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The $510 million in CTC funding allocations include nearly $163 million for "fix it first" projects that will repair bumpy pavement, preserve roads that are in good condition from deteriorating and upgrade bridges to make them safer and stronger. Most of California's highways are more than a half-century old, and they carry nearly half of the nation's container freight – heavy loads that pound our highways more than any other state.
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Another "fix it first" project in and near the city of San Diego will extend pavement service life and improve ride quality on State Route 905 from west of Caliente Avenue to State Route 125 and received $4.65 million.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Mac Conner... in Context
Could they have also been looking at comic book art?
Consider this: a comic book artist working in 1950 would have had to draw many dozens of panels over 20 or 30 pages to earn a few hundred dollars. If such an artist had been working on a romance story, any one of those panels might have come out looking very much like this illustration Mac Conner created for the August 1950 issue of Woman's Home Companion. But because Conner was a highly respected illustrator working in a far more "legitimate" wing of the commercial art business, he was paid many hundreds of dollars for just this one panel.
I'm not trying to disparage Conner - far from it - but isn't it interesting that for many people the merit of artwork depends on the context in which it is presented? Many talented comic artists spent their careers toiling in sweatshop conditions, their work beneath notice - beneath contempt - to many people in the broader public. Yet flip open an old comic of the day and scrutinize any single panel and you'll likely find many a composition every bit as accomplished and lovely as the Mac Conner illustration above.
Fast forward another decade and Roy Lichtenstein's super-enlarged comic book panel paintings were selling out at the Leo Castelli gallery in New York before his first one-man show even opened. Ironically, the fine art collectors that paid dearly for Lichtenstein's paintings would have turned their noses up at the thought of framing Mac Conner's original and hanging it on their wall.
It was, after all, just an illustration.
Both of these pieces and a few others can be seen at full size in my Mac Conner Flickr set.
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I agree whit you Leif,ReplyDelete
in this specific case there's no big difference between this kind of illustration and the high level that romance comics reached in the 50s. If the first illo in this post was a panel I'd say it's a very good panel (even though the lady's gesture may appear a bit stiff to me).
I'm pretty sure that enlarging some Raymond panels to illustration size we had remarkable results!
Btw thanks for sharing, you have always great art here!
I'm totally agree with you Leif, some artists were totally undervalued, btw I love some comics illustrators like John Buscema and Alex Ross and his amazing DC comics artwork.ReplyDelete
Very interesting and, in my opinion, valid observations, Leif. Line and flat color in comic books, was faster to render and reproduced well... under lesser quality paper stock and mass printing conditions.ReplyDelete
Perhaps, it was therefore considered by the general art community, as a "lower form" of illustration. And, as you alluded to, maybe a few innovative illustrators saw the comic book technique as an effective valid approach, a change of pace and a more avant garde story illustration.
As a kid, I recall the beautifully illustrated, Hal Foster illustrations for "Prince Valiant" in the sunday papers. They were as well drawn, composed and rendered as anything in the top magazines of the day.
Recycling ideas, approaches and techniques in art, has always been part of the evolutionary process of the history of art. And why should illustration be any different?
Comic book artists are not respected enough and not taken seriously enough - and that's wrong. There's a similar disrespect for animation - many people with the narrow, incorrect thinking that if it's animated then it's a cartoon and therefore only for children...ReplyDelete
Back to comics, http://www.comicspace.com/ is a wonderful site, and artists can create a free portfolio of their comics, cartoons, and illustrations.
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Interesting points - but I wonder if it might as easily be vice versa - that comic artists were/are influenced/inspired by other 'pop' graphic arts - & fine arts as well....?ReplyDelete
Good point, ctb59 - no doubt it goes both ways.ReplyDelete
Actually, at that particular point in time I highly doubt "legitimate" illustrators like Mac Conner looked at comic book art. Comic strip art, no doubt - but comic book art was really considered to be trash in those days. So much so that some artists avoided telling people what they did for a living, believe it or not.
By contrast, comic strip artists were revered as celebrities.
Adding injury to insult, Lichtenstein swiped his panels from comics drawn by other artists.ReplyDelete


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Everything started on Friday…
After a nice day spent studying my new cookbook it was time to drive, with some friends, to the location of Classical Indian music concert.
The way wasn't as long as expected but it brought us in the middle of the German countryside through dark streets and sparse houses (thankfully we had a GPS system :P).
The location was the workshop of an artist friend of us.
The old farmhouse from the end of the 19th century newly restored was concealed in the dim light of few lamp posts and the main door lighting. The house, on three levels, was bright, fresh and welcoming; the many paintings of our friend were covering the walls with coloured figures barely sketched, as just come out of a dream. After a small chitchat we headed toward the 3rd floor and workshop.
Waiting us were the musicians. As just looking at a TV-screen, the beautiful lady was sit in a yoga position, covered by a dark green sari and holding a nicely carved Sitar; beside her was the Tablas player in a light brown robe.
The concert went on for almost two hours with a few breaks. It seemed like 5 minutes.
The music was totally hypnotic; I could barely hold the camera and take a few pictures. My heart pounding at slow motion and me scratching my shoulder even slower :P.
Colourful paintings were all around us, inspiring the musicians and lifting up our moods.
By 23h we were home and I was hungry and what do you do when you reach home, you are late, hungry with close to nothing in your fridge? Pasta!
Third fastest Italian Pasta
Ingredients (makes 2 servings):
• 150g Pasta
• Olive oil
• 3-4 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 anchovy fillet
• 1/2 tsp red chilli flakes
• 3 black olives
• Grated Parmesan Cheese
While the water for the pasta is on the fire, skin and slice the garlic cloves. Put a fare amount of olive oil (it will be the body of the sauce) on a small saucepan, add the garlic, the chilli flakes and the anchovy fillet and let warm over medium heat. Be careful not to burn the garlic, it shouldn't take much colour while cooking.
After 2 minutes that the garlic is sizzling add 2tbsp of water to the pan and sprinkle lightly with a pinch of flour. Shake the pan to combine well. Slice and pit (if it's the case) the olives and add them to the pan.
Now it should be time to cook the pasta, don't forget to put salt in the water. Let the sauce reduce while the pasta is cooking.
When the pasta is ready, drain it well, transfer it into a bowl and toss with the sauce. Serve it sprinkled with some parmesan and enjoy.
All this was before I checked my business email.
Let's say that I had finally to write down what was going on into my mind since a few months. Hard stuff.
Saturday went still under the weight of those few words; I even turned down a few friends invitations for the evening. I wasn't really social material that night.
Let just say that I ended up making myself cinnamon pancakes that night.
Sunday has been a bit better. After having massaged my chicken with the orange marinade, I left for a walk with some friends.
It was a nice relieving afternoon completed by a hefty dinner:
Roasted Chicken in Orange-Garlic marinade.
Ingredients (makes from 2 to 4 servings):
• 1 whole chicken of roughly 1kg
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 oranges (possibly red)
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 tbsp dried rosemary
• 1/2 tbsp dried sage
• 2 tsp horseradish
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• Splash of red wine
• 1 pinch of flour
• Salt
• Pepper
Cut the backbone out of the chicken using a carving scissor or a serrated knife and wash the bird thoroughly.
To prepare the marinade, skin and slice the garlic. In a bowl combine it with the herbs and the juice of one of the oranges and the lemon. Add the horseradish, 1 tsp of salt and the olive oil. Mix the marinade well to combine.
Flatten down the chicken and make four incisions to it, two at the conjunctions of the thighs with the body and the other two at the conjunctions of the wings with it; this will help speed up the cooking process (technique courtesy of Jacques Pépin). Rub well the marinade over the chicken and let it infuse in your fridge for a couple of hours before cooking (you might want to do it directly in the baking tin).
When ready to bake the chicken, heat the oven to 220 deg C; spread the chicken on a baking tin, if it's not there yet and when the oven will be at the desired temperature, bake for 35-40 minutes.
To make the gravy, transfer the chicken on a dish and keep it warm into the oven covered with a lid. You should have around 2tbsp of fat in the tin, if there is too much of it just spoon it out. Put the tin directly over medium fire and deglaze it with the red wine. Scrape well the bottom of the tin and let reduce for a few minutes before adding the juice of the other orange. Sprinkle a pinch of flour over the tin and let the gravy reduce over the fire till you obtain the desired consistency. Taste it and regulate of salt and pepper and pass through a sieve pressing well.
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After one last push to finalize and polish the manuscript for Rabun County, Georgia, Newspapers, 1894 – 1899 (now with an editor), I took a few well-deserved days off. During that time I worked on some long-term projects I've kept on the backburner but which I'd like to finish this year. I spent two days in Morrow at the Georgia Department of Archives and History working on a compilation of records related to slaves, something that should be completed by the end of this year.
By the way, if you're a Georgia researcher and haven't written your local legislator about keeping the Archives open, it's not too late to do so. Every voice counts!
Over the past few months, I've been trying to update my records and resources web site. I had to leave off through the last three months of 2011 due to computer problems, the holidays, and the newspaper book. During my time off, I managed to get the last of the federal census pages for Rabun County back online, as well as a few miscellaneous records. I'm working on the updates as quickly as I can, now that I have a reliable computer again, and hope to begin putting new records online by the end of spring.
Speaking of new records, I took a much-needed trip to the Register of Deeds in Macon Co., NC, and photocopied numerous deeds pertaining to the Nichols and Ledford clans there. I finally narrowed my certification case study down, and will use those deeds, in conjunction with other records, to prove Amy (Nichols) Ledford's parentage. I'm very close to having the research done and hope to begin writing the first draft of the case study soon. I'll also be placing at least some of those deeds online, probably through my records and resources web site.
I've also been catching up on my reading: back issues of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, specifically articles dealing with using indirect evidence to solve a research problem and resolving conflicting evidence; the current issue of the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly; and Women and the Law of Property in Early America by Marylynn Salmon (University of North Carolina Press, 1986).
That's about all the mischief I've made over the past week. Monday, I will pick up my regular work, including transcribing Rabun County's Records of Writ, my next book-length project. The records I hope to include cover from 1836 to about 1858 or perhaps later, depending on how long the text is at that point. Right now, I'm about halfway finished transcribing Book A, and have discovered some fascinating information. Perhaps the most scandalous item concerned two well-known families residing in the Valley area. One family, a husband and wife, sued the son of a slaveholder for slander: the son had told the husband that the wife slept with a slave of the son's father. Most matters were not as scintillating, but even the mundane items contain wonderful information.
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For me - if I was to go "heart and not head" - I'd like to see the Pirates.
I kind of feel for Houston, though. They don't stand much chance in the NL Central, and next year they are in the AL West - and have to fight the Rangers and the Angels. Talk about going out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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The name to watch for the coming Olympics in swimming is Ryan Lochte. He's been cleaning the pool with EVERYBODY for the past two or three years, including Phelps. He's broken, I think, all of Phelp's world records in the events they both comete in, as well as others. Unless Phelps is able to really dig down deeper than ever before, he'll finish second to Lochte overall. In fact, I suspect, unless he chokes, that Lochte will come away hands down with most valuable and most winning swimmer in this Olympics.
The American women swimmers also have some great ones too, especially a little (I think) fifteen-year-old (her name escapes me at the moment), who could really electrify the field. As well, Dara Torres, if she makes it through the Olympic Trials in a couple of weeks, could surprise the world once again.
In short, the swimming promises to be one of the most exciting, if not THE most exciting Olympics ever.
Track & Field possibly the same. Usain Bolt no longer runs in a class by himself. There are several very viable challengers, and of course the women are knee-deep in world class runners competing with Jamaica, UK, and a number of others, so Track & Field also promises to have some heart-stoppers. Watch for the men and women sprints in particular to show some spectacular talent.
The rest of the Olympics has great potential in all areas as well.
Of course, in men's Water Polo, I don't expect much at all... that way if by some miracle they pull off a rousing win, or something close, I won't be disappointed.
Overall, however, it should be possibly the most exciting Olympics to watch in my life time.
My only saving grace with regard to swimming is that the times I put up in the mid-seventies are still faster than the current women's world records for those events, but I doubt that will last much longer. In fact, some of them might go down this year in London 2012.
Either way, I'll be glued to the screen.
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Wow, you must have been a pretty good swimmer, Scott! You have to admit, Usain Bolt is a spectacular athlete to watch. I don't know if the swimming at the London Games will top the last Olympics. They were incredibly exciting, especially that medley final between the US and France. Should be good. Nevertheless, I must confess to preferring the Winter Olympics over the Summer Games.
I suspect the whole games will have a sharper edge than even the last games overall, but that may be just wishful thinking on my part. However, the rest of the world have stronger competitors than ever before in various fields, so it could be a doozy.
It will also be interesting to see how invasive and effective the security is going to be, as this may be a model - or test run - of big brother to come. Not that the security isn't needed, but it will be extremely instructive to watch and analyze.
Here you go, Irv, and other swim fans. Of course I'm very prejudicial, but this is the most exciting race I have ever seen in any sport, hands down. I still get chills watching it.
Scroll to 2:25 in the video to go straight to the race:
BTW, this is one of the TWO miracles it took for Phelps to win 8 gold medals.
If they had had the same events available in Munich in 1972 that they had in Beijing in 2008, Spitz would have easily won 8 gold medals as well. That is, they didn't have the 50 free in the Olympics back in 1972. Had they, Spitz would have won that hands down as well as his other 7. I happen to know first-hand how fast he was, as even though he had me by three years in age, I swam next to him plenty of times in practice on our summer team.
The second miracle it took for Phelps to win his 8 gold medals was the unbelievable error of Milorad Cavic in the 100 butterfly. Only novices make the kind of mistake he made. World class swimmers like Cavic just don't make those kind of mistakes. It just doesn't happen. Yet he went and did it, i.e., he took the half stroke at the end instead of driving the wall, and thus Phelps won by one one-hundredth of a second. That is, 00.01.
Spitz won every race handily. IMO, he's still the best swimmer the human race has ever produced, unless of course you include Methuselah according the ages of the patriarchs in the LXX, because the LXX has Methuselah surviving the flood by fourteen years.
Very exciting to relive, Scott. Thanks for the video! (For some reason though, the video kept stopping to buffer. The 8 minute video probably took 15 minutes to complete. It was a real pain in the neck! I wonder why some videos are like that on YouTube.)
By the way, will Jason Lezak be swimming at the London Games or is he retired from swimming now?
My kids have been on a swim team for about five years now. The swim team hosted Lenny Krayzelberg a couple of times. So we got to hear his story and my kids got personalized pointers from him in the pool. Pretty cool.
There must be something specific to your computer because the video works perfectly on mine. I've watched it probably more than twenty times again. I hate sentimentality in general, but I must confess that I fall to it when I watch the video.
I have no idea if Jason Lezak will compete again. There is going to literally be so much talent in the pool in London in this Olympics that anything could happen. I don't think non-athletes realize how exclusive and how extraordinarily good all the athletes are who even make it to the Olympics. For example, there are some VERY fast swimmers in the world, the vast majority of which will not make the Olympics, and yet they are easily in the same class as those who do.
Take the recent collegiate championships as an example. In the 2012 NCAA's there were seventy entrants in the 50 free. The top time was 19.01. The seventieth time was 20.6. Twenty-two of the seventy were all under 20 seconds, i.e., 19+.
And yet, if those were the Olympic Trials, only THREE out of those seventy would make it to the Olympics, and yet those seventy are among the very fastest swimmers on the planet.
In short, those who actually make it to the Olympics breathe some incredibly rarefied air. If only I'd been a little faster back in the day!
Well, okay, a LOT faster!
I have a great deal of respect for those who are talented enough to even make it to the Olympics, much less win medals there, and since I know what it takes to get there, I really enjoy watching them.
It's great for your kids to be involved in a sport like swimming, or track, or gymnastics, etc., regardless of how talented they are, as being involved in a discipline like that can't help but build character. Plus it's a huge bonus for their health.
The Olympic qualifying trials for the US swimmers won't even take place for another week or so, but in swimming, track, gymnastics, and so on, it just seems that the talent is higher than it's ever been, so for me this year's Olympics is really something to look forward to.


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Nerval's Lobster writes "Nearly 30 years after Super Mario Bros., video game graphics have advanced to heights that once seemed impossible. Modern sports games are fueled by motion capture of actual athletes, and narrative-driven adventures can seem more like interactive movies than games. But gaming's increasing realism brings a side effect — a game can now fall into the 'uncanny valley,' a term coined by robotics professor Masahiro Mori of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1970. Jon Brodkin talked to game developers, engineers, motion scientists and a variety of other folks about the 'uncanny valley problem,' in which (some) people feel revolted when confronted by a robot or digital character that doesn't quite look real. In games where human-like characters are necessary, the uncanny valley can be an even bigger problem than in animated movies; gamers control characters rather than just watching them, creating more opportunities for the illusion of realism to falter. New and better tools can help developers and animators deal with some of these issues, but crossing the 'valley' successfully still remains a challenge. Or is crossing it even possible at all?"
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Department of Energy Releases National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap
(US Department of Energy) Despite algae's potential, many technical and economic challenges must be overcome for algal biofuels to be commercialized.
To identify these hurdles and guide research and development activities, DOE convened the National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap Workshop, bringing together more than 200 experts and stakeholders from across the country.
The Department synthesized workshop results and released a draft report for public comment in June 2009.
The final National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap released today reflects the substantive comments received and is intended to guide future work and investments in algal biofuels. Under the Recovery Act, the Department awarded funding earlier this year to an algal research consortium to tackle a broad range of barriers identified in the roadmap report.
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My second reading of poetry on YouTube, a recital of a Love Poem – Gladly Then Did the World Arise. The poem is also posted below the video.
Love Poem
Gladly then did the world arise
By that one mighty word of power… Love!
From any other word quite apart
It rejoices in the willing heart
And binds the planets to their skies
And shines in You the brighter to my eyes
Night, come bring the dippers and Orion's belt
To gird the firmament and bind us to His boundless will
That my heart, which has never felt such sentiment
May feel it then the deeper still
Give it not to chance then, nor say instead 'twas fate
That we have met in time who might have met too late
In the understanding of two hearts that may for earlier years amend
As our time flows like a river, unfelt til journeys end
– Irving Karchmar, 1986
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Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in bayside bars on the West African island nation of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy Award in 2004 after she finally took her music to stages around the world, died Saturday. She was 70.
Evora, known as the "Barefoot Diva" because she always performed without shoes, died at a hospital in Mindelo, on her native island of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde, her label Lusafrica announced on its website. It gave no further details.
Evora retired after having a stroke in September. A heavy smoker, she was diagnosed with heart problems in 2005 and had open-heart surgery last year.
She sang traditional music of the Cape Verde archipelago, a former Portuguese colony. She mainly sang in a language known as Crioulo, a Portuguese Creole sprinkled with West African words. Even audiences who couldn't understand the lyrics were moved by her stirring renditions, her unpretentious manner and the music's infectious beat.
Her singing style brought comparisons to American jazz singer Billie Holiday and the great French singer Edith Piaf.
"She belongs to the aristocracy of bar singers," French newspaper Le Monde said in 1991, adding that Evora had "a voice to melt the soul."
Evora's international fame came late in life. Her 1988 album "La Diva Aux Pieds Nus" ("Barefoot Diva"), recorded in France where she first found popularity, launched her international career.
Her 1995 album "Cesaria" was released in more than a dozen countries and brought her first Grammy nomination, leading to a major concert tour and album sales in the millions.
She received a Grammy in the World Music category in 2004 for her album "Voz D'Amor."
Evora was the best-known performer of the bittersweet "morna," the national music of Cape Verde. It is a complex, soulful sound, mixing an array of influences arising from the African and seafaring traditions of the 10 volcanic islands.
Evora was born Aug. 27, 1941, on the island of Sao Vicente. Her mother was a cook and her father was a musician who played guitar and violin.
She grew up in Mindelo, a port city on the island where sailors from Africa, America, Asia and Europe mingled in what was a lively cosmopolitan town with a fabled night life. The local musical style borrowed from those cultures, defying attempts to classify it.
"Our music is a lot of things," Evora told the Associated Press in 2000. "Some say it's like the blues, or jazz. Others says it's like Brazilian or African music, but no one really knows."
Evora was 7 years old when her father died, leaving behind seven children. When her mother was unable to make ends meet, Evora was placed in an orphanage at age 10.
At 16, when Evora was doing piecework as a seamstress, a friend persuaded her to sing in one of the many sailors' taverns in her town. She soon was performing all over the islands and became a local star.
After Cape Verde gained independence from Portugal in 1975, the nightclub scene waned. Evora "had three children from three different fathers," she later said, and was struggling to raise a family. One of her children died of a fever.
At 34, Evora quit performing and moved in with her mother.
A decade later, she came out of retirement when a group of Cape Verdean women in Portugal offered to bring her to Lisbon. By the 1990s, Evora was an international star known for never wearing shoes onstage. There was no higher calling to her shoelessness, no showing of solidarity with the hungry and the poor, she had said.
"In Cape Verde, lots of people are like me," she told the Washington Post in 2001. "They just don't like to wear shoes."
Information on survivors was not immediately available.


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Nicki Minaj has had quite the year. Currently in the U.K. on her Reloaded Tour she sat down with London DJ Tim Westwood and her U.K. Barbz for a Q&A session. While Nicki took questions from both Westwood and her fans one answer in particular caused the room to pay attention.
When asked if she's given any thought to her next tour Nicki said she thinks it will be "a natural progression."
"I don't even know yet because I'm still in the Reloaded Tour mode. Maybe we'll have some flying penises. Imagine we just have little penises flying through the air," she said. "I don't know you guys. It's funny because I was actually thinking about that today, thinking about how we can build the third tour and make it even more amazing but we don't know yet."
While Nicki isn't quite sure what her next tour will entail, she did reveal what she likes most about performing: when she can see her fans faces and make that connection.
With a new album and videos on the way Nicki admitted she may also release a DVD of her current tour and of course she'll be on American Idol. Also, expect a clothing line from the self-proclaimed t-shirt and panties girl. She says it is "going to be so so freaking cute, you guys are going to love it."
So what's been the proudest moment of her career?
"Meeting the Barbz because all of this stuff comes and goes but a genuine relationship lasts forever," she said. "I think it's crazy how we've been able to have a bond in the midst of everything that ever has gone on in my career our bond and relationship has remained the same. Without a question that's my proudest moment."
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Last night saw the season finale of True Blood, which wrapped up all of the summer's mysteries and story arcs in a nice, pretty bow while setting up a couple new intriguing twists for next season along with a cliffhanger to keep us guessing until at least next summer. All in all, it was a satisfying (if peculiarly paced) conclusion to a wild ride. I'm not sure how a third season will be able to top the entire town of Bon Temps being mind-controlled by a malicious maenad going on a wild orgiastic rampage ending in a human sacrifice, but we can't wait to find out. To tide us over until next summer, we're reflecting upon the five best and worst developments of the second season. Spoiler alert for those who haven't watched the finale yet.
Best: Hoyt & Jessica
This adorable little couple was one of the most surprising things to happen this season, since the character of Jessica isn't featured in the books at all. She started off as a whiny teenager turned into a petulant vampire, but she developed into an intriguing character saddled with being a virgin forever no matter how frequently she has sex, while mama's boy Hoyt Fortenberry learned the truth about his life and finally stood up for himself. The couple may be on the rocks, but watching Jessica be bad is deliciously good.
Worst: Sam and Daphne
It's not that I dislike Sam per se -- he does own my second favorite bar on this show after all -- but his choice in female companions leaves a lot to be desired. Especially the once-waitress, sometimes shape-shifting, now deceased Daphne who manipulated him right into the throes of evil. And when he wasn't having sex on a pool table with her, he was just sadly mooning after Sookie in the most blatantly obvious and boring way possible. I'm glad that the finale set him up with a quest to find his true parents since that will at least give him something productive to do.
Best: Eric
It might have been the Lycra outfit he wore while shopping, or the affinity for hair dye that truly had me enthralled with this bad-boy Viking vampire this season, but he made me swoon with his sexy invasion of Sookie's dreams, his twisted way of binding her to him and his saving of Lafayette. Lafayette wasn't at his most fierce this season (due to the trauma of being kept chained up in Eric's basement and tortured for a while) but I'm glad Eric saw fit to spare him -- and then torture him a bit more with crazed hallucinations.
Best: Sookie
She had me teary with her touching farewell to Godric, survived being nearly raped by a Bible-thumping mad man, didn't melt down when she saw that her grandma's house had been turned into orgy central and generally made me love her, despite her ability to draw trouble to her a mile away. Her perfectly handled reaction to Bill's proposal was endearing, as was her subsequent scene fiddling with her ring. It gives me confidence that she'll be able to handle Bill's abduction with ease.
Worst: Steve Newlin
I adore the nutty Sarah Newlin and her devotion to God, but completely understand why she'd cheat on her husband (in church, nonetheless) with the attractive sinner Jason Stackhouse. Steve's a whiny villainous creature who took up far too much time this season with his vampire-hatred filled ways, which wouldn't have been so terrible if it had amounted to more in the end. If the Fellowship of the Sun does continue, it would be fabulous if Sarah was at the helm.
Best: Jason/Andy Bromance
I got more than a little bored with Jason's time at Fellowship of the Sun camp, where he tried to recapture his golden-child ways, so it wasn't until he returned to Bon Temps and took control of the crazed cult situation with outcast detective Andy Bellefleur that I could really cheer for him. Together they make a hysterical team: talking about studying porn, creating a decoy Dionysus and killing off one the most annoying characters! Way to go, boys!
Worst: Eggs
Maybe it was the unfortunate name, but every time Tara called him or spoke about him, I just couldn't help but cringe. While it did irk me that again the show decided to kill off a serial killer instead of seeing fit to punish them another way, I'm glad that Team Andy/Jason killed him. And it would have been hard to prosecute someone who's defense was "I only removed hearts and ate them because a crazy maenad made me." If his death means a vengeful or mopey Tara for the entire season to come, please let it be vengeful!
Worst: Queen Sophie-Anne
I wanted to love this glamorous character, but I ended up disliking her even more than Bill's irksome maker Lorena. It was pretty close, as both women drive me batty, but Evan Rachel Wood's unconvincing acting pushed me over the top for Sophie-Anne. Her home may be awesome, but she's not. I did kind of like the twist that she's the one who wants the V sold through Lafayette though, but I'm still not sold on her and her Yahtzee playing ways.
Best/Worst: Maryann
I went back and forth with this character all season long. First I loved her, then hated her, then loved her again, then got tired of her and then kind of loved her again by the finale and her final moments were truly fitting. Still, I'm utterly relieved that she's been turned into a pile of bones, because I don't know if I could really handle more of her delirium again next season.
I know there's more (there's a special place in my heart for Arlene's dirty little ragamuffins) but there wasn't space to list them all, so add your favorites, and least favorites below. See you next season!


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Happy Friday! Are you as happy to see the weekend as I am? I'm especially excited about today because (drumroll please)….we have our tasting this afternoon! This has been something we've looked forward to ever since the very, very beginning of wedding planning. Any time we'd contact or visit a venue one of the first questions we'd ask is whether we'd get to do a tasting. They don't do very many weddings at our venue – just a few per year – so the chef allowed us to dream up our entire menu from hors d'oeuvres through dessert and late-night snacks.
At first I thought this was the coolest thing ever, but do you how overwhelming it is? We could have ANYTHING? I finally got my wits about me and we came up with super fun, clever ideas for hors d'oeuvres, a farm-to-table approach for dinner (that's all I'm letting slip by at this point), and for dessert…well that's been pretty hysterical, too. Since a wedding cake is something that's been super important to Robert all along (I've totally gotten on board and can't wait) he came up with the flavors and, well, let's just say some of them aren't very traditional. Happily, the pastry chef is really excited about them, too! I can't wait to see how they came out. We also picked out a design for the cake that doesn't scream WEDDING CAKE. Instead, it looks so delicious that it makes me want to put my whole face in it rather than having something that looks way too beautiful to cut into.
After the tasting we're heading over to the Chicago Craft Beer Festival so we'll be washing down out potential wedding dinner with some delicious Midwestern-made brews. Now that's what I call a Friday!
But let's get back to the point of today's post. I'm finally back with some FOOD around here. These are two recent recipes I've made and we've totally loved.
Teriyaki Salmon via Skinnytaste (originally from the cookbook Steamy Kitchen's Healthy Asian Favorites)
Oh where do I ever begin? It's hard to believe there's so little work to be done (combine soy sauce, mirin, and honey; marinate fish; cook for about 10 minutes total) for how much flavor this piece of salmon contains. It's so good, in fact, that I had it two Mondays in a row and you can rest assured I'll be eating it again this Monday. (Side note: Last week on Instagram I hash-tagged #mondaynightsalmon and it was totally a thing. Anyone else eat salmon every Monday? I highly recommend it.) What I love about this recipe, too, is the cooking method: Cook salmon in a pan for about two minutes on each side, add the rest of the marinade, cover and cook for another 4-5 minutes. The fish comes out perfectly. You could follow the recipe exactly as written or make the changes I did, which include skipping the sake (I didn't want to buy it since it's not something we drink/use very often) and adding two chopped green onions (white and green parts) to the marinade.
Caprese pasta via How Sweet It Is
Whole wheat shells that scoop up every ingredient, tiny balls of mozzarella that become melty (is that even a word? it appears that it is…), and flecks of fresh basil. In case you were wondering the answer is no–no life doesn't get much better than this bowl of goodness right here. The only change I made that's different from what you'll find in that link is omitting the mini meatballs – I was feeling more of a vegetarian meal where we could let the little the fresh basil and mozzarella balls (called cieglini) shine. Mission accomplished.


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An internal fund-raising electronic newsletter produced at Hope College has won second-place honors in the "Pride of CASE V Awards Program" sponsored by the Great Lakes District V of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
The award will be presented on Tuesday, Dec. 15, during the closing luncheon of the 2009 CASE V District Conference in Chicago, Ill.
The faculty and staff e-newsletter "In Progress" has won a Silver Award in the "Best Tabloid/Newsletter for Internal Audience" category. Published twice a year, the newsletter provides updates regarding progress toward major fundraising initiatives at the college. The e-newsletter is edited by college advancement staff members Jason Cash and Kate Frillmann.
CASE is one of the largest international associations of educational institutions. District V is one of eight districts in North America, and includes institutions in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.