Bite the Weenie

obsessive craigslisting

2010-04-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

so, i figure, since i'm crazy addicted to perfecting my craigslist search technique.. why not post the best of what i find each time i delve in.

begin links:

Finnochio

2009-06-07T16:15:00.000-07:00

Great dinner last night:

Rigattoni with Grilled Tuna, Fennel and Grape Tomatoes

Sounds good huh? I put this together from a few different recipes. None that I found had all of the ingredients I wanted to use:

Ingredients:

Tuna Steak 1/2 lb to be grilled or baked and cut into cubes or flaked.

Rigattoni (or pasta shape of your choice)

1 Fennel Bulb
1 Vidalia Onion
3 Cloves Garlic
1 cup Grape Tomatoes

2 Tbsp Capers

1 Lemon, juice/zest
Red Pepper Flakes

S&P

Prep tuna, cooked/grilled with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and zest

Cut off the fronds of fennel bulb. Then clean, quarter and core. Slice thinly into strips, lengthwise. Cut the onion thinly into similar length. Prep 2 cloves of garlic, smash and mince.
Heat skillet, add 2 tbsp olive oil, then add fennel. After 2 minutes, add onion. 2 Tbsp Capers, Red Pepper Flakes, Garlic, and Salt. Saute over med-low heat until almost tender for about 10 minutes total. Turn off heat. Zest Lemon to taste and add squeeze of fresh lemon juice and halved grape tomatoes.

Cook Pasta in slightly salted water, reserve 1/2 cup.

Add tuna into vegetable mixture. Then add a bit of fresh olive oil to the drained hot pasta, stir and add vegetable mixture and pasta water if needed. Season to taste.

We did not do cheese.. in this case.. trying to keep it light. Mmm.

why i hate the nutmegers

2009-03-26T16:55:00.001-07:00

people in connecticut think they their shit doesn't stink.
they think that they, their children and their shitty 80s furniture is worth so much!

it blows my mind!!
and it makes me so angry...
and so jealous of other places... on craigslist in new york today, there are actually tasteful items listed at a reasonable prices. modern mid century hutches for 300 ... mission style oak dressers for 250! come on and go fuck yourselves ct. how can you believe that someone is going to pay you what YOU paid in 1988?!? i can't handle it anymore.

this crap belongs in the break room of a church or non-profit. as a donation!

oh henry

2009-01-16T14:57:00.000-08:00

poor monkey birds getting eaten by that engine.

first i will say that i am very happy for all those on that flight yesterday. how amazing that the pilot crashed that plane so gracefully into the hudson. i am so happy they and all new yorkers are safe.
but now i will say, how awful for all the ducks, geese and wildlife birds that get chewed and incinerated by airplane engines everyday. how sad.

a moment for their innocent souls, please.

thank you.

PART II (par to)

2008-11-20T15:14:00.000-08:00

I am terrified for this country, it's youth and the english language.

Youtube is the place to really find out where we are at culturally-and I'm not talking videos or what's popular in music..no, it's the comments below them. I am truly frightened.

Example:

dis song aint even dhat gud
buht i guess da beat isz okaii
buht she hasz had bettr songs
=)

god help us.

please find me a commune.. asap!

Hootin Blues

2008-11-20T15:05:00.000-08:00

This is posted by my all time favorite Youtuber: PEG LEG SAM. He is working on posting all of Pete Seger's Rainbow Quest episodes and much footage of American Folk music online. Blues, Folk, Country-- Love it! I am so thankful to have stumbled upon his postings!

Now, go get lost... in old timey goodness!

dans paris

2008-11-06T16:56:00.000-08:00

what the hell safari. I wrote a very thoughtful blog post and then - nothing.

well here it is for you.

last night while house-sitting i got to enjoy the goodness of the *digital silver* cable package. Oh IFC, Sundance how I miss thee.

So I turned on ~DANS PARIS~ and watched a portion of the middle.. but it stuck with me all day.. I love it when that happens!! it's cheesy to write and hard to articulate, but I love when a movie gets in (or sneaks in while you weren't realizing it and then washes back over you the next days. up and out - full emotional recollection staring at an spreadsheet. wonderful!

click here and perhaps you will understand why...

you should play this video approximately 3x times over for full absorption and then click here to satiate your desire for the lyrics which are both brutal and sweet: http://croadian.theeruditian.com/?p=33

I can't wait to purchase this absurdly dark and touching movie and give it my full attention!
Merci Bien! Christophe Honore!

squid love

2008-06-11T19:34:00.000-07:00

i am loving this... he is loving... this squid. i have a squid thing. it is generally naughty. but this is the most special and wholesome squid love i have seen in a while. thank you ari at www.shirari.com.

2008-05-25T08:30:00.000-07:00

in the late 70s/early 80s SAMO commented on the america's crap culture of mass consumption and soul-less living. i find their messages somewhat prophetic and haunting as i look back knowing that america has been consumed with the same shit for the past 30+ years. scrolling through Henry Flynts picture compilation is well worth the time. Photos by Henry Flynt. see more at http://www.henryflint.org/

i assume these four are Basquiat's. all have the three-line E that was one of Basquiat's trademarks. SAMO was a collaborative effort. others in Basquiat's circle were also writing SAMO. however these two seem to be his? perhaps reactions to the art scene that was eating him up alive?

watch downtown 81 to see him writing... all over new york of the early 80s.

ain't got no...

2008-05-04T16:03:00.000-07:00

so i promise this blog won't all be youtube videos, but i found this today and need to share it.

nina simone singing a jubilant and powerful song.. i have a few of her albums, both live and studio recorded.. but seeing her face in live performance here is amazing..there's a sort of general malaise that i love. great sound quality, live in central park in '69.

goosebumps from skin to soul.

little boy blue with the horn

2008-05-01T12:25:00.000-07:00

well, well, well. a google search for 'tikka takka' led me here..

i was somewhat speechless because i opened this at work, but of course, very excited by the naughtiness of this washed up old man in front of the go go dancers. the low resolution kept me inappropriately staring to see if they were indeed topless. Glorious.
I long for latenight European television, early 70s or otherwise. So over the top...
--
Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet, her knickers all tattered and torn, It wasn't a spider who sat down beside her -Was Little Boy Blue with the horn
Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, right on, here we go...
Ikki takka tikki takka dikki takka tai ya, whop ai ya, pussy catcha fire
Yeah, a Little Boy Blue.
...
Black pussy, white pussy, pink pussy, blue, The name of the game is a Little Boy Blue, ai...
--
Brilliant

valentina

2008-04-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

this is the first posting of the bite the weenie blog.

bite the weenie, riz. (i mean andrea)