E-Baby

Ugh....I'm.....sick. One of the worst parts of being single is when you are ill. Nobody to give you sympathy, or coddle you while you spend all your time whining about how you are sick. My throat is a little sore, and my nose won't stop running.

One of my favorite ad campaigns the last year or so has been E-Trade and the 'trading baby'. I saw a new (new for me) spot, so I thought I'd share a few.

Clown




Mobile Baby (new one for me)



So Easy




Love those ads. I think if I could switch careers, advertising would be a good one for me.

I spent most of the weekend miserable. I watched a couple movies from Netflix, to reply to Kel, I am actually meeting my Dad after work today to see 'Righteous Kill'. I watched '88 Minutes' and a movie called 'Off the Black'.

88 Minutes, is the so called thriller, starring Al Pacino. He plays a professor who also does forensic psychiatry for the FBI. It was decent, but nothing spectacular.

Off the Black, stars an aging Nick Nolte, who has been a umpire for high school baseball for 40 some years. The title is a baseball term, meaning the pitch just missed the strike zone. He is invited to his high school reunion, and decides to go. The twist is, he talks a local kid into pretending to be his son, to pay him back for tee-peeing his house. I liked this one.

Sunday, I hit the kitchen since I was feeling a little better. I made the following

Taco Pockets (Rachel Ray)
Pretty much season a hamburger patty like you are making tacos, but cook it like a burger. Place the burger into a flour tortilla with lettuce/cheese/taco sauce.

Caesar Spaghetti (Rachel Ray)
Like Caesar salad? This was supposed to be spaghetti with Caesar flavoring, but I think I burned the garlic, so it might take another run in the test kitchen. You cook down some anchovies, add lemon zest, garlic, and then chopped up escarole. Once the escarole wilts down, you add the spaghetti. For the sauce, you take an egg yolk, and mix it with some regiano cheese, and pepper.

Quesadilla Saute. (Ask Aida)
Poblano, serrano, and jalapeno peppers, sauteed with onions, garlic, and chicken broth!
Technically the recipe called for mostly poblano's, but I made a mistake at the grocery store and bought serranos! After sauteing, simply create your quesadilla on a cookie sheet, then bake til done.

My William Fitzsimmons cd did not arrive yet, but I wasn't really expecting it to. The official release date is tomorrow, and check out how cool this is! When I bought the album, I got a free one year subscription to Paste Magazine. I had never heard of them either, but apparently they are a magazine that features indie bands. Every magazine comes with a sampler CD, how sweet is that! Well, even cooler, I got an email Saturday saying they were streaming the whole album on their site. This guy is in my top 5 favorite artists, so take a minute to go over and listen to a few songs. All you need to do is head here then look on the right side of the webpage for the 'paste station'. Click the 'Album Streams', then 'William Fitzsimmons-The Sparrow and the Crow'. I like the whole cd of course, but I recommend you check out 'Find Me to Forgive' or 'Further From You', Actually listen to the whole thing!!

Look for a BIG announcement later this week,

ciao!

(now playing....streaming feed from paste!)