Food for Super Bowl XLV

This is a picture of jambalaya from Wikipedia. Recipe follows below. But first, the easy ones.

Chicken Wings: This is the simplest thing in the world to make. Buy wings. Dredge them in seasoned flour (salt/pepper/cayenne/whatever you like) and fry them. Toss them in a sauce of butter (the heart attack kind) and the hot sauce of your choosing. Serve with celery and carrot sticks and the dressing of your choice like Ranch or Bleu Cheese.

For the uninitiated: “dredging” means put the raw chicken wing in a bowl of beaten egg(s) and then dredge through that seasoned flour. Put them in hot oil. Let fry until brown. Let cool and then “toss” them in the sauce. READ MORE

MC Hammer is a Social Media Mogul?

I’m Watching Oprah Winfrey and she has MC Hammer as one of her guests and who would have ever guessed that this guy was (and has been since 1994) on the cutting edge of technology including, Twitter, YouTube, and FlipBoard. According to show he’s lectured at Harvard, Wharton (U of Penn), Oxford, and Stanford on the effects of social media.

Go MC Hammer. But what about that reality show a few years ago?

Photo from Wikipedia.

Super Bowl XLV

Super Bowl LXV is four days away. The last line I saw:

101         Steelers +3 (-125)                            o44.5 (-110)                        +125

102         Packers  -3 (+105)                            u44.5 (-110)                        – 145

If you don’t know what those numbers mean then you shouldn’t be reading this anyway. I think the Packers are looking pretty good but I’m no tout.

But this post isn’t really about the game–it’s about food. I’m thinking chicken wings and 7-layer dip…although part of me wants ribs.

Image from the NFL.

Charlie Sheen is wrong?

Charlie Sheen entered rehab AGAIN recently because, quite frankly, he has the money and clout to get away with whatever he wants. In an article in Salon.com this morning, the writer convinces us that Sheen is indispensable at CBS and therefore can get away with murder (or at least wife-beating).

But that isn’t the issue. The writer says explicitly, “The minute we start boycotting artists based on their depraved personal lives, there won’t be much art left to enjoy.” While I have no opinion on Sheen’s personal life, I do on his character’s “cartoon-ish” parody of himself on the series. If you asked 100 men, at least 70 of them would say that they’d trade places with the character. I would. I once lived in a country where prostitution is legal. And, I always joked using the quote that has most been attributed to Sheen: “I don’t pay [them] to sleep with me. I pay them to get up, get dressed quietly and leave.” It’s never personal, just business.

And, I won’t even get into the gambling part. I’m saving that for another post on Super Bowl XLV.

You can read the article about Charlie Sheen on Salon.com here.

Photo from Salon.com.

O’Reilly Pisses off The View

OK. I’m sure you’ve all seen this right now but there is one thing that I’d like to know. Is Bill O’Reilly really BELIEVING what he is saying or is it an act ala Stephen Colbert, except with a much more believable delivery from O’Reilly?  And, yes, I know that Colbert’s show is a parody of O’Reilly, but I have seen O’Reilly on The Daily Show and he stuck to his conservative guns but was an affable enough guy to make fun of himself and Stewart.

Riddle me that.

Video of The View from YouTube.com

IPad for Verizon

I don’t think really deserves an image because everyone knows what an iPad looks like. Although a lot of people might not realize how small they are. At any rate, the iPad seems to be headed to Verizon later this month as part of a bundle with the MiFi 2200 offered by Verizon, but there is no contract.

You can check out the release/review on Slashgear.com here.

No Porn! Say it ain’t so!

OK–so I put this whole image of Jenna Jameson in this post. It’s my blog. The Associated Press reported yesterday according to my smartphone that a prominent porn “actor” tested HIV-positive recently. And, today, according to Salon.com and the AP, “A leading producer of pornography says at least five companies have halted production in Southern California’s multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry after an actor tested positive for HIV.” This includes Vivid and Wicked studios.

Oh, well, better hit your local adult video store before supplies run out.

It’s actually funny that I have never even seen a porn movie with Jenna Jameson in it.

You can read the entire text from the AP and Salon.com about the halting of production at porn studios in California after an actor tested positive for HIV here.

Photo of Jenna Jameson from Mark Ecko’s Complex.com.