tv recycling

Here's something you may not know about me. I really like prison and cop shows. Serial killer shows, too. I've seen every episode of every jail-type program, including the new series called "Jail" on MyNetwork TV. So, when National Geographic Channel advertised this new show called "Prison Nation", I was excited to get to see 2 hours of new jail footage.

I set the DVR to record it and today I sat down to watch it. Immediately I recognized footage from a show called "Lockdown". I figured that maybe they chose to use that particular story for a reason. Then the next segment started and it was more footage from the same show. So I fast forwarded. I mean, I already knew what the experts were going to say. It's been the same argument for years.

Clip after clip after clip, in fact, the entire show was just edited episodes of "Lockdown" into a nice, convenient 2 hour dose.

I'm all for recycling. My bin is over-stuffed every week and I have a compost heap in the far corner of the yard, but when I buy products made from recycled materials the packaging tells me. TV should offer the same courtesy as well.

[and no, I don't know where my prison tv obsession comes from. it's just there.]

good, old-fashioned southern booty

bucktown

taken at martini's/rebar in jacksonville, fl.

smoke to death

taken at martini's/rebar in jacksonville, fl.

plate of death

Starting from the top:

stuffing, turkey, a roll, green beans, cranberry salad, yams, creamed peas and mashed potatoes [with turkey drippin' gravy] in the middle.

All made by me. Except for the roll. That was taken from freezer to oven.

warm-ups

So what do I do the day before Thanksgiving?

BAKE like a housewife on crack.
Or meth... or weed, if you think about it.

Pumpkin pies, sweet potato pies, cranberry salad [with an exorbitant amount of stuff in it] and strawberry-banana bread [which is a gift to for friend].

Then tonight, drinking and prep work for my photo shoot on Friday night. [I've got to take test shots, yall.]

sweet potato pie















pumpkin pie

goooo science!

Stem cell breakthrough uses no embryos
By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer

NEW YORK - Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy.

Laboratory teams on two continents report success in a pair of landmark papers released Tuesday. It's a neck-and-neck finish to a race that made headlines five months ago, when scientists announced that the feat had been accomplished in mice.

The "direct reprogramming" technique avoids the swarm of ethical, political and practical obstacles that have stymied attempts to produce human stem cells by cloning embryos.

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NOW... maybe we all can move forward and cure cancer?

You know, as much as I respect Spirituality, when a mass' devoutness gets in the way of serious medical progress, it really.. grinds my gears.

Still, I have to say that in this particular case, as much as I have supported stem cell research in All forms, I think some people are [at the very least] owed a great big

"Thanks for being such a douche so we had to work harder and find even MORE ingenious ways to get to the same end result."

black friday night

I have my first commissioned photo shoot this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. [Hence the "Black Friday".]

happy happy. joy joy.

I will be shooting 3 bands on stage, and of course hanging out, at a local venue. I've done this before, for myself, but this time the photos are going to be used by the club/bar and promoters.

Dellamorte Dellamore

I originally saw this movie 12 years ago, on a VHS stolen from Blockbuster and I LOVED it. For the next few years, I went to every single movie rental store in town looking for my own copy to steal. Unfortunately, they were all pilfered before I got there. So I've spent the last 7 years waiting for it to come out on dvd, doing a check every so often on Amazon and other movie outlets. I even went as far as searching p2p networks and I never found it. Well, finally, 3 days ago, I was searching through my wishlist on Amazon and figured "what the hell" and searched for it on dvd and "Voila!" there it was. Five minutes and 2-day shipping later, here it is. In my hands.

[Plus, my camera makes a cameo.]

imperfection

Perfection isn't necessarily interesting.

something pretty

sunday sunday sunday

my dish "banana bread breakfast" is going to be featured at my local breakfast place, complete with banana bread I made myself.

go me.

fried mac and cheese w/ tabasco

fried mac and cheese balls
- mac and cheese, flour, eggs, bread crumbs, seasonings and pan fried in canola oil
and drizzled with tabasco after.

dear movie producers:

I refuse to believe that there aren't any better scripts out there besides MORE remakes of mediocre video games. Are you just being lazy or are you do you simply think that the general population is so shell-shocked that they can't handle any new idea? Please tell me it's just the first because even I have more faith in the public than that - and I strongly believe in the rule of sheep.

I'm not even going to mention the past movies, like Silent Hill and Tomb Raider, but now we've got Hitman opening shortly [if it already hasn't] and Prince of Persia in the works.

Just stop okay? I mean, video game makers aren't the only creative people in the U.S.

I promise.

Just look a little harder. Originality really does count.

jacksonville fair

ewwwwww!

The people over at TSG.com had this to say:

NOVEMBER 5--We're not sure what they're inhaling down in Collier County, Florida, but here's the bizarre "information bulletin" prepared by the local sheriff's intelligence bureau about a purported "new drug" favored by the kids. It's an inhalant called "Jenkem," and causes hallucinations and a "euphoric high." Of course, as the bulletin notes, Jenkem users dislike its sewagey taste, which can last for days. That's because Jenkem's active ingredients are urine and fecal matter, hence its street names like "Butthash" and "Fruit from Crack Pipe." Click here to see a video report on Jenkem, via Breitbart.tv. We've tried to speak with the bulletin's author, Lieutenant Al Ganich, but he has not returned TSG calls. Perhaps he's realized that his "CONFIDENTIAL" September 26 report--which is authentic, according to a sheriff's official--may be itself full of shit. Ganich's alert reminds us of a New York Fire Department memo from a chief who also apparently never heard of snopes.com

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unexpectedly great

I made Banana Bread last night that ended up more like "banana cake bread". Most likely because I put 5 bananas in it. Still, it came out really good, if not heavy. So in effort to consume the bread, I figured I'd try something that tasted good in my head, even if it did seem a little odd.

I fried the banana bread slices so they were nice and brown, sprinkled with sharp cheddar cheese and then put a fried egg, over-easy, on top. The sweetness of the banana bread combined with the cheese was excellent. The runny yolk added a nice richness to the whole thing.

It's definitely something I'll be making again. YUM!

Unfortunately I was so excited to try it, that I didn't get a picture.
Next time.

For dinner we will be having Ham and Potato Chowder with corn, onions and carrots.