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Okay, I’m not going to go into much detail about that event.  I think most people know how wretched I feel regarding the pompousness of that particular ceremony.  So I’ll save you the spewing. 

Did I watch the ceremony?  Of course I did.  Even with my disdain for the ceremony, I can’t help but to watch.  There are 3 observations that I would like to make:

1.  Jon Stewart.  Very funny guy.  Added a lot of interest to the ceremony.  Unfortunately (or fortunately) for you, it is unlikely you’ll be asked to repeat as host.  Hollywood and those who watch the glamour of Hollywood, are just not ready for you.  But man, you were funny.  Three 6 Mafia vs. Itzham Perlman Posse.  That cracked me up!
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman.  If Academy’s need to be handed out, you certainly deserve it.  This guy plays some oddball characters and pulls it off.   Along with Capote, check out “Owning Mahoney” if you want to see how brilliant this guy can be.
3. Those people that are nominated for the short and animated short awards.  When they’re at the event and afterwards at the post-ceremony parties, who hangs out with these guys?  They seem like a bunch of normal folks that happen to be bunched into a ceremony with big celebs.  They seem kind of out of place if you ask me.  I wonder which parties they go to and whether they end up sitting in some corner.

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On Saturday, it was Sonia’s birthday!  In keeping with a growing tradition, we got a group together and went skiing.  This time at Horseshoe Valley.  Thanks to Sean, Susan, Dan, Lisa, Tina & Jay for making the trek up to Carriage Hills to share in a perfect day of skiing and good times.  Thanks to Tina in addition for scoring us a sweet deal on lift tickets and the apres-ski dinner.  Thanks to Sonia’s Mom for performing the first FULL DAY OF BABYSITTING Olivia.  Yes, it was our first time away together from home without our pride and joy.  Ever.  And not surprisingly, knowing the good hands she was in, we were quite relaxed and we thoroughly enjoyed our day.  Not feeling guilty in any way, we were very happy and relieved to see a smiling baby that remembered our faces when we came through the door that night.

Hopefully the gang can turn words into action and succeed in the plan to get together on a much larger slope next year like Tremblant or St. Anne!

Sonia, here’s to many more years of me saying to you:  “It’s your day!”.

PS:  skiing is fun.

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It was Chris’ Birthday last Friday and I was hoping to post a wonderful Birthday Recipe for him to try some time.  But I was politically waylaid and forced to deal with foreign policy. 

Now, back to some lighter sides of life.  Here is a recipe that Sonia and I have tried a couple of times and thoroughly enjoyed.  It takes some time and care to prepare but provides an explosion of taste that is quite unique:

 Polenta-encrusted chicken with corn mash, fried bananas and green tomato relish (more…)

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