game on

Back in 2013 I roasted cornish game hens, with grapes.

http://clocktowertenants.com/2013/06/companys-comin.html

I made that same recipe the other night and it’s very good.

Clean and dry the birds. 

Pick and wash the grapes.

 Peel the shallots.

 Put everything into a large pot, add a lot of fresh ground pepper and thyme, a fair amount of salt and a generous drizzle of olive oil to coat everything. 

Toss to mix, then into a sheet pan so the birds are exposed and not too buried in the grapes.

Roast hard at 425+ for 45 minutes for one bird, an hour or so for two, 90 minutes for three.

Crisp on the outside, juicy on the inside and just perfect.

soldiers go through a bad spell now and then, too

This day is commonly spelled as Veteran’s or Veterans’, 

to imply the posessive.

However.

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs states the ATTRIBUTIVE as opposed to the POSSESSIVE is the official spelling because

“it is not a day that 'belongs' to veterans,

it is a day for honoring all veterans.”

Bonus link: va.gov/opa/vetsday/gallery.asp to see a gallery of 
Veterans Day posters dating back to 1978.

tangerine

Written in 1941.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_(1941_song)

This version recorded in 1965.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Alpert

Make-out music from the swingin’ 1960’s.

watching the wheels go round

People say I'm crazy

Doing what I'm doing

Well, they give me all kinds of warnings

To save me from ruin.

1981

When I say that I'm okay, 

well they look at me kinda strange

"Surely, you're not happy now, 

you no longer play the game.”

People say I'm lazy

Dreaming my life away

Well they give me all kinds of advice

Designed to enlighten me.

When I tell them that I'm doing fine 

watching shadows on the wall

"Don't you miss the big time boy, 

you're no longer on the ball?”

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round

I really love to watch them roll.

No longer riding on the merry-go-round

I just had to let it go.

Ah, people ask me questions

Lost in confusion

Well, I tell them there's no problem

Only solutions.

Well, they shake their heads and they look at me, 

as if I've lost my mind

I tell them there's no hurry, 

I'm just sitting here doing time.

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round

I really love to watch them roll

No longer riding on the merry-go-round.

I just had to let it go

I just had to let it go

I just had to let it go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching_the_Wheels

yesterday's pumpkin

make no mistake

#43 is enough by itself

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/16-reasons-year-awful-mayor-de-blasio-article-1.2924836

#ABBBDB

Any. Body. But. Bill De Blasio.

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