my famous -- and, until now, very secret -- meatball recipe has been posted on an epicurean website by my officemate's girlfriend, who writes for the site.
at first i was a little upset, but people love the recipe so much i figure i should let it be shared so all people from around the globe can rejoice and enjoy these genius balls of meat.
i must, however, give credit to my great aunt dorothy (may she rest in peace), and her recipe book, from whence this meatball recipe was stolen.
strangely, i will now post a clip from the great movie, meatballs:
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
closet space
much more room now with our newly redesigned closet. took a little longer than i expected, but then again i've never really used tools before.
what once was a crowded mess is now less of a crowded mess. exciting stuff!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
sebastian...
continuing on the topic of john sebastian (and dancing around as a child), when i was very young there were three albums i'd play over and over. one was south pacific with mario lanza, another was beach boys endless summer, and the third was a lovin' spoonful album. my mother was a massive fan of the spoonful. i absolutely loved that album, especially this song, which i had completely forgotten about (and have just listened to twelve times).
tv theme songs
a pretty good collection of tunes are mentioned here, but there are, obviously, some glaring omissions.
i can't imagine anyone would argue that the golden girls theme song, and show, was terrific. and john sebastian's kotter theme was pure gold (i've even attempted to learn it on guitar)...
but how could they leave the dick van dyke show's theme off the list? according to my parents, when the song played i would run around in circles, giggling -- i haven't added much more to my dance routine over the last 35 years, i'm afraid.
i can't imagine anyone would argue that the golden girls theme song, and show, was terrific. and john sebastian's kotter theme was pure gold (i've even attempted to learn it on guitar)...
but how could they leave the dick van dyke show's theme off the list? according to my parents, when the song played i would run around in circles, giggling -- i haven't added much more to my dance routine over the last 35 years, i'm afraid.
Friday, June 10, 2011
beantown adventure...
an exciting recap of yesterday's biz trip to visit a potential client:
1) woke up at 6am, headed to jfk to catch flight (at this point it was already 85 degrees)
2) got to logan, drove to boston coffee shop to write presentation (two hours before the presentation was to happen)
3) drove 30 minutes to newton, mass. to visit bland office park where potential client is situated (it's now over 90 degrees)
4) met with ceo and a bunch of others... steve and i conducted our typical song/dance/gesticulations to emphasize how great of a fit we are for aforementioned would-be client
5) wrapped up a good meeting / got general agreement they'll use us in some capacity
6) get to airport as massive storm clouds form over logan, our american airlines flight delayed (storm clouds were so ominous, i was secretly hoping to see a tornado)
7) american flight delayed several more times, in increments of 15 minutes.
8) american flight finally canceled
9) attempt to get a us airways flight, to no avail
10) discuss with steve if we should rent a car and drive 4 hours back to nyc
11) decide not to and investigate amtrak schedule
12) buy amtrak ticket over the phone, get to south station and have a beer and watch irish-looking blue-collar beantown folk making merry
13) board train at 9:30pm, fall asleep
14) wake up around 12am, and find out the train is delayed (not moving at all)...
15) listen to vulgar couple behind me munching chips and belching while playing video games as i try to fall back asleep
16) finally get to penn station in nyc at 3:15am, jump in cab
17) get home at 3:40am. takes 20 minutes for me to fall asleep.
18) wake up at 8am
19) leave for work at 10am
1) woke up at 6am, headed to jfk to catch flight (at this point it was already 85 degrees)
2) got to logan, drove to boston coffee shop to write presentation (two hours before the presentation was to happen)
3) drove 30 minutes to newton, mass. to visit bland office park where potential client is situated (it's now over 90 degrees)
4) met with ceo and a bunch of others... steve and i conducted our typical song/dance/gesticulations to emphasize how great of a fit we are for aforementioned would-be client
5) wrapped up a good meeting / got general agreement they'll use us in some capacity
6) get to airport as massive storm clouds form over logan, our american airlines flight delayed (storm clouds were so ominous, i was secretly hoping to see a tornado)
7) american flight delayed several more times, in increments of 15 minutes.
8) american flight finally canceled
9) attempt to get a us airways flight, to no avail
10) discuss with steve if we should rent a car and drive 4 hours back to nyc
11) decide not to and investigate amtrak schedule
12) buy amtrak ticket over the phone, get to south station and have a beer and watch irish-looking blue-collar beantown folk making merry
13) board train at 9:30pm, fall asleep
14) wake up around 12am, and find out the train is delayed (not moving at all)...
15) listen to vulgar couple behind me munching chips and belching while playing video games as i try to fall back asleep
16) finally get to penn station in nyc at 3:15am, jump in cab
17) get home at 3:40am. takes 20 minutes for me to fall asleep.
18) wake up at 8am
19) leave for work at 10am
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
nine days of pain
Background:
* Ten years ago, as I was getting out of bed, I experiences a sharp and severe pain in my neck. I screamed out loud and I could not move. The "epicenter" was on the left side of my neck and sent waves of pain through my upper back, neck, and left shoulder blade. The pain was most severe when I moved my head to the left or up and down. The pain slowly went away over the next three days.
* After a few more occurrences of this over the next few months, I decided to visit the Spine Institute. I was seen by Dr. Casden. He had an MRI taken which showed a bulging disc in my neck, C 4/5 to be specific, and mild stenosis where my column was becoming too narrow to house my cord! jfc!
* Casden recommended I begin stretching regularly and refrain from running and other strenuous exercise (at the time I was running about 30 miles/week). I asked him if it was something I should worry about, and could I eventually continue running. He explained that he was also a runner and that I shouldn't worry about it. The alternative, he said, was surgery, but he didn't recommend that as my issue seemed minor. The time off from running along with regular stretching seemed to work for me. The pain went away and I didn't have another episode for a while.
* Throughout the last ten years, however, I have had similar episodes (anywhere from 2 - 6 per year). It typically occurs in the exact same spot on the left side of my upper back and neck (aside from one recent episode that occurred on the opposite side). Every one of these episodes slowly subsided after two or three days.
* It's difficult to determine exactly what triggers these episodes as they are fairly random: sleeping awkwardly, turning head quickly, swinging a golf club, etc.
* This most recent episode, on May 29th, occurred while golfing. The location of the pain and the severity is similar to virtually all previous episodes, however, unlike the previous times, this one has persisted for over nine days, with minimal improvement.
* I just made another appointment with Casden and we'll see what's happening now. Perhaps surgery is an option now? I'll do anything that gets rid of this pain, aside from, perhaps, removing the discs and fusing bone together... anything that spares my crummy golf game from suffering further.
* Ten years ago, as I was getting out of bed, I experiences a sharp and severe pain in my neck. I screamed out loud and I could not move. The "epicenter" was on the left side of my neck and sent waves of pain through my upper back, neck, and left shoulder blade. The pain was most severe when I moved my head to the left or up and down. The pain slowly went away over the next three days.
* After a few more occurrences of this over the next few months, I decided to visit the Spine Institute. I was seen by Dr. Casden. He had an MRI taken which showed a bulging disc in my neck, C 4/5 to be specific, and mild stenosis where my column was becoming too narrow to house my cord! jfc!
* Casden recommended I begin stretching regularly and refrain from running and other strenuous exercise (at the time I was running about 30 miles/week). I asked him if it was something I should worry about, and could I eventually continue running. He explained that he was also a runner and that I shouldn't worry about it. The alternative, he said, was surgery, but he didn't recommend that as my issue seemed minor. The time off from running along with regular stretching seemed to work for me. The pain went away and I didn't have another episode for a while.
* Throughout the last ten years, however, I have had similar episodes (anywhere from 2 - 6 per year). It typically occurs in the exact same spot on the left side of my upper back and neck (aside from one recent episode that occurred on the opposite side). Every one of these episodes slowly subsided after two or three days.
* It's difficult to determine exactly what triggers these episodes as they are fairly random: sleeping awkwardly, turning head quickly, swinging a golf club, etc.
* This most recent episode, on May 29th, occurred while golfing. The location of the pain and the severity is similar to virtually all previous episodes, however, unlike the previous times, this one has persisted for over nine days, with minimal improvement.
* I just made another appointment with Casden and we'll see what's happening now. Perhaps surgery is an option now? I'll do anything that gets rid of this pain, aside from, perhaps, removing the discs and fusing bone together... anything that spares my crummy golf game from suffering further.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
