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| This morning I earned a man credit by fixing our food disposal. On second thought, fixing the food disposal may only merit a half credit, because it was really easy. I simply had to press a red button on the bottom of the disposal in order to reset the circuit after an olive pit had jammed the blades.
I'm running soon, but afterwards I'm going on a fun food excursion with my in-laws. My mother-in-law is guiding us on a tour of Twin Cities markets. I've never heard of any of the places on the tour, so I'm pretty excited.
I enjoyed Eastern Promises. It's about the Russian Mafia in London and is directed by David Cronenberg and stars Viggo Mortensen, who also starred in Cronenberg's A History of Violence, which I also liked. Like it's predecessor, the central conflict in Eastern Promises occurs between a crime family and a normal family. There isn't a ton of violence, but what's there is gruesome, and the plot moves fast. Film geek note: The sound editor really contributed to the fast pace, by blending the sound of one scene to the sound of a following scene.
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| Amy's Organic Lentil Soup is delicious. I might like it better than Campbell's tomato soup.
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| If iTunes DRM annoys you, you should try Amazon's mp3s. Amazon's mp3s are DRM free and each file is a dime or two cheaper than those on iTunes. iTunes still has a way better user interface than Amazon, but I expect Amazon will catch up.
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| eelk0008 and I spent the morning reading food magazines, mostly Bon Appetit, and then downloading the music from their dinner party play lists. Their music is often very good. Is it odd that a food magazine is one of my favorite places for discovering music?
We just finished downloading M.I.A., Junior Senior, and the Beastie Boys' instrumental album The Mix-Up. It's a butt shaking mix, so we had an impromptu dance party. Is there a band that's more fun than Junior Senior?
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| Xanga kept crashing on me yesterday, so my first post in a month didn't get saved. Very irritating. Here's a quick summary: I ate and drank a lot of good food and liquor this weekend.
MindyDear made some gourmet home cooking featuring breaded pork chops, gravy, great root vegetables, and a delectable spaghetti squash cake. I envied Chubby Weasel his breakfast, because I'm sure it featured pork chops and gravy.
Last night's dinner was at my sister-in-law's house. She made a good salmon and a tremendous risotto and roasted tomatoes dish that paired excellently with the chenin blanc/viognier I brought.
That's about it. Oh yeah, I'm also sad to see that our brief spring thaw is coming to an end today with 3''-5'' of snow forecasted.
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