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May. 6th, 2008 08:42 pmI know this has become almost a cooking blog, but between work and kids and life, I kinda only have time to unwind and post after cooking. It's become a great relaxation for me, and an art. But, in between general business, life is actually pretty good.
Quick segue into politics -- looks like an Obama blowout in North Carolina (with the larger amount of delegates) vs. a Clinton narrower margin in Indiana, my former in-law state. How a $108 million senator can say she's more for the blue-collar worker than a former food-stamp single-mother senator....I don't get it. But, then again, I guess the benefits of an Ivy League education for either candidate is that it will erase the past. I'm hoping Obama really smears Clinton in NC, because I really don't want her to send Obama to the back of the bus and sleaze her way into the nomination.
As the late, great author Robert Heinlein once said: If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.
I'm for Obama to win the dems, mainly because if it is going to be Obama vs. McCain, I'm really and honestly not sure who I would vote for. Neither lean toward my "government stay out of my life" libertarianism, so the deciding factor will be who is the better person.... And that's going to take some time to figure out. With that philosophy, however, I will vote for McCain in an nanosecond if it's Clinton vs. McCain. Because of that Heinlein thing.
So: onto cooking.
I am cooking chicken parm tonight, kinda basic comfort food. I knew that I had to take out the chicken at 8:30 to throw on some mozzarella. On a whim, I cut into a chunk of chicken to see how it was coming along....and it was completely raw. I couldn't believe it -- I knew instinctively how long it would take to cook, and couldn't believe it was so raw. Then I looked at my watch and it was actually 8:22. I was instantly relieved -- my cooking instincts were spot on....it's just my timing that sucks ;)
Quick segue into politics -- looks like an Obama blowout in North Carolina (with the larger amount of delegates) vs. a Clinton narrower margin in Indiana, my former in-law state. How a $108 million senator can say she's more for the blue-collar worker than a former food-stamp single-mother senator....I don't get it. But, then again, I guess the benefits of an Ivy League education for either candidate is that it will erase the past. I'm hoping Obama really smears Clinton in NC, because I really don't want her to send Obama to the back of the bus and sleaze her way into the nomination.
As the late, great author Robert Heinlein once said: If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.
I'm for Obama to win the dems, mainly because if it is going to be Obama vs. McCain, I'm really and honestly not sure who I would vote for. Neither lean toward my "government stay out of my life" libertarianism, so the deciding factor will be who is the better person.... And that's going to take some time to figure out. With that philosophy, however, I will vote for McCain in an nanosecond if it's Clinton vs. McCain. Because of that Heinlein thing.
So: onto cooking.
I am cooking chicken parm tonight, kinda basic comfort food. I knew that I had to take out the chicken at 8:30 to throw on some mozzarella. On a whim, I cut into a chunk of chicken to see how it was coming along....and it was completely raw. I couldn't believe it -- I knew instinctively how long it would take to cook, and couldn't believe it was so raw. Then I looked at my watch and it was actually 8:22. I was instantly relieved -- my cooking instincts were spot on....it's just my timing that sucks ;)
