Wednesday, December 28, 2005

My winter vacation Part III, Christmas Eve, and Chirsmas Eve EVE


Chris proves that he can eat fire!!!!!! What a Christmas this is indeed.

For the most part these are Pictures of Christmas Eve. Christmas was actually fun this year. It has often not been for us, so we were surprised that no one actively ruined Christmas. This year the big present was that we gave Dad a bunch of Sushi stuff. We found that,although our sushi was not as pretty, It was all really good. our hope is that Dad continues in his quest to become master Sushi chef. These pictures are fro Christmas Eve, and Christmas Eve Eve. (December 23). The Lady in the pichure is Ben's lady friend, Gabrielle.




















































Tuesday, December 27, 2005

What I like. What I am in to.


Just a quick note on what I am into at the moment.

I am into this tea. It is called Mighty Leaf. Besides having a Superhero name it is a super tea. The tea bags are made of silk. How Very.


I am also very into Religions I find on the internet. This shouldnt surprise anyone because since I am a High Priestess in the Universal Life Church. One of the great internet churches. Here are the churches I have found lately

1. John Coletrane Church
I am actually counting the days till I have a free sunday and go to this church which is actually in my town. I will definatly report back on my findings.

2. David just refered me to this one, Pastafarianism. I mean in my humble opinion that it is as good as anything else.

Monday, December 26, 2005

My Winter Vacation part deux



After a long night of Hostelling Ben likes to spend time with "Mr. Wine"

Sunday, December 25, 2005

MY WINTER VACATION

My brother and I decided to save money on San Franciscos ridiculous cab fares and stay in a Hostel downtown. I found this place Called Union Square Backpackers Hostel. This place was next door to a place called La nuits de Paris Massage parlor. As my brother said " in only one of these places, do you have a happy ending" and it ain't the Backpackers Hostel. First, the front desk guy was so stoned. I mean that kind of stoned where its hard to function at all. He kept trying to put my brother and I on this womens only room. Then he took us upstairs to yell at the other front desk person who was sitting on the sofa in the common room, he was also smoking pot. At this point we decide to go down the street to a perfectly nice Hostel, where we were able to get a spot. When we came back to check out of the bad places we were confronted with a third guy, who told us he was from Virgina. He was wearing a confederate flag Ascot. Then we drank sake and Champagne and then passed out. The next day we flew to South Carolina. I have to say, I am a big booster of the Hostels. Ill still stay in them, I think they are really cool. But I will never go there again and really recomend that no one else does. I have since looked another site, that does hostels and it said that they had bedbugs. SO we were lucky. More pictures to come of my winter vacation.

La Nuits De Paris
















Ben shell-shocked from the experience.

War on Christmas: The Final Chapter

I just want to point out that the Repubican Party Website wishes everyone "Happy Holidays"

Those Godless freaks. They ruined Christmas.

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Christmas Songs I like


Christmas Songs

In a former life, I worked as retail manager during a Christmas season or two. During that time, I became an expert on the genre. And I have to say that even though I had to listen to this music all day every day for two months, I never got sick of it. I would even be excited the next year to get out the Christmas CD's and listen to them constantly all over again.

I love Christmas Music.

Even though, I am a liberal and I am supposed to be killing Christmas with every breath I take, I do love Christmas music.

I wanted to give a run down on my favorite Christmas tunes.

10. The Barking Dog version of Jingle Bells: I love this song because it is so annoying AND it has endured since my childhood. I also love that the Barking Dog Holiday albums have become this cottage industry. I mean you can get all kinds of Pets singing Christmas songs. I am very glad that for us cat lovers there is "Jingle Cats". Honestly, I can only listen to this song once a year. But Christmas is not complete with out it.

09. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer by Elmo and Patsy. This is a song that became famous sometime when I was in middle school. My grandmother, Gaga hated this song. I mean really hated this song. All of her younger grand children would sing it to her. I guess when I look back that was pretty annoying.

08. I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause, as song by little The Jackson Five, featuring Little Michael Jackson. Okay, this song is just creepy now. I don't know how many people saw that TV movie about the Jackson 5 Starring that actor who played Freddy "Boom Boom" Washington form Welcome Back Kotter and the wonderful Angela Bassett. I have to say that I am morbidly fascinated with that movie and when its on, I watch it, no questions asked. Any way what I learned from television is that Michael Jackson's family life was far from ideal and perhaps his mommy should have been getting a little from Santa, instead of enduring the constant abuse from the father. The song is not sweet at all, Its not cute that this little abused child is singing about how his abused mother is getting a little from an imaginary fat guy. Its just creepy. But I cant get enough of it.

07. This one is less a song and more an entire album. I Love Love Love. Christmas Caravan by one of my all time favorite bands, The Squirrel Nut Zippers. This Albums fabulous, and it features such songs as, Carolina Christmas, Winter Weather and Indian Giver. It is actually a great album from a great band that is no longer. Also if you, your self, know the Zippers well, another great Christmas song that is harder to find, is Santa Clause is Smoking Reefer.

06. Now I actually don't even know, who wrote this song, or who sang this song, but I saw Lypsinka do a performance this version of the 12 days of Christmas, only it is the 12 Drinks of Christmas. During the course of the song, the singer gets drunker and drunker, till she's on the floor and vomiting. Like I said I don't know who the actual singer of this song is. But I have to say that one of the greatest performances that I have seen in my lifetime is Lypsinka doing that song.

05. On a more serious note, I have to put this one on my list because I was obsessed and was in many ways had a lot to do with shaping my social conscience and that's Do they know its Christmas. I was 13 when it came out and obsessed with Duran Duran. They took part in the recording, so I was then obsessed with starving children in Africa. My Obsession with Duran Duran has disappeared, but the obsession with social issues has remained strong.

04. Happy Birthday Jesus, By Little Cindy. This one is on the John Waters Christmas Album and I have to say that I love it because its one of the worst songs ever written of any genre. It is so terrible, you feel like ripping out your eardrums about half way through. This is why I absolutely love it. I mean who came up with and who actually listened to this song without irony. I can only imagine, either a 6 year old girl or a Child Molester. But, how many records are six year old girls buying. Which leaves the child molesters, they are the ones that made that song pop...Well whatever it was. In case you have not heard it, it is this deady saccharine little ditty featuring this little 4 year old girl with this deep southern accent saying her prayers in this grating sing song manner. It has some great lines in it like: "she splained how bad they hurt you, those awful naughty men, but said you let them do it for girls like me would sin" and "Jesus, I'll be true, cause mama said if I was good, he would let me live with you" . That being said it is a great one to listen to while trimming the tree.

03. Blue Christmas, As sung by Elvis. I cant help it, I love this song and Elvis defiantly sounds so sexy singing it. I aloes have to say that I like the Johnny Cash version of this song as well. I have nothing else really to say about it. I have also heard a Porky Pig version of it as well which is also really good.

02. You're A Mean One, Mister Grinch. In many ways, the reason why is not in the spirit of Christmas. When I was a retail manager a this housewares store. I used to have this boss, who was a complete bitch. She made the mistake of telling us all one time that when she was in highschool, people used to call her "the Grinch" and it would hurt her feelings. When we finally all got sick of her bull shit. We would play this song on repeat over and over. Untill she would Cry. I n many ways this is the meanest thing I have ever done. But I don't feel guilty at all. Gap Tooth deserved it. Needless to say, I love How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I think its great. I should state that I love the book and the cartoon, I have no love at all for the movie, I think it should be burned.


01. White Christmas, as sung by the Drifters. Hands Down it is my favorite Christmas Song. As well as the favorite Christmas song of my family. So much so that this is the only song we listen to in the compton houshold. thank gad for the invention of the CD player, because you can put things on constant repeat. We put it on endless repeat as we trim the tree, unwrap gifts and then we often leave the house and still leave it playing. this Version is so much better than Bing Crosbys version. Its better than anything. In I think Ill go and listen to it right now.

So there you go My Top Ten Christmas songs.....

G

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Naughty or Nice II

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Wiretapping: Does Santa (Or Bush) know if you are Naughty or Nice?

Dear Mr. Prez:

If you are listening. I would like to tell you what I talk about on the phone so you wont bother wiretapping me. I mean there is no point to getting all Nixon on me and every thing. Because honestly you would be bored, I think. Here are the top ten things I talk about on the phone.
In no particular order.

1. Britney and Kevin: Will they or won't they stay together? I mean its serious busniss. Will they end up the the way that Nick and Jessica did? I mean honestly if you ask me Mr. President, I think Britney should kick him to the curb. But you can't account for bad taste, or as my grandmother would say "Trashy is as Trasy Does"

2.How Cute my god(ess) son Charlie is. Now that is something that is truly uninteresting except to a few people. He is really cute by the way. I can assure you he will never vote for you. Especially, since you will never let his mothers legally marry. If you do listen to the "Charlie" convesations, I am going to warn you, you you might learn of the terrible dog poop incident that left both him and one of his mothers covered in the stuff. I am guessing you don't want to hear about this unless you have a thing for poo that is.

3. What boys I am dating. NOW. Mr President. Do you have time on your hands to really be interested in this subject? I mean I am no where close to being someone like Jennifer Aniston. I mean I honestly dont even write about who I am seeing on my blog.

4. GOSSIP: Who my friends and family are dating, who is getting married, who is getting divorced, having babies, dating younger men, who died, who got a STD. All of these things are sort of interesting if you actually know the people. But honestly, Mr. President do you really care if one of my friends did too many tequila shots and then up-chucked in her purse while she was in the drive-thru at McDonalds? I mean perhaps you can identify. But dont you have something else to do? Like, perhaps you could actually read all those PDBs or something?

5. The last film, (whichever that one is) I saw at the Castro Movie Theatre. Its an awesome movie theatre and they show such great films. And they have a guy who wears a suit who comes out and plays the organ between features. But something tells me you wont be going to the Gay neighborhood to take in the new print of Roman Polanskis, Repulsion. Something tells me that you dont like Gay people very much, except for one or two of your close presidential advisors.

6.Angelina Jolie's tiny Cambodian army
.

7. How My brother Ben is having a terrible time giving benefits (He is working for Americorps, btw) to all of those people in the Gulf Coast you keep trying to make us forget about. I have to tell you, Mr President, that for this you should be really ashamed of your self. I mean how dare you continue to let people starve and remain homeless? I know that you are pretty sure they did not vote for you or contribute to your campaign. But since you are our fearless leader and you should take care of your people, you relly should be doing more than running a crappy relief effort and and even crappier PR campaign. This isnt about winning votes, its about helping people. Also, as I remember, partially because you shove it down my throat at naseum, that you are a christian and this is Christmas. It is the season of giving.

8. The West Wing, Pretty much only with my brother Ben, who is a huge fan. RIP John Spencer. But Mr. President, I have to say, I know I am not the first, but I actually prefer the TV president.

9. How cute we think the following Actors are: George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Owen and Luke Wilson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger. I am sure there are more. The list changes, but Clooney and Depp are always there.

10. In general Mr. President, one of the biggest things that I talk about on my phone with my friends and family is the fact that we all think you are doing a piss poor job of running this country. And the fact that you are spying on us makes it worse. I mean I am not a terrorist and none of my friends are. But Since we still live in the United States, and we are still allowed to speak out against our government, I wish you would stop spying on all of us. We shouldn't be paranoid that something we say might be overheard and we would end up incarcerated or worse, given your views on torture. It is not appreciated. Please stop.


Sincerely,
g

The War on Christmas Continues

The War on Christmas is a load of Crap

I think we found more twins separated at birth

Every year Bill (has absolutely no moral fiber) O. trades in his chick-pea fetish, to annoy every one in the country with this crap. The thing that irritates me is that he does it to get ratings. In my serious opinion, who and what people choose to worship is a very personal thing and none of any ones business. The thing that really irritates me about the christian right and all of these people that claim that christians are this persecuted minority. Its a complete crock of shit, that is used to push the republican agenda by playing with the feelings of the unsuspecting, yet not really clued in public. I mean I swear the rational around this is if we can get people so upset about this non issue, perhaps people wont notice that, people are still homeless in the Gulf Coast and their sons and daughters are giving their lives to that oil companies can make a profit.They should be ashamed of themselves.
Todays Washington Post

Gens Christmas Wish comes True, Now she understands men.

Merry Christmas, all.

From Columbias Finest: The Columbia Star

It’s not a criticism, it’s an observation.
Is spitting a crime?
Mike Cox

Deep down, humans are just mammals, much like the wild ones living around us. Many of our traits are hard–wired into us before we are born, and some of our habits and tendencies are with us from the beginning.

For guys, it’s more complicated. Many male reflexes are considered immoral, illegal, or unfit for polite company. Women don’t have that problem; everything they do by instinct is considered part of being a woman and acceptable in society.

Men, on the other hand, have to repress many of their natural habits because they have been declared unacceptable as we have become civilized. Fighting, scratching, burping, and cussing come to mind. One of the most controversial is spitting.

Baseball players and little boys left alone spit like crazy. It’s their nature. Men spit on their hands for luck and to get a better grip. And every man has at some point, spit off a really high place. Bridges and tall buildings, trees and boulders, even the roof of the garage; most men remember a time when they sent a projectile of saliva hurtling into space and watched in wonder as it rode the wind to the very end of its journey. Even better if the landing was in water. For some of us, it wasn’t that long ago.

For centuries boys and men have been admonished for such behavior. Rude, unhealthy, and unacceptable, spitting has been given a bad name. And the practice may soon become illegal.

In Chicago recently, a 23 year–old man was participating in a spitting contest with some friends when he tried to win the affair by giving 110%. He lost his balance and fell over a balcony two stories to his death. According to officials, alcohol was involved.

The concern I have, other than feeling for the victim’s family during such a tragedy, is the possible overreaction of the do– gooders and safety officials who try to keep all of us completely safe at any cost.

I’m sure legislation will be forthcoming in Chicago, possibly in Illinois, and maybe all across this great country of ours. Spitting contests will be outlawed. Saliva will be declared a banned substance once it leaves the body.

Combining this tragedy with the concern people already have for communicable diseases, especially with Bird Flu on our horizon, it stands to reason steps will be taken to eliminate the possibility of someone else dying tragically because of saliva. I expect movement any day to address this, especially since our governing bodies have already solved all other important issues.

Committees will be formed and statutes will be passed. Maybe the Patriot Act will become involved. Spitting in any form will be against the law and a new group of men will be incarcerated as they fight to overcome their genes while one more seemingly harmless act is considered unacceptable.

Call me an alarmist for raising such questions, but think back a little. Remember men’s clubs, hunting, acting tough, wolf whistles, and making the secretary get coffee. When you consider the things men have given up as society has progressed, nothing is far–fetched any longer.

Monday, December 19, 2005

War On Christmas



I know in this season of giving. All of you out there are really worried about the war on Christmas. This war is being thrust upon our society by those dirty liberals (my self included) who like the grinch have hearts that are two sizes too small.

Because of this, from now untill December 25th, I am dedicating my blog to the worship of Chrismas.
TO give you gu
ys a taste of this. Here is a letter to the editor that I really enjoyed.

"• Political correctness goes both ways

Enough is enough. We have taken one step too far. We have let a small few tell us that we can’t say “Merry Christmas” anymore; it’s “Happy Holidays” now. Bah, Humbug.
We are letting this small group of people take our rights away from us, one right at a time.
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, God’s gift to the world.
I am 80 years old, and I don’t care if saying “Merry Christmas” offends someone. Replacing Merry Christmas with Happy Holidays offends me. Now we are even.

BILL WITT

Cayce"

Sunday, December 18, 2005

NEWS FLASH

BUSH FINALLY ADMITS HE IS RETARDED

....well sort of

...Okay as close as he gets.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_analysis



Thursday, December 15, 2005

Movies

In order to be more like all of the major print publications, I will be publishing film Capsules of what I see. I believe that I am the ultimate film connoisseur so you should listen to me. Plus I have seen like three movies this week. Since it is the season of movie going.

Walk The Line

I need to preface this by the fact that I am a huge Johnny Cash fan. I have gone through several periods in my life where it was all Cash all the time, in terms of my listening taste. And for that reason, I have to say that I thought the movie sort of did not work. I mean I thought the actors were great, especially Reese Witherspoon as June. I guess that I sort of feel that it is almost impossible to make a movie about Johnny Cash. I think it has to do with the fact that his music is intensely personal, he seems to be so vulnerable. People have always such a personal connection to him. That is not in the movie. That being said, the music is great.

Syriana

I had read many reviews about this film and they were mixed. I really wanted to like this film but was afraid I would be disappointed. I am happy to report that I was not disappointed at all. I loved it. It was completely engrossing. The performances were wonderful. Many people have commented on Clooney’s, role and the fact that he packed on the poundage for the role. He is really good, don’t get me wrong, but other performances are really quite wonderful. Jeffery Wright (one of my favorites) is absolutely stunning as the corporate attorney for the big oil company. I think Matt Damon puts in a performance of a lifetime as an idealistic energy Analyst. Christopher Plummer is fabulous as a cold and calculating oil executive and there are also wonderful performances by Tim Blake Nelson, William Hurt, Alexander Siddig and Chris Cooper. I felt that this movie was not just completly engrossing, but it was also completely informative. I think that Stephen Gaghan did a wonderful job of showing how the Oil industry infiltrates all parts of society. Its great I think every one needs to see this movie.

Brokeback Mountain
Do any of you remember that movie about fly-fishing called A River Runs Through It? If you do and you are not my Dad you might remember it as sort of a boring movie about Fly Fishing starring Brad Pitt (Angelina Jolie's Babies Daddy). This movie was a lot like A River Runs Through It, only instead of Fly Fishing, there is Gay Sex. They are both movies that take place in a rural, depressing yet beautiful part of the country and they also both have hot guys in it. Well, I know that my gay friends will be disappointed but and perhaps I am not cultured enough to like this film. But I thought it was sort of Dull. I mean I know that Life in Wyoming must suck, I mean after all you have to deal with the likes of Dick Cheney. And honestly, if I were gay in Wyoming, I would totally go someplace else. But this movie was 2 1/2 hours of two manly men grunting at each other and then having sex. If I wanted to see that, there are plenty of places in the Castro where I don’t have to pay $10 to see it. I mean I guess the real problem was that I did not believe nor was I at all engaged in the "Love Story". I sort of wished that I were. I mean there were good things about it.

It is beautifully shot, Ill give the movie that. I really like Nag Lee. The Ice Storm is one of my favorite movies.

I didn’t hate everything. I thought the Leger and Galangals performances were adequate. The women in the movie were actually more interesting than the men. Anne Hathaway and Michele Williams both turn in interesting performances as the wives of the gay cowboys. Kate Mara was also very good as the daughter of Heath Legers character, who never gives up on her father despite in emotional unavailability.

I mean if you like, big sweeping, beautify shot films about men who grunt and bugger each other then this is a movie for you. If you are looking for a realistic love story between two men, this is not it. A shame. There should be more of those.






Happy Birthday Dad!!!!

He is 61 Today!!!


Wednesday, December 14, 2005

BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

BABY ULMER IS HERE

www.angrynoodle.com

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Baby Warning 2005.

LATEST UPDATE!!!

We are still in a baby warning. No Baby yet for Amy and Craig. I talked to them a couple of hours ago and ( like 3:30 pm) and they said they were not able to get admitted to the hospital till about 1:00. Amy was fine. When I talked to them they had just gotten settled in the labor room. They were giving her something to help bring on labor. SO Lets all send Amy Vibes that her labor will not last much longer and that little Ulmerance will make his debut soon. I will update as soon ans I know. Also keep checking www.angrynoodle.com for pictures.

g

Food and Wine....

Best of Series.

Like many of the weeklies in our fair country. I am going to have my own version of "Best of" series. Where I pinpoint what I think is the best of the best in San Francisco. I mean I am no professional food critic but I do enjoy food. Also since I am not doing any fine dining for the most part. Many of you will find quite reasonable finds in my "Best of" series. This is hopefully 1 of many.

Best Hummus and falafel
Ali Babas Cave
799 Valencia @19th St.415-863-3054
CC accepted
Open daily 11-11


I would like to say that I am very picky about both of these things. I especially hate substandard Hummus. I went to a Hippie School where I could not go to a pot luck with out having a mound of the grainy goo. The Felafal I first had was eqallally, Dry, dens tasteless balls of sand. But God forbid you say any thing bad about it. It wasn't until I moved to DC that I actually had the good stuff.

The Hummus and falafel is stunning. I first went there with my friend Amy, the one who is about to give birth. Well some time, soon, very soon. I went there yesterday. And I had forgotten how good it is.

I heard a review of this restaurant where they said that if you can get over the dinginess of the kitchen area and the rude help, then you will be rewarded by the tasty food. I think that this is a fair description. The dinginess of the kitchen does not bother me too much. I love dives, the rude help, I can also get over. Having been someone who has worked in the food service business, I understand why one would be rude, especially if you work at a place that is cheap and open late, and services many of the stoned hipsters that hang out in the joint.

I think there is a certain charm to the place. Despite the fact that the kitchen, which is in full view a bit dingy, the dining area is nice. Most of it is pretty simple. Tables and chairs and nice pictures on the walls. Plenty of free copies of the Guardian and the Onion to go around. In the corner they have one table that sits low to the ground and is surrounded by taptestries and pillows. It seems like the kind of place where you can have an inexpensive, yet romantic date.


I should say that that the food really is yummy. I have had many things from their menu. The falafel is so yummy, you understand why Bill O'Reilly has a fetish for it. The and the Hummus , the Hummus is perfact. If you get a platter, It is a lot of food, be warned because you might want to do what I do and make several meals out of it. The sandwiches are very good to but be forewarned it is a lot of food. They are made with Flat bread and are sort of like middle eastern brutish. I do have to say it is a bit odd that they put french fries in their sandwiches. They have really good fries, but its still odd. It reminds me of the Americain Sandwich in France, which is a hamburger patty on a baguette with french fries on it. They also have Kabobs, which are good, but I have not once ordered it without getting a resentful, that will be 15 minutes from whichever counter person is there( I said they were sort of rude). But any way, I suggest checking it out if you are in the Mission, and if you are hankering for something cheap and healthy or perhaps something different from a burrito.

Baby Warning 2005

Exciting news. I checked the Angry Noodle Website (www.angrynoodle.com) and there was a new picture of Amy, It was taken around 3:30am. The last posting from them was about 5:30am. It said that they were going to the hospital shortly. The hospital is in Walnut Creek which is about 45 minutes away from Livermore. They will be going at Rush Hour. Think good thoughts for them to day and you can wish them well on the Angry Noodle website.


g


Hey did you know if you ave a baby on the BART, you can get free rides for life?

Something to think about. BART gets kind of expensive.

Monday, December 12, 2005

Baby Watch 2005

For those of you who care, as of last night, when I had dinner with Amy and Craig, the baby has not come yet. He is on the way. After discussing her symptoms, I am convinced that Amy is indeed pregnant and not suffering from bad gas. For more up to to date reports on Amy's condition and Baby reports I am going to refer you to www.angrynoodle.com. It is a great website AND its new and improved.

g

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Hey Oprah, Isnt the first step admitting you have a problem?


Thanksgiving in Los Angeles


I spent The Thanksgiving weekend in So.Cal. It was nice and warm. Ben Could not make it because he was saving the world. SO we adopted Jay Courson (In many ways this is ironic, since Ben is convinced Chris is Adopted). Jay has been my brothers friend forever he is definatly one of our extended family.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner of a massive amout of sea food on the beach in Malibu. Malibu is really stunning. I now know why Brad Pitt lives there. I mean if I were Brad, I would live there too. Thanksgiving also means MY Birthday. It was actually the day after Thanksgiving this year. I had a lovely birthday, We had Margaritas and Chips at El Cayote (This old style mexican restaurant in LA) then we had Sushi at Matsuhisa in Beverly Hills (for those of you who care, it is the first restaurant from the guy who is the chef at Nobu) The food there was stunning.

Chris and Dad at Santa Monica Pier

Thanksgiving Dinner in Malibu














Jay and Chris At Dinner





















The sunset over the Pacific is always so beautiful

Friday, December 09, 2005

FOOD AND WINE SECTION:

I have decided to have a food and wine section of the blog in honor of my favorite section of any newspaper. This will consist of many things. Today I will be giving you a $5. lunch review. This comes from the idea, that people like my self who are on a budget are always looking for $5. Lunches that are not things like Mc Donalds Value meals.

Today I will be reviewing a $5. Meal I had at Yank Sing 2 Go. The take out section of the Yank Sing restaurant, which specializes in Dim Sum.

Meal:
Large Shrimp wanton Soup.
1 Spring Roll
Price: $4.97

Where: Yank Sing 2 Go
Rincon Center
(Embarcadero)

Okay I have to say this I have had many a Won Ton Soup in my day, but none of them even compare to the soup I had today. I was pretty skeptical of what it might be like. I am sure we all have had the Won Ton soup that was nothing wo write home about. You know the kind, the salty, but otherwise tasteless cloudy broth ( that looks like it from a mix) and the won ton itself, a rubbery piece of pasta, with some strange meat inside of it. I mean I have won ton soup in so many different parts of this country and with very few exceptions it is about the same.

Getting back to this soup. It was absolutely stunning. The Broth is breathtaking light and clear. It was seasoned with a few slices of green onions, that were put in right before it was served so they had a little bit of a crunch to them. The Broth it self was worth the $3.50. But It was filled also with these wontons. My My My. These Wontons were a delight. They were less lie the typical Wontons and more like Dumplings (which is what they specialize in after all). They are filled with shrimp, and not with crappy flash frozen shrimp. (I am from South Carolina, I am very picky about shrimp) FRESH Shrimp. As my God(dess) son says "mmmmmmmmmm"

Yank Sing 2 Go has many of their Dim Sum Items available separately . Today I chose the spring rolls, which are wonderful. They have chicken in them and are fried perfectly, so that they crunch, but you don't feel like you are going to have a heart attack afterwards.

All in All. A great $5 lunch. Yank Sing 2 Go has many pre-made meals that are also good. Most of them are more than the $5. range. But you can order the Dim Sum separately. If you wanted a nice $5. Meal, there are many of options on the Dim Sum menu.

SO my first 5 dollar lunch review. Look for more.

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Gens Crackpot Theory #1
Dick Cheney and Baron Greenback are twins separated at birth.

(This is why I love the internet. Because I can put fourth my lies and someone will read them and perhaps believe them. )

The Greenback-Cheney connection is a sad tale of an interspecies relationship gone wrong. It starts way back in the year 1941. Mamma Cheney and Daddy Cheney gave birth at set of two hideously ugly twins. They were really so ugly that their mother asked if they could go back in and cook a little bit longer. They were so ugly that the moment their dad took one look at them and went blind. These half amphibious, half human creatures were products, of some serious inbreeding. If people saw these children together every one would know their hideous secret, that the mother and father were indeed brother and sister. And since the Daddy Cheney was now blind, they had to split up the family.

They decided to ship Baron Greenback off. They had some family in England, and thought that might be a good place. After all there was a war going on perhaps he would get blown up in the nightly bombings and no one ever know about "the family secret". Baron (Baron is his name not his title) survived the war taking advantage of his toadish appearance and his amphibious nature by hiding out in Bogs. The Germans didn't seem to be too interested in blowing up Bogs.

Dick, on the other hand had a nice child hood after that, despite being hideously ugly, he grew up and worked hard on the farm to support his mother and blind father. He grew into a man, went to college and met a nice lesbian woman, who married him despite his his looks. You see it was the early 60's it was still not cool to be a lez. So Dick and Lynne, made an agreement, she would marry him and have a child if he would let her write cowboy lesbian fiction.

Years pass. And as time goes by, despite the fact that millions of miles separated them, they became more and more alike. It was sort of scary, as Cheney was learning the political ropes from the likes of Nixon. Across the pond, The Baron was creating an empire of evil of his own. The Baron surrounded himself with close Allys such as his Nero and Stilleto who worshiped his evilness.

Baron and Dicks goals were the same, to make lots of money and to take over the world. Baron even legally changed his last name to Greenback in honor of his first goal. Dick .....What can I say about Dick in this respect, his carrier is full of these full things; Haliburton, The Tax Cut, the war in Iraq are all examples. There are also other ways that are similar. Baron and Cheney both live in bunker like evil lairs where they map out their nefarious plots to take over the world.

In the eighties, we witnessed Cheney rise to power in the Reagan and Bush administration. We also witnessed the Baron's attempt to take over the world, on the television show "Danger Mouse". Every day in the news we are seeing Cheney's plot coming to fruition.

Where is Danger Mouse when we need him?

Proof That They are Twins,

Dick Cheney

  • Is Ugly (Ugly on the inside and on the outside)
  • Is consumed with taking over the world. Is consumed with taking over the world.
  • REALLY LOVE MONEY REALLY REALLY LOVES MONEY
  • Scooter Libby Looks a lot like Stiletto
  • Lives in a secret bunker


Baron Greenback

  • Is Ugly
  • Is consumed with taking over the world. Is consumed with taking over the world.
  • REALLY LOVES MONEY REALLY REALLY LOVES MONEY
  • Henchman=Stilletto
  • Lives in a secret evil lair (same thing)

Wednesday, December 07, 2005


This is Charlie. He is my Goddess Son. He definatly thinks "Its Okay to Play"

So once more I try this Blog thing.

I am so ADD I have started now 5 of these things and they all fall by the way side in short order. I am not promising that Ill stick with this one at all.

The title of my blog is called its Okay to play. This is in honor of my youngest brother Ben. Or Bean, that's what we call him. He is a serious minded young man who is currently telling Katrina Victims that they don't get benefits from the Red Cross. Talk about one of the crappier jobs. He is in Americorps so at least its temporary. Ben is a cool cat although he has never forgiven my brother Chris and me for going to the Circus one time when he had to go to the emergency room.

The name "Its Okay to Play" actually comes from a T-Shirt that Ben got from one of his more disfunctional girlfriends, for those reading this, NO its not the one that talked at nauseum about her bloody poo. Or the one who on her blog, described a "romantic" encounter that was later read by my brother Chris and me. (We were disturbed. It was Christmas when we found it and then Christmas was ruined). This is the girl who was nice, but only mildly disturbed. She of the three I have described will end up being okay at one point. She got this T shirt when she used to work with Retarded Kids. And Actually, perhaps the retarded kids are right "It is Okay to play".

For those of you who care, I like retarded kids.

BTW, Bean is now dating a perfectly lovely young lady now.

For those of you who are wondering where the hell I am, I am now in San Francisco. I used to be in DC but now I am here. I like it here. I live by the beach. I am beginning to have more friends than when I moved here and I am doing things like going out and meeting Boys. Which was basically what I was doing in DC. The big difference for those of you who care is that I am not doing Theatre right now. I am on hiatus and I don't quite miss it yet. I am gearing up to go back to school in education in January. I thought it was a good time to take a rest. As many of you know, It is hard to do theatre, a job and anything else.

I also feel like there is much more of an adult vibe goin on now. For the first thing, I hang out with all of these moms, not really when I am meeting boys. And I am an adoring goddess mother of Charlie, who just turned 1. That I think is the biggest difference between being here and being in DC.

Charlie thinks I am hilarious. I am now a firm believer that you should have someone in your life that thinks you are the funniest person on the planet. Charlie is that person for me. Charlie is the picture of the Baby.

Living in Northern California is cool I mean there are fewer republicans out here than any other place I have lived. Its cool. But I have to say people are so damn sensitive here. I mean here anything goes, seriously, but because of this, every one has moved here because they were a freak where ever they were from and because of this, people are majorly sensitive about not offending any one. It is the one thing that grates on me some times, because I feel that there is a real lack of a sense of humor. I don't want to go any further with this this thought. Why? Because I feel that going on about this will make me sound like one of those 20 republicans who live in san Francisco who believe they are in the minority as white conservatives. In actuality I love this city, I love the diversity, I love getting on the 38 Geary Bus and being surrounded by people from all over the world, I love my choice of noodle joints and the moderately priced Sushi, and the most amazing burritos I have ever tasted.


Anyway, I should go. I am being paid by the hour to do something else besides create a blog.

G