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Too Many Kooks

kitchen disasterI like to cook but I rarely use the oven these days as I'm more of a stove-top kinda guy. So the oven ends up being used as a temporary storage area for one thing or another. I don't use the dishwasher, either, so it's storage-only, too.

Don't look at me like like that.

But today is Thanksgiving Day and my job at the family gathering is to bring the sweet potatoes. It's a blessedly marshmallow-free, orange-zest-infused thing of gustatory beauty.

So I preheat the oven to roast the 'taters, meanwhile tending to other business as it warms up. After awhile I'm suddenly aware of a new aroma. It's kind of nutty, earthy... burning.

Yeah, I've left something in the oven again. Happens every year. This time it's a box of leftover Peeps. Yes, that's right. It's been stashed away for 8 months. Thank Cthuhlu I don't keep the cats in there.

Minor disaster aside I'm pleased to report that 8-month-old Easter Peeps, if heated carefully, form a delicious caramel glaze and are as soft and smooth and delicious as a baby's behind.

Not that I would know, mind you.

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I watched the Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special last night and I was absolutely astonished at the stellar level of quality of the entire production. Its central message of "home with the family" was a teensy-bit heavy-handed but the rest was award-worthy.

It plays again Saturday night on NBC. Do not miss this.

Incidentally, it was preceeded by the "Merry Madagascar" Christmas special which, while still a huge step up for TV animation, doesn't offer the same quality of story-telling as Kung Fu Panda. (I enjoy good animation but, frankly, the Madagascar series has never tickled my entertainment bone.)

Oddly enough, "Merry Madagascar" is already available as a DVD but not the Panda special. There is no justice.

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On the first day of Xmas shopping my Reddit Secret Santa gave to meeeeeee:

the world's worst bookThe World's Worst: A Guide To The Most Disgusting Hideous; Inept, And Dangerous People, Places, And Things On Earth








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On Wednesday's Rant I shared Ritchie Valen's el fabuloso "La Bamba" as I thought it'd be the perfect song to sing while you're at the airport having your balls juggled by a TSA agent.

Anyway.

In the meantime it just occurred to me I have no idea how the lyrics translate into English. So I checked it out.

Are you ready?

The Original Spanish La Bamba Lyrics

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
Arriba y arriba
Arriba y arriba
Por ti seré
Por ti seré
Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero
Soy capitán
Soy capitán
Soy capitán

La Bamba translated into English


To dance La Bamba.
To dance La Bamba you need to be a little bit funny.
A little bit funny and another little thing -- get going, get going! (literally 'get up and get up')
Ay! Get going, get going.
I'll be for you.
I'll be for you.
I'll be for you.
I'm not a sailor.
I'm not a sailor.
I'm a captain.
I'm a captain.
I'm a captain.

The following is from straightdope.com:

What exactly does "La Bamba" mean? Consider:

"Bambolear" means swinging or swaying, and a "bambollero/bambollera" is a someone who likes to boast (e.g., "I'm not a sailor, I'm a captain!").

The song is a play on words. Spanish words.

Perhaps that's why it's better left in Spanish.

=Lefty=



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