Happy Monday

From mdk e-mail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0

There is no explanation other than the explanation. It's as funkilous as grooveallience but it still is better than anything Shaq could imagine.

Happy Monday

From mdk e-mail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0

There is no explanation other than the explanation. It's as funkilous as grooveallience but it still is better than anything Shaq could imagine.

Biblical Crumb

Bad ass cartoonist and general freak Robert Crumb has a new book of cartoons out that depict the book of Genesis. If you haven't seen his film biography (entitled Crumb, of course), it is highly entertaining and critically acclaimed.

Happy Hour Haunts

Some of these look pretty good.

Roasted turnips

Saw the idea of roasted turnips and am looking for recipe ideas. Maybe this one from Mario.

Primordial Soup

Julia Child makes primordial soup:

Happy Monday Addendum

Edited from mdk e-mail (late again!):

We at Happy Monday LLC have received numerous comments regarding the lack of a publication yesterday. Believe me, we were just as surprised. In fact, we just recently received the sad news that Leroy the gluttonous gnome has left us to pursue a position as a philandering pundit. His new position is with Lamenting Sunday, a talk show based print publication (I know, re-funk-u-less right!?). It has been Leroy's position to send out the Happy Monday notes. However, with all sadness need to pick our selves up from our bootstraps and find the strength to continue.

With this news, we'd like to acknowledge that Ronnie the school boy elf is now taking over Leroy's responsibilities (in addition to his already massive schedule). Ronnie has been with Happy Monday LLC for the past 5 weeks and has had some tremendous growth. If you are worried about Ronnie's ability for pop-culture references do not fret. We believe Ronnie will be able to fill those shoes with glorious vengeance. Although Ronnie is not a gnome we at Happy Monday LLC are an equal opportunity employer who does not judge our employees in anyway (other than the varying degrees of potential usefulness, ability to freely exploit, and sure lack of common knowledge).

In honor of Leroy departure we have selected a new piece. Please enjoy.

Missouri Wineries

Now that "Oktober" is just about here, it's time to start thinking about the wineries. Nothing like sitting on a patio under the Fall color with a glass full of overly-sweet German-style Missouri wine. Goes great with chunk cheese and meat logs from Schnuck's.

Southern Fusion Sushi

So, I have a real interest in fusion cooking. Like the mingling of genes from populations long kept separate, there is great potential for incredible new dishes to result from the fusion of different ingredients, techniques, spices, and forms.

In this vein, this Southern Sushi dish looks incredible to me (haven't made it yet). The roll idea from Sushi is the fusion part (and the rice), but the rest is pure Southern home cooking--chicken, okra, and collards in a dark onion gravy. Other sushi ideas are given there, too.

I'm going to cook some of my own ideas I have for fusion dishes sometime and share them here.

Tractet

Happy Little Teabaggers

Bill does it again--hilarious.

From the Mind of GXW

When Kenny G kicks the bucket, all elevators will stop for a moment of silence.

Carter Tells It Like It Is

Jimmy Carter knows all about racism from his childhood and his diplomatic experience. In this clip he speaks the truth. Listen.

Happy Monday

From mdk e-mail:

Here is a simple equation: the great american stephen colbert is scared of grizzly bear. comrad jay-z loves grizzly bear. party members grizzly bear loves michael mcdonald whilst cossak paul rudd hates michael mcdonald. perhaps the great american stephen colbert is on to something.

You Are Here

This looks like the beginning of an awful curve. Something needs to be done to get the economy turned around, I think. I mean, damn.

h/t Calculated Risk

Stagger Lee

Soulard Blues Band @ Jefferson Barracks

The Mad Logophile

Mispronounced words:  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/5/747963/-The-Mad-Logophile:-Commonly-Mispronounced-Words

Cooking terms:  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/6/201916/0570

Click on Purple Priestess to see more.

Thesis on Interstellar Trade

By Krugman, of course. I'll post on some other economists, too, I promise.

Flowing Data Viz Picks

The best data visualizations of the year from flowingdata.com. I don't know how practical many of these visualizations are for actual data exploration, but they are such good eye candy. I sometimes yearn to have such interesting data to play with.

Green Links

A few links to environmental organizations in St. Louis. The first one they've been advertising on the radio. Haven't checked them out much yet.

EcoLifeStL

The Healthy Planet

St. Louis Green

Add any of your favorite green links in the comments, local or not.

No Fatties Tax

So, Obama says that a tax on soda, a kind of fat tax, should be considered. He always gets in such trouble for being open-minded. I'm not really that big of a fan of sin taxes, being generally pro-sin (of the fun kind) and opposed to regressive taxes. I'd rather just repeal Bush's tax cuts, which by the way cost two-and-a-half times more than current healthcare proposals over a ten year period. Ironically, fat taxes do not affect fat cats much...

Finally, a snarky commenter nails it, with this gem:

Yes, we are going to tax ALL fatty foods. We actually were just going to start with Lays potato chips but nobody could tax just one.

Wal-Peeps

It's like Thanksgiving.

Happy Monday

From mdk e-mail (sent on Tuesday because of Labor Day):

It's not a day late if Christian Disposal Company and the Catholic Supply store aren't open. I ask you this, how is St. Louis suppose to keep up a fresh supply if we can't properly dispose of, and purchase new Catholics every day (except for Shabbos). Even Walter doesn't roll on Shabbos. As for Happy Monday LLC, the gnomes are legally entitled to labor day; although half of them went out planting trees believing it was arbor day. They know you want some content. You want some Hardcore Buttonless Amish content. You might be surprised to find out though that HBA isn't as awesome as it sounds. In fact, alot of it is simply a group of men trying to lift a barn. So, in absence of some truly exceptional HBA the gnomes selected this treat.

Enjoy,

The disgruntled gnomes of Happy Monday LLC.

Disclaimer: Happy Monday LLC is in no way associated with the vile '80s brit dance/pop group: The Happy Mondays. Happy Monday LLC Gnomes (TM) are beginning a series of unfortunate events to prevent putting baby in a corner.

Real-Time Economic History

It was great to watch presidential history be made in the past year. In the wake of that, there has been quite a stir in the field of Economics resulting from the recent recession. Paul Krugman, a saltwater ecomonist with a Nobel Prize, an Obama court jester, and an unabashed Liberal, writes about the history of Economics in the U.S.

Krugman writes that he and others see Behavioral Finance as a way to potentially fill in some holes with Keynsian economics, and maybe explain the bubble phenomenon. There is an interesting article in Scientific American, June, 2009 (I think) on the topic of Behavioral Finance. I have it at the house.

Stimulating

Washed up, twice-divorced, recently converted Catholic Newt Gingrich gives an entrepreneur of the year award to a po-no-gruh-phe company.

Gay puters

For a minute, I thought this was about Linus Torvalds.

090909

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090909

The aughts are good for patterns.

UPDATE: My car just hit 111,111 miles.

RS on Healthcare

Matt Tiabbi takes on healthcare crapola in the current issue of Rolling Stone. Includes several linked videos of him explaining his take on the situation.

Deficit Sources

Infographic in the Times about where current (as of 0906) deficits are coming from.

Attn: Layout Dept

If you close your eyes and listen real close, you can tell which one is the original.

Some Funny

Maybe it's just my sense of humor, but I think these cards are hilarious. "Let's go shit on coworkers in a more informal setting."

Add links to other card sites in the comments.

Rick Bayless Convergence

So, Beth and I went to Chicago on vacation and had the opportunity to eat at one of Rick Bayless's restaurants, the Frontera Grill. It was Saturday lunch, so they were working off of the brunch menu. Neither one of us felt like eggs at 2 in the PM on a hot Chicago afternoon, so that limited our options. We got the sampler (awesome ceviche) and beef/pork taco platters. Did not dissapoint--we both loved it. Also liked our blackberry mohito and cucumber margarita drinks which were on special that day.

Now the convergence part. When we returned, we watched the finale of Top Chef Masters, and guess who won? That's right--our Rick. We were like, "Uh huh, that's right, bitches!"

Chrome

I have been using the Chrome browser by Google for a few weeks now and love it. Blows IE out of the water for speed and stability, and has some great, intuitive features. I usually don't give a crap about IT topics, and won't be writing about them much. This, however, deserves a recommend.

Hubby Hubby

Ben & Jerry pose as a married couple on top of a wedding cake on the package of their temporarily renamed Chubby Hubby ice cream. They are both straight family men, and bearded hippy types, which makes it pretty funny.

Top 5 Lies About Healthcare

Newsweek has been rocking lately on healthcare. In this article, published just a couple days ago, they beat back 5 lies about proposed healthcare reform efforts.

This is a good read, and I'm glad they did it, because there simply is not enough informative reporting out there (see here for more). I wonder if the worm is turning in the debate and we might actually get some more sensible, in-depth coverage. Oh, wait...