Socialism in the Bible

 

No Eeyore Zone

 

Size is Everything

 

I believe everything I hear

 

The Worst 2-Man Performance in NBA History

 Ouch.

Cruel But Fair

 

 

 

Dear NFL: Sure, but what about the White National Anthem?

The NFL is considering opening the season with what the NAACP designated in 1919 as the "Black National Anthem" a spiritual called "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

In the current environment, anything remotely associated with race is a political statement, so some wags, reactionaries, and assorted social commentators have not unfairly asked whether a white national anthem" shouldn't but be played as well.

But there is no white national anthem! is the retort. Well, yes there is, at least unofficially--and I say the answer to music is more music. Music is the universal language, and the brother hears it just fine. Go for it, America! You have nothing to lose but your blues!

TVD's Manly Salmon Cakes

or: The Idiot's Guide to Heaven on Earth

For your consideration, in guy-recipe form:


TVD's Crab-Salmon Croquettes

1 big can salmon (drained, reserve liquid)
1 little can crabmeat (ditto)
4 diced celery stalks
1/4 cup minced green onions, onions, or a little dried onion, onion powder, whatever
1 golfball-sized hunk of mayo
3/4 cup smashed crackers or matzo meal, or a combo of both
5 splashes Worcestershire sauce
1 or 2 eggs, whipped up with a fork
Juice of a 1/2 a lemon, or a blast of that ReaLemon® that's been sitting in your fridge for like 12 years


any dried seafood seasoning
lotsa paprika
cayenne pepper
go easy on the salt, if you use any at all


Paradise. 

(If you don't have crabmeat, just use the salmon and only 1/2 a cup of the cracker crumbs. Tuna fish will do in a pinch, too.)


Mix it all up gently in a bowl, easy does it. We don't want a paste. Add the reserved liquid a little at a time, just enough to keep it medium-wet.

___________________________________________________

**CRITICAL MYSTERY SOLVED** Before cooking, put the mixture in the fridge for an hour first or the freezer for 30 minutes, and your croquettes won't fall apart, leaving you with fried fish dust. This is the secret for all successful croquettes.
___________________________________________________


Make little hockey pucks out of the cooled mixture. Preheat a frying pan with a thin layer of oil (butter's even better), and put your hockey pucks in. DO NOT TOUCH them for at least 12 minutes---they have to set up. You can smush them down a little with the spatula (that's an egg turner thingee). When the bottoms are safely brown, you can turn 'em over and finish them off with another 10 minutes of cooking. Put them on a plate covered by a couple of paper towels.


You can lo-cal them using only a little oil or butter in the pan---just cook 'em under a lower heat for a little longer. The mayo makes 'em creamy, but if they're still a little dry for you, Campbell's Cream of Celery soup (no water) heated up is a great topping sauce. Don't be afraid---even the cookbooks say it's OK.

Put some parsley on top. Civilized people do that.


Makes about 10 hockey pucks. Try 'em with fries, a splash of vinegar, maybe some cole slaw. Now you're stylin'.

Taking over LA

Got the Vibe

The Newest Clipper

The Clips traded a[n] historic amount of assets to acquire this guy so that world-class free agent Kawhi Leonard would agree to join the team.

Frankly, it might turn out the other way around--that the prospect of signing Kawhi Leonard got Paul George to demand a trade to the Clippers---and the Oklahoma City organization agreed to do just that, to preserve their reputation as a small-town team which, if you join us willingly, will never hold you against your will.

This is good  21st century professional athlete politics.

Hunting Down TVD

Greetings to readers of other blogs, who frequently track me to this page wondering what this Van Dyke fellow is all about.

Best to find my latest here, as contributor and putative editor of newreformclub.com. And I'm Twitterish @DykeVanTom. And do scroll down and try the salmon croquettes recipe below. It gets the most traffic here, and for damned good reason. Yum.

The Karass

* Odubel - GSmith
* Cutch - TVanD
* Arrietta - Larry K.
* Bryce - Bert
* Realmuto - Etter
* Eflin - CAZ
* Franco - Jeff Scott
* Robertson - Marty
* Nola - TK
* Rhys - MT
* NickW - Smitty
* Johnny Sure - BG
* Adam Morgan - Rocky
* Tommy Hunter - Berky
* Hector - G-man
*Gabe - JK

Avery Bradley's New Home

A gathering of vultures

The Love That Dare Not Speak its Name

My name is Tom and I'm a Clipoholic.

The Baby Doc Rivers Fan Club [L to R]: Messrs. X, Y und Vee