DEREK DELGADIO'S "IN AND OF ITSELF" I hope you have Hulu, because if you do, you are in for a treat. I heard about this movie when Derek and the director Frank Oz were on Stephen Colbert's "A Late Show" last week. When talking about it, neither of them could describe what the movie was about, and Stephen agreed (he is also one of the Executive Producers). There really is no way to tell you about this movie without spoiling what happens but I will try to give you some hints. It is a movie that you must sit down and pay attention. There is actually a disclaimer at the beginning which says something like "turn off your phone, get quiet and pay attention." Not the exact disclaimer, but pretty close. The movie is a filmed version of the play "In and Of Itself" that was a one-man show for Derek. It ran for 552 performance on Broadway. When you get to the theater, there is a wall of "I Am" cards, stating things like "I Am a Teach...
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JANUARY 20, 2021: HISTORIC DAY Yesterday was rather historic, to say the least. I'm not a person who gets moved easily, but yesterday's ceremonies throughout the day literally moved me to tears. I have never really liked our national anthem, but when Lady Gaga sang it yesterday, I had tears in my eyes. A rather rare occurrence. I'm not ashamed of my reaction, just somewhat surprised. She really made me proud to be an American again. The last four years have been a shit-show, to say the least, and I'm quite pleased that he is finally gone. I'm hopeful that the Senate does their job and convicts him over his impeachment, and then votes to make sure he is never allowed to be a part of a national campaign for office again. Let's just be done with him and let him ride off into the sunset, never to be heard from again. It's the least that can be done. The entire inauguration was truly wonderful in my mind. Historic in its scope. Kamala Harris being the first fema...
INSURRECTION IN WASHINGTON DC I've been holding off for a few days before writing about what happened last week in Washington. As far as I'm concerned, it was a mob encouraged to do as much damage as possible by the current President and his minions at the rally just prior to the riot. Encouraging them to go beyond peaceful protest and take violent action into their own hands. Of course he told them to march to the Capitol, stating "I'll be going with you." But of course I guess his bone spurs got in the way and all he could manage was to go back to his bunker at the White House. His usual cowardice on full display. Some of the videos coming out since it all happened are very disturbing; the "hang Mike Pence" chants, the rioters with plastic hand ties that they use for handcuffs, which indicate to me that they wanted to take some hostages. I love the fact that these idiots were taking selfies, doing videos showing what they were doing, making it quite e...
RECIPE FOR MY BOW TIE PESTO PASTA (VERY VEGETARIAN) I posted this photo on Facebook the other day, and people have asked for the recipe. So here goes: Boil the pasta per the directions on the box. After draining in a colander, don't rinse the pasta, just put it back into the same pot. I use a minimum of one jar of pesto, but at times I'll use one and one-half jars just to kick it up a notch. Each time I add an item, I stir the items together. The other ingredients are crumbled feta cheese, grape tomatoes sliced in half, and sun-dried tomatoes (I use the dried strips) but you can use a jar if you want. Heat to whatever temperature you prefer. It can be served hot, warm, room temperature, or even cold from the refrigerator. That's all the ingredients that were called for in the original recipe, but I've started adding other items, which makes this recipe very adaptable. I add garlic, olives sliced in half, salt & pepper, dried oregano, Italian seasoning. Anything tha...