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I Feel Old

Because this came in today's mail.

Meatless Monday

Eggplant and chickpea stew!  Very tasty and very easy!

Cut one large or several small eggplants into cubes, toss with salt and let drain over sink for 30 minutes.  Rinse with cold water and dry on paper towels.

Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a deep pan.  Add one large sliced onion, and three cloves chopped garlic, heat until softened and translucent.

Add one teaspoon cumin, one teaspoon coriander, and one teaspoon cinnamon to pan, stir to combine.

Add eggplant.  Cook for five minutes.

Add one can diced tomatoes, and two cans drained chickpeas.  Stir until combined, add salt and pepper to taste, bring to a boil, cover and simmer for twenty minutes.

Serve over cooked rice, couscous, or pasta.

I Find These.....

....disturbing.  Are they for dogs?  Children?  Stoners?  All three???

And There Goes Goodhair

WOW!  I did NOT see this coming!

A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers  of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors  investigating public corruption — making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful  his state’s first indicted governor in nearly a century.

A special prosecutor spent months calling witnesses and presenting evidence  that Perry broke the law when he promised publicly to nix $7.5 million over two  years for the public integrity unit, which is run by Travis County District  Rosemary Lehmberg’s office. Several top aides to the Republican governor  appeared before grand jurors in Austin, including his deputy chief of staff,  legislative director and general counsel. Mr. Perry himself wasn’t called to  testify.

He was indicted by an Austin grand jury on felony counts of abuse of official  capacity and coercion of a public servant. Maximum punishment on the first  charge is five to 99 years in prison. The second is two to 10 years.

Even if exonerated, this is the end of his presidential ambitions.

Is This Significant?

104.7 FM has long been the conservative talk station in Pittsburgh.  Today, they changed their format to country music.  Meanwhile, conservative talk was shipped to the former AM oldies station, WJAS.  Is this a development on the state of talk radio?  As an old radio hand, I've always felt the AM band was a much better fit for talk over music due to fidelity issues, but a number of years ago, talk was shifting from the AM band to the FM due to FM's better market penetration.  If it is now shifting back, what does that mean?  Is political talk radio played out?

It Is A Question

So, I responded to this in one of my groups and want your opinions.  Who are your idols/influences in the following fields?  Philosophy, Science, Comedy, Music, and Literature?  Here's mine:

Philosophy: Bertrand Russell

Science: Charles Darwin

Comedy: Monty Python Music: Ray Davies  ...

Literature: Isaac Asimov

Feel free to list yours in comments or ask me the "why" for my choices.