My last post featured a video that bummed me out. But Allen Ginsberg cheered me up!! I know of Allen Ginsberg, but never delved into any of his work too much. But finding myself quite fond of it. Addressing pretty serious issues with humor, music, and a bit edge.
And John Stewart Helped too. He is trying not to make fun of an easy target, Marcus Bachman. It's really funny to me because recently I was sitting at a reception of pretty conservative folks. Among them were extremely conservative church goers & even a minister and his wife. Let's say the general consensus was that being gay was very wrong, being Muslim very wrong, and being a gay Muslim?? Forget it! The funny part, my gaydar was on overload. The depressing part, these folks had themselves convinced that there was one "right" way to be "Good with God" and it involved only their brand of Christianity (forget any other religion) and it did not involve being Gay. However, 3 out of the 4 men at the table were very gay.....especially the minister. But Matt & Trey cheered me up.
And My Big Gay Ginger Cinnamon Lime Balls Cheered me up too!
From the Raw Food book of Erica Palmcrantz and Irmela Lilja.
Raw Food: A Complete Guide for Every Meal of the Day
Yes, dates, figs, AND nuts. A true sugar & fat fest.
The "Secret" Ingredient. Not just another raw chocolate ball!
All you need is the Cusinart!
These balls were great!! A nice change from the usual chocolate, hemp, etc...balls that I always seem to make. The book is fabulous too. Erica and Irmela are Swedish and there are lots of beautiful photos. Recipes are slightly different than a lot of the Raw Food books in the States. They seem more simple and more based on lots of veggies. I don't there were any really extended, complicated recipes that required you to look at 3 other pages just to "prepare" the ingredients for one dish!
So the giner lime cinnamon balls were great, but didn't make up for all the hate talk flying around these days. But Matt & Trey sure do their darndest!!!
I know, there are some date haters out there. But check out this NutritionFacts.Org Video created by Dr. G. Apparently Dates aren't the Satanic Beast that some Raw Foodists have made them out to be! Not meaning to say to just eat 4 pounds of dates a day..........but it did make me feel slightly better about my raw cookies. I'm just not the wheatgrass guzzlin', green juice drinking, 90 day juice feasting kind of striving to be breatharian yet......Anyhoot. A short video below, and follow the link really, if you too are slightly bummed out about the "current" affairs. Funny, you would think that most of the politicians are too busy having their own private illicit affairs to be too concerned with what everyone else is doing in their bedroom, or gasp, in other rooms of the house. Don't forget, Wet or Dry Dates, they are okay.
*Bladder Blues. Did chicken cause your bladder infection? Anupy's Arsenic & UTI Free, Tradtional Vegan Zero Chicken Curry. Bill Maher & Jane Lynch for "Weinerlogues" and Belly Laughs.
*Weiner Woes. Smaller Shorter Schlongs Caused By Eating Cock.
* Weiner Warts. STD's from Meat? HPV in the Kitchen. "No Honey, it wasn't another man. Just a slab of bacon". "Cock Cancer". It's not Just For the Chickens.
*Meat eating Tea Partiers and Republicans accepting Welfare? Why Meat Eaters have to PAY for sex.
*Jay Nixon has been Neutered. Bend over & ditch the KY, this is a Rough One. (Just in case you thought it was just Republicans & Tea Partiers that I vented about!)