Burn the Witch!

This has got to be one of the most bizarre political campaign advertisements I've ever seen! Wiccans everywhere breath a heavy sigh of relief. Thanks be to Jeebus that one Senate seat will be safe this election cycle, Delaware's seat. I don't believe Christine O'Donnell's a witch, I just think she's bat shit crazy.

Top Chef: NASA

The episode of Top Chef: DC last night was probably one of the better ones of the season. We seem to be down to five, now four, really good contestants who all made really good food in the elimination challenge. I was thinking, this is what the show should have been all season.

Quick fire challenge: Dana Cowin, publisher of Food & Wine magazine, judges a wine pairing challenge. Pretty straight forward, no off the wall challenge. I like it. Angelo comes out of his funk and wins with a sautéed foie gras with black salt and fennel salad. By winning the challenge he earns a trip to London.

Elimination challenge: create a dish that can be freeze dried and sent into space on a NASA mission. So, a little bit goofy but hey, it's not a baby food challenge, right? The only real criteria is not to make anything too sweet or too compact. The astronauts also mentioned they liked spicy foods and foods from home or comfort food (I never heard this last part but the contestants were talking about it throughout the episode). This week's guest judge, Anthony Bourdain, one of my favorites. Buzz Aldrin is also one of the guest tasters which would be a really cool American icon to meet. Once again Angelo wins with ribs with pea puree and pickled mushrooms, earning a new Toyota, Bourdain's latest book, and a spot to see one of the last two space shuttle launches. Unfortunately Tiffany is sent home for her pan-seared Alaskan halibut with coconut curry.

Thoughts on this week:

I'm a little bummed out by the elimination of Tiffany. She was one of the better (nicer) personalities on the show and she seemed to be cooking really good food of late. I wonder if her mussels hadn't frozen if it would have made a difference. Probably not but I would hate to think she was eliminated due to a refrigeration problem.

Are the prizes out of control this year or what? Money, trips to various destinations around the world, and cars. I think they've definitely topped last season in this regard.

Bourdain was really reserved on the show, not seeming to have too much of a problem with anything the contestants made in the elimination challenge. I liked his rapport with judge Eric Ripert, scolding him for being too snobby on some of the food, in an obviously friendly way.

The Bravo editing monkeys tricked me well this week. I had no clue who was going to go home but I thought for sure that Angelo wouldn't win since there seemed to be a lot of time spent on discussing how sweet his dish was.

Does Angelo pray to the chef gods or to Jeebus? Or does he just thank Jeebus after a win. Well at least he's still not Muslim (I know, I'm wearing that phrase out). Speaking of Angelo, I hope he didn't get crabs from making love to his elimination dish.

The final four is Ed, Angelo, Kelly, and Kevin. Not too bad of a final four, though I would happily trade Kelly or Kevin to keep Tiffany in the mix. I managed to pick two of the top four after the first episode (Angelo and Kevin). I have no clue who is going to win this year! Last year I was certain it would be Kevin but we all saw how wrong that was. I'll make a prediction after we're down to three contestants.

Next on Top Chef: international finale! Was someone snarling at Padma? God I hope so.

My "Bye Felicia" award this week goes to no one! It seems as though Tiffany being sent home was by the narrowest of margins; that makes for great competition television.

Fan favorite? I'm picking Arnold because he moisturizes.

Next chef out: Kevin.

Go Away Lady Gaga!

Unless you've been living under a rock around here, Lady Gaga is bringing her tour to Oklahoma City's the Ford Center tonight. Frankly I'm so sick of hearing about it all over Facespace and constantly on the radio stations. You'd think it's the biggest thing to hit Oklahoma since the Land Run in 1889.

The good folks from the Westboro Baptist Church will also be attending the festivities in Bricktown, at least protesting the venue. From their website:

"Ford Center - Lady Gaga Concert 100 W. Reno Ave. WBC to picket Lady Gaga in Concert. There appears to be little to no hope for her, but who is to say what is doing with the souls of those who may be swarming to listen to your less-than-beautiful singing program? Not us! We do not own salvation. Therefore, while you ponder these glorious words: 1Corinthians 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. I say while you ponder those great words of wisdom, consider these parodied music lyrics written by our young elect lady to your favorite whorish tart to the tune of Telephone: 'No hesitation; you got more perversion to display But there's no part of you ya haven't pimped already You should've planned for curses from the God you disobey Now he hates all you do cause you love fornicating Stop prayin', stop prayin', God will not hear you anymore You taught the boys & the girls to be proud whores Stop prayin', stop prayin', God will not hear you anymore You taught the boys & the girls to be proud whores' Lady GayGay has done more to promote filthy and perversion not even to mention the fact that she is the very picture of modern DOOMED american spirituality (ugh, gag!). Keep your eye on this silly woman, as she and the Beast Obama are good examples of what you all love most about this vile nation. Praise God for the oil spill, and hurricane season that will soon spread that oil all across the land. AMEN!"

I really hate these people...

Jeebus, save me from your followers!

(The sign is one I made, obviously! If there were a God he would've already smote us for producing the Twilight Saga!)

Dance 10 Looks 3

I was texting with my niece yesterday and she said she wanted to get a shirt for her 18 month old daughter that said on the front "I'm not gay" and on the back "Yet!" I responded she could also try "I'm not gay but my girlfriend is" or "Dance 10 Looks 3." She didn't understand the last quote, in reference to "A Chorus Line." Today's youth! All of this got me thinking about inappropriate shirts that children are forced to wear by their parents. It's rare to find anything truly offensive here in Oklahoma unless you consider religious shirts about God, Jeebus, and talking snakes offensive. So I'm asking, what is the most offensive shirt you've seen some poor slob dress their defenseless child in?

Here is my contribution, though it isn't anything I've seen, just something I found online.

I would totally buy this collection if I had an evil offspring!

It's the End of the World!!

I was sitting at my desk at work a little while ago loafing off as usual when there was a loud boom like a car hit our building. My boss immediately said it was an earthquake. I didn't believe him so I walked around the building to see who or what ran into us. Sure enough by the time I got back in the building and online it was being reported on Facebook by some friends and at usgs.gov.

I'd never experienced and earthquake before! What's really weird is that we've had more than usual occurrences of them lately. Everyone pray to Jeebus, I'm telling you, it's the end of the world as we know it! And I feel fine...

REM End of the world
by EDATCRANE

The Boys Are Back...

... in the playoffs! America's Team is about to beat the hated Washington Redskins and advance to the NFL playoffs. Thank you Jeebus! Perhaps better, a win against Philly next week will secure Dallas the NFC East title. Maybe Christmas wishes do come true. It appears that the December curse may be over for the Cowboys. Hopefully the Boys will get past the Eagles next week and move into the post season and end another curse, a long overdue playoff victory.

Fun With Signs

So while working today (browsing the Internet), I came across Says-It.com. It's a nifty little website where you can create your own funny photos and graphics. I chose the church sign maker option. Have fun with it kiddos and try not to offend god, Jeebus, the virgin Mary or the space aliens you're waiting on to take you off to the promised land!