Lately, I have been fascinated by two things. WWII aircraft and Stanley Kubrick. They are fascinating to me. The facination of WWII airplanes may be in part due to a recent trip to the new Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Dulles, VA, but I've always admired them since a child. I used to build many of them as models. Stanley Kubrick is just a fascinating person. I read a recent article about he and his bizarre and eclectic obsessions about boxes, ink, stationary, fonts, et al. He was a collector - and a hermit. Very eccentric.

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Wow....huge fire today in Richmond, VA. Near where I used to live off and on...go to school, et al. I lived down the street from the fire on two different accounts. I went to a certain art school there. The VCU dorm that burned down was to replace the Hardees that used to be there...where I would get coffee in the morn before studio classes at the old sculpture department (which was an old converted car dealership) which is now the parking deck/bookstore. I used to have a car repaired at the Capital Garage before it was turned into loft apartments. the fire happenned directly behind the old "Grace Place" restaurant...a vegan yuppy restaurant that had a nice back outdoor dining area where I used to take my dates to. Same block where I'd get my haircut at that 80 year old racist barber. Same block where I would get glass for projects at Richmond glass....that old bookstore with the ratty old cat. And of course...Sheilds...which used to be the coolest place back in 1986 to shop for authentic vintage clothing.

I mentioned in an earlier post that I have not read www.fark.com lately........well...they posted a major news about it...and of course, fark has forums to discuss things. I didn't realize there were so many dedicated fark people who lived in Richmond. Lot of them even took time to take pics with their cell phones and post them in real time as it was happening. Of course...I was not even aware of all of this. I was at work. In a different city in VA. I didn't know until my sweetie, Kari called me at work to say thsat I was a loser to still be AT work at 5:45pm on a friday...and by the way "did you hear about the fire in Richmond?"


It's just bizarre to see images on national news about a very familiar small "neighborhood" caught on fire. Worst fire Richmond has had in 30 years, according to the Mayor. Well, makes me think about the "extermination fires" when Richmond was literally burned down to the ground at the end of the civil war in April 1865. I glad that GWAR put a face on Richmond, Shirly McCLaine and her brother Warren Beatty are from Richmond. Racial polemics continued thricefold, all stereotypes continued from CrackDonalds to Oregon Hill Confederate Flags....it's like digging up Edgar Allen Poe and giving him a wedgie and discovering that he has skidmarks on his Confederate Flag Joe Boxer NASCAR underware....and has cheapass Walmart 'DUBS' on his Hundai rims ...SO to sum it up.....it's like a farked up film: The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (side note: unsure to link Reva Trammell to the Jade Elephant or the Red Light Inn)

Some cellphone photos of the Richmond fire
Full story on Richmond Times Dispatch
Photo from VCU Science dept over VCU Commons
From downtown over the Hotel John Marshall

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I have not read Fark in a while.... I wonder if when I read it...i become smarter and stupid simultaneously. I could easilly spend an entire day reading crap on that website.

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I have to say I love to cook. Tonight, I made fresh pan seared bratwurst in a wine sauce with a side of spinach infused with garlic and scallions. Total yum. I never reference recipes anymore.....unless I do something like bake bread (which is not very often) - I cook from what I know. Not to boast....but, I am one of those intuitive yet ingenious cooks that knows the basics.....how things go together. How long things take to cook without setting a timer....without exact measurements.....kinda like knowing how much a swig or a splash is...a dash or a dribble....I know the difference between Extra Virgin olive oil and just Olive Oil....the difference between Walmart and Williams & Sonoma...that a roux is not a shortened version of a kangaroo or the periodic element ruthenium.
Well, without further ado - I present my:

"Bratwurst in der Weinsoße mit Knoblauch herbed Spinat"
(Bratwurst in wine sauce with garlic herbed spinach)

6 beef/pork bratwurst (made fresh at butcher)
1 1/4 cups white dry Chardonnay wine
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1lb of fresh spinach
3 thinly sliced scallions
2 tbsps light olive oil
3 chopped garlic cloves
dash of freshly ground pepper

Start with browning the bratwurst in a large skillet with a little olive oil (half) turning every minute or two on high heat with tongs. Once outside of bratwurst is browned, slowly pour in wine just covering bottom of pan and bratwurst. Put lid on to allow bratwurst to cook in wine. Begin spinach by thoroughly rinsing it and drying it off. In an equally large skillet put the other tbsp of olive oil in on high heat. Let olive oil get glossy and add garlic and scallions. Saute for about one minute. Check on bratwurst. Take a little bratwurst/wine juice from pan and add to spinach and stir it in. Turn bratwurst again and keep lid on while it continues to cook. Toss all of the spinach in and quickly stir. Turn down heat to medium. Dash spinach with both salt and pepper. turn off spinach when all spinach has wilted into a dark green mush. turn off heat and cover. After bratwurst is cooked thoroughly, dress plate with 1-2 bratwurst, with the wine sauce dribbled over top with a side of dijon mustard then place a tall dollop of the garlic spinach next to bratwurst. Enjoy!

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me: is here....bloggin
me: sowwy
her: k
me: damnit....lost my blog
her: aww what happened?
her: i reblogged
me: when I went to post...it timed out...and when I hit the back button...it wasn't there ...said "page could not be displayed"
me: grrr...
her: oopsy
me: i wrote over 2 paragraphs...with pics
me: damnit...now I cannot even get into google
me: f***ing computer...i need to reboot
her: sowwy
me: ironically..i was blogging about the stupid worm/virus this machine has
her: lol
me: brb...gonna reboot
her: k

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new flash header created...hopes ya like it.....

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