• 17 the real one was

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 11:53:02
    I think I saw a tagline to that effect at one point... something about being famous because one was well-known... or something like that...
    It's not an unknown phenomenon, I guess a lot of TV
    "personalities" would qualify.
    Probably.

    I wonder if it's only in the advertising-
    (and therefore economically) driven US that
    such value is accorded to those who can by
    their mere appearance boost viewership.

    Here it probably worked because his mother was a counselor herself, and his father figured that if the kid had problems it was a family problem that we all should be working at... I've gathered that your parents didn't have that going for them...
    None of that; not much insight in that dyad.
    Sad.

    Tell me about it.

    Sad to have that not noticed... ;) As a high-schooler, I was doing a
    duet version of Schubert's Rosamunde music with a friend... She was
    doing triplets to my eighths... as long as I just went oompa-oompa (I
    was secundo, she was primo), I was fine.... listening to hers and trying to connect was a little more challenging... <G>
    Correcting is a temptation for those who have
    that introspective gene. The opposite is much
    worse, though.
    Fortunately I didn't need to correct her.... just have our parts connect properly... as long as I kept to my beat, and she played out her
    triplets properly, it all meshed fine.... :) It's when I play it in my
    head that I realize the challenge it could have been, especially had I
    been trying to play both parts... :)

    What's really a problem is instinctively
    correcting oneself by adapting to the other,
    whether the other is right or not.

    experience the sad truth is that a decent life
    means generally decent dreams, while low times are
    the progenitor of bad dreams. One strange thing - I
    was in that nearly-asleep condition yesterday, and
    suddenly this black awful mood descended for a
    fraction of a second. Curious, I tried to rewind
    to that spot of consciousness but could not. I
    wonder if I am blocking out something black and
    awful or if it was just a momentary imbalance of
    some chemical sort.
    Probably the latter... or a momentary foreboding without conscious connections to the current circumstance....

    Hard to say - there's that memento mori stuff
    that we've been talking about, but this was
    more a memento inferni, like seeing the medusa.

    But what did she say?
    Ah... I wasn't around to hear her.... did you happen to note it down...?
    It wasn't in my Heering.
    I wish I were better at this sort of wordplay... can think of a few

    It's not that useful of a skill, unless your
    name is something like Ogden Nash.

    other liqueurs, but not how to work them into the stream....

    Most of them have less evocative names, like
    "creme de banane."

    ... Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

    Jack Monroe's sausage casserole
    Categories: British, main, would be improved by garlic
    Serves: 4

    1 Tb sunflower oil
    1 onion, chopped
    6 free-range sausages
    - whatever that means
    400 g tin baked beans
    400 g tin chopped tomatoes
    142 g double concentrate tomato puree
    220 ml bitter
    1 ts winter herbs (rosemary, oregano or thyme
    - or mixed herbes de Provence
    1 stock cube

    Heat the oil in a large saute pan and add the
    onion. Add the sausages and cook on medium heat
    for 8 to 10 min until they start to brown.

    Thoroughly rinse the beans and pour over, then
    add the tomatoes, puree, and booze. Add the
    herbs and crumble in the stock cube, and stir
    well to combine.

    Turn the heat up high to bring to the boil for
    5 min, then reduce to a simmer for 15 mon or
    until the sausages are cooked through.

    Jack's tip - This is one of those dishes that
    improves if left in the fridge or freezer for
    the flavours to develop - so freeze leftovers
    and enjoy them even more the second time around.

    Jack Monroe, theguardian.com
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Monday, March 04, 2019 18:55:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 02-27-19 10:53 <=-

    I think I saw a tagline to that effect at one point... something about being famous because one was well-known... or something like that...
    It's not an unknown phenomenon, I guess a lot of TV
    "personalities" would qualify.
    Probably.
    I wonder if it's only in the advertising-
    (and therefore economically) driven US that
    such value is accorded to those who can by
    their mere appearance boost viewership.

    That could be a factor... There also seems to be a bit of general celebrity-madness, and not just here...

    Sad to have that not noticed... ;) As a high-schooler, I was doing a duet version of Schubert's Rosamunde music with a friend... She was
    doing triplets to my eighths... as long as I just went oompa-oompa (I
    was secundo, she was primo), I was fine.... listening to hers and trying to connect was a little more challenging... <G>
    Correcting is a temptation for those who have
    that introspective gene. The opposite is much
    worse, though.
    Fortunately I didn't need to correct her.... just have our parts connect properly... as long as I kept to my beat, and she played out her
    triplets properly, it all meshed fine.... :) It's when I play it in my
    head that I realize the challenge it could have been, especially had I
    been trying to play both parts... :)
    What's really a problem is instinctively
    correcting oneself by adapting to the other,
    whether the other is right or not.

    Although there are times in performance when that might be called for, especially if one is the accompanist....

    experience the sad truth is that a decent life
    means generally decent dreams, while low times are
    the progenitor of bad dreams. One strange thing - I
    was in that nearly-asleep condition yesterday, and
    suddenly this black awful mood descended for a
    fraction of a second. Curious, I tried to rewind
    to that spot of consciousness but could not. I
    wonder if I am blocking out something black and
    awful or if it was just a momentary imbalance of
    some chemical sort.
    Probably the latter... or a momentary foreboding without conscious connections to the current circumstance....
    Hard to say - there's that memento mori stuff
    that we've been talking about, but this was
    more a memento inferni, like seeing the medusa.

    That could be scary.... one can hope that it was but a foundless
    whatever it was.... ;)

    But what did she say?
    Ah... I wasn't around to hear her.... did you happen to note it down...?
    It wasn't in my Heering.
    I wish I were better at this sort of wordplay... can think of a few
    It's not that useful of a skill, unless your
    name is something like Ogden Nash.

    For some people it seems to come naturally... :)

    other liqueurs, but not how to work them into the stream....
    Most of them have less evocative names, like
    "creme de banane."

    Amaretto, Barenyager, di Sorrono, Kahlua, Bailey's, Dramboui.... and
    whatever that raspberry one is.... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... Sit down, you're rocking the boat!

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