YVR > SJC - kind of a zany concept but it works relatively well, not a great boxing movie but not too bad.
0.3
This movie came well recommended to me and it was a good, strange and profanity laced comedy. The main character was profound, confusing and yet remarkably consistent and believable. Some good lines in there and a nice change of pace from an action movie loaded with action to this one which seems to try to avoid it at every turn.
0.3
When a movie with a plot as benign as MLB drafting and trading using statistics instead of scouting intuition is this entertaining, you know they did something right. Great story that had both Heidi and I riveted to a sport that we really know and care very little about.
0.3
MSP > YVR - Solid acting in this action-drama, decent story, pretty good fight scenes and sympathetic characters. All in all, nicely done.
0.3
Ugh, this Christian movie was not worth watching. While it followed the plot of the Prodigal Son story closely, it seemed to lack all the great details that we had been learning about in the Prodigal God book study that we were going through. The acting was poor, most of the characters were poorly developed and the dialog was very local (to Texas) and didn't sound very natural to my Canadian ears.
0.3
See, we weren’t kidding about VICO (that’s chocolate milk)
I got a new vintage Habs jersey – sweet!
Clearing the backyard hockey rink after a fun game.
New Years Cookies
Mrs. Suderman via Mom H
1 tsp sugar
1 package (1 Tbsp) dry yeast
Dissolve 1 tsp sugar in 1/2 cup warm water. Sprinkle 1 package (1 Tbsp) dry yeast on water and let stand 10 mins. Add:
3 cups water
3 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp butter
4 eggs, beaten
2 or 3 cups raisins, as desired
12 to 14 cups flour
Stir in flour to make a faily thick batter. Let rise until double in bulk. Drop by spoonfuls in hot, deep fat and fry till golden brown (~ 2min on each side). Make sure the fat is hot before you start. Makes ~186 cookies so 1/2 batch should be plenty.
Heidi was asked to be the chef for the 24hr race that was going on with a bunch of friends of ours and I got to be her sous-chef (under chef) which was a lot of fun! See many pics here.
Heidi and I had a nice Christmas party with wine and cheese, and pomegranide (sp?)
And also, I did make it home alright and here’s the photo’s to prove it…
Montreal is getting a huge dump of snow today – hopefully I’ll be able to catch my flight tomorrow as today most of the flights out of the airport are cancelled…
And the buildup is closing in on the all-time record for any Montreal day – 47 cm – set by a huge storm in March 1971.
“Already we have 40 cm on the ground ,” Amanda Pfeffer of CBC News reported in the early afternoon. “That’s about a foot and a half.”
Heidi’s laying on the hits lately with back to back stellar suppers. Today it’s…
Vermicelli with Chicken in Peanut Sauce
30-45 mL (2-3 Tbsp) Vegetable Oil
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced
250 mL (1 cup) home made or prepared chicken stock
30 mL (2 Tbsp) liquid honey
30 mL (2 Tbsp) soy sauce
30 mL (2 Tbsp) cornstarch
50 mL (1/4 cup) peanut butter
2-3 green onions, chopped
1 red pepper, cut into strips
500g Vermecilli
Heat oil; saute chicken until golden. Remove and set aside. Combine stock, honey and soy sauce; whisk in cornstarch and peanut butter. Cook and stir until just thickened. Stir in onions, pepper and reserved chicken; heat through. Cook vermecilli according to package directions. Spoon chicken mixture over vermecilli, cover with peanuts.
This is my very favorite supper that Heidi makes…
Sweet and Sour SpareRibs
Esther Balzer
1 lb lean pork spareribs
1 egg
1 to 2 Tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp salt and pepper
Sauce:
1 cup ketchup or 1 can tomato soup
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
3/4 cup water (1 soup can)
Cut ribs into serving pieces; coat ribs with egg, cornstarch and seasonings. Pan fry coated ribs until golden brown. Place ribs in casserole dish; cover with sauce. Bake in 350F over for 1 1/2 hours.
Heidi has been marveling at the wonder of Weird Al’s lyrics in Amish Paradise lately,
As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain
I take a look at my wife and realize she’s very plain
But that’s just perfect for an Amish like me
You know, I shun fancy things like electricity
At 4:30 in the morning I’m milkin’ cows
Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows… fool
And I’ve been milkin’ and plowin’ so long that
Even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone
I’m a man of the land, I’m into discipline
Got a Bible in my hand and a beard on my chin
But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine
Then tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1699
I was checking out the list and I noticed 3 of Radiohead’s albums got in there. Wow – that’s why I like to listen to them so much! Other notable entries…
17) Nevermind (Nirvana)
26) The Joshua Tree (U2)
29) Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin) (Heidi’s so into the Led right now)
46) Legend (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
62) Achtung Baby (U2)
110) The Bends (Radiohead)
139) All That You Can’t Leave Behind (U2)
162) OK Computer (Radiohead)
207) Ten (Pearl Jam)
221) War (U2)
297) Weezer (Blue Album) (Weezer)
305) Odelay (Beck)
311) MTV Unplugged in New York (Nirvana)
336) Superunknown (Soundgarden)
341) Play (Moby)
360) Siamese Dream (The Smashing Pumpkins)
417) Boy (U2)
428) Kid A (Radiohead)
439) In Utero (Nirvana)
440) Sea Change (Beck)
473) A Rush of Blood to the Head (Coldplay)
487) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (The Smashing Pumpkins)
492) Vitalogy (Pearl Jam)
I’m currently listening to a lot of the Stones, Pink Floyd and the Beatles as they’re all featured very prominently in the list
