Matt in the Middle: Silver Trumps Sterling! No More Sterling/Silver

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Silver Trumps Sterling! No More Sterling/Silver

I am $ure $he love$ him for his per$onality

THIS WAS YESTERDAY'S BLOG BUT I NEVERE POSTED IT! LOL

I have to touch on the biggest story in the U. S. and A.. Unless you have zero media coverage or live in a cave you have, no doubt, heard about the racist comments by The Los Angeles Clippers' owner Donald Sterling. I am not completely naive and I see racism every day/night. Racism, sexism and any kind of negative "ISM" drive me totally bananas (hopefully that is not a negative comment against bananas). I have always taken people on a person-by-person basis and I do not understand the kind of thinking where you cannot tolerate an entire people based on the loud obnoxious ones. People are pressuring the Clippers' players to not play in game 5 of their play-off series. During Sunday's game the players consciously did not display the team logo during warm-ups; they took their warm-ups off at center court and threw them to the hardwood. Red Bull (the so-called energy drink) has announced that they will suspend all of their marketing activities with the Clippers. I think they were the first to make this announcement and now many other companies have followed suit - CarMax, Corona, AQUAhydrate, Virgin America, Kia Motors, Sprint, LoanMart, Amtrak, LumberLiquidators, Mercedez-Benz, Yokohama Tire Corporation, Commerce Hotel & Casino, Southern California Ford, Mandalay Bay Hotels, Adidas... Anheiser-Busch and Miller Brewing Company are not official sponsors of The Clippers but they saw a way to get some free advertising in saying they are watching the situation closely. I am kind of tainted by advertising and these companies know where their bread is buttered so they are gonna get their names out there. I want to go on record to state that Dirty Laundry Podcast and Matt In The Middle do not intend to spend advertising dollar one with The Los Angeles Clippers!

The Miami Heat showing their solidarity

While driving around at work last night I listened to a lot of sports-talk radio and was very impressed by Keith Olbermann's commentary on this matter. I just posted it to my Facebook page but here is a link if you are interested - Olbermann Clippers Link

Immediately after I posted that link to my Facebook page I received an alert that Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA for life (another clip right there - no "clip" pun intended). I was going to go on to make a comparison of the new NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and how nobody has made the Sterling- Silver connection that I have heard but now the connection is moot; there is no longer a connection there. Sports has done the right thing, eventually, more times than not throughout history and I am happy to still have faith in professional athletics. I would delete all of this but I have been writing it and editing Dirty Laundry Podcast simultaneously and I think this is still relevant. So, I will leave it. I just watched a bit of Adam Silver's announcement and it actually brought tears to my eyes. I cannot imagine the emotion that was felt when Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his I Have A Dream speech if this is how I felt over this one. I would have been blubbering like a baby in Washington D.C. that day. We shall overcome!

Dirty Laundry Podcast is uploading now and should be available by the time you read this. This has been crazy. I have been monitoring the news, editing the show, trying to write this blog and many other household things. Uh oh!!!! DLP problems. It has come from me trying to do too many things simultaneously. I really need to quit my job so I have more time for my hobbies. If the show sucks this week it is ENTIRELY on me and the distractions of racism in the world...

I have just about had it with media for today (media overload) so I am gonna call it a wrap. Thanks a lot for stopping by. Have a great night and I will blog again tomorrow. TTTT...MITM (out). See, there was even less joy in my wrap-up than usual today. Hey, that reminds me, tomorrow is Cha Cha and my 26th wedding anniversary.

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Matt In The Middle Blogssary

47% Rule - Matt in the Middle is 47 % estrogen
53% Rule - Matt in the Middle is 53% testosterone
Agitator (the) - Matt's podcast name (revealed in blog and podcast number 2
B. S. - blog stuff
Big Sexy - Jay Cole's drink of choice (Jack and Coke) - doesn't necessarily have to be Jack
Blogcast - our podcast (Dirty Laundry)
Bloggestion - now in Urban Dictionary meaning something suggested on a blog or taking a few minutes to understand (like suggested or digested)
Blogging Suit - like a NASCAR driver's racing suit with all of the sponsors patches
Blogssary - blog glossary
Blogisodes - episodes of this blog
BWAK - blogged with a kiss
Ca-Ching - the sound of the cash register as I try to gain sponsors that will never actually happen (I'm not really that delusional) - same as ka-ching
Cha Cha - revealed to be Sugar Momma's new name on premier podcast
Cheese & Quackers - our resident ducks. she is cheese and he is quackers
Ciaoloha - MITM's new mega-word "discovered" on Columbus Day 2011. It combines "hello," "goodbye," "love," "podcast" and "blog" into one happy little package!
Copyright - something that I think is clever and original that needs to be protected as original intellectual material (like it would really hold up in court)
Dirty Laundry - our podcast/blogcast launched 4/1/11
Discomboobulated - a word Bret Michaels used on Celebrity Apprentice when he meant discombobulated though discomboobulated is an actual word
Fabio - the name my son preferred being called on the blog (the artist formerly known as Sparky)
Judii - the sister I never had but wish I did (my unofficial sister)
Ka-ching - the sound of the cash register as I try to gain sponsors that will never actually happen (I'm not really that delusional) - same as ca-ching
Kajunkles - used for people who don't know how to run correctly. Body parts moving against one another rather than together for the common goal of running (could be a noun, proper noun or a verb). Trying to accomplish something against seemingly impossible odds.
The Lost Sock - Cha Cha's brother (and my brother-in-law). One of the best people I have known in my life.
MADYM - One of my very good friends - Mary. She was given this name based on an acronym of her name by one of my other very good friends Stacee. Together they came up with the MITM theme song idea. She was also our maid of honor or matron of honor (I don't know the difference).
Middle - anything average or center (Middle of the country, Middle of life, average intelligence, a regular joe (or joan)...)
MITM - Matt In The Middle
Ms. Peabody - Maisy (our dog) because of Mr. Peabody
Nature Girl - Another very good friend- Sue. Given this name because of being a combination of Diane Fossey, Caroline Ingalls and Danielle Boone (lady Daniel)
Patent / Patent Pending - something that I think is clever and original that needs to be protected as original intellectual material (like it would really hold up in court)
PFT - Plasma Fun Time - donating plasma - twice a week.
Roz - my pink/fuchsia i-pod nano. Named for Roz Kelly who played Pinky Tuscadero on tv's Happy Days. She goes with me everywhere to play my life's soundtrack and measure my steps with her pedometer.
Sparky - my son's blog pseudonym (see also Fabio)
Splenda - my daughter's blog pseudonym
Sponsorship Patch - when I mention a known product to try to get sponsorships and want to put a patch on my blogging suit
Stacee - a friend from high school that is a great inspiration to me continuously. The Cosmos keep bringing us back together electronically (MySpace, Facebook, Blog...) even though we haven't "seen" each other for nearly thirty years.
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheels theme song of MITM. Idea suggested by MADY and Stacee
Sugar Momma - my wife, Jill
Trademark - something that I think is clever and original that needs to be protected as original intellectual material (like it would really hold up in court)
TTTT - Ta Ta 'Til Tomorrow
TWSS - that's what she said
WTF - why the face?

Potato Soup

Ingredients Needed:
1 - 32 oz. box Vegetarian Vegetable Broth (I used Swanson's)
can substitute with chicken broth if you wish
1 - package of Country Gravy Mix (I used McCormick's)
okay to use sausage gravy mix if you wish
1 - 26 oz. package of frozen hash browns

Cook hash browns in a large pot. Cook potatoes until slightly browned stirring often so as not to burn the hash browns. While the hash browns are cooking prepare the country gravy mix as directed on package. Once the potatoes are done to your liking slowly pour the broth into the pot with the potatoes and reduce heat and simmer until hot. After the potatoes and broth are hot add the gravy mix and continue to simmer until thickened. Serve and eat.

** special note...I like it extra spicy so I add an extra package of county gravy mix to the finished mixture and whisk and heat.

Just like I always say - add whatever you want (peas, onions...) and make it your own. And, as always, ENJOY!

Sangria Wine Recipe (reposted from 4/22/10)

I also made Sangria yesterday to honor Earth's goodness (truthfully so I could get lit). I am not a wine drinker because most wines are too dry in my opinion and I am not a big fan of cotton-mouth. I liked the movie "Sideways" though so I want to like wine. I was watching Planet Green a couple of days ago while I was cleaning the kitchen and folding laundry like a real man and Emeril Lagasse was making paella on "Emeril Green". He also threw in, as an after-thought, Sangria so I hit the record button. Well he did it very fast and didn't say measurements or anything but he gave the basics so I came up with my own recipe and I think it turned out well though I made A LOT! Sugar Momma says I am a man of excess - isn't that what "man" means? Anyway, here's my Sangria recipe but I suggest you might want to cut the volume down unless you are having a small country over for dinner:

ingredients (I would suggest cutting the liquids in half)

3 liters of inexpensive Shiraz (Frontera Mendoza 2009)
1 cup of Grand Marnier
1 cup of brandy
1 cup of lime juice
3 limes
3 lemons
2 granny smith apples
2 large oranges
12 oz. sugar
33.8 oz sparkling water (Pellegrino)
64 oz. orange juice
ice

In a HUGE bowl slice the fruit and cover with sugar, mix. Add Shiraz and stir. Add ice to hold the fruit under while it drowns in the wine. Add Grand Marnier and brandy and stir. Add lime juice, orange juice and sparkling water and stir. Let sit for awhile so the tastes blend. Taste and add ingredients to taste (I added a little more lime juice and sugar). Find the biggest vessel you own for storage (mine is a pot like they used in those headhunter movies to cook people which is now sitting on our stove). Sweet and fruity just like me. Share with your friends/neighbors and your boss at review time.

Caprese Paninis

Ingredients you will need:

good loaf of bread (I used Italian bread)
mozzarella cheese
pesto sauce (I used jarred Classico brand - found by pastas)
fresh basil leaves
extra virgin olive oil
tomatoes

And here we go:
slice the bread and brush extra virgin olive oil on both sides of each slice. Clean and separate basil leaves. Slice tomatoes. Grate Cheese. Lightly grill one side of each slice of bread. Flip the bread when lightly toasted. After flipping the bread spread pesto on the toasted side and top with shredded cheese while the other side toasts. Once the second side is toasted and the cheese is starting to melt remove it from the

grill and top with two slices of tomato side-by-side and put a basil leaf on each tomato slice. Remove another slice of the toast with the pesto and cheese mixture from the grill and place it cheese/pesto side down on top of the tomato and basil'd toast to form a sandwich. (They could just as easily be done in a frying pan or on a George Foreman Grill...)

Done! Very simple and delicious!

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Silver Trumps Sterling! No More Sterling/Silver

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