I’ve never heard it called Weissspargel outside of Germany, though. I grew up with a German Oma and mom, so I ate alot of Spargel growing up. I guess like sauerkraut and rotkohl, its an acquired taste.

I’ll have to try this. Now my next asparagus adventure will to be find someplace to get Spargel (white asparagus) on the West Coast that isn’t in a jar.

I worked a graveyard shift with a Cuban security guard. I was really tired after cramming for a grad school exam and he introduced me to his mama’s Cuban coffee. Let’s just say my sleep patterns were screwed up for months after quitting that job. And yes, Cuban coffee is great.

I think Andre the Giant drank enough alcohol for both of them.

Once again, I missed RSD by one day (I was helping re-establish native plants at a beach for Earth Day), but the fates were kind and paid me back for my civic duty. Today, I was able to score the RSD release of Bowie Now, a Soundgarden release and a re-issue of Johnny Thunder’s 1977 So Alone. And I bought the…

Is it just me or does Maynard James Keenan look like the male version of Patti Smith in that photo? 

I just read they are going to re-release 2001: A Space Odyssey in the original 70mm format for the 50th anniversary. I am more than excited about this.

I read an interesting interview with Keir Dullea where his motivation in the scene where he “kills” HAL, was to hark back to the ending of Of Mice and Men, when George kills Lemmie to avoid him being him being killed in retribution of the murder of Curley’s wife. It seemed an odd connection at the time.

My college roommate’s mother used to lightly flour green beans and then fry them in bacon fat. They were amazingly delicious.

I have never thrown a drink into someone’s face or slapped someone in the face. But I did punch a girl in the 8th grade who was particularly annoying. And by punch, I mean a serious right hook. My brother, the marine was not a good influence on my early teen years.

So I actually dated three people with the same first name (not at the same time), and a friend of mine once remarked, “Well in the heat of passion, you could shout out the wrong person’s name and no one would be the wiser”

In a perfect world, she’d be a patient of Rex Morgan, MD.

I tried to convince my husband that a pygmy goat would go long to decrease our waste output and carbon footprint, but he still says that the Homeowners Association would pitch a fit. I say they’re all party poopers.  

Here’s a solution. Our local waste disposal company accepts food waste and yard waste in a separate bin. We just have a third bin in our kitchen with a charcoal filter that all the plant based material goes in. Our actual “garbage” for 3 -4 people is about 1 medium sized bag per week. People need to push on their…

1. The In Laws

My mom once sent me on a wild goose chase through several NYC record stores looking for Marty Robbins’ “Rosie’s Cantina” until one kind C/W record store said...

Morticia Addams. Proof you could be a mom, weird and still have a great romantic relationship with your spouse.

Morticia Addams. Proof you could be a mom, weird and still have a great romantic relationship with your spouse.

Honestly? I still get chills when I watch that opening.

Its a tie between Orson Wells’ A Touch of Evil long shot and Lawrence of Arabia’s motorcycle ride. A close second is the Also Spracht Zarathustra intro to 2001:A Space Odyssey.