I Like Brown Food

Alton Brown's food, that is.

You Are Good Eats

You are a bit of a food geek, and you see the kitchen as your laboratory.  Food fascinates you, especially food science. You enjoy testing out new recipes and cooking techniques. It's not enough for you to know that something works... you have to know why it works. You are a huge goofball and have a silly sense of humor. You like to play around in the kitchen.

What Cooking Show Are You?

Badlands

Loosely based upon the Starkweather-Fugate multi-state killing spree in 1958, Badlands was the first major role for both stars, Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. The movie is compelling in a low-key, non-sensationalist way, so different than today's similar films.



Other than the superb acting and the outstanding cinematography, the most memorable thing about the film - for me, at least - is the soundtrack. Carl Orff's Musica Poetica manages to capture the whimsical mood of the killers as they committed their horrific crimes and yet at the same time is strangely uplifting.

Seeing Clearly

It is not what you look at that matters. It is what you see.     - Henry David Thoreau

recusant

recusant rec·u·sant [rek-yuh-zuhnt, ri-kyoo-zuhnt] adjective

1. refusing to submit, comply, etc.
2. obstinate in refusal.

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That pretty much describes me.

One Hump or Two?

Did you know that when he was Secretary of War (prior to the Civil War), Jefferson Davis imported camels for the Army to ride?  In 1856, Davis purchased 34 camels at a cost of $30,000 to be used in remote military outposts. The animals proved to be unpopular and not nearly as easy to train as were horses (plus they spooked the horses), so the experiment was abandoned.

More information: U.S. Camel Corps

assoil

From the ToTG Word of the Day module in the right-hand column.

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assoil as·soil [uh-soil] verb (used with object) Archaic 
1. to absolve; acquit; pardon.
2. to atone for.

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It's probably a good thing some words are archaic and have fallen into disuse.