Weird Wedding Photos Part MLVMMVMCV

Bride: I'm think that if you girls wear bright Lilly Pulitzer designs and funky necklaces it'll distract the eye and draw less attention to the fact that we're all hopelessly hideous. Thoughts?

If I Needed Someone

If I needed someone to love
You're the one that Id be thinking of
If I needed someone

If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess Id be with you my friend
If I needed someone

Had you come some other day
It might not have been like this
But you see now Im too much in love

Carve your number on my wall and
Maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone

- guitar solo -

If I needed someone to love
Youre the one that Id be thinking of
If I needed someone

If I had some more time to spend
Then I guess Id be with you my friend
If I needed someone

Had you come some other day
It might not have been like this
But you see now Im too much in love

Carve your number on my wall and
Maybe you will get a call from me
If I needed someone

- guitar solo -

If I needed someone

by George Harrison ~ The Beatles, Rubber Soul, 1965

Self Portait Taken Before Camera Was Dropped into the Sea

Anne Garlanded in Gum

NYC ~ 9/22/08

Have No Camera Will Travel

Kids,
I'll be out of touch for a few days. Leaving town for Vermont tonight for the weekend. Doodle is not coming with me. Doodle doesn't know this. Enjoy yourselves some Thursday thru Sunday without me, will you? See if you can try.
Love always,
Anne

Rock of Humiliation

So there we are, me and my date, on our way to see Rock of Ages, see. Just had dinner and a few drinks beforehand, and maybe we're a few minutes late. But not late, late. Just on time late. And anyway, so we get to the place, see, and I ask at Will Call Window for my tickets, right? And the guy's like, "We don't have you on the list." And I'm all, "Don't you know who I am?" And he's like, "Sorry, no tickets, talk to that lady over there." So I go over there, see, thinking that this broad is certainly gonna know who I am and everything, and I says to the lady, I says, "There should be a few comp tickets for me tonight," and she's like, "Oh, yes, well, the show was oversold so we released all the comp tickets at 7:45. Sorry. Here's a raincheck for next week."

Wow. Like so totally embarrassing, right? Burn. And since we couldn't go to the show and stuff, we went down the street for a drink. Rock of Ages Part Deux will happen next Wednesday.

The End.

Derek Trucks Band at the Blender Theater November 7

Derek Trucks ~ photo from showclix.com

Yippee!

www.marriedtothesea.com

And What About 1998?

I'd better let Doyle Redland of Onion Radio News tell you about 1998. Sound up. Safe for work in a teacher's lounge.

Tonight I'll Be in 1986

ROCK OF AGES MUSICAL!

That's right, The Rock of Ages Musical Off Broadway is in previews and I'm going tonight! Read this synopsis and tell me you're not a little jelly that I'm goin' and you're not. You know you're a little jelly...

It’s the late 1980s and the final countdown is on for a legendary Hollywood rock club facing its demise at the hands of eager developers. When a young rocker hungry for his big break and a small town girl chasing her dreams land on the scene at this infamous venue, how far will ambition drive them? And will it be lights out for the club and all the regulars and rockers who have made it their home?


ROCK OF AGES takes you on a musical trip with a story set to blazing hits from such iconic rockers as Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more.

Plus, it's starring Constantine Maroulis. You know, that dude with the hair. From American Idol. The one you don't remember.

Speaking of Rock of Ages, here's another fun fact: If you Google Rock of Ages, the first two results are for Rock of Ages Granite Memorials in Barre, Vermont which I've been to and is extremely cool---as is Hope Cemetery, a veritable art exhibit of the granite artisans' work. I blogged all about it a few summers ago. Before I threw my camera into the ocean.

Beautiful

"Union Square from a skyscraper."

5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain.

Click on image to view full size. Beautiful.
from shorpy.com

Who Won? Still Undecided?

or

Obama Clearly Won the Debate and McCain Clearly Won the Debate

Clearly. Don't believe me? Click here.

Live Debate Blogging Coverage by TWO CAN ANNE approved by Uncle Mike and www.createfarts.com.

I Know You're Wondering

Are you fucked up enough to watch the debate tonight? No! The answer is no. GET CRACKIN'.

Who's Excited About Halloween?

I don't know, but it ain't Doodle.

Doodle

October, 2008

Does anyone know how long it took me to make that hat? Anyone? IT HAS AN ELASTIC CHIN STRAP FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!

Rough Rough Rough

What to write about when everyone is so down? I can't even cheer myself up, let alone y'all.

Look at the email I just received from our local Wall Street area watering hole, the Pound and Pence:

If the Dow Jones Closes 100 Points Lower then Yesterday's Close...
HALF PRICE DRINKS AT THE BAR ALL EVENING
Receive Instant Savings When You Show This Message to the Bartender on Your Phone or on a Printed Copy.
Valid Only On Beverage Purchases at the Bar.

My Office Is Taller Than Your Office

I work in the footprint of what was formerly the Singer Tower--the tallest building in this picture, and the tallest building in the world from 1908-1909.

The Red Sox Play Game 4 of the ALDS vs the Angels

Just who is this Fake Jerry Springer who sits directly behind first plate at Fenway Park, dead center? There he is, at every game, in the best seat in the house, Mr. Fake Jerry Springer, lovin' life, lookin' all smug with his arms crossed, like "Hey, I know you think I look like Jerry Springer," and he totally knows we're talking about him. Which we are. I mean, I am. (Aren't we?) Tonight, he's wearing a bright blue Cookie Monster colored fleece--49 degrees in Boston. Oh, Fake Jerry Springer Cookie Monster! You looks cozy. But blue, Fake Jerry Springer, at Fenway? He can has cookie? Go Sox! I want to see more baseball! And more of Fake Jerry Springer's winter outerwear collection.

Hangin' with Hooligans out by the Honey House

From left to right:

Hooligan #1, Hooligan #2, Aunt Betsy, obscured Hooligan, Center Hooligan, Aunt Tootsie? Dad, Uncle Butch with Rabbit, Hooligan #3, Hooligan #4

1214 Irving Parkway,

Olean, New York

circa 1951

Have You Checked Your 401k Today? This Guy Did

3rd Avenue, NYC
July, 2008

Ugly Sexy is a Thing and It's Hot

The Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil, Live at Altamont, 1969

Sara Palin Debate Flow Chart

Come See Mortified in NYC on October 20 at Comix

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Lookin' for a Place to Take a P or a D in NYC?

Wee hee!

Diaroogle: The Premier Toilet Search Engine.

Sarah Palin: Wicked Smart

From Wikipedia:
Palin attended several colleges and universities. In 1982, she enrolled at Hawaii Pacific College but left after her first semester. She transferred to North Idaho Community College, where she spent two semesters as a general studies major. From there, she transferred to the University of Idaho for two semesters. During this time Palin won the Miss Wasilla Pageant beauty contest,then finished third (second runner-up) in the Miss Alaska pageant, at which she won a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" award. She then left the University of Idaho and attended Matanuska-Susitna Community College in Alaska for one term. The next year she returned to the University of Idaho where she spent three semesters completing her Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism, graduating in 1987.

Read Tim Noah's article in Slate about Palin's "education" here.

BLOOMBERG FOR PRESIDENT 2008

fOR SeRIOUS.

Sarah Palin Wins the 2008 Vice Presidential Debate

Sara Benincasa as Sarah Palin with Diana Saez.

Brava, bella regazzas!

Sarah Palin 2008 Vice Presidential Such As Debate Live Such As Blogging Coverage

Sarah Palin, '08 VP Debator: Homespun Horseshit or Honey Grahams Crammed in Your Honey Hole?

It's Bad You Know

R.L. Burnside, "It's Bad You Know" from the album, Come on In. 1998

Play Palin Bingo Tonight!

I guarantee it'll make the Palin/Biden debate more fun and less frightening. Or is that less fun and more frightening? Either way, drink yourself stupid so you can relate (while you can still afford that over the counter booze). Click here to print out your Bingo cards and/or make your own!

www.palinbingo.com

I'm Not Saying Guys are Gross But...

...You don't catch many (if any) broads stealin' and sniffin' dudes' shoes and underpants.

So, I guess I am saying guys are gross. Guys? You're gross.

I'll Be Performing at the Princess Ballroom Tonight

I'm doing 2 sets of armpit farts at 7 and 9:30! Make sure to join me and Harold at the bar for a few sloe gin fizzes around 8, huh? See you later.

The Above Beers in Bottles for Family Use a Specialty

NYC - 1895

How Can I Throw Her Out the Window When She Looks at Me Like This?

Doodle, NYC ~ 2/07

Wig Out by Tarell Alvin McCraney? Wig Freakin' Tastic!

After Google imaging Tarell Alvin McCraney, I realize I was sitting directly in front of the young playwright himself during last night's tremendous debut performance of his new play, Wig Out! Wig Out lets the audience inside of the fascinating sub-culture of drag and the importance of the Drag Ball, the origins of which can be traced back to Harlem in the 1920s and 30's. The playbill included a handy glossary of drag ball terms, and here are a few:



photo by Carol Rosegg for the New York Times

Chop: To disqualify or eliminate
Star: An up-and-coming Legend; a frequent winner that is making a name for themselves.
Vogue: A style of dance which seamlessly combines a diverse range of movement disciplines, including modern/jazz dance, ballet, martial arts, gymnastics, yoga, and more.
Walk: To compete in a ball category, which entails walking on the runway; to enter a category.
Shade: Underhanded dealing(s) or disrespect. To "throw shade" is to take a superior attitude, to criticize, demean, or insult; to diss or derogate.

Moving monologues by several of the show's characters began with "My grandmother wore a wig," or "My mother wore a wig," or "My father wore a wig," as they described pieces of their life with their original families before they join the family of the House of Light (what this particular drag house is called). But the incredible set-- which is literally a catwalk--the dazzling makeup, fierce wardrobes, wigs, music, singing, and dancing aside (prime for fantastic photos I could've snapped had I not dropped my camera into the ocean last weekend), the beautifully written, touching and funny show is really less about gender and sexuality and all about family--as non-traditional as it may appear--and the roles played within.

Read a fancy pants review of the show here by Ben Brantley for the New York Times. I hear he's one tough cookie to please, and he loved it too.

Special thanks to artmeetscommerce.

Fun Time Ways to Enjoy the U.S. Economy Tanking

As you watch your stocks plummet in value and your savings depleted because of the rising costs of living and envision your retirement--not spent relaxing on a lake in a rowboat but rather wearing an apron and cheerily greeting other jerks shopping at Wal-Mart--might I suggest some deep breathing exercises to prevent you from driving your car into a tree? You're welcome.

DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES
from www.dartmouth.edu

Breathing Awareness and Deep Breathing

1. Lie down or sit in a comfortable chair, maintaining good posture. Your body should be as relaxed as possible. Close your eyes. Scan your body for tension.
2. Pay attention to your breathing. Place one hand on the part of your chest or abdomen that seems to rise and fall the most with each breath. If this spot is in your chest you are not utilizing the lower part of your lungs.
3. Place both hands on your abdomen and follow your breathing, noticing how your abdomen rises and falls.
4. Breathe through your nose.
5. Notice if your chest is moving in harmony with your abdomen.
6. Now place one hand on your abdomen and one on your chest.
7. Inhale deeply and slowly through your nose into your abdomen. You should feel your abdomen rise with this inhalation and your chest should move only a little.
8. Exhale through your mouth, keeping your mouth, tongue, and jaw relaxed.
9. Relax as you focus on the sound and feeling of long, slow, deep breaths.
   
   

Complete Natural Breathing

1. Sit or stand with good posture.
2. Breathe through your nose.
3. Inhale, filling first the lower part of your lungs then the middle part, then the upper part.
4. Hold your breath for a few seconds.
5. Exhale slowly. Relax your abdomen and chest.

Salazar's CD Release Show at Arlene's Grocery This Saturday

A Special Announcement

from my peeps in

Salazar:

"We want to let you know that everyone who comes to Arlene's Grocery for the show on
October 4 will receive a copy of The Great Decay absolutely FREE! It will also be available as a free MP3 download for you ipod type people. We want to thank all of you for your continued support of this band, for coming to our shows, and for telling your friends about us, and we figured what better way to thank you than to give you all our new record for free!

We very much hope to see you there.

Salazar on myspace
Salazar on Facebook


Saturday, OCTOBER 4
10pm - $10
Arlene's Grocery
95 Stanton Street

Record Release - FREE CD FOR ALL!

Man o' the People McCain's 13 Bedroom, 14.5 Bath House is for Sale, Yo

Jump on it!

Sex? Smoking? Soda? Meat? Laundry? Camera? Cable? Gym? Give it Up!

"Give it Up" by Lee Dorsey and the Meters, 1969
Written, arranged and produced by Allen Toussaint.

How to De-clutter Your Life

• Throw your camera into the ocean.
• Donate half of your laundry to the laundromat.

To Do:

• Cancel HBO (make sure you watch it tonight as you investigate cancellation)
• Cancel your gym membership (this involves a certified letter)

Ever Try to Make a Bed with Two Fitted Sheets?

Here's my conversation with the laundromat earlier:

Hi, it's Anne calling. Remember, I called you yesterday about my missing laundry?

Yea, uh, we no have it.

Hmm. Yes, do you know who does? You said you were going to call the factory?

Yes, I call and they no have it. We give to you.

No, I don't have it. Half is missing. I sent you two bathmats and received no bathmats. I got out of the shower today to no bathmat. My fitted sheets are missing. How much did you charge me?

22 pounds....$22 dollars. You give us 22 pounds, we give you 22 pounds back.

Look, I don't care what the scale says--my bathmats and my flat sheets are missing. And probably half a dozen towels, I really don't know...You can't find them? How do I get my money back?

We no have we give you.

*sigh* Ok. Can you call the factory again and ask them? Because I can assure you that a few days ago I had two dirty bathmats and two fitted sheets and now I have neither. So, I gave you $22 and now I'm out $200? See?

Ok.

Do you want to call me or should I call you?

You call.

*sigh* Ok.

Bye Bye.

*sigh* Bye.

Directions on How to Make a Bed with Two Fitted Sheets:

You put one fitted sheet on the mattress. Lie the second sheet on top and snuggle up as the elastic bands curl and chafe around your face and bunch up around your legs and arms. Mmmm. Sleepy tighty! Nighty nitey!

...to be continued...

Since When is it Illegal to Wear a Cow Suit, Chase Some Kids, and Piss on Your Neighbor's Front Porch on a Monday Night?

photo and article from www.wlwt.com

Udderly ridiculous.

Yellow Bellied Crackers

In New York, you don't know when a crazy person's diatribe is directed at you until you do. I took the subway home from work with Greenberg last week, and all was fine on the 5. But when we transferred to the 6, a little bit o' hell broke loose. There was a casually dressed black guy shouting about crackers and pistols and pussies at someone, and I assumed it wasn't us. You tune things out as part of your survival kit here. But he got closer. And finally he was in Greenberg's face shouting more about those things:

"Crackers. Crackers got it made! Crackers all over the internet, and I still get the pussy. My pistols loaded, yo. Crackers. CRACKERS!"

I thought to myself, "Wish this cracker had it made."

Greenberg stared straight ahead, motionless like a beetle or a turtle or one of those animals that plays dead to avoid being stabbed with a shank on the subway. I muttered at Greenberg's and my reflection in the window across aisle, "I think he's talking to you."

Greenberg did look especially crackery that day with his stupid briefcase and terrible canary yellow short sleeved golf shirt, but other than looking like an asshole, he didn't do anything to my knowledge to deserve such a tirade. So there we sat, Greenberg still as stone--and I wondering how the hell I'd defend myself, as Greenberg clearly wasn't going to be helping me out any--while Mr. Angry went ballistic, walking and talking, occasionally accentuating his prose with in-your-face gestures.

"WHY DON'T YOU SUCK MY DICK?" he asked Greenberg.

More babbling about crackers, the internet, pussy, and pistols. Suddenly we arrived at 23rd Street, which was one stop from where we got on, and Greenberg's stop. Mr. Angry made his way to the doors. Greenberg definitely wasn't going to get off here, I thought to myself.

The doors opened, and Mr. Angry shouted, "HAVE A NICE DAY!" at Greenberg. And right before the doors closed behind him, got in another, "SUCK MY DICK!"

The doors closed. Everyone on the train breathed an inaudible but palpable sigh of relief.

"That was my stop!" Greenberg exclaimed.

"I know," I reassured him.

"What was that guy's problem?"

"I think he wanted you to suck his dick."

The train laughed. Greenberg added, "Nothing to worry about, everyone--just an old roommate of mine."

More laughter. A woman sitting across from us chimed in, "Did you stick him with the rent?"

I got off with Greenberg at the next stop (a stop earlier than my own) and walked with him a few avenues to settle him down. He was a big target with that stupid yellow golf shirt on, afterall. Crackers.

The Buffalo Bills are 4-0. Are You?

Labor Day Weekend, 2008

Somewhere in Astoria, NY

I went to a Labor Day Garden party a few weeks ago and 1/2 of the delightful hosts hails from Niagara Falls. Just look at this beautiful mobile they hang in their front hall! You just can't get one of these, folks. You simply just can't get one. My friends were lucky enough to snap this canvas mesh number up at a yard sale. Feeling sad you can't have one? How about your own Buffalo Bills canvas mesh tissue dispenser? Bid soon (auction ends Oct 2) or buy it now for $27.95. Worth it? Obvs!

The Stuff That Happens to You When You are Alive

• You dump your camera into the sea. Brava, Anne!
• A bottle of water stashed in your purse isn't fully closed, so now you have a purse full of water! Hilarious!
• You have your laundry picked up by the wash and fold laundry place, saving you precious time. But only half is returned to you, and they can't locate the rest. So, you say all my flat sheets and pillow cases, and both of my bath mats are missing? Cute!
• At least nobody's wiped a booger on my sleeve today. That was yesterday.

Tonight: WIG OUT!

Vineyard Theatre

presents
WIG OUT!
By Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Tina Landau

with Daniel T. Booth, Joshua Cruz, Glenn Davis, Sean Patrick Doyle,
McKenzie Frye, Nathan Lee Graham, Angela Grovey, Andre Holland,
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Erik King, Clifton Oliver

Scenic Design: James Schuette Costume Design: Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Design: Peter Kaczorowski Sound Design: Robert Kaplowitz
Hair, Wig, and Make-up Design: Wendy Parson Production Stage Manager: Barbara Reo

Associate Director: Kim Weild Production Manager: Ben Morris
General Manager: Reed Ridgley Press Representative: Sam Rudy

Media Casting: Henry Russell Bergstein Associate Artistic Director: Sarah Stern

WIG OUT! explosively brings to life the fierce, competitive world of the drag ball. Intoxicate yourself with this rare glimpse into an unforgettable struggle for power, sexual conquest and glory by acclaimed playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney (THE BROTHERS SIZE). The New York Times raves that McCraney delivers "that thrilling sound that is one of the main reasons we go to the theatre, that beautiful music of a new voice!" Directed by Tina Landau, with a brilliant cast led by Erik King (“Dexter”), Nathan Lee Graham (THE WILD PARTY, “The Comeback”), Rebecca Naomi Jones (PASSING STRANGE), and Daniel T. Booth (a.k.a. downtown drag star Sweetie, “Project Runway”), WIG OUT! is a play you do not want to miss!

Hair, Wig and Make-up design? I'm in! Can't wait.

Interested in Seeing the 300 Phenomenal Photographs from My Weekend in Rhode Island?

You'd better ask Poseidon if he'll let you borrow it. Or, better yet, go back in time and grab the camera out of my hand before I dropped it into the roaring surf at Matunuk. Just like your 401k, the camera is totally gone. Basta. Easy come. Easy go. Wave buh-buh-buh-bye.

Farewell, Paul Newman

1925-2008

Read the People Magazine October 7, 1974 article here.

Rhode Island Weekend Commences Today

Matunuck, RI

"The fly is as deadly as a bomber!! WPA Poster Beware the fly. This poster for the Philadelphia Department of Health warns of the potential health risks from exposure to flies: 'The fly is as deadly as a bomber!!' The poster was illustrated by Robert Muchley some time between 1941 and 1943 as part of the WPA War Services Project."

fantastic stuff from vintagraph.com

Vegetarian Recipe of the Day: Sweet Potato Burritos

Sweet Potato Burritos

INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
6 cups canned kidney beans, drained
2 cups water
3 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
4 teaspoons prepared mustard
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
3 tablespoons soy sauce
4 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
12 (10 inch) flour tortillas, warmed
8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

To make vegan: omit sour cream and cheddar cheese

Other suggestions: substitute black beans for half the mixture, add frozen corn, pre-mash before adding to skillet


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Heat oil in a medium skillet, and saute onion and garlic until soft. Stir in beans, and mash. Gradually stir in water, and heat until warm. Remove from heat, and stir in the chili powder, cumin, mustard, cayenne pepper and soy sauce.
Divide bean mixture and mashed sweet potatoes evenly between the warm flour tortillas. Top with cheese. Fold up tortillas burrito style, and place on a baking sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, and serve.

submitted by karena @ allrecipes.com, photo by allrecipes.com

Desert Island Lollipop Choice

Charms Blow Pop wins with 20 votes (55%) to Tootsie Pop's 16 votes (44%)

Families: Their Values and Their Polyester

My Mom's family was really into St. Patrick's Day, the Pope, and Harvey's Bristol Cream:

Photo Phun Phact: The little old lady second from the right is my great, great grandmother who immigrated from Ireland in the early 1900's via Ellis Island. Ellen O'Leary Finn 1880-1982

Wakefield, MA ~ 1970's

My Dad's family was really into fresh sweet corn on the cob, butter, and salt:

Photo Phun Phact: The little blue pitcher on the corner of the picnic table is how the large Altman family would butter their corn rapidly and thoroughly. Directions: Put a stick of butter in a pitcher. Boil water, pour boiling water into pitcher. Butter will melt and rise to the top. Take bare ear of corn, dip into the water. On its way out it gets coated with butter and is ready for salting. You're welcome.

Olean, New York ~ 1970's

Use All Your Weaponry

Jose Cruz, arrested for DUI in West Virginia, didn't waste a perfectly good gas blast when he had the chance to blow it in the arresting officer's face. More effective than a booger flick.

Thank you, whipcreamy.

Two Can Anne Encourages Reader Submissions

Here's a vid from newbluebaby. Thanks for the submission, newblue. Enjoy, kids!

Let's Say

Let's say your president, whom you didn't vote for twice has swiftly and expertly ruined your country in 8 years--unfortunately while you're alive to see it all crash down around you--and you're eating powdered soup for lunch and canned soup for dinner. What's a delicious accoutrement that is low in fat, but high in protein, texture, and flavor that you can enjoy while huge hired men toss you and all of your shit out of your house and onto the street?

Glenny's Low Fat Soy Crisps in Salt & Pepper

Clam Recipe of the Day: Artichoke Crab/Clam Dip

Artichoke & Clam Dip

1 medium Leek
1 medium Vidalia or other sweet onion
1/2 cup Canned artichoke hearts; drained
1/2 cup Frozen chopped spinach; thawed
1 pound Brie or cream cheese
2 tablespoons Minced garlic
2 tablespoons Olive oil
1/4 cup Riesling or other medium-dry wine
2/3 cup Heavy cream
3 tablespoons Finely chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons Finely chopped fresh dill
1 pound Fresh jumbo lump crab meat or substitute 2 cans canned clams if you're into clams
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon / tablespoon hot sauce; or to taste
Toasted thin baguette slices

Preheat oven to 425° F and lightly oil an 11-inch gratin or other shallow baking dish (about 6 cups).

Trim and finely chop leek. In a large bowl of water wash leek well and lift from water into a large sieve to drain. Finely chop onion. Rinse and finely chop artichoke hearts. Squeeze dry and finely chop spinach. Discard rind from Brie and cut into 1/4-inch pieces. Or if using cream cheese, cube.

In a heavy skillet cook leek, onion and garlic in oil over moderate heat, stirring until pale golden; stir in artichoke hearts and spinach. Add wine and cook, stirring, three minutes. Add cream and simmer, stirring, 1 minute. Add cheese, stirring until it just begins to melt. Remove skillet from heat and stir herbs into mixture.

In a large bowl, combine clams, mustard, hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Stir in cheese mixture. Spread mixture evenly in baking dish and bake in middle of oven 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden. Serve dip hot with toasts.


from notquitejunecleaver.com

Bing + Bong = ?

You Need Four Mismatched Creepy Severed Plastic Baby Arms in "Regular"?

*Winnie the Pooh sheet not for sale

www.ebay.com

Seems Like a Good Deal to Me But I Don't Know Much About Ties

Sunday, September 21, 2008

NYC

N'Awlins Mawdy Graw 1900

"Mardi Gras, New Orleans, the Red Pageant,"

circa 1900-1910. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. from shorpy.com

MORTIFIED on Last Call with Carson Daly: Tonight!

Check out Mortified Creator Dave Nadelberg

on

Last Call with Carson Daly

Tonight! Following Conan

12:35 am EST

September 23, 2008

Yours in angst,

Anne

This is a Place Where I Used to Go Five Days a Week

Middle of Midtown ~ NYC

8/21/08

I had a job in this building years ago. I can't remember how I got this one particular job, but my boss was a dead ringer for a Max Headroom / Cruella De Vil combo. You could smoke in offices back in those days; I don't think I ever saw her eat a single thing other than cigarettes and crappy coffee all day lizzong. Her breath smelled like a big fat cacadoody, as you can imagine.

If You Speak Queens and You Play Video Games

Then you'll know what Staw Whoas the Fawss Unleashed is.

US VP Web Poll, Sarah Palin v Doodle

Do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to be VP?

What about Doodle?

Then What Happened?

Tonight? Well, tonight I spotted an orange gummy bear on the living room carpet, and I ate it.

So?

Don't Worry If You Didn't Get a Shot of This Chick in Front of This Thing

I took a picture of her for you:

Some lady getting her picture taken in the Fashion District, 37th at 7th Ave, NYC

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Farewell Yankee Stadium: Scenes From 2008 Year at Yankee Stadium 2

Yankee Stadium ~ July 18, 2008

Yankees vs Oakland

Farewell Yankee Stadium: Scenes from 2008 at Yankee Stadium 1

Yankee Stadium ~ Friday, July 18, 2008

Yankees vs Oakland

Healthy Choice's Cafe Steamers is Food, Right?

Because Cafe Steamers? Not appetizing. A more appetizing name might be: Poop in a Pie Plate.

If You Don't Want to Pee Your Pants

www.tricountyinflatables.com

Then you're gonna want to close your eyes when my sister does her impression of one of these inflatable air dancer thingers. Otherwise, there will be pee.

'Tis Some Very Joyful Noise Indeed

The Derek Trucks Band with "Joyful Noise," 2007.

Derek Trucks Band is live at the Blender Theater on November 7, 2008. Got tix?

I do! Whoo hoo!

Yankee Stadium's Last Day: Say Goodbye To an $9.50 Coors Light

And hello to a $14.50 Coors Light. Here's to hoping I win the Lotto or score some corporate tickets for access to the New Yankee Stadium during the rest of my NYC days, otherwise, it's the Coney Island Cyclones for me. I snapped some nice pics of Yankee Stadium this year, so check back tomorrow for the official Farewell Yankee Stadium post.

In the meantime, GO BOSOX!

The Buffalo Bills are Undefeated: 3-0!

Let me repeat: The Buffalo Bills are completely, totally, and honestly undefeated, with a 24-23 walk off win vs Oakland this afternoon.

What this means: The Bills have played 3 games and have won the last 3 of their 3 games.

Speechless? Thought so. If you can't dig it, feel free to suck it, kids.

Go, Bills!

Enormous Babies Freak Me Out

I come from a small-to-average sized family, and I was a five pounder at birth. I don't know if these facts make me averse to oversized infants, but I did have a nightmare about one on Friday night, clearly inspired by some baby pictures I saw online of an acquaintance's new bambino.

This baby had a full head of hair in the "baby's first photo" hospital shot. He didn't have that newly born, smushed face, papoose body pipsqueak appearance whatsoever. In fact, he looked so mature that he totally could have figured out how to drive himself home from the hospital, let alone be belted into a car seat. For some reason, in the dream I was there to babysit, even though I don't know these people very well. I watched him in his little recliner bucket thing that babies sit in. All was well, until the open window excited him, so he pointed at it with a "WHAT'S THAT?" and not only got out of his seated position to approach it, but pushed me over to get to the window. It took all my strength to push back with a "Get the fuck out of here!" so he wouldn't fling himself out onto the street. Friggin' huge baby, get back in your chair thing, settle down and act like a goddamn baby for cryin' out loud!

Two days later I still can't shake that nightmare. Good grief. Better not see any big babies today.

*shudder*

Baby, You're Drivin' Me Crazy

The Sonics, "Psycho", 1960somethin'