Nate and his grandma

"Without the shield we would de facto be losing a strategic alliance with Washington The Empire."
WITOLD WASZCZYKOWSKI Logray, deputy head of Poland's the Ewok National Security Bureau, on reports that the U.S. Empire has scrapped plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic on the forest moon of Endor.
Time Magazine

Happy Birthday Cat!

Happy birthday Justbeast!

I saw Sundogs yesterday on my way to work. I had never seen them before.

Happy birthday transfiguration!

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.

Taste is a new restaurant at 5248 Lee Rd next to Atma (yoga) Center. It's owned by the same guy that owns Cafe Tandoor, or at least he's involved anyway.
Tiff and I popped over last sunday for dinner. 2 people 3 courses couple drinks and coffee about $100. They also have a prix fixe menu which is 3 courses and 2 glasses of wine for $45 which we should have gotten but we prefer the freedom of à la carte.

I had the chicken spring roll appetizer which was good but not mind blowing. Tiff had the beets she didn't squee over them.

for entrees I had the rack of lamb w/cumin mashed carrots and tiff had the pork belly. I had a bite of hers and both were delicious. the carrots were a good idea that i don't think came off as perfectly as possible but I certainly enjoyed them nevertheless.

Dessert was where it all fell apart I had the red bell pepper cheesecake which was a lot like the carrots, also too thick/hard. Tiff hard the carmel thingy which was just a lot of caramel on some pie crust w/ice cream. She sent it back after nibbling the ice cream.

the people next to us were overheard to say the wine list was good. I can never tell.

Overall 7.7 out of 10.

Next time i'm in that area i'll hit anatoly across the street instead or if i really want rack of lamb i'll go to Nighttown. actually if i really want rack of lamb i'll settle for tiff's grilled trader joe's frozen lamb chops.

Anybody have a weird dream about a city of churches where the the congregations all had special rings that you got to via photobooths and changing rooms over the weekend?

Due to the magic of social networking I was recently connected with the only person with whom I attended school continuously from 1st through 12th grade. I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you to find that she has an LJ lilrongal.

What's even better is that pictures of myself long believed lost (I lost ALL my own pre high-school pictures and many irreplaceable documents and keepsakes in my early 20s) have been unearthed. I can now point and say

this is what I looked like in high school




Thanks Ronni!

So Tiff and and I were traipsing about the westside of Cleveland yesterday and it become lunchtime after much deliberation we decided to go to Villa Y Zapata or whatever at 80th and Madison but they were closed and then we decided to go to Phnom Panh's original location and our way there we passed a Lebanese place that we had never seen and were tempted and decided to go straight there if Phnom Panh was closed which it was. So we turned around and went to

Sahara Restaurant
12501 Lorain Ave
Cleve OH 44111
216-671-9300

The first thing that caught our attention was they brought us a little plate of pickles and pickled horseradish (red) which immediately made me think of a Jewish place. Pickled veggies were excellent due to a different array of spices.

For appetizers we ordered Kibdeh (Lamb liver) and Stuffed Grape Leaves. No Kibdeh on sunday, the butcher that brings it fresh everyday is closed on sunday. well shucks. So I had a spinach pie that was pretty good. but I do love Liver and I'll be back for that later.

They listed an Arabic Salad and I bumped my house salad up to this. And it was awesome. Lemon and Olive oil dressing and lots of mint on lettuce cuke, tomatoes and onion dressing nothing super crazy just a nice twist on a regular salad.

For entrees Tiff had Shish Kafta and I had the Kaliyah skillet (sauteed veggies) w/lamb. Mine was excellent especially combined with the rice they brought out.

Anyway, we were favorably impressed it was a small place that had a very authentic taste. I confirmed the presence of a little old lebanese lady cooking in the back.

Man, the difference between the Last Troughton episode and the First Pertwee episode is huge!

from black and white to color, new intro - including new font and new on-screen writing vs. film style and of course color, new doctor (now a master of venusian karate too!), new companion(s).
But I want to know
1. why didn't the baddie time lord in War Games just regenerate?
2. Did the doctor die or just "change appearance"?

also
Dear BBC,
Please bring back Venusian Karate and Aikido in the next doctor's repertoire.
All British men of mystery, be they Welsh or Gallifreyan, deserve to have Judo chop.
kthnxbye

Baby step 15
Instead of making a timeline and asking what time is it when the characters intersect this chain of events. Make timeline soup and let the characters fall in when most dramatically appropriate. This is hard for me.

1. Put your music player of choice on shuffle
2. Put the first line of the first twenty songs that appear in said shuffled list
3. Have people guess. Talk about baking cookies making martinis if they get things right. If they actually get them right, cross them off the list!

1. I see you, you see me/Watch you blowin' the lines when you're making a scene
hall and Oates, Private eyes -transfiguration

2. Try to forget/Try not to hear.

3. Baby did a bad bad thing, baby did a bad bad thing.
chris isaak, baby did a bad, bad thing -celticelk

4. Last night I dreamt of san pedro
Madonna, La Isla Bonita -Bec76

5. I found her on a night of fire and noise
Nick Cave, do you love me? -transfiguration

6. Impotence/Boomerang/I'll stab you

7. you say this when i say that

8. I'd like to be/Under the sea
the beatles, octopus' garden -bec76

9. Let the battle cry go forth, which is give the people what they want

10. Don't call me Scarface...

11. There was a time, a time for secrets

12. Do you know what you are?

13. Your life is leaning downhill/Sloping off the outer edge

14. Do you wanna do something that's a little bit not too afro-centric erotic space-groove jazz-funk acid-punk?

15. C'mon/Let's talk about sex
salt n Peppa, let's talk about sex -celticelk

16. wonder woman/wonder woman/all the world is waiting for you
The wonder woman theme song -Bec76

17. What's a matter with the clothes i'm wearin' ?
Billy Joel, It's still rock n Roll to me -bec76

18. Morgan moves back to the familiar charms of his fiery days when Morgan still felt something.

19. I am no one but I'm well known for I am the man with the dogs.
dead kennedys, the man with the dogs -transfiguration

20. Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown
Flogging Molly, Rare Old Times -Bec76

1. Put your music player of choice on shuffle
2. Put the first line of the first twenty songs that appear in said shuffled list
3. Have people guess. Talk about baking cookies making martinis if they get things right. If they actually get them right, cross them off the list!

1. I see you, you see me/Watch you blowin' the lines when you're making a scene

2. Try to forget/Try not to hear.

3. Baby did a bad bad thing, baby did a bad bad thing.

4. Last night I dreamt of san pedro
Madonna, La Isla Bonita -Bec76

5. I found her on a night of fire and noise

6. Impotence/Boomerang/I'll stab you

7. you say this when i say that

8. I'd like to be/Under the sea

9. Let the battle cry go forth, which is give the people what they want

10. Don't call me Scarface...

11. There was a time, a time for secrets

12. Do you know what you are?

13. Your life is leaning downhill/Sloping off the outer edge

14. Do you wanna do something that's a little bit not too afro-centric erotic space-groove jazz-funk acid-punk?

15. C'mon/Let's talk about sex
salt n Peppa, let's talk about sex -celticelk

16. wonder woman/wonder woman/all the world is waiting for you
The wonder woman theme song -Bec76

17. What's a matter with the clothes i'm wearin' ?
Billy Joel, It's still rock n Roll to me -bec76

18. Morgan moves back to the familiar charms of his fiery days when Morgan still felt something.

19. I am no one but I'm well known for I am the man with the dogs.

20. Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown
Flogging Molly, Rare Old Times -Bec76

and it's a boy!

Which will be Nathan.

David Tennant has officially announced his intention to step away from his role as The Doctor in the longest-running science fiction series in history, Doctor Who, according to U.K. newspaper, The Guardian,

"I've had the most brilliant, bewildering and life-changing time working on Doctor Who," Tennant said. "I have loved every day of it. It would be very easy to cling on to the Tardis console forever and I fear that if I don't take a deep breath and make the decision to move on now, then I simply never will."

Tennant (in a BBC publicity photo, right) will remain with the series through four specials planned in 2009. The timing makes sense, as it means new executive producer Steven Moffat can start his tenure fresh in 2010 with the new 11th Doctor.

Let the casting rumors begin with extra fervor now.

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/doctor_who/index.html

Thanks everybody for coming to Cat and Ds goodbye party. I certainly had an excellent time and I hope you all did as well. Just a few quick comments.

M, you did not break a $300 decanter. Also, we have another one exactly like it that we got for our wedding in a box somewhere.

And if someone would tell the nice young lady who was slapping me in the face who isn't bec76 to friend me that would rule.

Everybody else, you missed "LJ girls slapping khiron1416 in the face."

Also, I hear that mythbusters recently proved that the quickest way to sober up is to get slapped in the face. I swear I didn't know.

If you tried and enjoyed any of my martinis the recipes are available on request.

P.S.
Sparkle Babies.

So, if they are incarcerated in a state where gay marriage is legal, can 2 prison inmates get married?
In 5 years will we see this happening often? How will it change prison life?