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I Never Learned to Surrender
There are battles I never learned or thought I'd have to fight. The thought of surrender or of giving up on anything I wanted has always been an anathema to me. I learned at what should have been my childhood that respect was won and took hard work and courage. It meant that on a wintry night in waters off of Punalu'u when in twelve feet of water ( Read more... ) -
Spinach Salad
This is another part of my low carb diet that isn't as big on protein. I'm not sure about the calorie count on the dressing, I just like the taste. I use it sparingly. I served this to some guests last night to good reviews and better yet, second helpings.
Ingredients
Salad:
Fresh baby spinach leaves (about 6 cups loose)
1/4 cup craisins or other ( Read more... ) -
Stuffed Hatch Peppers
In keeping with my commiserations with the younger of the twins. He and I are on a low carb diet whilst his brother is encouraged to eat until he's sick of eating, a state of affairs his other sibling and I would gladly exchange with him ( Read more... ) -
Beef Marinara Sauce a la Patrice
Tonight's dinner was Beef Marinara sauce served hot over fresh leaf spinach. It definitely makes my low carb diet more enjoyable.
Marinara Sauce Recipe
Ingredients.
1/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
1 lb extra lean ground beef
1-2 oz Pancetta
1/3 cup Dried and grated Romano, Parmesan, Mozzarella and goat's milk cheeses (Mozzarella (< 2 tspn) ( Read more... ) -
In Reflection
A day or two ago in Wardak province Afghanistan. Some 28 Special Operations Forces members including members of the unit sometimes referred to as SEAL Team 6 were killed during an assault on a home in that province. They were among the last real men in the United States. Their loss to our country is a great blow to our nation not for their ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
So, in th aftermath of the "let's make a dopey deal" charade in Wachington DC wherein Mr. Boehner got nothing except a deal while not forcing unpopular decisions be made regarding the burgeoning cost of government and bureaucratic sprawl across the nation and its economy. In the process he raised te amount of debt that we're passing on to my ( Read more... ) -
I wonder...
Today I was reflecting upon my career and the things that have brought me to where I am today. Among the places those reflections have taken me is where would I be had that bully not tried to take my only worldly possession in the third grade? Would I have grown up more Ferdinand the Bull or still become "Sydifer" the wrathful and fallen ( Read more... ) -
What - If?
I found this article in the Wall Street Journal. It struck a chord in me. You see, I'm a Jew. I get tired of other Jews who have forgotten that you first have to help yourself and must understand that to do that you must work twice as much and twice as hard to achieve half of what others already have. Those things, cannot be given to you else ( Read more... ) -
1944 June 6th
On this day, 67 years ago the Allied forces under the command of Dwight D. Eisenhower invaded France in Operation Overlord. The day, known now by the term D-Day a term used by the military to connote Debarkation Day and now any Jump Off day for an attack 150,000 men took part in the action. 15,000 were casualties by the end of the day. During ( Read more... ) -
William Wiberforce
I am watching Amazing Grace the story of William Wilberforce
One of the things I learned in the process of educating myself was to learn about the institution of slavery in the United States and its territories. In the process I became aware of the works of William Wilberforce to abolish the institution in the United Kingdom. It was through his ( Read more... )