Listen to the sound of the rain…

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dils tony foreground, originally uploaded by packratticus.

…and it SOUNDS LIKE THIS.

I guess Chip & Tony are in a straight country band now, but I miss that radical left wing punk-ass country-ass country punk sound. Especially Tony’s low boom.

food: Isa’s sauce

I am making spaghetti sauce. The recipe is a family one from before my birth, when my parents and big brother were living in Bologna. My brother’s nanny, Isa, was a pretty serious cook.

It’s a bolognese sauce of course, but I am making it with fake meat, so it’s a nolognese, or perhaps spaghetti and neatballs.

The ingredients aren’t any surprise: tomato, onion, spices, olive oil. The part I don’t see so often is carrot, which is shredded or pureed and added for sweetness. This means that I don’t have to add salt or something sweet to cut the acidity.

If I’m doing it for vegans or nondairy folks I omit Isa’s last step: a tiny amount of milk at the end.

Just sent. What might happen, I don’t know.

Hello:

I was a student at UCLA from 1983 to 1987. In 1987 I was dismissed for poor academic performance, which was sadly an accurate assessment.

I am close (I do not know how close) to a degree in English, and I am interested in readmission and in completing my Bachelor’s degree.

According to http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/faq/readmissionfaq.htm there is an application. I have no other transcripts since 1987, so that won’t be an issue.

What should I expect from the procedure, and what other information should I gather? I’m very interested in this but also a bit intimidated.

Thanks in advance,

substitute

It’s a poor linksman that blames his fools

Yet more dopamine-inspired beautiful madness from Lee Abrams, the Motivational Think of What and Chief Rotorvator at the Times is here: http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/04/more_stream_of_consciousn.php

Most importantly I think this sort of thing would shake people in a good way without sacrificing the comfort or the integrity of what a newspaper delivers. A powerful new look that unleashes the timeless power of print…makes a statement–e Aren’t tweaking…We aren’t wallowing in grief. We are aggressively designing the future!

WELL ALL RIGHTY THEN!