Democracy?

I don’t like politics. My writing here is for the sole reason of thinking about democracy as it is practiced today. So, Obaden or Mcalin? Election shmelection… Who determines it? Let me make some assumptions here… My first and most important assumption would be that over 90% of voters do not know much about the … Read more

Eagle Eye – Movie Review

  Fun action movie with some “borrowed” elements. Without putting a spoiler here, I’d just say that the story is about a person (and he’s getting company later) that one day starts to get commands and be controlled by someone to actions he is forced to do with no choice.  Of course there’s much more, … Read more

Smoked/Roasted beef – Recipe

  Was asked one day “I have this meat, how should I cook it?”, so I had to come with a quick answer… Here it is: Ingredients: A nice piece of meat for roasting, rib eye (or prime rib) will be good,  1/2 Lb per person A stick of butter,  room temperature soft Olive oil Coarsely … Read more

Righteous Kill – Movie Review

        Good acting and OK story, slow at times. The story is about a cop who takes the law in his own hands (a “Dexter” if you watch HBO, but without the slice and dice…), with twists and turns. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are being and acting exactly as you … Read more

Burn After Reading – Movie Review

If you get the Coen brothers,  you’ll dig this movie. It’s a story of not so sharp people finding a disk that they believe contain classified info, trying to sell it, and creating a whole mixed up story around it. Acting is great, from Brad Pitt as the gym instructor, the angry John Malkovich, the … Read more

Spare ribs Chinese style – Recipe

Also check  “Ribs (Houston’s restaurant inspired)” These are like candy covered meat, and are tender and delicious…  Ingredients: Spare Ribs,  cut into single ribs, 3- 4 pounds 2 Garlic Cloves ¾  Cup brown sugar (or “Sugar in the raw”) ¼ cup vinegar Juice from one lemon ¼ cup soy sauce 1 cup water 2 tablespoons … Read more

Pancakes from scratch – Recipe

It comes out so excellent! Ingredients: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon white sugar ½  teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 ½  cups milk 3 tablespoons butter (salted or unsalted, does not matter).   Maple syrup for serving.   Preparation: Melt butter in a microwave (about 30 seconds, in a microwave … Read more

BBQ anything – Recipe

This one is simple and delicious. Can be done with chicken wings, strips of beef, ribs (baby back or spare cut into individual ribs), prime rib, etc. You start with mixing the sauce. You need a good amount of sauce, to not just cover all the meat, but also to let the meat be immersed in … Read more

Bangkok Dangerous (2008) – Movie Review

Cage, cage.   I wanted to start with a witty “Mr. Cage, you are very cagy”, but it doesn’t mean anything, so I’ll skip it. Nicolas Cage just always has that sad expression on his face, and he can’t get very exciting…. Gloomy expression continually? Come on… The movie has some reasonably good action scenes … Read more