-green parts only), thinly sliced lengthwise
Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
Cook bacon in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat until most of the fat is rendered and bacon is starting to crisp. Transfer bacon to a sieve set over a small bowl; reserve drippings.
Return bacon, 1 Tbsp. drippings, sugar, and sesame seeds to same skillet. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sugar turns the color of milk chocolate, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to prepared baking sheet and use a spatula to spread out evenly; let cool. Break brittle into shards. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 400°. Place sweet potatoes on a foil-lined baking sheet. Roast until tender, 45–55 minutes. Let sit until cool enough to handle.
Slice potatoes in half lengthwise. Working over a large bowl, scoop out flesh from 8 halves, leaving a 1/2-inch-thick layer inside skins. Place potato halves on same foil-lined baking sheet. Scoop flesh from remaining 4 halves; discard skins. Mash flesh with a whisk; add eggs, butter, miso, and ginger and stir until mixture is smooth. Spoon or pipe filling into reserved skins. DO AHEAD: Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill.
Bake potatoes until the tops are lightly puffed and golden brown, 30–35 minutes (potatoes will take longer if they've been chilled). Top potatoes with bacon-sesame brittle and scallions.
A word of caution for folks who think they can order food in a restaurant and leave without paying
My ex did this recently, and she did it in one of my clients' restaurants. The article below explains why ordering food and leaving without paying for it...even if it is not consumed...is considered theft.
In the case of a lost or stolen credit card, the bank, in protecting the rightful owner of the account, will not pay the merchant. If the merchant is paid, the bank will eventually reverse the charges. In either case, the restaurant owner loses out on his rightful income.
Ordering food in a restaurant and then leaving without paying is still theft, even if the food isn’t consumed. Once ordered and brought to a patron’s table the food cannot be served to someone else, and must be thrown out.
Pranksters and practical jokers will often order food for takeout and then not show up to claim their orders. They might also order meals by phone or computer for delivery to an unsuspecting third party. This, too, is stealing, and if caught the perpetrators can and will be prosecuted.
http://www.restaurants.com/blog/can-a-restaurant-detain-you/
Want to know what real friendship looks like? It looks like this.
I was on the phone with my friend in Texas this morning. Some of you may have seen some of my other recent posts...there is a 95% chance that I will be leaving Nevada on or around December 3rd while I head to her place, crash on her sofa at her kind invitation, and explore business opportunities in Texas. No offense to anyone living in Nevada, but Nevada sucks...at least the town I'm living in. After 14 months, I want to stand in the hottest shower my body can stand and wash this frigging town off of me for good. The ignorance, the dirt, the "Republican family values"...I know Texas isn't blue but believe it or not it is a step up on the evolutionary ladder from where I'm typing these words, and I can't afford to go back to Silicon Valley (if I could, I'd seriously consider it). The ignorance cuts deepest of all. I cannot even tell you how mind-numbingly ignorant this town is...and the locals fuel it with trainloads of alcohol and meth. A popular local saying is "There are three things to do in this town...drink, take drugs, or f*ck."
I told her "I am a little concerned about making a 1250+ mile trip in a car that is long overdue for service. If I break down, I'll have go leave the car where it is and go wash dishes until I come up with the money to fix it."
Without missing a beat she replied "NO, your friend will gas up her car and drive out there and rescue you."
Real friends are earned. In the clusterfuck known as "my life," I must be doing something right.
99.9% chance that I will be moving to Texas the first week in December
I'm not going to name the town because I've learned that DU is overflowing with lurking freeper shitbags who threaten to "use" that kind of information.
BUT...
...the Nevada experiment didn't work out, and I have a close friend who is going to let me crash at her house in Texas while I check out business opportunities.
Should be an interesting journey but as I said, it will be more heavily edited and less specific in terms of detail because of SOME OF THE PEOPLE reading this.
Daily News Wants Someone To 'Stand Their Ground' With George Zimmerman
Posted: 11/19/2013 8:23 am EST | Updated: 11/19/2013 8:23 am EST
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It's clear what the Daily News thinks of George Zimmerman, who was arrested for domestic violence on Monday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/daily-news-george-zimmerman_n_4301600.html
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Name: Miles ArcherGender: Male
Hometown: Hamilton Massachusetts
Home country: USA
Current location: Nevada
Member since: Wed Oct 16, 2013, 07:49 PM
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