Another singularity event coming

With the recent passing of 1:02:03 on 4/5/06, I got to thinking hey, another one is coming in June!

06:06:06 on 06/06/06


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Healing Iraq - Zayad

From Zayad writing at Healing Iraq comes this:

Please don’t ask me whether I believe Iraq is on the verge of civil war yet or not. I have never experienced a civil war before, only regular ones. All I see is that both sides are engaged in tit-for-tat lynchings and summary executions. I see governmental forces openly taking sides or stepping aside. I see an occupation force that is clueless about what is going on in the country. I see politicians that distrust each other and continue to flame the situation for their own personal interests. I see Islamic clerics delivering fiery sermons against each other, then smile and hug each other at the end of the day in staged PR stunts. I see the country breaking into pieces. The frontlines between different districts of Baghdad are already clearly demarked and ready for the battle. I was stopped in my own neighbourhood yesterday by a watch team and questioned where I live and what I was doing in that area. I see other people curiously staring in each other’s faces on the street. I see hundreds of people disappearing in the middle of the night and their corpses surfacing next day with electric drill holes in them. I see people blown up to smithereens because a brainwashed virgin seeker targeted a crowded market or café. I see all that and more.

Don’t you dare chastise me for writing about what I see in my country.

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Where are the women interested

APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering	5
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,	10
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.

 

So begins TS Eliots' The Waste Land.

 

I am not much of a coffee drinker but I have been known to talk for an extended time and I am looking forward to some conversations on this month's topic over on the blog Synergy. So click on over there and join the conversation!

 

 

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Family Recipe: London Broil

 

One of our family favorite meals centers around a London Broil. The marinade is one of three key steps to the successful delivery of this to the table.

 

We start with a couple of pieces of beef about 3-4 pounds total. Ideally they should be about an inch and a quarter or an inch and a half thick. Most times the meat department only has them available in one inch thickness. The thicker the piece, the wider the slice when you carve it during the cooking step.

 

The marinade:

 

1/4 cup wine vinegar

2 Tbl oil

2 Tbl soy sauce

2 Tbl ketchup

onion salt to taste

garlic powder to taste

black pepper to taste

 

For the 3-4 pounds, we usually triple the quantity of marinade. The original amount is good for a half or three quarter pound of meat but does not leave enough juice for the second cooking step for a piece larger than that, hence tripling the quantity above for 3-4 pounds. Yes, if you had a 2 pound piece doubling would be good.

 

Step 1 - Prepare the marinade. Put together with the beef and refrigerate for at least 3-4 hours. Turn once or twice during this period.

 

Step 2 - Warm the grill. When sufficiently hot, place the meat on the grill and sear each side.

 

Step 3 - After searing each side, remove from grill to slice thinly on a diagonal and return to marinade before returning to the grill. This step works well if you have a partner. I learned from my father-in-law. I stood by his side as he sliced and I used tongs to move the slices to the marinade for another dunking before returning the strips to the grill. When the family gets together, the teamwork is good. When I do it alone, the outcome is still good but the process is a little slower. I slice it all before moving it to the second dunk in the juice before moving it to the grill. The thin slices cook quickly when put them back on the grill so you need to pay attention to not over cook them. If your grill has an upper rack, as the slices get cooked, I move them to the top deck to keep them warm but out of the direct heat. Once all is complete, move the slices to the serving plate and enjoy.

 

We usually surround the London Broil with onion soup potatoes, a salad and a vegetable or two. This is wide open for your local favorites.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

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Sign of Spring

Sign of Spring
Originally uploaded by shersteve.

a good sign of spring... let's hope that April will not fool us with some snow later...

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