I have been listening to a lot of Podcasts on my IPhone. I can't seem to get enough of them. I am listening to
And if you haven't heard Jacob Nawrocki at Operation Self Reset. You should start listening to him. He has lots of energy.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Ratatouille and Podcast to Feed the Soul
I have been listening to a lot of Podcasts on my IPhone. I can't seem to get enough of them. I am listening to
And if you haven't heard Jacob Nawrocki at Operation Self Reset. You should start listening to him. He has lots of energy.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
The Resourcefulness of Peasants
Juicy Roasted Chicken
Recipe Original by Evelyn Rogers
Adapted from : Vidalia Onions: Blue Blue Recipes
1 chicken, about 4 1/2 lbs
3 cups water
1 tablespoon sugar
1 medium Vidalia onion, chopped into pieces
1/2 cup dry sherry
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon salt
Mix the water, sugar, Vidalia onion, dry sherry, salt, and ginger in a pot and bring to a boil.
Clean the chicken. When the mix comes to a boil, add to the chicken and boil for 10 minutes. After you add the chicken you may have to turn the heat down slightly.
Take the pot off the heat and let rest for 20 minutes.
Take the chicken and put it into a shallow pan with a pan and roast at 375F about 40 minutes or until tender.
Cool this chicken stock. Pour them into freezer containers, label and freeze.
Now I have never made chicken stock before, let alone tried it in this fashion. So I definitively know it is different.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Where are the empowering Girl Toys?
Superheroes are always branded with bold colors, not pinks and pastels. If a little girl wanted these stickers, I think she would want them for the colors, and she would have no idea who Supergirl is. So there is a whole disconnect.
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Women ought to be able to be women. I don’t think they should be made to feel like they have to be the one to raise the kids (by herself), clean the house (by herself), and cook the meals (by herself). Family and marriage is a partnership. Even though husbands are unable to bear the children, that doesn’t mean that they can’t bear some of the responsibility of running and taking care of the family and the household besides paying the bills. I know there are families already where husbands share in the responsibility; well it should be reflected in the toys. This leads to what we are selling to the kids.
It is very hard to find female action figures, or, of course, superhero stickers, with female superhero stickers because there are none on the market. I am pretty sure the companies will tell me there is no market for these toys/stickers and that is why they are not selling them. If I were in their office they would pull out all their facts and figures, based on fifty years of sales. Since all they care about is the bottom line there are no female superheroes, even if they are in the movie theaters. Little boys want to play with little male superheroes and all little girls want are things that are girly pink and purple. The parents may not be happy with the choices but they have to choose between the toys available on the shelves unless their kids are deemed unpopular if all their friends are playing with these toys.
The stickers and the female action figures can be as empowering in some ways as the arc reactor was for Tony Stark in Ironman. He used it to power his gadgets, and he used it to empower himself.
All these items are ready and available for boys when you go down the action figure aisle and the sticker.
Merida is a lovable character, who can be inspirable; well I was really appalled to see these stickers.
Merida is not a puffy sticker type of girl. She rejects anything girly. Any girl who is a real fan of this character will probably not purchase these stickers, because to me they show the merchandisers don’t know anything about the products they are selling. So I say ‘Eewww!
Were all these products created by men?
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
It's a Good Life with Iced Matcha Latte
I drink my Iced Matcha Latte while I listen to a podcast on my iPhone. Today I am listening to. the Good Life Project.
Jonathan Fields interviews many types of entrepreneurs and learns their journeys. Many of their lives are very creative, and much of their lives deal with helping people, and overcoming some sort of obstacle. Many of the stories are very inspiring. The podcast can be found here.
A fine way to relax and put your feet up.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Why Alton Brown was Right About Cucumber Water
Cucumber water is actually crisp and refreshing to drink. If you want you can stick in a piece of cucumber and a piece of lemon, and some ice cubes. You can even add mint. I keep my water in the refrigerator when I am not chugging away.
There are a many recipes for cucumber water on the internet.
I have a water container in the refrigerator so that I always have cold water. I took a medium sized cucumber and scrubbed it well, and took off about half the skin and cut it into slices. I then took the pieces of cucumber and put them into a cheesecloth type piece of fabric and stuck that into the water container, and placed the cover back on top and placed it in the refrigerator. You can throw out the cucumber the next day.
Within an hour my water tasted like cucumber. I was drinking more of it than regular water.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Orange-Balsamic Glazed Chicken
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