According to a page for the fund on the Community Foundation website, “The Westminster Pride Festival Fund exists to assure the success of a yearly festival that includes information, support, music, art, food and overall acceptance and solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community, their allies, and the Carroll County community.
“The Westminster Pride Festival will create a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community to express themselves, increase visibility and foster respect for those who want to express their own sexual and gender identity. We endeavor to make this a yearly event that will ultimately lead to scholarships for the education of LGBTQ+ students.”
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Susan Williamson, the visual arts coordinator at the Carroll Arts Center, is the recipient of the 2018 Delta of Maryland Lifelong Learner Award from the Phi Beta Kappa national honor society at McDaniel College. This award is given to an individual or group from the greater Westminster community who has “pursued intellectual inquiry beyond their professional field or fields, thus demonstrating the liberal arts value of lifelong learning,” according to a news release from the college.
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Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
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For dinner this evening, Babylon family foodies, Marnie and Louis Paumier, made Beef Bulgogi, a Korean meal that literally means 'fire meat' in Korean. Thursday, June 7, 2018
For 10 person (ish) do 200ml soy sauce, 200 ml water, 50ml mirin, 100g sugar, 1 table spoon of minced garlic, 1 tea spoon of pepper. The key is how the sauce tastes before you mix it with meat. I would taste it and control the sweetness by sugar or honey. And sesame oil and sesame seeds. Probably 2.5 lb thin shaved beef.
Or - Mary Katherine
Ham to Alicia Silverstone: Go Hunting
October 3rd,
2007 by Kevin E. Dayhoff
Although I have spent a large portion of my life as a
vegetarian; as I grew older and life got particularly hectic, I gave it up –
for now anyway. Who knows, tomorrow, I may go back. Whatever.
A number of years ago, as I was attempting to reason with an
unreasonable person and losing miserably, a colleague said to me:
“You know what your problem is?”
“Ugh.” I really did not need advice at that particular moment;
however, I prized his friendship and sheepishly asked: “What?”
“It's a dog eat dog world out there, and you're a
vegetarian!"
We solved that by going out to a sub shop where I gave up the
anorexic bliss of salads and voraciously scarfed down a cheese-steak sandwich.
It was a road to Damascus experience
I still lose miserably with folks who accept narcissistic
fiction as fact, however, I am bigger now, and I figure that if I am to eaten
alive, I might as well give folks a flavorful super-sized meal.
Then again, to be candid, I was never good at being a
vegetarian. I never stopped eating animal crackers and every once and awhile at
Moms, I’d dive into a steak – and I can rarely remember missing turkey at
Thanksgiving.
I have a number of colleagues and some family members who
are, at the moment, practicing vegetarians - and I respect that choice. Besides,
I really like vegetables. Then there are folks who don’t like vegetables or are
otherwise broccoli intolerant. To them I say, ya really ought to “give peas a
chance.”
A member of my family, who is an avid vegetarian, recently
gave some seafood a try. Bold.
Then again, writing for the Washington Post, Joel Achenbach
says that:
“Certain
kinds of seafood, such as lobster, clams, and crabs, are honorary forms of
meat, but a small filet of a low-fat white fish should be viewed as essentially
a vegetable. Raw oysters are manfood, as is any fish served with the head on
and the mouth gaping in horror.
Me, I could live off of Dr. Pepper, coffee and grits. Hey,
don’t knock the cooking with Dr. Pepper book. There are some great recipes in
there.
I never tried the “vegan” approach. I often wondered how the
term came about. When I was quite young I had a great deal of confusion over
the term “vegetarian.” If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians
eat?
Mr. Achenbach calls to our attention a savior for vegans,
who every once in awhile, go Jonesing for a milkshake – “soy cows.”
In the column he was initially singing the praises of his
new “Fabulator 5000.”
What is a “Fabulator 5000?” I am so glad you asked. I was
fascinated about this development since I am still using the Fabulator model
No. 1953.
I’ll let Mr. Achenbach ‘splain:
“I
love my new food printer, the Fabulator 5000, which makes the previous food
printers look not just clunky but positively medieval. There's no more
click-and-point nonsense on the screen, no more waiting five or six
interminable minutes for the food to print. You just tell the Fab 5 what you
want. The food comes out in about three or four seconds, complete with garnish
and a complementary wine.”
Oh, the “soy cows?” Apparently Mr. Achenbach recently “took
the kids … to Homewood Farm to see a good old-fashioned agricultural
enterprise…”
“I got a look at the new soy
cows, grazing in the large field just north of the orchard. The USDA apparently
felt that soy milk could be produced much more efficiently if it came from cows
made of soy. These cows are so green they nearly blend into the landscape. They
say the soy milk is a lot better tasting (not as beany, somehow) than the stuff
derived from plants, and the soy burgers are more tender. But you've probably
read about how the soy cows dry up badly in drought conditions -- they
literally wilt -- and even catch fire. Bored teenagers have been blamed for
setting some of the cow fires.”
There is much to be appreciated by the vegetarian lifestyle;
nevertheless my goal was to not be evangelical about it all.
But – and ya know there was going to be a “but” in here soon
– I’ve never been fond of PETA’s Strindbergian
gloom and bleakness approach to advocacy.
When I was a practicing vegetarian, invariably, some folks
would suggest some linkage to me, a vegetarian, with PETA’s in-your-face
humorless lactose intolerant militancy which often seems more oriented to being
obnoxious and annoying than being compelling a persuasive to what is otherwise,
a perfectly fine lifestyle.
At a local government - social event, a local elected
official’s wife was horrified that I was a vegetarian. “How can a big strapping
former Marine be a vegetarian,” she gasped.
I solved that in quick order. She was a dog lover and the
owner of a huge St. Bernard. I mean huge – about the size of a water buffalo.
I asked her if she had ever eaten dog. When I was in the
Marines, a South Vietnamese ranger once cooked-up a mess of dog.
It tasted like chicken.
I suggested to my scowling friend that her St. Bernard could
feed an entire village… And one wonders why I lost my last election?
Recently Alicia Silverstone did an ad for PETA that has garnered
a garnered a great deal of attention. I can’t believe that it is winning over
any converts to vegetarianism, but it has attracted attention to PETA.
Whether it is really the sort of attention that an advocacy
organization wants is a bigger issue for which there is not right or wrong, it
just isn’t my cup of tea.
Nevertheless, in age
of so much strife and discord, I yearn
for a time when peas will rule the planets, and love won’t be such a fuss. I
long for the dawn of the age of asparagus.
Enter stage right, Mary Katherine Ham. Ms. Ham has done a
spoof on the Ms. Silverstone ad that is a real crack-up.
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Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
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Just read: “Take a break!” by Caitlin Kelly – “I know, for some of you — parents, caregivers, those on super-tight budgets, in school — that’s not easy to do…” Find it here: https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/33359/posts/1847859389
I just wrote a parallel piece on the same topic, the need to take a break. I do not do it well. When I farmed, I must have gone as long as 10-years at a time without a vacation. I have been retired since 1999 and I have never learned to take time off. I travel more – but often look upon the travel as opportunities to write and will return home pretty tired from trying to fit in time at the keyboard and keep-up with the travel schedule.
I have never had a paid vacation in my life.
The challenges of being a free-lancer, even though I have a contract with a major publication, are at times overwhelming. Long hours with little pay, increased bureaucracy and time spent on administrative matters; and that nagging thought in the back of my head, that maybe, just maybe, I ought to just give it up and go to work for a fast food restaurant. At least I could get paid, I would take the opportunity to write about my experiences, especially the interactions with the public.
However, I grabbed a paragraph from my piece, it might even be the takeaway: “‘there are incredible health and wellness benefits associated with time off from work.’ And ‘Several studies have demonstrated that taking regular vacation time can be preventative medicine.’” Just saying.
Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,
artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists
and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem
Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
JJoy and Kirsty Hawkshaw combined forces in 2007 to bring you the highly acclaimed song Love is No Possession. Voted "Song of the Year" in Malta and given a 5/5 rating by DJ Magazine. Nick Murray's Remix has proved to be one of the most popular remixes - now available for download at iTunes, beatport and other online stores. Released by Loverush Digital.
Alert – alert. We are currently experiencing a Code 1, orange creamsicle color-coded high alert DEFCON 3.14159 peanut butter emergency in my household. Oh, Mercy Mercy Me…
Lunch at The Main Cup in Middletown. www.TheMainCupRestaurant.com 14 West Main Street, Middletown, Md. 21769 301.371.4433 We really enjoyed our lunch. The server was very nice. The food was really delicious and came out amazingly fast.
Lonely is the runner that runs two miles staring at a red ball on the floor. So what happened to spring? I actually like walking and running on treadmill at the fire station, but I guess I miss the Wakefield Valley Trail. I like listening to the music at 11, but prefer the outdoor scenery.
At Birdie's in Westminster, enjoying a great cup of coffee, some me-time, and the current art exhibition, "Three Words," by Gerard Lonesome and Eleanor Tatreaux.
It is really a fun show. Do not miss it.
"THREE WORDS:" Works by Gerard Lonesome and Eleanor Tatreaux
"Gerard and Eleanore are twins from the planet Zebulon. Their art was delivered to us by courier pigeon several months ago. In their letter to us they stated that they telephonically thought of three words to create each one of their works, thus the show name, 'Three Words.'"
"They will travel to earth in light years to collect the money made from sales of this show in order to fund the takeover of planet Earth. Until such time, however, they will allow the Earthlings to use the profits from this show to fund the first ever Pride Festival in Westminster, Maryland.
"Gerard was educated at the finest art institute on Zebulon and Eleanore is a self-taught savant.
Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,
artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists
and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem
Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,
artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists
and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem
Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
From the album "Post".
Lyrics:
We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like:
Car parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around
It's become a habit
A way
To start the day
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
It's early morning
No one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
Imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks
When it lands
Will my eyes
Be closed or open?
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art,
artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists
and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem
Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson:
“That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!”
- See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
Westminster Pride Festival announces a fund at the Community Foundation of Carroll County
