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Leonor Fini Appreciation Day
A Girl and Her Gun
A Girl came into guns fairly late in life, after being vehemently anti. She went on to write a post heard ’round the world.
I started this blog as a journal to my daughter, who being raised by me, believed guns were bad and scary, so now that I was carrying one, well, it rocked her world.
I wanted her to see the struggle I went through and how I came to carry a gun. I didn’t want her to think it was casual or that she couldn’t trust me or my opinions. I was very nervous that she would doubt everything I said because I had changed my mind on an issue I felt so strongly about.
I had no idea when I started this journey that I would change so much. That I would actually enjoy shooting or that it would become a passion of mine and I had no idea how my daughter would feel about me or guns.
The Death of the Book
We live in a truly amazing time.
Not that long ago, one had to really search to find books, enlist the help of librarians or book shops to order books which were not available locally, or just plain make a note for a future date when you maybe spot the book you’re after in a second-hand bookstore.
Then came the internet and Amazon, and pretty much everything in print can be ordered and shipped halfway across the world.
And then came the iPads and Kindles, and the same books can be downloaded straight from Amazon.
Or bought all over the place — Baen is my favourite. Alliteration Ink is also interesting.
Or downloaded for free from Classicly and from the authors themselves.
Which is why the New York Times article on The Death of the Book Through the Ages is interesting.
A true visionary
“He didn’t invent iron ore and blast furnaces, did he?”
“Who?”
“Rearden. He didn’t invent smelting and chemistry and air compression. He couldn’t have invented his Metal but for thousands and thousands of other people. His Metal! Why does he think it’s his? Why does he think it’s his invention? Everybody uses the work of everybody else. Nobody ever invents anything.”
— Ayn Rand, 1957
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen,The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
It’s been too long since I’ve waded through Atlas Shrugged.
Thanks for jogging the memory, Jennifer.
Springbok pot
I got this recipe from Van Rensburgs Foods.
Fry two large onions in a knob of butter until brown. Remove from pot.
Brown springbok skenkels (shin) in batches. Add onions back in. Add boiling water to cover meat halfway.
Simmer for an hour, add 10ml salt, 60ml Worcestershire sauce, 10 peppercorns, 10 cloves.
Simmer for half an hour, add four cubed potatoes, four carrots sliced into 1cm chunks, 75gr currants, 75gr sultanas.
Simmer for half an hour, add a few shakes chutney.
When the carrots and potatoes are done, serve (with rice works well).
Gore alert: Don’t click on “more” if you’re a sensitive viewer who believes that meat grows in polystyrene containers in the shops.
Kitchendle
It’s the 21st Century, baby!
Creamy smoked chicken, bacon and mushroom fettuccine
Ingredients
1 small onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
One pack (400 gr) bacon, cut in small pieces
One punnet mushrooms, halved or quartered
2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped
375ml Light & Creamy evaporated milk
1 tablespoon flour
1 x 400g packet fresh egg or tri-colour fettuccine
olive oil, to drizzle
2 smoked chicken breasts, cut in 1cm cubes
Instructions
1. Heat oil in a frying pan. Gently fry onion and garlic. Add bacon. Cook for 2 minutes. Add mushrooms. Cook for 2 more minutes.
2. Add basil, rosemary, evaporated milk and flour to pan mixture. Bring to a light boil, stirring regularly, so it doesn’t stick to pan. Allow to simmer until it thickens.
3. Cook fettuccine following packet directions. Drain. Drizzle with a little olive oil and set aside.
4. Add smoked chicken to pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Add cooked fettuccine to coat in creamy mixture. Cook for about 1 minute until food is heated through.
RIP Ray Bradbury
Not safe for work or kids. Unless they already know the One Word which is the Nine Part of Speech.*
* Ours do. I have managed to escape the blame for this. So far.
Blogrolled
Because I can.
And because anyone who asks Joseph Gordon Levitt for a coffee date via YouTube is cool.
(And yes, she is a liver)