I love lamb, it is my favorite meat.  I have a craving for some spicy good lamb and have decided to alter the moroccan chicken recipe that I had posted before and make it with lamb.  In Morocco they cook in a tagine, which is a clay pot used to make all kinds of spicy delicious dishes.  Moroccan cuisine is made with a meat, vegetables and fruits of ( Read more... )

My Friends,

I have a concern:

I don't have to tell you that the world is in a sad state.  People are going hungry do to increased inflation.  Wars are being waged by the power elite.  Crime is increasing.  Violence is being sold as a way of life by the media in movies and video games.  People in general are suffering worldwide. pray for a better ( Read more... )

Warning there is an F* BOMB!

, but I love what this man is saying.  Apply within.

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Gretchen and I helped her Mom take care of our Nephew this weekend.  Of course My Mom in law did all the hard stuff, like changing diapers, and she had little Michael for three days.  We just stopped by for a few hours to entertain the baby and give Gretchen's Mom a  break.


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Essay B #2 Her Hair

Charles Baudelaire is best known for his vivid poetic imagery.  His poetry in Flowers of Evil is sometimes gruesome and grotesque, but occasionally attractive and always effectual.  In the poem Her Hair, Baudelaire paints us a very romantic and sensual picture with words.  He uses words that speak to the senses of smell, sight ( Read more... )

I have chosen this poem to write an essay on for world lit II.  I will post the essay when it is finished.

Her Hair
by Charles Baudelaire

O fleece, that down the neck waves to the nape!
O curls! O perfume nonchalant and rare!
O ecstasy! To fill this alcove shape
With memories that in these tresses sleep,
I would shake them like penions in the air ( Read more... )

“Police Taser Man With Chicken In Car”

- Associated Press headline, September 18, 2007

I guess it is better than being tasered with a pig.  ZZzzzzzzzap OINK!

My good friend Troyj has written a series of postings titled "What's Wrong With Our Educational System In America ?"  In the same spirit I would like to vent about some of the sad and poor examples of student attitudes that I see in my classes at a University.

I am currently taking a world lit class.  In the summer classes we have less students ( Read more... )