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February 22, 2007

Any thoughts on Francis Schaeffer?

Hi smart people out there in the blogosphere!

We're about to start showing our high school kids parts of Francis Schaeffer's video series How Should We Then Live.

We were watching an episode tonight and thought it was very insightful for the most part, but leaped around a bit historically and theologically.

Have any of you had experience with his work? I found some of his books helpful in a rough spot in graduate school.

Thanks for your input!

T&J

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Icicles!

It's been really pretty around here...

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February 13, 2007

Wish me luck!

I'm flying out of town to a real job interview tomorrow!

Excited and nervous!!

And hoping that the mounds of snow don't get in my way....

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February 2, 2007

Casserole and time warp

I was trying to figure out what to make with some leftover kielbasa & a bunch of sweet potatoes yetserday. So I made up this casserole. Something about the comination of casseroleness, using up leftovers, and canned pineapples brought on a flashback to the 1950s.

2 lbs. sweet potatoes
1 lb. light kielbasa, thinly sliced into rounds
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 can (24 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice, drained, reserving juice
1 lb. onions, sliced thinly
3-4 tblsp. sugar
1-2 tblsp. olive oil
1 tblsp butter or margarine

1. Bake sweet potatoes about one hour at 400.
2. Meanwhile, mix together spices, salt and pepper.
3. When cool enough to handle, peel and mash potatoes with reserved pineapple juice, and 3 tsps. of spice mixture.
4. Spread in 13x9 pan. Top with sliced kielbasa. Mix pineapple with 1 tsp. of spice mixture. Put into 350 oven for about 40 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, cook onions in olive oil until translucent. Mix in suger and the rest of the spice mixture. Add butter and stir until lightly browned. Pour on top of casserole and cook for 5-10 minutes more.

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New York Movie List, cont.

okay, here's the movie list so far, from suggestions and movies that I've remembered:

*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [book and movie are extraordinarily powerful. And a good reflection of the immigrant experience and the diversity of New York City. And I found out what rag pickers are]

*Almost any Woody Allen movie [Jeannette's suggestion]

*The Godfather movies, especially the second one with flashbacks to New York during the early part of the 20th century, and an incredible scene of Ellis Island

*Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence (Joanna's read the book, and we're planning to watch the movie together. [update: we watched it--it's quite good]

*Ric Burns' many hour documentary New York.

*The haunting indy film In America, taking place in Hell's Kitchen

*Ghostbusters [Tim Smith's suggestion--wow, I haven't seen that movie since I was wee!]

*Men in Black [Tim Smith again. Ooo, that reminds me of seeing Will Smith in his recent movie Pursuit of Happyness , which is incredible]

*The Muppets Take Manhattan [*grin* Non-sequiter, for some reason the teenagers at church have developed an obsession with the Swedish Chef. A few weeks ago they had a slumber party at our house and wanted to fast-forward through our Muppet Show DVD to all of the Swedish Chef bits, and then performed their own interpretations for us].

Any other ideas, folks? We'll keep the list going!

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