Seymour Howard Diary

Hi everyone! My name is Barrie and I am a big Disney World fan. As a child I received a book about Disneyland from an aunt in California. It was a photo book of all the rides and attractions with small descriptions of each. I’m sure you’ve seen similar books for sale in the parks. I used to spend hours looking at that book and dream about being able to hang out in the Swiss Family Robinson tree house and ride on the monorail. But I lived in Ohio and California was a long way away. There wasn’t much chance of me going there.

Disney World opened in Florida when I was in my twenties but by then I was, of course, way too cool for Disney. I was so cool in fact that I decided to move to Oregon to become one with nature. A few years later my mother moved to Florida, only two hours from Orlando. Oh my gosh, I could barely contain my excitement. I guess I wasn’t so cool after all! That was about 17 or so years ago and since then I have lost count of how many times I have been a guest of the Mouse.

In the past few years I’ve become a bit of a photography buff as well. I’ve always been interested in photography. Now that I think of it, it’s probably because of that book! Until recently I couldn’t really afford it as a hobby though – it just cost too much to develop roll after roll of my not-so-great photos!

But once digital cameras came onto the scene I was bit by the photography bug. I started out with a cheap little 1.5 megapixel point and shoot camera. A little over a year ago I graduated to a Nikon D50, my first real dslr camera. Disney World is absolutely my favorite place to take pictures and when I am there I am rarely without my camera to my eye. I still consider myself a novice and as I learn more I like to share what I’ve learned with other Disney World fans. That’s why I’m so excited that Deb asked me to join the AllEars® team of bloggers.

I hope you’ll enjoy my view of Disney World. Along with sharing some of the Disney World photos I’ve taken, I plan to offer up some tips for taking great photos on your next trip. I will also share a few resources and fun photo projects I’ve discovered. We may even play some photo games. I’d love to hear from you if you’ve got comments or suggestions – just use the feedback form. And as I close this introduction I’d like to offer my gratitude to Deb for the opportunity to connect with you all – thanks again Deb, this is going to be fun!

In Siena, where I’m shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Sarah Hannah, one of the editors of Barrow Street, who only a few months ago was generous enough to take an interest in Severance Songs, and with whom I enjoyed a brief correspondence. She has a new book coming out this fall and it’s strange and terrible to realize once again how the things we create may live on and even speak on after us, without actually being us.

After two days in the wondrous citadel of Calcata (the one-hundred-percent accurate article about the place that inspired us to go there can be found here), we drove north and passed through a bit of Umbria and stopped for the night at a magical country inn, La Locanda del Gallo, south of the town of Gubbio. It’s spendy, but I would recommend it to anyone traveling in Italy, and further recommend that you stay more than one night if you can. The setting is remote and hauntingly beautiful, less worked over than the Tuscan landscape we’re seeing now (though that too is very beautiful of course). They served us a marvelous dinner of fettucine with truffles, salmon, and delicate pork cutlets. The next afternoon we drove through astonishing mountains and villages (my favorite, where we didn’t take time to stop, was Cortona) to Siena and a little agriturismo on the northern edge of town. We’ll be here for four days, so it’s our first extended stay anywhere since Rome, and we’re grateful. Writing this from an internet point just a hundred meters from the Piazza del Campo, maybe the most beautiful public square in Italy. It’s all hallucinatory and yet real, with hundreds of fellow turisti to remind us that we’re only passing through this medieval dreamscape.

Almost out of time–I hope to post something a little less in the ordinary vein of travelogue sometime in the next few days.

So, there is a group of friendly food bloggers who are going around tagging each other to be interviewed. I particularly enjoyed Gilly’s interview over at Humble Pie and piped up in a comment for her to interview me. I was thrilled to receive my five questions from the lovely Gillian and now you can read the full interview. As she had warned, the questions are quite personal, so you’ll be getting a glimpse into the inner workings of life around here!
Humble Pie: Can you tell us a bit more about your experiences in the professional cooking industry - What were you responsible for? What did you like best about it? Least about it? UtHC: Well,I started working in restaurants when I was 17 and never looked back. Since then it was been a wild and wonderful ride that has taken me from a remote fly-in fishing camp on the BC coast where I was camp cook, all the way to Montreal’s fine dining scene, with plenty of bistros (and one year of cooking school) in between.
My three-year stint at Montreal’s Toque! Restaurant (at the time, it was the best in the city) certainly honed my cooking skills and further developed my palate. It left me with an insatiable desire to search out the best ingredients possible for my own personal cooking (often more of a pain in the neck than a blessing) and to accept nothing but the best from fine restaurants that charge the big bucks. It was also during this time that my family officially labeled me a food snob! LOL! I was chef du parti garde manger, basically responsible for all the entrees. I loved the accessibility to fine ingredients such as truffles, wild mushrooms and fresh seafood and the challenges the job brought, but it was very demanding on my home life and not a job I could pursue while raising a family.
I also worked for Montreal caterer, Philippe de Vienne, and loved every minute of it. I loved being a private chef, going into people’s homes with my mise en place, and cooking the food for these elaborate parties they threw. I met great people, saw some of Montreal’s finest homes, and was immensely proud of every plate I served. Humble Pie: Montreal is one of my absolute favorite cities in all of Canada - in your opinion, what makes it so special and unique in regards to food and drink? UtHC: How can I summarize? European influence; market-based cuisine; young up-and-coming chefs featuring Quebec-based products; bakeries and shops handed down from generation to generation offering the best of the old world; the rise of the low-priced-yet-gourmet bistro; Quebec’s incomparable cheeses, maple syrups, ice wines, seafood and game featured on menus around town; world class chefs who’s creativity knows no limits; the fact that after living here for eight years I am still discovering great new places to eat; and of course, the heavy competition that drives restaurants to stand out in a city packed with memorable dining experiences. Humble Pie: Walk us through a typical day in your household. UtHC: Morning: French press coffee for me and apple juice for Noah as we kiss Dada goodbye. A leisurely breakfast, then a romp upstairs while we make the beds, get dressed and then head outside. We work in the garden, dig for worms, pick flowers, mow the lawn, swing, and play. Then back in the house, it’s story time, followed by a nap for Noah, while I fly around the place, waving my magic housewife wand to clean it and get a shower in if I am lucky.
Afternoon: Picnic lunch in the park with friends, then head over to the market for some inspiration for supper. Asparagus, strawberries and watermelon are all looking pretty good now. Back at home we play or bake something yummy with Noah standing on a chair being a big helper. After that, Noah goes down for another nap (still a 2-napper, yay!) and I brew a cup of tea, throw a load of laundry in, and sit down to catch up on emails, phone calls, blogging, and business. If I am lucky, I’ll get to play around with a new a recipe or two during this downtime. Supper is usually started by now and when Noah wakes up, we have an art or music lesson and play some more.
Supper is on the table as soon as Danny gets home, and the whole family sits down together.
Evening: We love walking after supper, and all too often find ourselves at the local ice cream shoppe! LOL!
Noah goes to bed early, giving us adults a nice long evening to kick back together. Humble Pie: I’ve read about a couple of your traveling adventures - where all have you traveled? Is there anywhere you haven’t been that you would like to go? UtHC: Well, like you, I love to dream about far away places. I am interested in every part of the globe, (except maybe Las Vegas, I have no desire to ever go there) so you see, I still have a lot of traveling to do! My parents instilled the travel bug in my siblings and me when we were very young by taking us all to South America for a few months. Since ‘growing up’, I have traveled in Mexico, USA (including Alaska), France, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Turkey, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. I have also visited United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, but haven’t spent enough time in those countries to count them as ones I have really seen. Danny and I plan to travel with our children someday…I think it’s important to show them the world in all it’s splendor–and suffering as well.This traveling family are my heros. Humble Pie: Noah is an absolutely adorable little guy! If you could be certain that he would appreciate and enjoy ONE meal you made for him, what would you make? UtHC: Thanks, Gilly! His current favorite is a bean and cheese burrito with sour cream and a side of guacamole. His aversions are mostly to meat now, and even if I were to sneak some shredded chicken into the burrito, his highly in-tune filtering system would make sure it was pushed out and into his bib.LOL. Thanks, Gilly! I enjoyed your questions and now to the readers who want to be interviewed…read on! DIRECTIONS FOR THE INTERVIEW MEME 1. Leave a comment saying, “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. Beware, I’m not shy of asking personal questions! Please make sure I have your email address.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

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Friday morning I’ll embark on a 12 hour drive to Chicago with a few friends. We’ll be heading down for the Pitchfork Music Festival. This year’s festival will include the likes of Mastodon, Of Montreal, Cat Power, Clipse, The New Pornographers, Dan Deacon and a few other of Pitchfork Media’s favourite artists. Unfortunately, tickets for the big Friday night headliners (Sonic Youth, GZA and Slint) were sold out by the time we decided to head down for the festivities. We’ll still get to enjoy a lot of great music on the weekend.

I’ll make sure to bring my laptop along for the ride and I’ll try to write a few festival updates whenever I find the time.

Speaking of time, we’ll need to fill a lot of it during our long ride. Feel free to leave some great road trip music suggestions in the comments. We’ll be driving through Michigan and Illinois so I’m sure a couple of Sufjan Stevens albums will be in order…

Download:
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Wilco - Far, Far Away (Streaming from their website)
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight (on the Hype Machine)
The Hold Steady - Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night

Disaster can strike when you do not have medical insurance for yourself or your family.Do you think people do not have medical insurance because they don’t want it?— or think it’s frivolous? —What happens when you— Lose Your Job—Get Sick— Or Relocate—.When you need to make a decision on spending money on medical insurance or food for your family—food wins hands down—. If you are a full time employee and you lose your job—generally you lose your medical coverage also.This is the time to ask your past employer what is my options for continuing my medical insurance. Cobra can be purchased for a higher premium and for a short time only. It is a stop gap measure only until you next full - time employment.When people work part time they don’t qualify for medical insurance through their employment. Your employer isn’t dumb. PART TIME EMPLOYMENT FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES MEANS NO MEDICAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS OF THEIR POCKETS. This means you still do not have medical insurance for yourself and your family.LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS:You might qualify for Medi-cal or County Medical Services (CMS.)
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Here’s an awful story from New York.

After his unit was extended in Iraq, U.S. Army CPL Juan Alcantara was denied permission to travel home to New York City for the birth of his child. CPL Alcantara was killed in action weeks later without ever seeing his daughter Jaylani (above, right).

Money quote from CPL Alcantara’s mother:

Alcantara’s mother, Maria Alcantara, and [his fiancee, Sayonara] Lopez both scolded President Bush and the Army for refusing to allow the young soldier to return home for the birth of his child.

“I hate Bush and I hate this war because if it wasn’t for him [the extension] he’d be here with me,” Lopez said. “People are losing families for no reason.”

Maria Alcantara shared Lopez’s disgust.

“The war is never going to end and it can’t be won,” the mom said in Spanish. “They should enlist Bush’s family.”

CPL Alcantara and his family immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic.

Here’s more from The Indypendent:

[ . . . ] Nothing would end this war, and the funerals that accompany it, faster than a special draft for all the children and grandchildren of the political leaders who started the war and keep it going. And once in the military, they should be assigned to a special unit that carries out only the hardest and most dangerous assignments — call it the “Baghdad Brigade”.

Start with the hard-partying Bush twins Barbara and Jenna — who can ship off with her new fiancé Henry Hager, the son of a prominent Virginia Republican — and make sure Chelsea Clinton is at their side, along with Alexandra Pelosi. And don’t forget Mitt Romney’s five able-bodied sons or Rudy Giuliani’s two college-age children and all the other adult-age spawn of presidential contenders who offer one reason or another why the war must go on. (With the U.S. Army having upped the enlistment age to a seasoned 42 [OYE Comment: 41-or-under] to stem declining recruitment rates, we can also draft some of the politicians themselves.) Since we are told this is going to be a “long war,” don’t forget to scoop up the children of the Congress members who authorized the invasion of Iraq at the height of the 2002 election season and who continue to fund the war at the rate of more than $100 billion per year.

And if still more boots are needed on the ground, this special draft could be extended to the children of Republican Party political operatives, corporate war profiteers and the armchair generals in such right-wing think tanks as the American Enterprise Institute who continue to clamor for the war.

Let all these children of privilege fight the “terrorists” in places like Sadr City, Ramadi, Baquba, Tel Afar and Salman Pak while their relatives hang on to the words of every email or phone call knowing they might be the last. And when this special Baghdad Brigade is on the verge of leaving Iraq (as Juan Alcántara was), let their tour of duty be extended another three months.

Of course, the war would probably be over by then.

I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski
By Bill Green, Bill Peskoe, Will Russell and Scott Shuffitt
Bloomsbury Press
$ 15.95
256 pp

The foreword by Jeff Bridges is a big bonus here but the real guts of this whole odyssey lives in the words of one Jeff Dowd. Dowd, for those who aren’t Achievers, is the real life basis for Bridges’ character in the Coen Brothers’ classic noir comedy, “The Big Lebowski.” “Achievers,” for those of you who aren’t, are those crazies single-mindedly devoted to the cult of “The Big Lebowski.” Now there is an official guidebook to the Lebowski Universe, a veritable Koran of all things Dude. It’s mandatory reading whether sitting on the can or between frames at the local bowling alley. The Lebowski juggernaut shows no signs of slowing. The local boys who’ve turned it into a bona fide cult phenomenon have done well; today fans cross oceans and continents to attend the yearly festival.

These brainiacs have lovingly crafted a primer for novice and adept alike. In it are interviews with nearly every member of the cast, silly puzzles and games, poster art, behind the scenes storytelling, reminiscences of the real people upon whom the characters were based and a full rundown of each location where scenes were filmed. There are more inside jokes and secret jargon that can be found at an average convention of proctology supply salesmen. Notably missing is any commentary from the Coen Brothers themselves. Their lone words of consultation: “[The authors] have neither our blessing nor our curse.”

As is to be expected, the book’s charms are tucked away in unlikely corners. “How Dude are You?” and “How to Dudify Your Office Space” set an appropriately irreverent tone. What follows is both silly and endearing, both idiotic and profound (assuming you’ve got a Caucasian or two in ya). There is the dogma of “Duderonomy” and the kids’ diversion (though in a way all of this is for kids) of “Dude Lib.” How about this nugget from Julianne Moore: “I think we all know people like the Dude, or have known people like the Dude in our lives, this whole idea that the Dude abides. He’s always there, always doing his thing. There is something about him that is straightforward and honest, and he is who he is.”

Perhaps this, at long last, is the secret of how a tiny film cult, well, abides.

There’s a good deal of self-congratulatory backslapping as well, mainly in the sections about organizing the festival and prodding the film up the steep slope to cult worship. That is all to be expected and in many ways is justified. Not many folks after all can create festivals out of little more than thin air and fanaticism. The book is, of course, fluffy, as weightless as a bowl of whipped cream, a comic strip or a knock-knock joke. Still, it shows that the cult of the Dude does indeed abide and it’s a valuable addition to the library of any self respecting, literate Achiever. Read it at your leisure, start anywhere or just skim. Above all, take ‘er easy.

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Sony’s slimmer, lighter, redesigned PSP landed in our PC Magazine Labs today, for us to have a final hands-on look before its release here September 10th. My initial impressions were positive after spending time with it earlier this month, but expect a full-blown review detailing specifics like the new TV out option, plus how it really compares to the original, very soon. Ok, I’ll drop you one morsel of info: you cannot play games in interlace mode (see third image below), meaning that those of you hoping to game on a standard definintion TV that does not support progressive scan, are out of luck. Here are are few images of the PSP’s new TV Out function to tide you over until then.

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