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Sunday, April 10. 2022Mint Sauce for Easter LambWhile I will confess that I do kinda like that overly sweet "mint" jelly they have at the supermarket, I have grown to prefer the much more interesting taste of homemade Mint Sauce with legga lamb. It's the simplest thing in the world to make. Does it mean anything that so many Christians bring out the lamb for Easter? Is it like Communion, consuming the Lamb of God? From today's LectionaryLuke 19:28-40 19:28 After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 19:29 When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 19:30 saying, "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 19:31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it.'" 19:32 So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. 19:33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" 19:34 They said, "The Lord needs it." 19:35 Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 19:36 As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. 19:37 As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, 19:38 saying, "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!" 19:39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, order your disciples to stop." 19:40 He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out." Saturday, April 9. 2022Gotta Walk that Lonesome ValleyLife in America: Making changes, and too much STUFFSimplify? There is a difference between Old and Antique. Nobody wants late 19th C/early 20th C brown furniture, regardless of how pleasant. It's fuddy-duddy, one of my daughters says. Luckily, our Columbian painter's family loves our dining room table and chairs which were quite valuable decades ago but are unwanted orphans today. It is formal with all sorts of nice inlay like the tables in the White House. You can either donate them to Good Will, or pay junkers to take them away. Glad somebody will love it all because the kids will not. We are replacing them with our 1960's amazing Danish slate table and some country-style chairs. I am no decorator, but Mrs. and her decorator pal can figure it out. I will never get rid of my real antiques - Queen Anne bureaus and table and 1830's American stuff. They can do that when I die. In the same vein, Mrs. BD has her cleaning helper going through all of the closets. Tons of nice stuff that she will never wear again. Dated, or whatever. Well, our energetic Polish helper wants all of it for her family and relatives, so that's great. Come to think of it, I have too many firearms too.
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Saturday morning linksWhy does aluminum foil have a bright side and a dull side? Struggling Communities and Their Prospects - A new academic collection focuses much-needed attention on the challenges facing America’s small cities and towns. Wind farms fined for killing eagles Yes, The Dunning-Kruger Effect Really Is Real Jen Psaki Says Sex Reassignment Surgery, Puberty Blockers For KIDS Is “Best Practice”… Not a 'Kitchen Table Issue,' Jen Psaki? Actually, Our Kids Are All We're Thinking About I’m Being Investigated by the British Columbia College of Nurses Because I Believe Biological Sex Is Real WaPo: Musk threatens free speech Biden’s Ponderous Pandering on Student Loans Nice boatFriday, April 8. 2022Big RibeyeWe bought two big ribeyes at Costco a few weeks ago. They were Top Choice, not Prime. I measured them - 3 1/2 inches thick. I forget the weight, but I have never cooked a steak that thick. (I should have put the ruler next to the photo.) For us, that's 4 meals. Readers know that pan-seared is the only way to go with good steak, especially ribeye. Chefs agree. Here's a good discussion of the topic. Thing is, you can't really pan-sear a piece over 2 inches thick. My chef consultant suggested pan-searing the heck out of it in butter + olive oil, then finish in the oven. She said 130 (F) in the center with the meat thermometer, which I could not find. I thought we had two. So I seared all sides of it in the cast iron pan (very smokey), and put the pan in the oven at 400 degrees. Winging it. After 20 minutes, I checked the inside and the meat was not even rare yet. It took a while to get medium-rare. When I checked it again it was perfect. I do remember that meat keeps cooking for a while after you remove it from heat. Here's Cast Iron Pan-Seared Steak (Oven-Finished) Tasty.
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Thursday, April 7. 2022Thursday morning linksInsurrection: Congressman says he was the victim of an 'unprovoked' attack by a fox outside the Capitol Chicago Maroon editors apologize for publishing piece condemning anti-Semitism I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional The White House Is Pushing Puberty Blockers for ‘Trans Kids.’ UNC Med School social justice update still teaches that organs aren’t gender-specific Biden: We need more oil from Canada, but not through a pipeline Democrats Are in Big Trouble With Their Dedicated Base According to New Focus Group Data Is Russia Running Out Of Troops? European Environmentalists Have Made Energy Independence Impossible Wednesday, April 6. 2022The Fantasy World Of Climate CampaignersFrom Reality Cannot Penetrate Into The Fantasy World Of Climate Campaigners Related, Here Comes Another Climate Deadline That Will Pass Without Notice Wednesday morning linksMaking Beethoven Woke - Revisionist performances of classic works deconstruct our precious links to the past Teen girls aren't going to forget Pope Francis Removes Cross from Event in Malta So Not to Upset Illegal Muslim Migrants The world is running out to time to blunt climate change. Where's the urgency? Historian Explains How 6 Presidents Fought Washington Swamp Elon Musk's New Stake in Twitter Makes Things Fun Again Shellenberger: Why Wishful Liberal Thinking Led To Disasters In Ukraine, Homelessness, & Climate Is Global "Democracy" America's Mission? BLM Secretly Used Donor Money To Purchase $6 Million Los Angeles Mansion Developing: Clinton Lawyer Just Got Caught A In Big Lie By The Durham Investigation Rep. Tiffany: US 'Borderless' After Biden's 'Deliberate' Acts Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Warns Citizens of Western Alliance About Zelenskyy Role Advancing New World Order Tuesday, April 5. 2022Tuesday morning linksWhy don't the media ever ask why previous IPCC predictions have been so wrong? New York set to ban natural gas in new buildings English Professor Orders Students Not to Use the 'Historically' Negative Word 'Female' CAN ELON MUSK SAVE TWITTER? Biden’s ‘absolute’ defense of Hunter leaves media and Justice Department in a muddle The unrestrained influx of illegal aliens continues on the Texas Border Dems have an opening for a midterm villain. Donald Trump, you're hired! Putin Won't Go, Russia Won't Collapse—So What Will Biden Do About Ukraine? Biden’s Ugly Options in Ukraine. Pushing to defeat Russia has high risks and costs, but so do the alternatives. Monday, April 4. 2022Monday morning linksA Victim Too Far: How Transgenders Will Bring Down the Lefty Marxists Who Want to Destroy America California City Approves Program to Give Trans & Non-Binary Residents Guaranteed Income Chronic absenteeism in NYC public schools hits alarming 40% What Will Unions Mean to Amazon? Nothing. Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results Not Strong Enough to Warrant Authorization for Children: Experts The SEC tries its hand at climate policy China Continues To Laugh At Western "Green Energy" Foolishness Looking for a Democrat who stands up to the crazies? Here he is Maxine Waters Tells Homeless to Go Home, Reporter Not to Report An Unconventional Analysis of Putin's War on Ukraine Biden is looking to double his record on letting in illegal migrants Sunday, April 3. 2022From today's LectionaryJohn 12:1-8 12:1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 12:2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 12:3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 12:5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" 12:6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 12:7 Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 12:8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me." Saturday, April 2. 2022How do Pansies do that?I was under the mistaken impression that Pansies could handle freezing temperatures because they had some sort of magic antifreeze in them the way some arctic fish do.
Saturday morning linksJudge Strikes Down NYC's Toddler Mask Mandate, City Plans Appeal as COVID Rises Again Medical Student Purposely 'Misses' Vein With Needle When Patient Laughs at Her Pronoun Button It's OK To Say "Gay" But Please Don't Use Offensive Words Like "Boy" Or "Girl" Gibson Bakery update A Suicide Foretold: How Social Justice Rhetoric is Turning People off Human Rights Sullivan had a "ghastly" experience with Jon Stewart Not just Russia: America has a problem speaking truth to power, too Biden's Border Nightmare Continues to Worsen Biden's energy screw-up The Rules About Corruption Just Don't Apply To The Bidens Biden’s Stunts Always Flop Friday, April 1. 2022Friday morning links
Note: Not one of today's linked absurdities is an April Fools' jokes. Warhol: The Void Beneath the Emptiness Disney Silent On Leaked Videos That Tout Injecting ‘Queerness’ Into Kids’ Shows Disney death wish? California Reparations Panel Struggles To Decide Which Black Americans Should Receive Handouts No Free Thinkers Need Apply. Equity advocates have captured the field of public health. AT THIS POINT, EVERY “HATE” INCIDENT IS PRESUMPTIVELY A HOAX HOW CDC COLLUDED WITH TEACHERS’ UNIONS TO DEVASTATE AMERICA’S CHILDREN Rachel Walensky and the CDC Allowed Teachers Unions, Not "Science," to Dictate the Nation's School Closing and Masking Policies Were the stimulus checks worth it? It begins: First caravan heads to U.S. border after announcement on end of Title 42 The White House Does, in Fact, Have a Post–Title 42 Plan Thursday, March 31. 2022Drumming like Keith MoonCan Birds Smell or Taste?Thursday morning linksMIT Relents Finally: Finding Holds DNC and Hillary Clinton Campaign Accountable for Dossier Hoax Homelessness Is Not About Housing. Michael Shellenberger skewers the Left’s narrative on homelessness and urban disorder Biden tears into 'political attacks' on transgender children: Slams bills stopping them getting puberty blockers, stopping biological boys playing sport against girls and Florida's 'Don't Say Gay Bill' for 'damaging mental health' Gender Ideologues’ Alarming Campaign to Get Kids While They’re Young Hunter Biden Dam About To Burst? WaPo, CNN Go Scorched Earth Over 'Laptop From Hell' Wednesday, March 30. 2022Wednesday morning linksWhy Men Must Be Asked Whether They Are Pregnant Yale: DEAN GERKEN’S GABBLE A Plastic Bag’s 2,000-Mile Journey Shows the Messy Truth About Recycling Too Much Lake Water is Climate Change, Not Enough Lake Water is Climate Change. UCLA race and equity director tweets: ‘[we all] hope Clarence Thomas dies’ Less a Powerhouse Than a Parasite. What happened to the NRA? British Government Looking For Ways To Tax EV Users Paycheck Protection Program led to 'the biggest fraud in a generation' Fed Finally Admits That COVID Stimulus Is Responsible For Hottest Inflation In A Generation The Atlantic manages to blame the collapsing US birth rate on... Trump Nearly 1 million migrants have already crossed the border in SIX MONTHS: Staggering figures revealed as Biden plans to give COVID vaccines to migrants and the White House braces for huge influx when Title 42 is dropped Putin has driven a rift between Russia and Ukraine that will likely never heal Tuesday, March 29. 2022Tuesday morning linksDread not chilli peppers: dispelling spicy food myths and misconceptions American University students protest mask-optional policy, engage in ‘die-in’ Can a woman have a penis? With Babylon Bee Off Twitter, Users Forced To Get Fake News From CNN Elon Musk Is Right. The World Needs More Nuclear Energy Dangerous, If Alluring, Nonsense - On meeting with some climate-change activists in a British pub “Petromasculinity” Is Becoming Toxic, Too—at Least to Online Daters. OkCupid users say climate denial is now their top deal-breaker. What Is Black America? A Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier is nanny-state government writ large The Biden administration has quietly declared war on charter schools Only 34% Agree Biden Has Lived Up To His Vow To ‘Unify’ All Americans The Beau Biden Foundation’s Clinton-esque Corruption Exposed What If the Fishy 'Big Blue Shift' to Democrats Late in Elections Is Legal? Russian Revanchism and Revisionism: given their histories with Russia, it’s not hard to understand why the newly independent countries of Central and Eastern Europe all desperately wanted to join NATO Monday, March 28. 2022Monday morning linksUK: 1,000-year-old oaks used to create 'super forest' California State University Drops SAT Test as ‘Too Stressful’ Orchestras Pull Tchaikovsky From Concerts Over Russia’s War on Ukraine. Stockman: Washington Is Delirious With War Fever (For No Reason To Do With Homeland Security) Zelensky Ready to Make Concessions with Russia — Will Discuss Adopting a Neutral Status for Ukraine and Will Agree to Promises on Crimea Biden's Reckless Words Underscore the Dangers of the U.S.'s Use of Ukraine As a Proxy War Reporting from Moscow: Sanctions May Achieve the Opposite of Biden's Stated Long-Term Goals Sunday, March 27. 2022Two Eastern US bird species which I have not seen latelyIt's not about "climate change", it's about the loss of farm fields in the Northeast. Raggedy pasture is not much of a thing anymore. Pastures are back to woods, or to suburban sprawl, so these species are dropping in population. When I was a kid, I would hear Bobolinks singing all the time during their migration from Argentina to the north. Spink spank spink. Another pasture bird is the Eastern Meadowlark. Neither of these like lawns, but prefer 1000s of acres of hayfields and pastures. Both of these birds are in the Blackbird family. From today's LectionaryPsalm 32 32:1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 32:2 Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 32:3 While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. 32:4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah 32:6 Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. 32:7 You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. 32:9 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you. 32:10 Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD. 32:11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
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