Thank you American Soldiers wherever you are!
Happy Veteran’s Day!
Happy Remembrance Day! (Canada & United Kingdom)
Roger Freberg
ISLAM: What the West Needs to Know
Well, here in little San Luis Obispo at a place called Cal Poly, we had a thing called ”
Islamo-Fascist Awareness Week.”
All across our nation’s colleges we had folks demonstrating against the right of other folks to see this movie or speak… or think… or maybe even exist. History does tend to repeat itself…. if we are all not careful.
In any event, it was a happening and many people left feeling surprised about what they had learned… and shocked by what they thought they knew about Islam and what they didn’t.
On a completely different and totally unrelated topic…. Al Queda has redirected some of their energy back into the internet as reported by one news agency:
“On Sunday, Nov. 11, al Qaeda’s electronic experts will start attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim apostate and Shiite Web sites. On Day One, they will test their skills against 15 targeted sites expand the operation from day to day thereafter until hundreds of thousands of Islamist hackers are in action against untold numbers of anti-Muslim sites.”
So why November 11th? Maybe it has to do with our Veteran’s Day… or maybe it has something to do with rekindling of the sputtering glory of the Ottoman empire:
“In the Treaty of Szitvatorok (Nov. 11, 1606), the prewar boundaries were confirmed, and for the first time the sultan accepted the Habsburg emperor as his equal and ended his payments of tribute for northern Hungary.”
As the old Spanish saying,” it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.”
Roger Freberg
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Jenny Craig Maintenance!!
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Well, the divine ‘Dr. Laura’ and I have finally met our weight goals at Jenny Craig! We did it!
Probably the most scary thing for ‘former dieting’ people is keeping the weight off. Fortunately for us, Jenny Craig has a simple program of ‘maintenance.’
This involves adding a larger amount of calories per day tailored to your individual needs… just enough calories so that you maintain your weight.
I augment their program with a weekly ‘event’: Wine, dessert, great company and ‘something special’ as a main entree. This weekend is another special: Bobotie (yep, I am addicted), South African Wine and Amarula Carrott Cake!
So, we’re happy with the ‘new’ us… and if you were ‘chubby’ as we once were and want to change… there is hope… read my blogs under the category “Jenny Craig”… and –hopefully– this will inspire you ,too!
Roger Freberg
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Teach Your Children to Cook!
People are not really all that surprised when a man says he can cook… we’re all getting used to that. It does raise an eyebrow in surprise, when folks discover that your children cook very well… and they naturally ask how ?
Here are a few thoughts:
1) Children — boys and girls alike — enjoy cooking food that they will eat, especially if a) it is something they will enjoy and b) it is relatively simple to make.
I was only a few years old when I cooked up my first pot of rice… it burned at the bottom , I then added butter and I was in heaven!
2) Desserts are usually the first things children are willing to learn. Roughly 80% of all cookies baked are Chocolate Chip, so this is a good place to start. Getting children involved in holiday cookie making, cookies for school birthdays and cake making starts to expand their baking experience!
Karen’s first effort was “Death Cupcakes.” A chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting smothered with chocolate chips and topped with a “Blow-pop”. Obviously, Karen brought cola to school to add to the excitement of her birthdays!
Both Kristin and Karen enjoyed making Mudbars for themselves and their friends!
3) Personally, I never forget the wonderful smell of bread. Baking bread the old fashioned way or with a breadmaker is a logical next step.
Kristin loved her bread and her yummy cheesey breadsticks!
4) Simple meals are next: learning sandwich making, the art of the barbecue and a home made Pizza are always interesting for children!
My nephew Scott loved my “Meat-za Pizza”! Although I don’t know if he ever made one for himself?
“Bobotie” is an easy ‘fun’ dish to make from South Africa!
5) Children are ready for a more ‘academic exercise”… some people call it ‘learning.’ This is where I present them with a simple cookbook (Better Homes and Garden’s is perfect).
Once you get to this point there is no stopping them … Plus… then even Mom and Dad van take a break now and then! Karen & Kristin have developed their own style.
Roger Freberg
PS. When everyone is ready, Seafood Gumbo is fun to make and can be frozen in many little contaniers to extend the enjoyment for the days ahead!
Viva Sanchez! Trojans were ‘el magnifico’ over Irish!
New starting USC Trojan quarterback Mark Sanchez performed wonderfully in the Trojan’s one sided win over the struggling Irish of Notre Dame.
I am sure that the ‘big drop’ the team experienced in the plane flight on the way to meetnig the Irish ensured that everyone was ‘fully awake’ when they were in South Bend! Here’s a few quotes:
“That was terrifying,” fullback Stanley Havili said. “I thought I was going to die.”
“There was a moment there when I was thinking, ‘This is it,’ ” Dennis Slutak, USC’s director of football operations, told The Los Angeles Times.
So, the Trojans are back on track…
Fight On!
Roger Freberg