I just keep watching this over and over again.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
kittens! and political uprising!
A, this NYT article reminded me of you. something about the power of cute.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
a few of you will realize the significance of this recipe
others of you can just feel free to try it and enjoy it. found on the verrill farm site, i was checking them out bc they have a strawberry festival this weekend and are a twenty minutes drive from the house.
Asparagus Lasagna
Bake in 9" x 13" baking dish
Ingredients
9 lasagna sheets, fresh or dried
1 teaspoon olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon, divided
1 (8.5-ounce) jars sun-dried tomatoes, drained
1 1/2 packed cups fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup grated Parmesan, plus 3/4 cup
1 medium onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 bunches asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 (16-ounce) container whole milk ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups shredded whole milk mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons butter
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add 1 teaspoon olive oil. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes for dried pasta or 2 to 3 minutes for fresh pasta. Drain pasta.
In a food processor combine the sun-dried tomatoes and basil. Pulse until the mixture is combined. Transfer to a small bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan. Set aside.
In a large skillet add 1 tablespoon olive oil, onion, and garlic and cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Add asparagus and cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Add the ricotta, salt, and pepper and stir to combine.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a 9 by 13-inch baking dish sprinkle some of the sun-dried tomato mixture on the bottom of the casserole dish.
Place some lasagna sheets, then half asparagus mixture. Next sprinkle some mozzarella cheese and some of the remaining 3/4 cup Parmesan. Continue for 1 more layer.
Top with lasagna sheets, some sun-dried tomato mixture, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Dot the top with butter.
Bake until the ingredients are warm and the cheese is melted, about 25 minutes.
Asparagus Lasagna
Bake in 9" x 13" baking dish
Ingredients
9 lasagna sheets, fresh or dried
1 teaspoon olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon, divided
1 (8.5-ounce) jars sun-dried tomatoes, drained
1 1/2 packed cups fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup grated Parmesan, plus 3/4 cup
1 medium onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 bunches asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 (16-ounce) container whole milk ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups shredded whole milk mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons butter
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add 1 teaspoon olive oil. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes for dried pasta or 2 to 3 minutes for fresh pasta. Drain pasta.
In a food processor combine the sun-dried tomatoes and basil. Pulse until the mixture is combined. Transfer to a small bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan. Set aside.
In a large skillet add 1 tablespoon olive oil, onion, and garlic and cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Add asparagus and cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Add the ricotta, salt, and pepper and stir to combine.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a 9 by 13-inch baking dish sprinkle some of the sun-dried tomato mixture on the bottom of the casserole dish.
Place some lasagna sheets, then half asparagus mixture. Next sprinkle some mozzarella cheese and some of the remaining 3/4 cup Parmesan. Continue for 1 more layer.
Top with lasagna sheets, some sun-dried tomato mixture, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Dot the top with butter.
Bake until the ingredients are warm and the cheese is melted, about 25 minutes.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tennis. Flight of the Conchords.
And it's actually related.
I somehow ran across this:
I don't think their type of comedy really carries over to interviewing. And then I thought about the two of them hosting SNL. Which I think would be a disaster. The first skit would be really funny, but every other skit on the same note, just different sets.
My favorite moment is around 4:14. When Brett prowls the net and intimidates across the net.
I somehow ran across this:
I don't think their type of comedy really carries over to interviewing. And then I thought about the two of them hosting SNL. Which I think would be a disaster. The first skit would be really funny, but every other skit on the same note, just different sets.
My favorite moment is around 4:14. When Brett prowls the net and intimidates across the net.
Monday, June 8, 2009
LIZA?!?!
A-greed D, on the tony post...they were really BEYOND ridiculous this year. not only did mics not work, and camera continually cut to the wrong person/wrong shot, but brett michaels (of poison...slightly unclear why he was performing, one of their songs is in "rock of ages" but HE isn't actually in it...) actually broke his nose walking into a set piece:
also, liza literally kept popping up left and right, being only vaguely coherent, but as several of my blogs noted, it doesn't really matter if you can understand her, IT'S LIZA
some highlights though:
"rock of ages" -- seems like it's just SO MUCH FUN, and doesn't take itself to seriously, equally important if you're going to be singing 80s classics (note the liza appearance in this one) also, the "narrator" character in this, is supposed to be one of the funniest parts of the show, described in the NYTimes (and i just LOVE this description) as
"Sporting a spiked mullet and a series of tacky T-shirts, he zips around the stage merrily, adding comic commentary or plugging a hole in the plot. It’s as if a perky, wise-cracking woodland animal from a Disney cartoon had leaped off the screen, become human and acquired a taste for both illicit drugs and ballet."
and then from "next to normal"
a VERY different show, much more serious, about a woman battling bipolar disorder and the effect it has on her family. but it's supposed to be simply AMAZING and really powerful. the performance was fantastic.
and i know d's going to KILL me for this, but given the material, and the fact that the show's basically just fluff, i thought the hair cast did an amazing job...
just saying
also, anne hathaway was inexplicably featured over and over....
also, liza literally kept popping up left and right, being only vaguely coherent, but as several of my blogs noted, it doesn't really matter if you can understand her, IT'S LIZA
some highlights though:
"rock of ages" -- seems like it's just SO MUCH FUN, and doesn't take itself to seriously, equally important if you're going to be singing 80s classics (note the liza appearance in this one) also, the "narrator" character in this, is supposed to be one of the funniest parts of the show, described in the NYTimes (and i just LOVE this description) as
"Sporting a spiked mullet and a series of tacky T-shirts, he zips around the stage merrily, adding comic commentary or plugging a hole in the plot. It’s as if a perky, wise-cracking woodland animal from a Disney cartoon had leaped off the screen, become human and acquired a taste for both illicit drugs and ballet."
and then from "next to normal"
a VERY different show, much more serious, about a woman battling bipolar disorder and the effect it has on her family. but it's supposed to be simply AMAZING and really powerful. the performance was fantastic.
and i know d's going to KILL me for this, but given the material, and the fact that the show's basically just fluff, i thought the hair cast did an amazing job...
just saying
also, anne hathaway was inexplicably featured over and over....
tonybaloney
sorry to take the thunder from L but since i endured it and its still playing in my mind and its much more interesting then work im going to report on the Tonys, which were... madness.
last night L had some people over to watch with us and at times it really felt like we were making them watch the VCR recording of our children's middleschool musical. prop peices fell on musicians, there were sound issues i didnt even know could occur in non-D-side productions, like mic's not working forcing stage hands to dash on and switch them out mid performance, sniffling, whispering and (rightfully, because it was a circus) GIGGLING from the audience heard louder then the actual performers, people couldnt read the prompters, the cameraman had clearly been drinking and kept cue-ing the cameras to the losers, not the winners, like dolly parton after she did NOT win best original score, thank god, also the camera kept awkwardly zooming so close to the performers you could practically count their blackheads and had no sense of the layout of the scenes they were reenacting, the orchestra insisted on cutting people off and turning off their mics mid-speech, even the 78 year old life time acheivement winner, liza was in fine form by which i mean, completely incoherent but amidst the chaos seemed positively eloquent, and lastly, the host was a complete waste of space with the comedic timing of a cucumber except for his closing number that actually sort of made it all worth it and i just looked up the lyrics for your enjoyment. (turns out he didnt even write it, its by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who wrote “Hairspray”)
TONIGHT, TONIGHT
THE TONY’S WERE TONIGHT
AND ELTON’S BILLY WAS ALL THE RAGE
(cut to Angela Lansbury)
WHAT CLASS, WHAT DRIVE
NOW ANGELA’S WON FIVE
AND SHE HOOKED UP WITH “POISON” BACKSTAGE!
WITH HEELS AS SORE AS POOR ACHILLES
THREE TUTU WEARING BILLYS
WERE SUCH A WINNING SIGHT
TONIGHT ALL THREE
WON TONYS PLUS THEY HIT PUBERTY!
AND GEOFFREY WON A TONY TONIGHT
KAREN WON A TONY TONIGHT
LIZA AT THE PALACE
MR. RIPLEY’S DAUGHTER ALICE
THEY ALL WON A TONY TONIGHT!
“Credits? That’s not gonna stop me!”
CHRIS SIEBER PLEASE
PERFORMING ON YOUR KNEES?
DUDE, THAT ONLY WORKS TO WIN GOLDEN GLOBES
I HOPE TONIGHT
WHEN THEY’RE HIGH AS A KITE
TO BE THERE WHEN THE “HAIR” CAST DISROBES
THIS SHOW COULD NOT BE ANY GAYER
IF LIZA WAS NAMED MAYOR
AND ELTON JOHN TOOK FLIGHT
THE CURTAIN FALLS
I’M OFF TO HIT SOME BIG TONY BALLS!
GOODNIGHT!
last night L had some people over to watch with us and at times it really felt like we were making them watch the VCR recording of our children's middleschool musical. prop peices fell on musicians, there were sound issues i didnt even know could occur in non-D-side productions, like mic's not working forcing stage hands to dash on and switch them out mid performance, sniffling, whispering and (rightfully, because it was a circus) GIGGLING from the audience heard louder then the actual performers, people couldnt read the prompters, the cameraman had clearly been drinking and kept cue-ing the cameras to the losers, not the winners, like dolly parton after she did NOT win best original score, thank god, also the camera kept awkwardly zooming so close to the performers you could practically count their blackheads and had no sense of the layout of the scenes they were reenacting, the orchestra insisted on cutting people off and turning off their mics mid-speech, even the 78 year old life time acheivement winner, liza was in fine form by which i mean, completely incoherent but amidst the chaos seemed positively eloquent, and lastly, the host was a complete waste of space with the comedic timing of a cucumber except for his closing number that actually sort of made it all worth it and i just looked up the lyrics for your enjoyment. (turns out he didnt even write it, its by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who wrote “Hairspray”)
TONIGHT, TONIGHT
THE TONY’S WERE TONIGHT
AND ELTON’S BILLY WAS ALL THE RAGE
(cut to Angela Lansbury)
WHAT CLASS, WHAT DRIVE
NOW ANGELA’S WON FIVE
AND SHE HOOKED UP WITH “POISON” BACKSTAGE!
WITH HEELS AS SORE AS POOR ACHILLES
THREE TUTU WEARING BILLYS
WERE SUCH A WINNING SIGHT
TONIGHT ALL THREE
WON TONYS PLUS THEY HIT PUBERTY!
AND GEOFFREY WON A TONY TONIGHT
KAREN WON A TONY TONIGHT
LIZA AT THE PALACE
MR. RIPLEY’S DAUGHTER ALICE
THEY ALL WON A TONY TONIGHT!
“Credits? That’s not gonna stop me!”
CHRIS SIEBER PLEASE
PERFORMING ON YOUR KNEES?
DUDE, THAT ONLY WORKS TO WIN GOLDEN GLOBES
I HOPE TONIGHT
WHEN THEY’RE HIGH AS A KITE
TO BE THERE WHEN THE “HAIR” CAST DISROBES
THIS SHOW COULD NOT BE ANY GAYER
IF LIZA WAS NAMED MAYOR
AND ELTON JOHN TOOK FLIGHT
THE CURTAIN FALLS
I’M OFF TO HIT SOME BIG TONY BALLS!
GOODNIGHT!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
can you crack the code?
this letter is up for sale this weekend at a certain boston auction house, SO much fun to try and figure out (still haven't gotten the whole thing)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
glee update
guest star for the fall premiere:
favorite quote of the clip: "working with kristin is what i imagine it would be like for a priest to work with christ"
SO EXCITED
favorite quote of the clip: "working with kristin is what i imagine it would be like for a priest to work with christ"
SO EXCITED
Monday, June 1, 2009
love this
here's a preview of a new show, "Glee", that fox is starting in the fall, you can watch the pilot on fox.com. not only does it have some bway people in it but it is FANTASTIC...sort of best in show meets election meets high school musical....
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