February 12, 2012

Happy Birthday Abe !



Went to a Dive Bar to watch the Knicks. I was pleasantly surprised by Four flat screen TVs and $3 PBRs. A Knick win in the last minute sealed the night.



The Knicks win but Rubio looks like the real deal. He is super fast and not soft at all. Great court vision. Lin came down to earth but played with grit.



"The Pope was a thug, but he was a learned thug" from The Swerve: How the World Became Modern.



My oldest son has to read Frankenstein and I only read the Classics Illustrated Comic Book. Now, I'll try the original. Also picked up Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners. Inspired by the NYT Magazine article : My Debt to Ireland.

January 15, 2012

Big game today. Go Giants ! The 49er - Saints game yesterday was perhaps the best game I have seen in quite a while.



Chili and Chili dogs on the menu. The recipe:

Chili:
1 1/2 pounds Top Round Sirloin
cut into ½ inch cubes
1 Pound Chuck Chop
1 cup flour
1 Tablespoon Black pepper
2 Tablespoons Virgin Olive Oil
10 Mushrooms
1 Green Pepper
1 Red Pepper
1 Large Onion
1 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 tsp. Cumin
3 tsp. Chili Powder
1 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
2 tsp. Cocoa
7 cloves garlic
1 cup beef broth
1 cup Dark Beer
2 Bay Leaves
1 ½ tsp. Tabasco Sauce
2 tsp. Lime Juice
1 28 oz Marinara Sauce
2 (16 oz.) cans Red Pinto Beans
1 8 oz Tomato Sauce
1 16 oz Diced Tomatoes

Cut Beef into small cubes. Put cubes in Gallon Storage bag
with flour, pepper. Mix well to cover cubes completely.
Add cubes to hot oil and saute for six to seven minutes.
In a large pot add the chopped garlic, onion , mushrooms and peppers until soft. Add Sauce, broth, wine, Beer. Add cooked Beef cubes, Chuck Chop, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover , cook until all is tender, about two hours. Serve with Dark Beer.



I am now reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt. It is about De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus. Project Gutenberg has the Poem and it is now on my Nook for later reading.

October 16, 2011

View All-You-Can-Drink Boozy Brunches in NYC in a larger map

Map of NYC AYCD (All You Can Drink) Brunches or "Drunches."



One of The Outer Limits best: "The Zanti Misfits."



Just nominated for the National Book Award. On the list of things to read.



Watching the Giants with Brooklyn Brewery's "The Companion" makes me think of The Wild Bunch :

Pike Bishop: We're not gonna get rid of anybody! We're gonna stick together, just like it used to be! When you side with a man, you stay with him! And if you can't do that, you're like some animal, you're finished! *We're* finished! All of us!