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Albert Einstein was born on this date in 1879. If he were alive today, he’d be really, really, really old.
Category Archives: Personal
I’m a chili snob. There. I said it. A little personal insight into the twisted mind of Shawn E. Bell.
For decades I’ve cooked chili, attended chili cook-offs, sampled great (and not so great) chili, and traveled wherever there was chili to be had. I’ve amassed hand-written notebooks and computer directories that are chock full of recipes for every kind of chili known to man. I’ve had quinoa chili, white chili, black bean chili, bison chili, squirrel chili, varmint chili, Texas chili, Cincinnati chili, con carne and straight chili. Chili from Pink’s, Tommy’s, Hemingway’s, Wienerschnitzel, and many other restaurants that touted this awesome food.
Wherever there is chili to be had, I am there.
Well, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. Per the ol’ Code of Canon Law, all us Catholics who are between 18 and 59 are supposed to fast and participate in abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays throughout Lent. Fasting is an interesting thing; to me, fasting would seem to mean the absence of food. The Catholic Church thinks that fasting is “one full meal during the day.” And a light snacks for breakfast. And maybe a snack in the afternoon. Or in the evening. This is the kinder, gentler Church, I suppose.
According the the American Catholic, in addition to fish it’s still okay to eat eggs, milk products or condiments that are made from animal fat; chicken broth is okay, gravies are fine, sauces flavored with meat are coolio, butter, margarine, and lard – the staples of the American kitchen are “permissible,” and se can even slather even bacon drippings on our Lenten lettuce for a tasty salad – even if said dripping include bits of meat. Continue reading
A 200+ mile backpacking experience through Yosemite National Park captured by Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill. This project was filmed over the course of 10 months. We spent a combined 45 days in the park capturing the images in this video.
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There’s a program that’s just getting started that helps put money towards California’s museums and lets you let everyone know you love Snoopy. If you’re a beagle lover, this is definitely something you should look into. From the press release:
SNOOPY LICENSE PLATES NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
Proceeds to benefit California museums
A program is now fully underway to put the beloved beagle on California license plates, and help fund the state’s museums at the same time. The special license plate, available for pre-order now at www.snoopyplate.com, will feature a reproduction of an original drawing of Snoopy by Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz.