Month: September 2013

Adventures in Sandwiches: the Emperor Rupert and the Muerte a Castro.

I decided to spend my lunch time making a sandwich; and being one of those obsessive New Media types, I decided to blog about it.

The basic sandwich is the Emperor Rupert, an item of my own design: deli sliced turkey, Monterey Jack cheese, lettuce, and chipotle mayonnaise on seeded rye. This would have been made with a sandwich press, except the thing that I thought was one of those was actually a pizzelle cookie maker, so improvsation was the name of the game. Continue reading Adventures in Sandwiches: the Emperor Rupert and the Muerte a Castro.

Kaiser: dear GOD but @barackobama is horrible about #obamacare messaging.

I’m paraphrasing the report. Fortunately, HuffPo slammed three shots of cheap vodka and then gave its readers the bad news:

Just 15 percent of those polled, and only 12 percent of the working-age uninsured, knew the exchanges were launching in October for the start of a six-month sign-up period. Sixty-five percent of respondents were aware that Obamacare created the exchanges, however.

The survey found that more than three years after the law’s enactment, 51 percent of Americans felt as though they didn’t understand it well enough to determine how it will affect them and their families. More than two-thirds of the uninsured — those who stand to gain the most — said the same. More than half of respondents said the news media focuses mainly on the politics of health care reform, rather than on how it affects people. A majority also said there was no news source they could trust to provide information about the law.

Asked what questions they would most like answered, Americans most commonly wanted to know how much health insurance would cost under Obamacare, how the spending is financed, and where they can find a simple summary of the law.

Continue reading Kaiser: dear GOD but @barackobama is horrible about #obamacare messaging.

Quote of the Day, Pro-#Obamacare Trolls Will HATE Reading This edition.

Stu Rothenberg, after looking at the 2012 exit polls and noting that the same electorate that re-elected Barack Obama also supported repeal of Obamacare over not-repeal 49/44, finishes up with:

There is no denying that Obama won the 2012 presidential election. But that vote shouldn’t be held up as a vote of confidence for Obamacare. And it’s worth mentioning (again) that the Republicans taking a stand against the president were elected, too.

Continue reading Quote of the Day, Pro-#Obamacare Trolls Will HATE Reading This edition.

The Cadaver Bone Benefit Fiction Anthology Indiegogo.

I assume that it’s where you go when you decide that Kickstarter used to be cool, before everybody found out about it and spoiled the ambiance* by showing up. Although you can still like Kickstarter, if that’s your thing – what’s that? You like Kickstarter, only ironically? Hrh. I liked things only ironically before it was cool.

:throwing away hipster glasses: Anyway, this looks like a nice little crowdsource: help a guy out with his medical procedure, get a story anthology. I see three people on there that I read; that will justify the fifteen bucks.

Via:

Moe Lane

*Or you want to take PayPal.

Quote of the Day, That Might Not Actually Be POSSIBLE edition. #obamacare

MarketWatch, giving some advice on Obamacare:

1. “You might want to avoid signing up on Day One.”

…it’s an open question whether people will be able to, frankly.  I hear stuff about the way the software’s been not-tested; stuff that, for the Republic’s sake, I really hope is not true.

Guess we’ll see on Tuesday!

Via Instapundit.

Moe Lane

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… the Emperor Rupert. #sandwich

I have yet to field test this, but it looks good as a prototype:

  • turkey breast
  • chipotle mayonnaise
  • Monterrey Jack cheese
  • Lettuce
  • Rye

The aforementioned field testing – tomorrow – will mostly center on the bread type, and how this works as a panini.  The lettuce makes me hesitate, with regard to the latter.

Moe Lane

My somewhat grouchy realization about people reporting on the Mound Builder civilization.

[UPDATE]: Welcome, Instapundit readers. Didn’t think that it was that noteworthy a post, but what the heck. Also, feel free to hit the tip jar.





I promise to frivolously spend every penny on roleplaying games and assorted geekstuff.

 

I couldn’t figure out what was bugging me about the tone of this discussion of just what happened at the Mound Builder city of Cahokia.  After all, it’s interesting: there was once a large Native American city located at what is now St. Louis, Missouri; we don’t know that much about it; and it more or less disappeared without any kind of real clues about what happened.  This shouldn’t annoy me.

But then I read the last paragraph:

What’s fascinating is that this region along the Mississippi is an area that has been home to many cities, for hundreds of years. After all, St. Louis occupies the old footprint of Cahokia today. Perhaps, in another millennium, the archaeologists who occupy some future city in the area will be uncovering the old breweries and coal mines of St. Louis and wondering what happened to the people who worked in them.

Continue reading My somewhat grouchy realization about people reporting on the Mound Builder civilization.