I’m working on two sites today… Treebears.com (the Cloudcroft, NM cabin site)… (yes, that’s Abbe scouting for tree bears in the background)… here is info on Tree Bears if you’re curious – great rates and you might get to meet Big Tom!… just remember if [...]
More icy rain today. I made a big pot of yummy beef stew last night (free range, hormone-free beef – I decided I’d rather have less, better meat than e.coli) and tomorrow, I’ll be making chicken soup.
BEEF STEW
Beef cubes
5 small potatos, cut in wedges
6 [...]
The Progressive Video Project is a new group of filmmaking professionals recently formed in Los Angeles collaborating to produce video spots advocating progressive goals. The above clip is their first spot. The ad is to air in Louisiana targeting Senator Mary Landrieu, in Arkansas targeting Senator Blanche Lincoln, in [...]
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"...Arizona politics has been buzzing in the last couple of weeks since a Rasmussen poll suggested that Republican Sen. John McCain might be vulnerable in a primary fight against a more conservative challenger. The poll, released November 20, showed McCain ahead of potential opponent J.D. Hayworth, the" [...] 
Photo by Flickr user Vincent J. Brown Unearthing the deceased at Knights of Pythias Greenwood Cemetery will yield 200 parking spots. The bodies will be reinterred in concrete vaults with the $1.2 million the cemetery received to renovate the Rush house.
For this month's one-pot cooking - set it and forget it meal, I present to you:
Beef Short Ribs Braised in Coca Cola. That's right, a can of Coke!
Brought to you by the letters A & P! (The beef ribs were on sale at SuperFresh [...]
A few weeks ago Helium hosted a sketch comedy competition for a spot in this week’s Sketchfest. Ten groups performed and the judges couldn’t make up their minds, so not one but two groups will be performing Thursday [show info].
The first group go by the name Bad [...]
Evan Bayh.From today’s NY Times, a story with a great graphic showing who’s cooking what in various parts of the country.  The maps are based on inquiries yesterday to allrecipies.com, the top US cooking site, on how to make what.  Sweet potato casserole was the top search followed by pumpkin [...]
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Duncan, talking about the self-defeating focus on the federal budget deficit:
I'm not talking about make work, I'm talking about real projects from basic maintenance to sewers to pothole filling to the demolishing and reclaiming of property with abandoned buildings etc... etc... The fact that the administration is signaling that it's more worried [...]
One Pot Slow Cooking Alert! Here's another set it and forget it recipe for ya, yins, youse guys. I am all about tossing a few ingredients and some cheap ass cut of meat into a Dutch Oven pot, placing it into a hot [...] 
Thanksgiving is just a week away and the familiar twinges of pre-holiday panic are beginning to set in. Should you serve sweet potatoes or mashers? Brussels sprouts or green beans? Relish tray or just a few dishes of toasted nut for pre-meal snacking? And remind us [...]
