Jumbie

Pancake Recipe from my friend PsygnisFive:

1 1/2 cups flour

2 1/2 Teespoons baking powder

3/4 Teaspoons salt

1 egg

1 1/4 cups milk

3 Tablespoons oil

Mix together, fry on pan till golden, get them off pan, try to move pan, burn fingers, scream, suck on fingers, dump water on pan, dodge steam, stick the cold pancakes in the microwave, heat, eat, spit out because they taste nasty from being microwaved, throw them out, get frozen packaged pancakes from the store.

Lies. They're all Lies! I dont care what the photographs show!

Lets try for John Goodman to Charles Bronson

Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman in 'Unforgiven'

Gene Hackman and Will Smith in 'Enemy of the State'

Will Smith and Randy Quaid in 'Independence Day'

Randy Quaid and Rick Moranis in 'Honey, I Shrank the Kids'

Rick Moranis and John Goodman in 'The Flintstones'

damn. I just mentioned this flick in the Lady of Guadalupe thread up in Aristotle's Lyceum. Thought I was the only one who knew about it.

The NYTimes review seems very enthusiastic.

Whoever sees it, could you give it a mention in the Guadalupe thread if there's any relevance?

Hope the movie's as good as it seems.

As far as actual movies

Come September (an old Rock Hudson movie.)

Hard Target (any movie with 'hard' in it really...)

And for spoofs. I know there was a Buttman cybersex CD once.

Anal Attraction is a real porno.

I'm still looking for part 2 of 'Bastard'. Man, I loved that first part.

Some tennis fan I am. Pete already HAS 13. So I guess the 4th choice will be...No, He has to win the French!

Pete Sampras is dogged by the same issues I brought up in the Michael Jordan poll: He's got the drive, but his body can't produce the goods anymore. His last tournament win was over a year ago. He crashed out of his last tournament in the first round against an unknown.

It's a strange sport where you're considered old at 30. Yet Andre Agassi is considered to be fit and never seems fazed by a 5 set battle. Yet he's 32 (or thereabouts) Is age really that much of a factor?

ANd will Pete ever win again? Should he still try?

Jordan has ended his first season back after his 2nd retirement. This season saw highs (52 points against Charlotte for example) and lows (6 points in the game before Charlotte).

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-...Jordan-Out.html

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I have never seen a man more commited to winnning than Jordan. Actually, what I see in him is not a desire to win as much as a desire to triumph. That won't ever change, but can his body still  keep up?

ANd I just wanted to mention that I still think that McKellan was a lousy choice for Magneto. He did great in the role cuz he turned it into something he wanted it to be. But it wasn't the comic book Magneto.

McKellan as Gandalf... now there's a great piece of casting.

C'mon admit it... you all saw the superman movie before you ever read a comic. So, for you Reeves IS superman. certainly he is for me.

But he wasn't the best physical specimen for the role. He's a great actor. He did a piece for 'INside the Actor's Studio" and he revealed a whole lot of the work that went into pulling off the clark/superman duality. He had the height and the eyes and the determinied look and everything, but he wasn't pumped up enough.

Nicholson's Joker on the other hand, didn't have any great physical requirements to live up to. Just psychotic tendencies. And, really, who does psychotic tendencies better than Nicholson?

maybe Keaton? Look at Beetlejuice. I think Keaton was a great choice for Batman because he can do the psycho bit. He'd have been great as Joker if Nicholson hadn't taken the job.

Hackman played Luthor far too clownishly (granted he did so deliberately. Director's preference and alla that. We've seen him play 'little' Bill)

What I wanna know is... how could you guys forget Arnold as Conan?

And I think Tobey McGuire as Peter Parker was a great choice too. Though we have yet to SEE him in the role

But we all know the man who made the role just part of him was Nicholson so forget this talk about the others... I'm off to vote.

Well, the first Led song I heard was Stairway to Heaven. ANd it's still my favorite. 2nd and 3rd would be immigrant song and The Ocean.

More wierd meat is on the way:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/03/22/f...food/index.html

I think this'll have a lot of far reaching effects if it works out. SciFi novels always showed hydroponics being used for plants. Guess this shifts things a bit

As long as we're bashing boybands...

http://www.cnn.com/2002....ex.html

what I wanna know is... can we arrange for him not to come back?

Being overweight shlould be treated as a health problem. While I certainly don't advocate getting on anyone's case for being fat (I know it'll only make them feel bad, without accomplishing anything) Kids need to make it to adulthood healthy After that they can eat as much crap as they want.

http://www.cnn.com/2002....ex.html

I recently watched my friend's little brother play some of an old N64 game called Conker's Bad Fur Day.

The bits I saw were hilarious. It's a british game and involves great comedy, cussin, shit and piss jokes, alcohol and Squirrels.

ANybody played this? Any comments? knowledge of a sequel (for gamecube I expect)?

individual issues are for fanboys.

Once the trade doesn't skip anything I prefer it. Some trades do omit material, so I dont consider them. but most trades have hard to find material.

Not having the ads and letters doesn't bother me. I'll pick up enough individual comics in any case to get that, since not everytihng makes it into trade format

And the New York Dolls? how high were you when you posted this?

The Dolls music wasn't good. they were more about their lead singer's fame than anytihng.

Queen... a list would be helpful. maybe post a URL?

I haven't voted yet. But I'm thinking Jackie.

I've seen Jackie's older stuff and the man has great timing, flexibility and power. don't let the funny shit distract you. he pulls off some serious kicks and defensive moves.

I'm biased against Li too, because he did so much wire work. He's said that he want's to move away from that and get back to more traditional stuff (Like in that french movie he did last year), but The One sounds like more of his old style.

I've heard that Bruce Lee's moves were too fast for the cameras and they had to be reconfigured for his fights. Any truth to this? and how do Jackie and Li figure along those lines?

ANyway... I think this is the hardest fight to call, that we've had in here in a while

Waiting for more arguments before I vote...

Queen, you have done it again! What have you got against N'Sync?

I am outraged that Joey Fatone from N'Sync is being kept out of the Hall of Fame. music politics and mean people like Queen are why he can't get in despite his talent. Just look at him. The man is a living God. He;s not the best dancer of the group but ... look at those pecs. And he's so into Superman, it's adorable. And. and... and...

Waitaminnit. I'm not sure what came over me there. I'm neither gay nor an N'Sync fan. or maybe I am. or... damn.

Umm, Ozzy rocks?

I dont like Hpouse of Ideas. If you want a marvel theme go for "The Danger Room" or "Power and Responsibility" or maybe "Wolverine's Love Shack"

Other ideas: Men in Tights, Panel Discussion, Books with Pictures, Three Color Corner

From the NYTimes.com:

Crowe and Berry Win Actors Guild Honors

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES, March 10 — Russell Crowe was named best actor today at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for portraying a schizophrenic mathematician in "A Beautiful Mind," and Halle Berry was named best actress for her role as the widow of an executed inmate in "Monster's Ball."

Last year, Mr. Crowe won the Academy Award for best actor for "Gladiator." If he wins for "A Beautiful Mind," he would be the first person to win two straight best-actor Oscars since Tom Hanks won for "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump" in 1993 and 1994.

The guild awards provide a glimpse at how the Oscars might shake out on March 24. In SAG's seven previous awards shows, 11 of 14 lead-actor recipients went on to win Oscars. The SAG awards, voted on by the union's 98,000 members, are given in five film and eight television categories.

Ian McKellen won the supporting- actor honor for portraying the wizard Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." Helen Mirren took the supporting- actress prize as a coolly efficient housekeeper in "Gosford Park."

The acting honors closed the last weekend of awards before the Oscars. On Saturday, Ron Howard won the top award from the Directors Guild of America for "A Beautiful Mind." The Directors Guild winner has won the Oscar 49 out of 54 times.

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Jumbie's note: The academy of motion picture sciences is made up mostly of actors. So the SAG awards are a good indicator of the how most of the academy voted.

From CNN.com:

Fungus or fake meat? It's both.

March 11, 2002

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A fake meat that is made from fungus, but looks and tastes like chicken has arrived in U.S. supermarkets. In Europe, the meat substitute rivals soyburgers and similar products in popularity.

Known as mycoprotein, it is marketed under the trade name Quorn (pronounced kworn) and made into a variety of products, including chicken-like nuggets, lasagna and fettuccine Alfredo -- even an alternative to ground beef, called "grounds."

"It's wonderful as far as consumers are concerned," said Leslie Bonci, a nutrition specialist who first tried mycoprotein in a London restaurant. "It's a lot of protein for a minimal amount of calories and three to four grams of fiber."

Scientists found the fungus growing on farms west of London in the 1960s and discovered that its long strands could be made into a product that mimicked the fibrous tissue of meat.

The fungus is now grown through fermentation, mixed with egg and flavorings and fashioned into imitation chicken or beef.

The product was developed by a subsidiary of the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and introduced in Britain in 1985. It is now eaten in one in 20 British households, the company says, and is sold in six other European countries. It arrived in U.S. stores in January after getting approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

"I think it's got a lot of potential. We just have to make sure fungus is not going to appear on the label anywhere," said Bonci, director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

It doesn't.

Labels on Quorn products say that mycoprotein "comes from a small, unassuming member of the mushroom family, which we ferment like yogurt."

That sounds much more appealing than calling it a fungus -- mycoprotein means fungal protein -- but it also is not accurate, critics say.

"It has as much to do with mushrooms as you and I have to do with salamanders," said Michael Jacobson, executive director of the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest. "We all know what a mushroom looks like. This ain't it."

His group has complained to the FDA about the label, and says the agency should not have approved mycoprotein without requiring more review of its potential to cause allergic reactions, because it has not been consumed in this country before.

A panel of U.S. scientists that reviewed the product at the manufacturer's expense decided there was little chance people would be allergic to Quorn and that the product had many nutritional benefits. Their report, published last year in the journal Food Technology, was submitted to the government.

"I think it's going to lend itself to a lot of different things, particularly for people who want to limit their intake of meat protein," said Sanford Miller, a former FDA food safety chief who headed the panel.

A serving of Quorn nuggets has 180 calories, eight grams of fat (about six less than chicken nuggets), three grams of fiber and no cholesterol. A 10.6 ounce-box of the product sells for $3.69 in a Washington-area stores.

Quorn lasagna has 12 grams of fat, 15 milligrams of cholesterol and four grams of fiber.

Quorn's maker had $150 million sales in Europe last year and is projecting 20 percent growth this year with the U.S. introduction. It's sold in about 200 U.S. natural foods stores and supermarkets.

Two-thirds of all new food products fail within two years, but this one may be different, said John Lord, a professor of food marketing at St. Joseph's University. "It sounds like it's a really good opportunity for people who want to eat healthy but still have some sort of sensory satisfaction.