We got two boxes, 20 lbs each, of lovely Roma tomatoes.
I cored them, scalded them, let them cool, skinned them, and mashed them up a bit in a giant stock pot.
Seasoned with fresh basil, fresh thyme, some oregano, and garlic.
Covered with glass top, went up to bed to make sauce in the morning.
'Cept I left the burner on.
6 a.m.: Smoke, stink, LMM pretty mad at me for almost setting fire to house. And I wasted three hours and 40 lbs of good 'maters. What an idiot.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Basil Marcaeux v. Mungowitz: A Slapdown
Basil Marceaux: The Video
The Web Site
Oh, no, Basil has achieved self-awareness, of a sort.
Stephen Colbert takes it up.
Of course, if you saw this, you already know.
Now, one could point out that this is all just sour grapes, since Basil Marceaux is likely to get a higher percentage of the vote than I did, in 2008.
Okay, well, bring it on. I got 2.8% in 2008. If Basil Marceaux beats that today, in the primary...let me ask you, the KPC reader. What should I have to do, what public embarrassment should I suffer, if after making fun of my man Basil he actually does BETTER than I did?
The polls in Tennessee close in 5 hours. Democracy hangs in the balance. Can Mungowitz 2008 beat Marceaux 2010? The voters of Tennessee will decide.
UPDATE: Tennsns must be less sarcastic than I had feared. Basil M got less than 1,000 votes, or about 0.3%. WHEW! I do still think that I will introduce myself as "MichaelMunger.com", so that my website can be michaelmunger.com.com.
UPDATE II: Oh, no! Basil M came on strong late, in those western precincts. He ended up with 3,500 votes, or 0.5%. Still, that is as nothing compared with my manly 2.8%. WOOT!
The Web Site
Oh, no, Basil has achieved self-awareness, of a sort.
Stephen Colbert takes it up.
Of course, if you saw this, you already know.
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Republican Gubernatorial Primary Battle Watch '010 - Tennessee | ||||
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Now, one could point out that this is all just sour grapes, since Basil Marceaux is likely to get a higher percentage of the vote than I did, in 2008.
Okay, well, bring it on. I got 2.8% in 2008. If Basil Marceaux beats that today, in the primary...let me ask you, the KPC reader. What should I have to do, what public embarrassment should I suffer, if after making fun of my man Basil he actually does BETTER than I did?
The polls in Tennessee close in 5 hours. Democracy hangs in the balance. Can Mungowitz 2008 beat Marceaux 2010? The voters of Tennessee will decide.
UPDATE: Tennsns must be less sarcastic than I had feared. Basil M got less than 1,000 votes, or about 0.3%. WHEW! I do still think that I will introduce myself as "MichaelMunger.com", so that my website can be michaelmunger.com.com.
UPDATE II: Oh, no! Basil M came on strong late, in those western precincts. He ended up with 3,500 votes, or 0.5%. Still, that is as nothing compared with my manly 2.8%. WOOT!
practice makes perfect
In an interesting new NBER working paper (here, but gated, I can't find an ungated version), Victor Lavy present evidence that increased instructional time raises standardized test scores, especially in developed countries, and "countries that implemented school accountability measures, and in countries that give schools autonomy in hiring and firing teachers."
As Lavy points out, more hours in the classroom is a goal of our current administrattion's educational policy.
As Lavy points out, more hours in the classroom is a goal of our current administrattion's educational policy.
Lock up your husbands
First this from July 29:
Then this from August 4th:
This is how we roll in the greatest country on earth.
Hat tip to Norman & Jessie
Then this from August 4th:
This is how we roll in the greatest country on earth.
Hat tip to Norman & Jessie
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Colorado Public Radio: Libertarian Party
In which I offer many important and witty insights. Just press "listen" on this page.
Okay, no, I said nothing important or witty, but it WAS an intresting interview. Here is the link for just the MP3
Here is the state party page, for LP-Colorado
Okay, no, I said nothing important or witty, but it WAS an intresting interview. Here is the link for just the MP3
Here is the state party page, for LP-Colorado
Onions
People, VV Chari has 'em!
"I would argue that the United States devotes shamefully little to economic research. For example, the NSF's budget for economics is a pitiful $27 million out of which $2.6 million goes to the worthwhile activity of supporting the Panel Study on Income Dynamics.
Check out his recent testimony at the sausage factory.
Here's the punch line:
"I would argue that the United States devotes shamefully little to economic research. For example, the NSF's budget for economics is a pitiful $27 million out of which $2.6 million goes to the worthwhile activity of supporting the Panel Study on Income Dynamics.
Twenty five million dollars for an activity that is deemed fundamentally important by the people of the United States?
Out of that 25 million dollars, my best estimate is that only about 10 per cent goes to macroeconomics. Compare $2.5 million to an overall NSF budget of $6 billion or to the federal government support of basic research of roughly $30 billion.
I should emphasize that, in my judgment, the NSF's peer review process in economics is exceptionally fair and thoughtful. Expanding resources to the NSF's economics program will surely result in much better economic research and will result in very little waste."
Out of that 25 million dollars, my best estimate is that only about 10 per cent goes to macroeconomics. Compare $2.5 million to an overall NSF budget of $6 billion or to the federal government support of basic research of roughly $30 billion.
I should emphasize that, in my judgment, the NSF's peer review process in economics is exceptionally fair and thoughtful. Expanding resources to the NSF's economics program will surely result in much better economic research and will result in very little waste."
Wow, only 27 million "pitiful" dollars for an activity that the "people of the United States" consider to be "fundamentally important", i.e. DSGE modeling!
The horror!
People, he's basically using the crisis to argue in favor of more summer money!
If you look up onions in the dictionary, all that should be there is this:
Man's Best Friend
Dog bites man's infected toe.
Ewwwwwwwwww!
(One of the commenters sympathizes with the dog, says dog needs antibiotics. Another wishes the man had been suffering from impotence. Tough crowd)
(Nod to the Blond)
Ewwwwwwwwww!
(One of the commenters sympathizes with the dog, says dog needs antibiotics. Another wishes the man had been suffering from impotence. Tough crowd)
(Nod to the Blond)
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