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very tempting

http://westernmass.craigslist.org/act/398745849.html

Did you feed and dress yourself this morning? I didn't.

I don't like Skittles, but this commercial has made my day. The best part is at the beginning when he gives a pitiful expression when asked to touch a stapler.

i am a wicked child

My sister is stopping through Amherst on the way to visit some old friends in Vermont. Last night I used her computer to look up directions to the bus terminal and noticed she hadn't signed out of her facebook account. Playful profile edits ensued.



Keep in my mind my sister is a sweetheart and, like all of the family brood, was raised in a barn. So I played her some Patton Oswalt comedy and she ate it up. It reminded me of when teenagers first discover pornography. Just giddy and wrong. She also seemed to like King Khan & The BBQ Show.

Foodz 1.1

Potato and Leek Soup - Exactly as it's described. It's a modified version of what I read online and in several books. The main and probably key idea I stole was the inclusion of a roux. It gives the soup a really great level of richness. I included carrots for additional flavor, which wasn't called for. At the end I added fresh chopped scallions to counter the other flavors, to which I enjoyed.



Recipe is as follows:

6-7 yukon gold potatoes (or other I guess) scrubbed clean and cubed in 1-inch chunks
3/4 lb. of carrots (I used baby carrots) in biteable size
3 leeks chopped in 1-inch pieces
1 cup heavy cream
3 tbsp butter, melted
1/2 cup of flour
6 quarts of water
3/4 tsp of dried thyme (or whatever the fresh equivalent is)
salt and pepper
green onions (optional)

1. Put the water. potatoes, leek and carrots in a large pot and bring to a boil. Boil for 15-20 minutes, or until it looks like a well-combined mixture. You know, it just looks delicious. While this is boiling make the roux by combining the melted butter and flour to make a paste. Try not to eat the butter flour, tempting it may be.

2. Turn down to a simmer and add the thyme and roux. Add salt and pepper to taste. At this point the soup should look fairly thick. Not thick enough! In a blender or food processor, place batches of the soup in and blend it up real good. Put your focus on the carrots. They make nice orange speckles in the soup, resulting in bonus presentation points. You don't have to blend the entire batch of soup, unless you're anti-chunk (which makes you a nazi).

3. At this point the soup is souper (wordplay! lame.) thick. Add the cream and call it a day. Serve and put some chopped green onion on top if you like. Serve with a classy beer. Like Miller High Life.

Crude Brood

I'm pretty excited about the Atlanta Braves acquisition of Mark Texeira from the Texas Rangers, though it's definitely bittersweet they had to part with the fun-named Jarrod "Salty" Saltalamacchia** (pronounced salt-ala-mock-ia). And on top of that they just released Julio Franco, who has a lot of love from the Atlanta Braves fanbase. He was going to be a bench player, but the 48 year old can play ball a lot better than some of those other reserves out there who are half his age. It's a shame they couldn't get another starting pitcher, but to be fair there was really nothing good to trade for this year. I'm seeing a tight race in the NL East this year, especially if the Phillies keep raking.

With that out of the way, here's this weeks playlist which got a great deal of audience participation this week. Four requests, which I believe ties my personal best as well as people calling in with compliments. I think this is definitely a better route than threatening your listeners by playing the same song nonstop. Probably my favorite song I played during the show was Margo Guryan, which reminds me of some of the Isobel Campbell sung Belle and Sebastian tracks. Second favorite was the Shooting at Unarmed Men. Yay malicious McLusky offshoots.

*'s are the requests

Deerhunter - Strange Lights - Cryptograms - Kranky
Finest Dearest - Making a Sound - Off Sides - S/R
Public Image Ltd. - Swan Lake - Second Edition - Warner Bros.
Black Dice - Smiling Off (DFA Remix) - Smiling Off - DFA/Astralwerks
Fog - The Last I Knew of You - Ditherer - Lex
Selmanaires, The - Let's Go There - Here Come the Selmanaires - International Hits
Devo - Mongoloid - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Warner Bros.
Dry Bread - Words to My Song - Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay - Numero Group
Pulp - Babies - His 'n' Hers - Island
Shape of Broad Minds - Let's Go (feat. MF Doom) - Blue Experience EP - Lex
Artanker Convoy - Ejector - Cozy Endings - The Social Registry
*Guided by Voices - Everywhere With Helicopters - Universal Truths and Cycles - Matador
Shellac - Be Prepard - Excellent Italian Greyhound - Touch and Go
Stereo Total - The Monster - Fields and Streams - Kill Rock Stars
Guryan, Margo - Sun - 25 Demos - Oglio
Don Caballero - Room Temperature Lounge - Singles Breaking Up - Touch and Go
Shooting at Unarmed Men - All Hail Sergio - Yes! Tinnitus! - Too Pure
*Saint Etienne - Erica America - Good Humor - Sub Pop
*Rogue Wave - Bird on a Wire - Descended Like Vultures - Sub Pop
*Stereolab - Cosmic Country Noir - Margerine Eclipse - Elektra
Channels 3x4 - Boys - Christian Girls EP - Summer Lovers Unlimited
Justice - New Jack - Cross - Vice/Ed Banger
Royal Fingers - Test Driver - Wild Eleki Deluxe - Del Fi
Young Marble Giants - Posed by Models - Peel Session - Domino
Cinematic Orchestra, The - Familiar Ground - Ma Fleur - Ninja Tune
Rubinoos, The - No More Where She Came From - Paleophonic - Varese Sarabande
1990s - Enjoying Myself - Cookies - Rough Trade
Rondelles, The - T.V. Zombie - Shined Nickels and Loose Change - K
Unrest - Winona Ryder (xx Version) - B.P.M. (1991-1994) - Teenbeat

**Amazingly spelled correctly on first attempt.