Tuna!

A recipe for delicious seared tuna with sauce that I just invented and cooked in about 5 minutes:

1 lb tuna steak (ahi tuna is only $5/lb at Trader Joe's in DC)
1 tsp powdered ginger
1 tsp powdered garlic
1 avocado

sauce:
3 tbsp melted butter (unsalted preferably)
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp lime juice
just a little touch of horseradish to taste

Sprinkle ginger and garlic on tuna. Sear the tuna on very high heat for just 1 minute on each side so that it is still RAW in the middle but slightly crispy on the outside like delicious tuna steak should be. Meanwhile, mix the sauce ingredients together.

Serve the tuna with sliced AVOCADO and drizzle the sauce on it. Delicious!

Luke's new home (soon)

It's not just pretty -- it's the most liveable city in the U.S. And when he gets back, D.C. is #3.

A Neighbor

I like the part about bringing the calf home in his sister's Subaru. Lyn was here today and is quite proud of his budding show career.

Bad, bad Walmart

Bad in Boston. No clientele. Such arrogance.

Bad in DC. Making kids into criminals. Such stupidity.

WTF III

The proposed budget for the federal government is #3.73 Trillion. The population of the US is 312 million. The federal government alone spends $12,000 for each man, woman and child in the country. That's $48,000 for a family of four. This is insane. Who pays? The affluent and future generations. Anybody who works at all loses %14.2 of the first dollar they earn to FICA and medicare.

New York State spends an additional $7,000 PER PERSON! For a family of four, the state and federal governments spend $76,000!

One more

I have to add this to Dad's Dave van Ronk post below -- though I wish I could find the version he sings alone.

But Is It Art?

The ridiculous:




The sublime:

Mouse meets a bird

 

Edit: the bird in the picture is a common redpoll. They are sub-Arctic birds who aren't always seen this far south but are irrupting in this area this year because the supply of birch catkins -- their favorite food -- is low further up north. There were a lot of them here every day until I stopped filling the bird feeders last week for some reason or other.

WTF II

They are out of control.

Winning The Future I

Politicians hate you. Read the comments.

More background here.