In total respect to The Dude, here's an appreciation, posted four days late. Twenty years!
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In total respect to The Dude, here's an appreciation, posted four days late. Twenty years!
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Yeah well, you know, like, that's just your opinion, man.
I'm one of those where it took me a while to appreciate it. I was looking for plot the first time I saw it.
I didn't see it for the longest time, so watching it for the first time going in I knew to sit back and enjoy the ride
a little bit of rock history. Ah, the good ol' days.
That was a good read.
Yesterday was a really awful day in the mental health business.
Twins game on FSN. If the rain holds off...
Ja, just went onto the MLB to Gameday it and saw the delay. Vas ist?
Just made this (tip o' the cap to Keo S.):
Thai Green Shrimp Curry
oil 2tbsp
lg. shrimps (6-8 per person), deveined/rinsed
Thai Green Curry Paste (I bought)
Thai/Japanese eggplant (long and thin, lite purple)
some kaffir lime leaves
1 c. coconut milk
1 stalk fresh lemon grass, sliced thin
1 c. coconut milk
Thai basil leaves (10-15)
1-2 tbsp fish sauce (Nuoc Mam in my fridge)
1/2 can chopped green chilis
Heat some oil, add green curry paste (1 tbsp) till bubbling - add shrimp, eggplant, lime leaves, lemon grass, and coconut milk.
Cook for about 7-8 min till shrimps are cooked. At the end add fish sauce/green chilis/basil leaves.
Serve with chopped lime leaves, tiny slices of lemon grass, and chopped basil over warmed leftover-Chinese-takeout-rice.
Great thing on this recipe is that the green curry wins - a palliative burn - you don't taste the fish sauce/basil/coconut milk.
good timing, Bo. Thinking about making this tonight.
have you ever used dried kaffir lime leaves? that's what I've got (recent purchase). I've never seen fresh or frozen.
I haven't, but considered that these will just get moldy in the fridge so planning to de-hydrate them. Also, bought a papaya at A Dong (our Vietnamese groc store) and am going to dehydrate papaya chunks as well.
I completely forgot about the kaffir lime leaves. š
ginger, garlic, shallot, finely chopped
quarter cup brown sugar
green curry paste
onion, rough-chopped
pasilla, rough chopped
4-5 Thai bird chiles, whole
broccoli crown, separated into bite-size florets
potato, peeled and rough-chopped
2 medium zucchini, quartered the long way and chunked
two big handfulls of greens (baby spinach and baby chard)
bunch of basil
can of coconut milk
~2 dozen shrimp, peeled and cut in half
can of bamboo shoots, drained
2 green onions, chopped
cilantro, chopped for garnish
I fried the garlic, ginger, and shallot in a bit of olive oil, added the brown sugar and thai chiles, fried ~30 seconds, added the curry paste (~2 Tbsp) and fried 30 seconds, added the onion, then the potato, pasilla, broccoli, zucchini, and half the basil. Added the coconut, brought to boil and simmered ~5 minutes. Added the shrimp. 2 minutes. Added the bamboo shoots and greens. 1 minute. Added the remaining basil and the juice of half a lime and the green onions. Turned off the heat and served in bowls (no rice; the girl is trying to lose some weight). Added fish sauce at the table. Numnum.
I wish I had eggplant, but the Mrs is opposed. And the Girl doesn't do animals higher-order than shrimp and other shellfish, so I had to reserve the fish sauce.
You get the pasilla at a regular groc store?
Interesting, they have Brian Dozier mic'd up on the field and they are interviewing him during the action.
Then Dozier lost all his equipment running to first base š
Diving Dozier!
Awesome, bases loaded, nobody out, and a single up the middle. Jalen...
Keep em coming boys!
Holy crap, it's raining runs! Sieve!
I didn't know anything about the guy, so I finally looked him up.
I approve.
At that price it would be dumb not to sign him.
That price doesn't include the draft pick.
Addendum: I still like the move/price.
Iām not really a fan of this move. I understand itās necessity, but surrendering a draft pick for a one year rental of a pitcher like Lynn doesnāt seem like a great roster construction move. And I wouldnāt even call myself a prospect hound.
It's their 3rd pick in the draft, wherever that happens to fall, I guess. That doesn't seem so terrible a price to me.
I guess itās even better than that (via MLBTR):
I had remembered the Cba change and figured Lynn would be exempt from a qualifying offer next off-season, but I was also thinking the Twins would be giving up their second pick, not their fourth. I can handle that, I think.
Not a huge fan of him, but he sure beats the internal alternatives
If he recaptures his pre-surgery form, it'll be a steal.
Last year was his first year back from Tommy John. Reasonable to expect some further improvement in the second year. I would also guess some drop in performance since he's moving to the AL though.
For the first time in quite a while, it appears that when Santana gets back the Twins will have five legitimate major league starters: Santana, Berrios, Odorizzi, Lynn, and Gibson. That doesn't count Hughes or Mejia, nor does it count guys like Slegers and Gonsalves. Remembering when we tried to make ourselves believe that people like Cole DeVries could be real starting pitchers, this makes me rather happy.
Just finished painting the stairwell in prep for the floor work starting tomorrow. I really enjoyed having the ballgame on in the background - sad that it got called early. Also sad the gang had their solid stats scrubbed for the day. The audio feed from Dozier was a treat - hope they try something like that again.
Twenty years ago today, Lloyd Bridges picked a bad day to stop breathing. I wonder if the Dude killed him.
I finally decided to take the next step and got a turntable and a handful of discs; I decided to grab the Denon 300F (only Hess will care about that part; I believe this is actually the same one he owns). I took the plunge after talking to my dad; he asked if I wanted his eighty-or-so albums, and that gave me the urge to jump in.
Peter Gabriel, So
Prince, Prince 4Ever (four discs)
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Michael Jackson, Bad (My dad has Thriller, so I didn't need to grab that one)
Radiohead, OK Computer
The Who, My Generation (three-disc overly special edition with rarities)
The Cure, Greatest Hits
Pearl Jam, Vs.
There was a "maybe" pile as well, with several albums my dad possibly owns. I'll find out tomorrow. Also will probably do Pet Sounds, Exile on Main Street, Are You Experienced?, Undertow, The White Album and Kendrick Lamar's Damn before long. Here's to expensive habits!
I used to have a DP-3 or a DP-5 linear tracking back in the day. They make a good turntable.
Good memory on the Denon!
I canāt believe itās actually happening. Sounds like with your dadās collection you will have an excellent start. Still, stay strong and remember to listen more than you shop!
I do have an addictive personality, so that last bit will be difficult.
Seeing what my dad owns is going to be fun. I remember a few for certain (Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Wishbone Ash) but for the most part Iāve lost his collection from my memory.
Iām addictive when it comes to collecting. Thankfully when I started it was a pretty cheap addiction. Since then prices have went up a bit and I started getting some new stuff from time to time. Thankfully now Iāve pulled back quite a bit. Given I havenāt listened to half of what Iāve bought, though...
Good luck!
As I mentioned yesterday, SBGville is going to the state basketball tournament for the first time in 47 years. A Fargo radio station interviewed SBGvilleās most famous son, Chuck Klosterman. He didnāt disappoint. He started off by musing about why the old basketball conference was called the Wild Rice Comference. The reason, Chuck conceded, was because of the Wild Rice River, which runs through most of the area, including within two miles of the farm he grew up on. He then wondered aloud as to whether wild rice actually grew by that river. Scintillating. He then gave the hosts a history lesson on SBGville and Bohemia basketball (Bohemia being the nearby town that we co-op with). He incorrectly identified the only year SBGville went to state, incorrectly identified the year that Bohemia won the girls state tournament, incorrectly identified the year that SBGville and Bohemia won their first state title as a football co-op. So just about what you would expect. I am happy for his success, but for the life of me, I cannot understand it.
I think it's safe to say the Twins are done making moves this offseason, so I was thinking about how the pitching staff is shaping up.
Santana
Berrios
Odorizzi
Lynn
Gibson
Rodney
Addison Reed
Zach Duke
Hildy
Taylor Rogers
Tyler Duffey
Phil Hughes
I'm assuming Hughes is going to be given the long-man role in the bullpen given his guaranteed money. This is how it is shaping up once Santana is back. The Twins could possibly have an 8-man bullpen in April, but the reason they're doing a four-man rotation is because of all the days off, which also means lots of extra rest for the relievers, so it wouldn't make sense to go to a four-man rotation just to add another reliever. Besides Hughes, I think the rest of the bullpen (assuming 7 spots) is a given except for Duffey's, which I think is between Duffey, Ryan Pressly and Alan Busenitz. I think Duffey gets the nod based on having more experience at the MLB level and the best FIP of the three last year. Plus, Duffey will probably be able to eat up more innings at the back end of the bullpen. Still, both Pressly and Busenitz have better fastball velocity than Duffey and if Pressly shows better command or Busenitz shows better ability to miss bats this spring, they could force management's hand. I'm not sure of the option situation on Duffey and Pressly as well. John Curtiss and Gabriel Moya are dark horses that could sneak in there if the other three have a poor spring.
So this happened on the way to East's dismantling of West today.
Noice.
Always fun to beat up on the crosstown rivals.
I was a little disappointed he didn't try and dunk it himself. š
According to the Kato paper, East had a 31-1 run in the first half. My nephew had 10 of them. Next up, a really good Waseca team that the Cougars beat by 2 early in the season.
My brother was thrilled with east taking the shiv to west.
Yep, it never gets old.
Patrick Reusse tweeted that he doesn't know if he can root for the Twins because they're just trying to buy a pennant
I hate to say this, but that's pretty funny right there.
Yes, it is. And a lot of people failed to see the humor.