I know, I just finished a rant, but now onto something good. Check out Chef John, at Food Wishes.
That is all.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
WTF? with a side of huh?
Few things in this world make me say "huh?" more than a celebrity in trouble, and the justice system. This pretty much lets my own Legal system out of this little rant, as most of our native kids head south to partake in sun, fun and sin in the Good Ole' USofA. Currently we have Lindsay Lohan, who is more than likely in Court again, for some offense, committed in glamour land, and I am sure is on a first name basis with most of the judges and all of the Bailiffs within the LA county court system. I digress, this is not about her, directly. More so, it is about someone not a celebrity, but I can readily compare to one.
This starts with two hockey playing brothers, the Boogaard brothers, Derek and Aaron. One is dead now, due to mixing and overdosing on prescription drugs, while the other is accused of supplying said drugs. This brings me to compare this to the death of Heath Ledger, and the Olsen twin, Mark-Kate, who was apparently present at the time of Heath's death.
The difference here, is that Aaron Boogaard is accused of having stolen or access to a prescription pad, and was supplying the drugs this way. Mark-Kate, who refused to be interviewed in a Federal Investigation, was allegedly in Heath's apartment, and possessed part of the fatal cocktail that finally killed him. She was apparently then ushered out of the apartment by a bodyguard, leaving Heath dead, or dying of an overdose, He was later found by his housekeeper and masseuse.
Please remember that Mary-Kate's role in all this is speculation, due to the fact that she never went to an interview, even though there was a subpoena demanding her to do so.
Aaron Boogaard will more than likely stand trial soon, for his brothers death.
Now, onto my point. If you really haven't clued into it yet, allow me to elaborate. You see, Aaron Boogaard, was a hockey playing kid, and broke the law. He will stand trial for his crimes, and more than likely, is torturing himself more than any sentence passed onto him by the state will ever do. Im pretty sure I would be destroyed if I was culpable in the death of a family member.
Mary-Kate on the other hand, is not like you and me........ok, she is. She is human, but her status as a celebrity has apparently allowed to her to disregard a legally binding order to be interviewed by Federal agents. I am betting that in all regards, if that was you or I, we would be arrested and hauled in before a Judge to face charges, and then be interviewed.
The Courts seem to have an issue when it comes to prosecuting those Celebs. Whether it is due to their high-priced douche bag lawyers, or family name, not one of them seems to be doing the time for doing the crime. I mean Paris Hilton spent a grand total of 47 minute in jail before being released, and then she turned around and said it was "the most terrifying experience" of her life to date. I am sure it was.....perhaps if she spent more time in there, she would have been more scared. Hell, I don't want to go to prison, pretty sure no one does. But being locked in a cell, by herself, for the running time of her crap ass CD? Perhaps that is what scared her, as it was being played over the prison PA system. I will point out she was not sent to a Federal Super-Max, but a county low sec compound.
Fucking Celebs.
This is under the words of "...liberty and justice for all." I guess we could add, "...Justice for all, unless you have made a movie, CD, or TV show, in which case, we will go through the motions, but whatever you decide to do it really fine with us, as the victims of your transgression have no recourse due to the fact you pay your Lawyer $200K just to take call from you, and more to show up"
This all makes me wonder how the "people" get through sometimes. Some people who have gone to pay a parking or traffic ticket have been made to feel like the worst criminals by some court clerk, or circuit judge. Meanwhile, Lilo gets a full media sweep, armed escorts into and out of the court room, treated according her celebrity status, and given a slap on the wrists, all the while, someone charged with the same crime, is handed a 2 year sentence.
I will shake my head and roll my eyes.
Summing it up, Aaron Boogaard is accused of a crime, and Mary-Kate should have been. They have 22yrs left to do something about that though, one never knows what will happen in the meantime. I do notice that since 2008, both twins have been strangely quiet.
Going to end it here, due to the fact that I have nothing to finish off with, nothing witty, no snide remark, nothing. Perhaps in the future, when we stop treating celebrities as people that are somehow, superior to everyone else, instead of just richer, things will be better.
Maybe.
This starts with two hockey playing brothers, the Boogaard brothers, Derek and Aaron. One is dead now, due to mixing and overdosing on prescription drugs, while the other is accused of supplying said drugs. This brings me to compare this to the death of Heath Ledger, and the Olsen twin, Mark-Kate, who was apparently present at the time of Heath's death.
The difference here, is that Aaron Boogaard is accused of having stolen or access to a prescription pad, and was supplying the drugs this way. Mark-Kate, who refused to be interviewed in a Federal Investigation, was allegedly in Heath's apartment, and possessed part of the fatal cocktail that finally killed him. She was apparently then ushered out of the apartment by a bodyguard, leaving Heath dead, or dying of an overdose, He was later found by his housekeeper and masseuse.
Please remember that Mary-Kate's role in all this is speculation, due to the fact that she never went to an interview, even though there was a subpoena demanding her to do so.
Aaron Boogaard will more than likely stand trial soon, for his brothers death.
Now, onto my point. If you really haven't clued into it yet, allow me to elaborate. You see, Aaron Boogaard, was a hockey playing kid, and broke the law. He will stand trial for his crimes, and more than likely, is torturing himself more than any sentence passed onto him by the state will ever do. Im pretty sure I would be destroyed if I was culpable in the death of a family member.
Mary-Kate on the other hand, is not like you and me........ok, she is. She is human, but her status as a celebrity has apparently allowed to her to disregard a legally binding order to be interviewed by Federal agents. I am betting that in all regards, if that was you or I, we would be arrested and hauled in before a Judge to face charges, and then be interviewed.
The Courts seem to have an issue when it comes to prosecuting those Celebs. Whether it is due to their high-priced douche bag lawyers, or family name, not one of them seems to be doing the time for doing the crime. I mean Paris Hilton spent a grand total of 47 minute in jail before being released, and then she turned around and said it was "the most terrifying experience" of her life to date. I am sure it was.....perhaps if she spent more time in there, she would have been more scared. Hell, I don't want to go to prison, pretty sure no one does. But being locked in a cell, by herself, for the running time of her crap ass CD? Perhaps that is what scared her, as it was being played over the prison PA system. I will point out she was not sent to a Federal Super-Max, but a county low sec compound.
Fucking Celebs.
This is under the words of "...liberty and justice for all." I guess we could add, "...Justice for all, unless you have made a movie, CD, or TV show, in which case, we will go through the motions, but whatever you decide to do it really fine with us, as the victims of your transgression have no recourse due to the fact you pay your Lawyer $200K just to take call from you, and more to show up"
This all makes me wonder how the "people" get through sometimes. Some people who have gone to pay a parking or traffic ticket have been made to feel like the worst criminals by some court clerk, or circuit judge. Meanwhile, Lilo gets a full media sweep, armed escorts into and out of the court room, treated according her celebrity status, and given a slap on the wrists, all the while, someone charged with the same crime, is handed a 2 year sentence.
I will shake my head and roll my eyes.
Summing it up, Aaron Boogaard is accused of a crime, and Mary-Kate should have been. They have 22yrs left to do something about that though, one never knows what will happen in the meantime. I do notice that since 2008, both twins have been strangely quiet.
Going to end it here, due to the fact that I have nothing to finish off with, nothing witty, no snide remark, nothing. Perhaps in the future, when we stop treating celebrities as people that are somehow, superior to everyone else, instead of just richer, things will be better.
Maybe.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Stop the world, I would like to get off now.
Been a few days.....or week....or so. Nice to be back though, happy to be able to write down my thoughts for you to read, criticize or make fun of me. Whichever.
There was something I wanted to go over, but with a couple of things that have happened, I think I will start there. Lets start with something that I consider to be the lesser of the two issues at hand.
1) Amy Winehouse passes away. Honestly, while I do not want to sound like a heartless douche, but i really do not care. She was a drugged-out-drunk-on-her-ass train wreck. I feel bad for her friends and family for their loss, but I just cannot bring myself to care, to have any sympathy. Wasn't a fan of her music, was not a fan of her.
2) The Norway bombing / shootings. WTF Norway? If you have not heard about this, check the news, read a paper, look for it on the net. Some loon in Norway (with a full manifesto) started his day by bombing a Federal building in Norway, killing seven people. He then used the distraction this created, to find his way to an island with a youth camp on it, and proceed to kill 90+ kids. From witness accounts, he was laughing as he went. I will take a minute to point out that he had a couple of hours before police showed up.
Sigh....things like this make me want to vomit.
I will be back sooner than later, and hopefully with happier things to talk about.
Just take a minute to pray or pass along your condolences to those affected by this disgusting attack.
There was something I wanted to go over, but with a couple of things that have happened, I think I will start there. Lets start with something that I consider to be the lesser of the two issues at hand.
1) Amy Winehouse passes away. Honestly, while I do not want to sound like a heartless douche, but i really do not care. She was a drugged-out-drunk-on-her-ass train wreck. I feel bad for her friends and family for their loss, but I just cannot bring myself to care, to have any sympathy. Wasn't a fan of her music, was not a fan of her.
2) The Norway bombing / shootings. WTF Norway? If you have not heard about this, check the news, read a paper, look for it on the net. Some loon in Norway (with a full manifesto) started his day by bombing a Federal building in Norway, killing seven people. He then used the distraction this created, to find his way to an island with a youth camp on it, and proceed to kill 90+ kids. From witness accounts, he was laughing as he went. I will take a minute to point out that he had a couple of hours before police showed up.
Sigh....things like this make me want to vomit.
I will be back sooner than later, and hopefully with happier things to talk about.
Just take a minute to pray or pass along your condolences to those affected by this disgusting attack.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Culinarily Emasculated
Hope I got the spelling right up there....coffee hasn't kicked in yet, and I had the worst sleep in a long time last night...or this morning, depending on how you would look at. 2am.....2 frikken AM! I think that is when I finally crashed out. Not sure if it was the heat...the humidity...or what....but yeah, no sleep for me. dammit.
But now, this one is not about my sleeping habits, but rather what the title suggests. (But I do luvs my sleepin)
Anyways, quick note here, I love to cook. Something about the art and the science of cooking, together, that makes it perhaps one of the greatest forms of expression ever. So much can be conveyed through an excellent meal. Love, friendship, trust, lust...all there in front of your senses. Also, for the cook...trying to make something new, a new recipe, for anything, is a joy, no matter how simple it is.
This leads me to my recent experiment with making aioli. To sum it up, an aioli is a sauce like mayonnaise. In fact, it is pretty much made like mayo. Egg, oil, and garlic.Add one immersion blender to the mix, and bam, you have an aioli., or alioli. One can use a mortar and pestle to produce a similar product as well.
This was something I mistook to be something laborious and time consuming. In fact, until I saw a video on how to make it. Pretty easy.
Then I went and did it. Made it all up. done just right. A nice garlic-ginger aioli. I used it in a slaw i put on a soft taco shell, over pork shoulder roast, marinated in a Asian inspired mix, cooked low and slow, shredded, and then returned to the over in the roast pan, with some soya over top to keep it moist, and to add a little more flavour. The whole combination of tastes, exquisite.
Now, the down fall. I told one of my friends about my success in the kitchen, and how I had made the aioli. She gave me kudos for the pork shoulder, but said "aioli is too easy, so no props for that."
Instant deflate.
I knew then, that the aioli was actually pretty easy to make, I hadn't before though, as I previously stated.
Sigh, no winning there.
Last time I share something like that.
Anyways, until next time.
But now, this one is not about my sleeping habits, but rather what the title suggests. (But I do luvs my sleepin)
Anyways, quick note here, I love to cook. Something about the art and the science of cooking, together, that makes it perhaps one of the greatest forms of expression ever. So much can be conveyed through an excellent meal. Love, friendship, trust, lust...all there in front of your senses. Also, for the cook...trying to make something new, a new recipe, for anything, is a joy, no matter how simple it is.
This leads me to my recent experiment with making aioli. To sum it up, an aioli is a sauce like mayonnaise. In fact, it is pretty much made like mayo. Egg, oil, and garlic.Add one immersion blender to the mix, and bam, you have an aioli., or alioli. One can use a mortar and pestle to produce a similar product as well.
This was something I mistook to be something laborious and time consuming. In fact, until I saw a video on how to make it. Pretty easy.
Then I went and did it. Made it all up. done just right. A nice garlic-ginger aioli. I used it in a slaw i put on a soft taco shell, over pork shoulder roast, marinated in a Asian inspired mix, cooked low and slow, shredded, and then returned to the over in the roast pan, with some soya over top to keep it moist, and to add a little more flavour. The whole combination of tastes, exquisite.
Now, the down fall. I told one of my friends about my success in the kitchen, and how I had made the aioli. She gave me kudos for the pork shoulder, but said "aioli is too easy, so no props for that."
Instant deflate.
I knew then, that the aioli was actually pretty easy to make, I hadn't before though, as I previously stated.
Sigh, no winning there.
Last time I share something like that.
Anyways, until next time.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Welcome, to here.
So, upon the advice of a friend, I started The Unshaven Chronicles to, blog, about....well, everything and anything. So, with little ado....
I have nothing, I am going to call it here, and start off fresh as soon as possible.
Cheers!
I have nothing, I am going to call it here, and start off fresh as soon as possible.
Cheers!
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