Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Pom Pom
Paddy Partee!
Woohoo!
Akubi and Tanuki wish you a
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick's Day
jdr3k

Aaah, my boys were such cute puppies too.
I miss that puppy smell.




Another game: Find the Key!

Zoo Pond Algae Turns Polar Bear Green!

Not only do McCain's screens and Casey's Modesto Pool turn algae green, but polar bears too!

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Green-colored polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo.

The polar bears at at a zoo in central Japan turned green as a result of algae in their pool.

Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae...
Polar bears turn green after dip in zoo pond Hat tip to Wagga for the find!
Does the zoo pond include koi and stuff?
Speaking of koi, Lou found an overpriced house with a sweet koi pond.
I may have already posted this somewhere...
Camille Rose Garcia - the veritable queen of gin drinking cephalopoda, emo swans, suicidal fawns & eerie, axe-wielding heroines - will exhibit new works at New York’s Jonathan LeVine Gallery in a solo show entitled Ambien Somnambulants from tomorrow onwards.
Suzanne G.

New blog that has promise: My Husband Would be Mad


Influential teenage shit.

The Green Fairy

More from this absinthe series here.



In unrelated news, (for those who missed it in the comments in the last post) this is the menu the G8 leaders enjoyed while discussing the world food crisis:

Collapsed Pool

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!
Wouldn't Akubi look adorably pissed off in this Hello Kitty™ costume?


While browsing for Sweet Deals™ I discovered this gem. If you're tempted to snap it up, I'm sorry to say it is in firm escrow.

I just love the description of this lovely house:

WARNING, the pool in the rear of yard has collapsed in on itself. The pool deck arond the pool is very dangerous. We are advising that you not enter the rear yard, and if you do enter the rear yard, you are doing so at your own risk. The City of Petaluma may be requiring a soils report.

According to Zillow someone just paid 465K for this POS on 11/30/2007. There must be another Casey out there.

Speaking of Sweet Deals™, upon closer examination my latest find isn't all that impressive. They did a half-ass job on the foundation and ruined the feng shui of the living room by adding a stairway to the "loft" in the attic and didn't bother to obtain permits. When I crawled under the house I discovered that parts of the foundation looked as bad as this one.

Nice chart.

Slime-Green Pools Spread to Kansas City!

It is not just in California anymore!
The Casey Virus™ continues to spread...

Hat tip (again) to Wagga for this find:

Some nights Terry and Carrie Madden won’t even step onto their patio in Waldo — the stench and mosquitoes from the abandoned swimming pool next door are
overpowering.

The Maddens’ cash-strapped neighbors moved out in August, and the lender on the now-vacant house let it fall into disrepair. The pool is slime-green.

Their foreclosures delayed, vacant homes fall into disrepair

Don't miss the slime-green video!

And the Moon over Marin Slouch in hiFi:

The Fascination of the Pool

The Fascination of the Pool by Suzanne G.

I might be an communist idealist when it comes to how I wish the art world would work, but I’m not exaggerating when I say that it always nearly kills me to walk into galleries and see staff seemingly not care about the art they exhibit and/or lack any knowledge about the artists they represent. It hurts not to be able to work in a field I have vast knowledge of and that has eventually become the essence of my life.

Fishnet Friday Jejachitso

If you’re seeking a low carbon feel-good meal this weekend Wagga has the recipe for you: Jejachitso

Cooling my heels by ~DeadThings

The Jejachitso Recipe.

Back before Windows 95 attempted to destroy the world, my business partner introduced me to the
fundamental "noodle soup" concept. Not to be confused with the packaged noodle soups that Casey Serin
refuses to eat. After several years of development, Jejachitso was introduced to a pack of hungry
backpackers on an outing to Santa Cruz Island in the Channel Islands of Southern California. Several
super-sized saucepans were sucked up in seconds. Acclaim followed on successive backpack trips - but don't forget
that that the experimental subjects had a gruelling dozen or two miles under the boots before dinner!.
Jejachitso also gained an inexplicable following as "Fried Lettuce Soup".

Like Cioppino, Jejachitso is a "bring what you got" dish, so do feel free to experiment.

Ingredients:

Broth, Protein, Leafy Vegetables, Garlic, Green Onions, Special Oils, Pasta.

The Base:

Homemade or canned chicken broth, "Minors" or "Better Than Bouillon" base, or "Marmite" (for a more
beefish (but vegetarian) feel). That's the Jewish part. Use at least 1 teaspoon per pint. (Except for Marmite).

The Protein:

Dice up some "Very Firm", "Ultra Firm" or "Construction Grade" Tofu. Sautee to golden plus in a big
cast-iron skillet with a neutral (Canola/Corn) oil. Alternatively, or, in addition, there is shrimp or Ahi
tuna (browned quickly) or calamari or abalone or scallops (as yet untried). Or Kobe beef.
If you haven't guessed, that's the Japanese part.

The Leafy Veggies:

Bok Choi, Pak Choi, NAPA cabbage or even real spinach, but certainly not iceberg lettuce. Cut off the
crunchy parts & sautee in sesame oil. To thicken, construct a roux with several tablespoons of flour,
quenching with a white wine or shitty Chinese beer. Reduce. Toss the sauteed parts & the reserved
green bits into the pot several minutes before serving. Without a doubt, the Chinese part.

The Other Ethnic Bit:

The Italian Job is accomplished by sauteeing at least a handful of garlic cloves in olive oil to golden
perfection. Then sautee (In olive oil) the crunchy parts of the green onions in olive oil. Add the green
parts several minutes before serving. Drained al dente spaghetti or other pasta is optionally added in the
last few seconds. A small amount of brown sugar & white pepper is good.
You could add salt, bay leaves or Italian Seasoning, but that would fuck it up.
So now you know where the "It" part comes from.

The "So" part:

Is it "Soup" - is it nuts - or is it Soy Sauce? GOK

Delicious Friends

::otoshimono::

Speaking of delicious, I really enjoyed this Tie Guan Yin tea this morning and this is mostly a note to self to order some more.

Sanyo's Solar Money Shot

Sanyo calls their creation the Solar Ark. But let’s face it: it’s the Sanyo Solar Penis. At over a thousand feet long and 120 feet high, it’s the biggest solar wang in the world.

The Ark is actually is pretty cool piece of technology. It’s covered with over five thousand high-efficiency solar panels — enough to generate 500,000 KWh of clean, green electricity. There’s a built-in solar energy museum, and multicolor lights across the Ark’s surface can be used to spell out a variety of animated messages. Viagra commercials, perhaps.

No doubt Sony is dying of solar envy.

Sanyo’s Solar Penis Is Bigger Than Yours