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I adore Thanksgiving. Unlike his more bloated sister, Christmas, Thanksgiving doesn’t promise more than it can deliver. Yesterday was no exception. I felt peace, love, pleasure, happiness. My cup (and plate) runneth over.

Having said that, I have to admit that this blog is mostly about the best meal I have ever made. I’m not a cook, really. As my oldest son once said, I heat. I commute, I work, the budget and time are limited, and our meals are often reflective of that. In the midst ...

The cold night was silent.
Their silent faces were cold.
Their smouldering anguish
Touched the silent menace.

The Sparks inflamed a fire.
Tears could not extinguish.
Shouts could not diminish
The wild dance of inferno.

With the unshackled chains,
The unbridled horse clamoured,
Choked the silence, and abolished
The fences with its violence.

The walls were witnessing silently
To their ...

2005 dir. Ramin Bahrani

This is an inspiring movie. It is what the title says, it's about a man who owns a push cart in New York. It is inpiring in the sense that Camus is inspiring. It has an anti-ending and is virtually anti-narrative. The man was once a rock-star in his native country of Pakistan and now makes a living selling bagels and coffee. Unlike so many other movies, this film aviods tender illusorary moments of non-life. This movie is pure life.

The film ...

The First Tableau

When God broke the news in Adam's ear
That he and Eve had naught smote in fear,
But Satan's collar wrapped to apprehend,
And so must they to the world descend,
Adam stopped in stupor, then pitted both
Human legs to plight his troth.
Beside his bride he succoured her frame,
Then addressed his saviour close be name,
"Good Father," he said "Are we to understand
There be no man living in the

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McDonalds has spent many years building up addictive behavior in the eating habits of the average American and world conquest seems to be their ultimate goal. They can be cruel taskmasters when they perceive resistance to their insidious plans to suck the last quarter out of an income. Harsh indeed is the punishment meted out to traditional slug-a-beds like myself. No Egg McMuffins served after 11 am for these backsliders from the faith.

Had pretty much skipped eating yesterday ...