of the courant's website
wtf????????????????????Man Shot, Wounded In West Hartford
Updated: 11:57 p.m.
Police Investigate Street Robbery In Hartford
Updated: 10:35 p.m.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
catch my friend mark robinson
being interviewed by diane smith this morning.
it's about his book smoke fire and angels (all of the proceeds are going to the victims and their families) and experiences of/with/at/during the horrific avon mountain crash
image from here
once again, thank the goddess for the
connecticut innocence project. i cannot even imagine being behind bars for 21 years for a rape and murder YOU DID NOT COMMIT
(i can't imagine convicting, even partically based on the testimony of one witness who had a stake in protecting someone ELSE who was a suspect, either)
DNA Tests Clear Man Jailed Since Late 1980s Of Homicide
The Hartford Courant
NEW HAVEN — - A man serving a 50-year prison sentence in the rape and homicide of a Wallingford woman more than two decades ago was granted a new trial Wednesday after recent DNA tests showed someone else committed the crimes.
Kenneth Ireland, 39, was ordered released without bail by Judge Richard Damiani and is with his family, 21 years after he was taken into custody, said Karen Goodrow, director of the Connecticut Innocence Project, which took Ireland's case two years ago.
"It's really exhilarating," she said. "He's just doing really well."
..................
..........A witness, Marilou Flaler, testified during the trial that Ireland and another man, Donald Glover, told her and her boyfriend that they had raped and killed Pelkey. A third man, Max Arizmendi, also was supposed to have been with them.
No one else was arrested in the case. Both Glover and Arizmendi are now dead.
Ireland's public defender, Donald Dakers, challenged Flaler's testimony, saying she gave police a statement a year after the homicide for a $20,000 reward and to protect her boyfriend's brother, John Card, who was a potential suspect.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
(i can't imagine convicting, even partically based on the testimony of one witness who had a stake in protecting someone ELSE who was a suspect, either)
DNA Tests Clear Man Jailed Since Late 1980s Of Homicide
The Hartford Courant
NEW HAVEN — - A man serving a 50-year prison sentence in the rape and homicide of a Wallingford woman more than two decades ago was granted a new trial Wednesday after recent DNA tests showed someone else committed the crimes.
Kenneth Ireland, 39, was ordered released without bail by Judge Richard Damiani and is with his family, 21 years after he was taken into custody, said Karen Goodrow, director of the Connecticut Innocence Project, which took Ireland's case two years ago.
"It's really exhilarating," she said. "He's just doing really well."
..................
..........A witness, Marilou Flaler, testified during the trial that Ireland and another man, Donald Glover, told her and her boyfriend that they had raped and killed Pelkey. A third man, Max Arizmendi, also was supposed to have been with them.
No one else was arrested in the case. Both Glover and Arizmendi are now dead.
Ireland's public defender, Donald Dakers, challenged Flaler's testimony, saying she gave police a statement a year after the homicide for a $20,000 reward and to protect her boyfriend's brother, John Card, who was a potential suspect.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
i grew up in the north end
well, we lived there until i was nine. it was the proverbial melting pot. there were italians, poles, jews, catholics, protestants, hispanics, blacks, asians. really, MANY religions, MANY nationalities. we lived on clark street in a six family home my grandparents (mother's parents) owned. my grandparents lived next door in a one family home. my grandfather had a grape arbor, rhurbarb around his garage, peach trees, cherry trees (sweet and sour), apple trees (green and red) and plums. there may have been more, but i can't recall. he also had a wonderful flower garden (as did my father's parents in glastonbury. they had apple trees too, but mostly had garden vegetables. lots and lots of beans. all sorts of italian beans of all sorts of colors. my favorites were the white and red striped ones). the north end was a beautiful place. a place of wonder. the house i grew up in isn't there any more. the school i went to, st. michael's is. not sure it's still st. michael's though. i think some catholic workers live there or around there, so it just might still be catholic
anyway, this column by helen ubinas reminded me of my childhood:
DISPATCHES FROM GARDEN STREET
Holding The Family Together
Mattie Laird bought her home at 643-645 Garden St. in 1968 — back when people could walk to nearby factory jobs, when rooted Jewish families still lived here and a home on the street went for just over $18 grand.
It was a fortune back then, of course.
But even after her husband left, Laird did whatever it took to hold onto the three-family home, juggling a job at the old Colt factory, another at a nursing home.
Always, two and three jobs to pay the bills and keep her children in the house that four generations still call home.
"Whatever I did, it was better than farm work in South Carolina," Laird said, laughing. "Now that was hard work."
Her daughter, Donna Yvette Jackman, still lives here.
As does her grandson, 19-year-old Clayton Jackman.
And her great-grandchildren, Chevaughn Robinson, 8, and Michael Robinson, 10.
pic: Four generations in the same house on Garden Street started with Mattie Laird, 71, center, when she bought her family home in 1968. With her are her daughter, Donna Yvette Jackman, at left, and her grandson, Clayton Jackman, right. Her two great-grandsons, who also live with her, are Chevaughn Robinson, 8, second from left, and Michael Robinson, 10, second from right. (RICK HARTFORD / HARTFORD COURANT / August 3, 2009)
two things
i never really thought this would happen in connecticut. i thought we were smarter and better than that (i thought wrong)
AND
what the f**k do they think is going to happen to our country if we don't do something NOW about health care (one among a TON of other things king george either IGNORED, SWEPT UNDER THE RUG OR LIED ABOUT)? really we're literally going to hell in a handbasket here. people are suffering and this is only the beginning. where were all these assholes when king george was introducting the country to the devil?
so go ahead. listen to lou and glenn and flush and bill and ann and sean. believe what they say. hide your head in the sand. i'm gonna walk all OVER your sticking up asses in that case
Protesters Disrupt U.S. Representative's Meeting At Simsbury Supermarket
The Hartford Courant
SIMSBURY— - Chanting "Dump Chris Dodd" and "No national health care," scores of angry constituents confronted U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy at a meet-and-greet outside the Super Stop & Shop Wednesday afternoon.
Murphy, a Democrat who represents the 5th District, routinely holds informal office hours at supermarkets and strip malls, but such gatherings are generally uneventful. This time, many of the 150 or so attendees were so boisterous that Stop & Shop management called the police to ask that the crowd be moved from the store's entrance.
The scene in Simsbury is being replayed throughout the nation this week as congressional Democrats convene town hall forums and other public get-togethers to win support for the Obama administration's plan to overhaul the health care system.
One conservative group critical of the plan has put out a call to members, encouraging them to attend these gatherings and voice their opposition to the member of Congress hosting the event. U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, a Democrat and a leading architect of the health care overhaul, has become a chief target........
AND
what the f**k do they think is going to happen to our country if we don't do something NOW about health care (one among a TON of other things king george either IGNORED, SWEPT UNDER THE RUG OR LIED ABOUT)? really we're literally going to hell in a handbasket here. people are suffering and this is only the beginning. where were all these assholes when king george was introducting the country to the devil?
so go ahead. listen to lou and glenn and flush and bill and ann and sean. believe what they say. hide your head in the sand. i'm gonna walk all OVER your sticking up asses in that case
Protesters Disrupt U.S. Representative's Meeting At Simsbury Supermarket
The Hartford Courant
SIMSBURY— - Chanting "Dump Chris Dodd" and "No national health care," scores of angry constituents confronted U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy at a meet-and-greet outside the Super Stop & Shop Wednesday afternoon.
Murphy, a Democrat who represents the 5th District, routinely holds informal office hours at supermarkets and strip malls, but such gatherings are generally uneventful. This time, many of the 150 or so attendees were so boisterous that Stop & Shop management called the police to ask that the crowd be moved from the store's entrance.
The scene in Simsbury is being replayed throughout the nation this week as congressional Democrats convene town hall forums and other public get-togethers to win support for the Obama administration's plan to overhaul the health care system.
One conservative group critical of the plan has put out a call to members, encouraging them to attend these gatherings and voice their opposition to the member of Congress hosting the event. U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, a Democrat and a leading architect of the health care overhaul, has become a chief target........
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
blog this!
years and years and years ago, when i was in high school that is, i spent a LOT of time at the atheneum (and the library and the train station). i had enough credits to graduate (when i was a senior) but they wouldn't let me. they decided to torture me and make me take gym several times a day (something about me skipping gym in a prior life i think). anyway, i wasn't about to gym myself (and they made me do golfing shite during gym. that stopped right quick) to death. i used to grab some writing impliments and pads of paper and head off for the atheneum and the train station and the big hartford public library on main street. i'd sit and stare at the paintings or the people all day. i'd write and write and write. it helped to make me who i am today. it helped me appreciate art (although i would have anyway). i remember each and every painting and sculpture and artifact. i remember where they were and how they were set up. i remember the smells in each room (they were different). i rememeber being very happy indeed.my favorite painting at the atheneum you ask? well i'll tell you: the vale of st. thomas, jamaica by frederic e church
the following is from the wadsworth atheneum:
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art invites you to join us at our inaugural Blog This! event, on August 6, from 4:30 – 6:30 pm.
Blog This! will provide a forum for social media writers from throughout the state to connect with each other, while connecting with great art! We also hope to gain insights into how we can better work together to position both Hartford, and Connecticut, as a premier cultural destination (and not just someplace between New York and Boston!)
The agenda includes an update from the Director, Susan Talbott, an overview of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture by Director, Olivia White and a Docent led highlights tour of the museum’s permanent collection.
Come for the formal part – but stay for the fun part - join us from 6:30 – 8 pm for our First Thursday festivities which will include temporary tattoos, the opening of Skin!, an exhibition of photographs created by teens in The Amistad Center for Art & Culture’s Neighborhood Studio summer youth program, and original hip-hop beats performed by Connectbeats. Food and cocktails will also be available.
• Date: August 6, 2009
• Time: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
• Location: Wadsworth Atheneum of ArtBlogger: the nutmeg grater - Create Post
600 Main St., Hartford, CT
For more information or to RSVP, please contact:
Kimberly Reynolds
(860) 838-4055
Kimberly.Reynolds@
and here's a lil' somethin' somethin' from the nyt:
In an Untamed Wilderness, Finding the Serene
The upstairs galleries of the Beaux-Arts-style wing of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, completed in the early 20th century, have never been so appropriately adorned as they are now, with the paintings that make up "American Splendor: Hudson River School Masterworks" — a glorious, robust assemblage of 120 works by artists from a movement that defined 19th-century American landscape art. Those who follow American art will find few surprises here, but will be rewarded with excellent examples of every major artist's work, all drawn from the Wadsworth's permanent collection and recently returned to Hartford from a national tour, before heading to Germany next year. For others less well versed, the show offers a superb overview of the movement and includes wall labels that offer more than the usual information......
pic: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900), Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica, 1867. Oil on canvas, 48-5/16 x 84-5/8 inches. Courtesy of Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Conn. Bequest of Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt.
Monday, August 03, 2009
we don't have a budget and 'SHE'
wants to pass a tax on a couple of items that make me happy
BEVERAGES and BUTTS
i don't know. i thought the lotto or lottery or whatever the hell it is we have and/or participate in was supposed to help us
dang, we all take road trips to mass as it is m jodi. want us all to MOVE there as well?
Connecticut targets drinkers' wallets
BEVERAGES and BUTTS
i don't know. i thought the lotto or lottery or whatever the hell it is we have and/or participate in was supposed to help us
dang, we all take road trips to mass as it is m jodi. want us all to MOVE there as well?
Connecticut targets drinkers' wallets
Bill Dowd
Connecticut is joining the parade of financially troubled state governments looking to raise revenues by raising taxes on drinkers.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Thursday unveiled a new two-year budget that would raise "sin taxes" such as those on alcoholic beverages and tobacco and corporation taxes by $391 million. Those, she says, are the only taxes she'll consider.
Meanwhile, the General Assembly's two Democratic-controlled budget committees passed a proposal calling for $1.8 billion in tax increases, including higher income tax rates for wealthier taxpayers.
Connecticut, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are the only states that have not yet passed a budget for the current fiscal year.
Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, said Friday that the governor's proposal to raise the excise tax on beer, wine and distilled spirits by 10% to raise about $8.5 million over the two years "is taxing the six pack but not the six-figure salary. This is not shared sacrifice. This is Republican-style trickle down economics.".........
Friday, July 31, 2009
our friend andy thibault at the cool justice report
has an update on the douchebag case!
he has reported on this case extensively. man, a lot of work went into this. all links to all his stories are on his blog. do read him, it's well worth it. andy is my kind o' person. in a fight i sure as shite would want him on MY side! stop on over and say hola!
BULLETIN: Landmark Free Speech Case Back @ U.S. Second Circuit Court Of Appeals
Parental Rights,
Home Invasion By Douche Bag School Bosses
On The Docket Along With Seizure Of Free Speech T-Shirts
Judges Will Have To Review Punishment
For Seeking Redress Of Grievances
Travesty Kravitz's Efforts
To Contain Case, Avoid Accountability
Face Major Reversal
By ANDY THIBAULT
The Cool Justice Report
www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
July 30, 2009
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
DATELINE -
Douchebagville,
aka the intersection of
Burlington, CT
And New Haven U.S. District Courtroom Four
When Mark Kravitz Is On The Bench
Free Speech Freedom Fighter Avery Doninger will get a hearing to appeal her punishment for rallying citizens to support students in their quest to hold a concert that was cancelled by school officials in Regional District 10.
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York granted Doninger's request for a wide-ranging appeal on July 23. No schedule has been set for the appeal............
he has reported on this case extensively. man, a lot of work went into this. all links to all his stories are on his blog. do read him, it's well worth it. andy is my kind o' person. in a fight i sure as shite would want him on MY side! stop on over and say hola!
BULLETIN: Landmark Free Speech Case Back @ U.S. Second Circuit Court Of Appeals
Parental Rights,
Home Invasion By Douche Bag School Bosses
On The Docket Along With Seizure Of Free Speech T-Shirts
Judges Will Have To Review Punishment
For Seeking Redress Of Grievances
Travesty Kravitz's Efforts
To Contain Case, Avoid Accountability
Face Major Reversal
By ANDY THIBAULT
The Cool Justice Report
www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
July 30, 2009
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
DATELINE -
Douchebagville,
aka the intersection of
Burlington, CT
And New Haven U.S. District Courtroom Four
When Mark Kravitz Is On The Bench
Free Speech Freedom Fighter Avery Doninger will get a hearing to appeal her punishment for rallying citizens to support students in their quest to hold a concert that was cancelled by school officials in Regional District 10.
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York granted Doninger's request for a wide-ranging appeal on July 23. No schedule has been set for the appeal............
yet ANOTHER stupid connecticut criminal
do we breed them here or what?
Bumbling Crook Puts Down Gun, Loses The Loot
Bowtie Cinema employee's quick thinking prevented robbery
Bumbling Crook Puts Down Gun, Loses The Loot
Bowtie Cinema employee's quick thinking prevented robbery
By MICHELLE DEVIVO
It could've been the scene from a movie, complete with a bumbling crook: The scene was the Bowtie Cinema in Hartford.
A suspect walked through the front door, entering the lobby with a handgun drawn, demanding money.
When one of the employees went to open the register, the suspect put the gun on the counter so he could grab the loot. That's when the employee grabbed the gun off the counter..........
Thursday, July 30, 2009
a couple of pictures sent by ryan casey
pics of al signore
Ryan Casey is
Producer/Director, FavoriteMedia Productions / BurnBrite Promotions
CaseyPublisher@yahoo.com
Producer/Director, FavoriteMedia Productions / BurnBrite Promotions
CaseyPublisher@yahoo.com
Road Work / FavoriteMedia / BurnBrite (Film & Video Services) - Connect with Vision!
Crushing Pennies Facebook Page
here's what i posted a couple of days ago under the header ryan casey is making another film
i posted about another of his movies, here. it's called crushing pennies
Here's some info on his newest venture (words from ryan himself):
Sensory Perception is a sci-fi drama about a "recovering" drug addict who has recurring visions of an apocalyptic future.
The inhabitants of Brass City wake up, sad and devastated, each and every morning. No one is sure why, and people won't talk about it, mostly because they don't know how to explain it.
Jeremy is fresh out of rehab, trying to put his life back together, but his thoughts are becoming distorted. He can't help but "see" more than he wants to, and a shadowy figure seems to be having the same problem. Cleaning up has never been so difficult, but it's never been so important, either.
The film will be shot in P2 HD with 35mm adaptors and an impressive array of premium lenses, in the Waterbury/Cheshire area, in October 2009. Produced and Directed by Alessandro Signore for Pale Nail Productions.....
(I am also a Producer on this).
The crew is entirely from CT - and we've (The CT New Wave) banded together to start making films that actually say something here.
and:
here's casting call info. (i don't know if casting is still happening though)
some myspace info on sensory perception
here's favorite media's twitter feed
do stop by at one of these sites. do support local artists. it's IMPORTANT
thanks!
here's what i posted a couple of days ago under the header ryan casey is making another film
i posted about another of his movies, here. it's called crushing pennies
Here's some info on his newest venture (words from ryan himself):
Sensory Perception is a sci-fi drama about a "recovering" drug addict who has recurring visions of an apocalyptic future.
The inhabitants of Brass City wake up, sad and devastated, each and every morning. No one is sure why, and people won't talk about it, mostly because they don't know how to explain it.
Jeremy is fresh out of rehab, trying to put his life back together, but his thoughts are becoming distorted. He can't help but "see" more than he wants to, and a shadowy figure seems to be having the same problem. Cleaning up has never been so difficult, but it's never been so important, either.
The film will be shot in P2 HD with 35mm adaptors and an impressive array of premium lenses, in the Waterbury/Cheshire area, in October 2009. Produced and Directed by Alessandro Signore for Pale Nail Productions.....
(I am also a Producer on this).
The crew is entirely from CT - and we've (The CT New Wave) banded together to start making films that actually say something here.
and:
here's casting call info. (i don't know if casting is still happening though)
some myspace info on sensory perception
here's favorite media's twitter feed
do stop by at one of these sites. do support local artists. it's IMPORTANT
thanks!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
do i believe this?
sure i think it's possible. i think the fbi has all sorts of scum for informants. i think they have murderers and drug dealers and neo-nazis and all sorts of fanatics as well.
do i think they get valuable information from their informants? well sure, SOME of them SOME of the time. is it all worth it? i don't know. i tend to think they let a lot of people get away with a lot of crimes all in the name of 'protecting us' when in reality they're just listening to a bunch of criminal and/or insane stooges
hal turner? i am not quite certain he has all the watts needed to turn on his light bulb
Lawyer says blogger accused of threatening to kill Chicago-based judges was FBI informant
AP Legal Affairs Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — A New Jersey blogger accused of threatening to kill three federal judges has been an FBI informant and even told authorities about a potential plot to assassinate President Barack Obama, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Blogger Hal Turner pleaded not guilty earlier in the day to charges that he threatened to kill three Chicago-based federal appeals judges.
At his bond hearing, defense attorney Michael Orozco said the 47-year-old Turner of North Bergen, N.J., was not a danger to the community as federal prosecutors claim. Turner deserved to be released on bond, Orozco said, adding that he had served as an FBI confidential informant.
"He provided information about the potential assassination of President Obama," Orozco told U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin C. Ashman.
Orozco acknowledged that he had no independent confirmation concerning a potential assassination and had only the word of his client — a political extremist whose views the lawyer himself repeatedly described as "outlandish."......
White supremacist radio host Hal Turner was an FBI informant, as hackers claimed a year ago
Nation (below): Turner was Sean Hannity's 'soul mate of hate'
White supremacist radio host Hal Turner was an FBI informant, his lawyer revealed in court today. The announcement is a confirmation of what hackers claimed nearly a year ago after allegedly gaining access to his e-mails.
Turner was arrested on June 24 for allegedly calling for the murder of three judges who supported the Chicago gun ban. The confession by his attorney came at a bond hearing Tuesday.
"Attorney Michael Orozco [...] said his client gave authorities information about a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama," reported the Associated Press.
However, prosecutors said they had no information about the alleged plot, but did confirm Turner had a relationship with the bureau. Attorney William Hogan told the wire service that relationship had ended "some time ago."
His recent arrest came after a complaint about an overt call for the murder of three judges.......
...........Monday, July 27, 2009
i don't know if there IS such a thing
and frankly i am a little bit dubious, but stranger (wayyyyyyyyyyy stranger) things have happened. if it IS true, they should throw the book at the people involved. i in no way shape or form think animal fighting should be legal. i think there is something WRONG with someone who doesn't think it's wrong too. and no, i'm not going to dance around this. you're effed up if you think it's ok for YOU to hurt an animal or think it's ok to watch an animal being hurt.
Police Bust Canary Fighting Ring In Shelton
SHELTON - Multiple state law enforcement agencies busted up a bird fighting ring in the town of Shelton Sunday morning. However the birds involved are known more for their voice than violence. Police confiscated nearly 150 songbirds- canaries and saffron finches- from a home at 176 Ripton Road. Police say the birds were being prepared to fight. The raid was led by Shelton Police with help from the Department of Agriculture and officers from Bridgeport, Ansonia, Fairfield, and State Police departments. "They have a cage in the middle that's set up like a ring, where the two will go into one cage and fight." said Shelton Police Sergeant Robert Kozlowsky. "It's looking like animal cruelty and illegal gambling..........
pic: Police carry out cages of Canaries. (RYAN BERNAT / FOX61 / July 26, 2009)
ryan casey is making another film
i posted about another of his movies, here. it's called crushing pennies
Here's some info on his newest venture (words from ryan himself):
Sensory Perception is a sci-fi drama about a "recovering" drug addict who has recurring visions of an apocalyptic future.
The inhabitants of Brass City wake up, sad and devastated, each and every morning. No one is sure why, and people won't talk about it, mostly because they don't know how to explain it.
Jeremy is fresh out of rehab, trying to put his life back together, but his thoughts are becoming distorted. He can't help but "see" more than he wants to, and a shadowy figure seems to be having the same problem. Cleaning up has never been so difficult, but it's never been so important, either.
The film will be shot in P2 HD with 35mm adaptors and an impressive array of premium lenses, in the Waterbury/Cheshire area, in October 2009. Produced and Directed by Alessandro Signore for Pale Nail Productions.....
(I am also a Producer on this).
The crew is entirely from CT - and we've (The CT New Wave) banded together to start making films that actually say something here.
and:
here's casting call info. (i don't know if casting is still happening though)
some myspace info on sensory perception
here's favorite media's twitter feed
do stop by at one of these sites. do support local artists. it's IMPORTANT
thanks!
Here's some info on his newest venture (words from ryan himself):
Sensory Perception is a sci-fi drama about a "recovering" drug addict who has recurring visions of an apocalyptic future.
The inhabitants of Brass City wake up, sad and devastated, each and every morning. No one is sure why, and people won't talk about it, mostly because they don't know how to explain it.
Jeremy is fresh out of rehab, trying to put his life back together, but his thoughts are becoming distorted. He can't help but "see" more than he wants to, and a shadowy figure seems to be having the same problem. Cleaning up has never been so difficult, but it's never been so important, either.
The film will be shot in P2 HD with 35mm adaptors and an impressive array of premium lenses, in the Waterbury/Cheshire area, in October 2009. Produced and Directed by Alessandro Signore for Pale Nail Productions.....
(I am also a Producer on this).
The crew is entirely from CT - and we've (The CT New Wave) banded together to start making films that actually say something here.
and:
here's casting call info. (i don't know if casting is still happening though)
some myspace info on sensory perception
here's favorite media's twitter feed
do stop by at one of these sites. do support local artists. it's IMPORTANT
thanks!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
from the half door (where else???)
the bastard son of seamus el gordo
3 green eggs scrambled with diced tomato, diced red onion, diced chicken sausage, bacon & black olives. served over chipotle homefries, ina fried tortilla bowl, then topped with cheese sauce (and cooked in bacon fat)
(note: the one with the hole in the tortilla shell is actually a vegetarian version - NO NOT FOR ME, i'm vegan you silly!)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
i really really really dislike
the 'family' institute of connecticut (and hell no i'm NOT going to link to them). they're soul-less, full of fear and hate. wait till they meet their maker and she says she's pissed at 'em!
you see i believe - love makes a family
oh and don't let 'these people' fool you. they could give two shites about your or my first amendment rights. they just are homophobic, unaccepting, closed minded, steamin' pieces o' drek
After Complaint, DCF Removes Web Links To Churches That Welcome Gays
Monday, July 20, 2009
sure, i read angela's ashes
and i STILL cry when i think of it. i've seen mr mccourt on television many times. i've never been lucky enough to see him in person. he absolutely wasn't bitter. he absolutely had a grand sense of humor. he absolutely seemed like a decent man. he got through hell and he shared what he could with us so we would know ANYTHING is possible.
we'll miss you frank
Frank McCourt, Author of ‘Angela’s Ashes,’ Dies at 78
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Frank McCourt, a former New York City schoolteacher who turned his miserable childhood in Limerick, Ireland, into a phenomenally popular, Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, “Angela’s Ashes,” died in Manhattan on Sunday. He was 78 and lived in Manhattan and Roxbury, Conn.
The cause was metastatic melanoma, said Mr. McCourt’s brother, the writer Malachy McCourt.
Mr. McCourt, who taught in the city’s school system for nearly 30 years, had always told his writing students that they were their own best material. In his mid-60s, he decided to take his own advice, sitting down to commit his childhood memories to paper and producing what he described as “a modest book, modestly written.”
In it Mr. McCourt described a childhood of terrible deprivation...........pic:
Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times
Frank McCourt in 2005 in a classroom at Stuyvesant High School in New York, where he taught creative writing.Frank McCourt, Author Of Angela's Ashes, Dies At 78
Frank McCourt's 1996 novel "Angela's Ashes" sold more than 5 million copies
The Hartford Courant
Frank McCourt, the Irish-American storyteller who parlayed the miseries of a Limerick upbringing into an extraordinary late-life literary blooming, died of cancer Sunday in New York City. McCourt, 78, had spent the past 13 years buoyantly touring the globe on reading tours and writing two sequels to his 1996 best-seller, "Angela's Ashes," which sold more than 5 million copies and was translated into more than 20 languages. He had been undergoing treatment for skin cancer in recent years and been released in early June from New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Center to recuperate at his Roxbury home. Two weeks ago he was diagnosed with meningitis, a frequent complication of patients whose immune systems are
compromised by cancer treatment, and McCourt was moved to a New York hospice where over the past few days family and friends from around the world had gathered at his bedside. During the past decade McCourt had become a familiar, popular figure and a kind of permanent cultural resource around Connecticut............pic: Frank McCourt author of 'Angela's Ashes' at his Roxbury home in 1999. (TOM BROWN / HARTFORD COURANT / August 9, 1999)
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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