#Barnyard celebration

[owliepowlie]

Let's Get This Barnyard Party Started: A Farm-Tastic Kids' Birthday Bash!

Hey there, party enthusiasts and farm-loving families! If you’ve got a little one who’s been dreaming of a farmyard adventure for their birthday, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get ready for a good ol’ barnyard bash. We’re talking about the kind of party that’ll make your kiddo’s eyes light up like the Fourth of July fireworks. So, grab your overalls and straw hats, because we’re diving…

[zonewaylee]

ALBUM REVIEW (#13)

My Whole Thing Is To Inspire — Luke Blovad

LUKE SHOWED ON MY FYP ONE DAY AND MY LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME. WITH HIT SINGLES SUCH AS Celebrity I WAS OVERCOME WITH JOY UPON DISCOVERING THAT LUKE HAD RELEASED AN ENTIRE EP. THE STANDOUT TRACK FOR ME ON THIS PROJECT IS Ass Out BY FAR. I HAD TO LISTEN TO IT ON REPEAT THREE OR FOUR TIMES BEFORE I COULD MOVE ON. LUKE IF YOU ARE READING THIS, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE FREINDS. LUKE IF YOU ARE READING THIS, SEND ME A MESSAGE THROUGH THE STARS AND I WILL UNDERSTAND. I AM INSPIRED. THAT’S LIKE MY WHOLE THING. THAT AND BECOMING A MUSE. WHO IS PIOUS. AND EQUALLY SLAY AND SWAG. YOU’D UNDERSTAND.

[rhoorl]

Week in Review | Oct. 15

Hello and happy Sunday! Hope you had a good week. I had a weird one. It wasn’t bad by any means, but just kinda meh. Had some life stuff come up earlier in the week which kind of lingered. Needless to say, I was very much looking forward to the day off my husband and I had to celebrate our anniversary together. We ended the week on a high note, so I’m carrying those vibes into the week ahead.

Speaking of our day off, we took a behind-the-scenes tour of The Last of Us house at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal (Orlando, sadly not the park Pedro was at earlier this month 😞). We were complete nerds the whole time we were in the house. No one else on our tour seemed to be as interested in the house and the details as we were, but we asked a ton of questions and had fun.

Thank you to those who popped in with asks this week, those always make me smile. I had a lot of fun with some sweatpants content, Mule Falls Halloween, and TF vehicle choices.

Anyway, here we go with the rest of the post…

Fics I read this week:

I didn’t read as much as I wanted to this week. There’s a ton on my TBR and it just keeps piling up (I can’t emphasize enough how good of a “problem” that is. This fandom and it’s creativity floors me. There’s just so much good stuff out there).

Frankie Morales

@avastrasposts (writer of my fave The Pilot and His Girl) put out a couple of great drabbles this week that I enjoyed so much: Frankie to the Rescue and Swimming Lessons with Catfish 

Delta Palms Tropical Resort by @linzels-blog - Had another chapter this week and it was Frankie in all of his pilot competence glory. Loving what’s going on in this fic.

I Like the Way You by @undercoverpena - Frankie and his friend enter into a “friends with benefits” type of situation and I’ll be damned if it’s not going to turn into something more. I love the way Jo writes, so I am all here for the journey she’s going to take us on.

@frenchiereading posted a little extra piece from her Mr. and Miss Universe. If you haven’t read the Shared Breaths series, I highly recommend it. Her latest drabble is a cute, fluffy piece with so much dad Frankie!

Ring Toss by @morallyinept…Jett. I was already sweating when I saw donuts thanks to @secretelephanttattoo and her Marcus, but ugh now Frankie?! This was so so good. Bravo!

Javier Peña

Paranoid Heat by @goodwithcheese - Javi is just … so Javi in this and I love it. There’s some great flirty banter back and forth and I also am self-inserting myself as one of the barnyard cats who follow Javi around. Meow! Also shoutout to Megan who celebrated a couple of milestones this week on here!

Marcus Pike

Salty & Sweet by @secretelephanttattoo - It’s El’s Marcus, so I was already in before I even read the first sentence. I don’t want to spoil too much of this one, but I have to say it’s the most unique story structure I’ve read in a long time.

Dieter Bravo 

Destiny & Deliverance by @mysterious-moonstruck-musings Misty….sigh. This latest chapter was something. While the themes can be heavy, they’re always done so well and this just always feels so real. I could go on and on about this.

Tip Your Server by @nothoughtsjustmeds Dieter loses his Oscar. It is such a cute story with an established relationship.

October Prompts

Posts from the week:

My girl @trulybetty keeps hitting it out of the park with her Autumnal Offerings series. I read one of her entries and think, “This is my favorite one so far” and then the next day comes and she one-ups herself. I am a little biased with one of them this week, though. Cornfields with Sequins!Joel was so good and I’m not biased absolutely at all 😉 When Betty popped into my DMs with a series of random questions for me to answer I had no idea how it would all come to life and I am obsessed.

The Catfish Ph.D. program (helmed by esteemed professor @legendary-pink-dot) is in full swing, but it’s not too late to join in the fun. I don’t quite know exactly how to pull this off, but I think it would be fun to try and get a group watch party set up to watch Triple Frontier … you know … for research. I know a lot of us are spread out across the world (which is so cool!), so finding a time to suit everyone may not be super realistic, but I’m just putting that out into the universe.

Feral corner:

I’m just going to leave this little post about Frankie’s clothes here for you… it brought forth so many thots.

Things I watched:

I didn’t really watch a lot this week. I did manage to go to the movies to see Dumb Money. I didn’t realize the theater was going to be overrun by Swifties - no shade, I just literally didn’t know that her movie came out this week and was shocked by the crowds. 

Things I'm excited for:

Anyways, Dumb Money is about the GameStop short squeeze that happened in 2021 led by a man who had a YouTube channel and a popular Reddit account. Now, friends, I’ll confess something here. The only reason I made a point to see this was because my boo Sebastian Stan is in this movie. Now, is he in this for like a total of 10 minutes? Sure, but those were a great 10 minutes to see him on screen. Aside from that, it was actually an interesting story and I enjoyed it!

Mr. Rhoorl and I are heading back to…you guessed it…Halloween Horror Nights again tonight! We only have a couple of weekends left, so we’re trying to take advantage of our passes. Other than that, we don’t really have anything else planned for the week since all of our big October celebrations have passed.

Fic updates:

Quiet on the fic front this week. My mood early on in the week coupled with some writer’s block didn’t help things. But, later in the week, I had a bit of a burst of creativity. I’ve made decent progress on the next chapters of Working Title and Delta Landscaping. I’m hoping to get both of those out early on in the week. I am also going to be doing a part two for Turbulence soon…if you know, you know. 😉

Anyways, thanks as always for reading, interacting, and just being here! My inbox is always open 🙂

xoxo

Jess

Working Title (Dieter, series, ongoing) | AO3 

Delta Landscaping (Triple Frontier, series, ongoing) | AO3

Turbulence (Frankie, one-shot) | AO3

[disneytva]

27 Classic Walt Disney Animation Studios Shorts To Be Added On Disney+ Trought July - October

Disney is finally opening up the vault to celebrate the Disney 100th celebrations, as Disney has announced that over 28 newly restored Walt Disney Animation Studios classic shorts will be coming soon to Disney+ around the world. 

Starting on July 7th a new collection of shorts, featuring such iconic stars as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Chip n’ Dale, and the studio’s first star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit will be released from July to October.

July 7th

-AQUAMANIA (1961)

-BATH DAY (1946)

-BUILDING A BUILDING (1933)

-FIGARO AND FRANKIE (1947)

 -GOOFY GYMNASTICS (1949)

-THE SKELETON DANCE (1929)

AUGUST 11TH

  -BARNYARD OLYMPICS (1932)

-DONALD’S COUSIN GUS (1939)

 -DONALD’S NEPHEWS (1938)

 -THE FLYING JALOPY (1943)

-GOOFY AND WILBUR (1939)

 -MICKEY’S STEAM ROLLER (1934)3620

SEPTEMBER 5TH -  SEPTEMBER 8TH

-OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT - TROLLEY TROUBLES (1927

 -OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT - ALL WET (1927)

-BONE TROUBLE (1940)

 -MERBABIES (1938)

 -MICKEY’S KANGAROO (1935)

-PLAYFUL PLUTO (1934)

 -PLUTO, JUNIOR (1942)

-THE BARN DANCE (1929)

OCTOBER 6TH

-CAMPING OUT (1934)

-CHIPS AHOY (1956)

-FIDDLING AROUND (1930)

 -INFERIOR DECORATOR (1948)

-OLD MacDONALD DUCK (1941)

 -WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY (1929)

 -WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD (1938)

The restorations were spearheaded by Walt Disney Studios Restoration and Preservation team, led by director Kevin Schaeffer, working in close collaboration with creative advisors from Walt Disney Animation Studios  “We are thrilled to be working with Kevin Schaeffer and the Studio’s restoration team in presenting these beautifully restored versions of classic Disney animated shorts.  Two of our top artistic talents have lent their expertise and passion to the project to make sure that the films look their very best, and are authentic to the creative intentions of the original filmmakers.  We’re very excited to be sharing these wonderful shorts with the Disney+ audience.  They have never looked or sounded better.” -- Dorothy McKim

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Most Beautiful & Humorous Dark Haired👩🏻 American Actress Of The 90's

From the Hit TV show Of NBC'S Greatest TV Sitcom 📺 Since Cheers 🍻 & Fraiser

Born On June 15th, 1964

She was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox (1931-2001) and Courteney Copeland (née Bass) (1934-2020). Cox has two older sisters, Virginia and Dorothy, and an older brother, Richard Jr. Her parents divorced in 1974 and her mother then married businessman Hunter Copeland (uncle to music promoter and business manager Ian Copeland and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland).

She is an American actress, director, and producer. She rose to international prominence for playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present). Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cox has starred in the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1987–1989), the FX drama series Dirt (2007–2008), the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015) which she also directed, and the Starz horror comedy series Shining Vale (2022–2023). Her film credits include the action fantasy Masters of the Universe (1987), the comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), the animated comedy Barnyard (2006), the fantasy comedy Bedtime Stories (2008), and the independent drama Mothers and Daughters (2016).

Cox owns the production company Coquette Productions, which was created by Cox and her then-husband David Arquette. She has directed the television drama film TalhotBlond (2012), the black comedy drama film Just Before I Go (2014), and executive produced the game show Celebrity Name Game (2014–2017}.

Please Wish This Iconic & Sexy Dark Haired American Actress Of The 90's and Early 2000's Of NBC'S FRIENDS & Of The Iconic Slasher Film of The 90's,  Scream 😱

A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU KNOW HER

SHE HAS MADE YOU LAUGH IN THE 90'S

& SHE IS STILL OH SO FINE

THE 1 & ONLY

ONE OF THE SELECT FEW ACTRESSES I EVER HAD A MAJOR CRUSH ON 😍

MS. COURTENEY BASS COX 👩🏻 AKA MONICA GELLER OF NBC'S FRIENDS & GALE WEATHERS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES

SCREAM 😱👻🔪

HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. COX 👩🏻& HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

  #CourteneyCox #Friends #Scream #CougarTown #ShiningVale #MonicaGeller #GaleWeathers

[artzychic27]

Back at the Barnyard quotes for no reason

Jean: Hey, folks! Viewer mail time again! *Opens a latter* Here’s one from Sally, age 14. “Dear Jean, aren’t you interrupting the story at the most suspenseful part?” Well, the answer is yes, Sally. Yes, I am. Keep those cards and letters coming!

—

Science Kids: *Dressed in burglary gear and relaxing on a massage chair when Jagged Stone suddenly walks in* Jagged Stone?!

Jagged Stone: Yeah, I’m Jagged Stone. What are you all doing in my house?

Science Kids: … Robbing it.

—

Simon: All rise! Court is now in session! The honorable Judge Marc presiding!

Marc: *Sits at the desk and immediately bangs the gavel* Guilty! Now let’s get to the punishment!

Alya: You haven’t heard any evidence yet!

Marc: I don’t need evidence! I can tell she did it by her beady little eyes!

Marinette: *Nervously shifting her eyes*

Marc: But, if you’re gonna make a big deal about it… Prosecutor, proceed!

—

Austin Q: Hey, Denise. Can I teach you the dance of love?

Denise: Is one of the steps my foot on your neck? ‘Cause there’s a dance I could really enjoy.

Austin Q: Ooh! Shot down! *Backs away*

—

Simon: Hm. I guess stupid is contagious.

—

Cosette: We gotta ditch the body! He knows too much! We gotta take care of him!… We gotta whack him.

Aurore: There will be no whacking! Okay, Ivan’s a good guy.

Mireille: And he’s a vegan. God bless him.

Ismael: And, uh… What’s a vegan again?

Lacey: Ah, I got it. It means you can’t eat anything with a face.

Jean: No, no, that’s a vegetarian.

Cosette: I think vegetarians have to eat in the dark.

Reshma: That’s vampires.

Lacey: And, you can’t eat cheese?

Reshma: It’s not just cheese. Vegans can’t have any dairy products.

*Aurore silently freaks out when she notices Ivan starting to wake up, but the others are oblivious*

Denise: Cake has egg products.

Simon: But you can’t have any dairy.

Ismael: Aw, but I love dairy! Does that mean I can’t be a vegan?

Marc: I love the smell of bacon! There, I said it!

*Ivan wakes up, and the students gasp*

Ivan: Huh? What’s- *Denise kicks him in the head, effectively knocking him out*

Aurore: WOULD YOU NOT DO THAT?!

Denise: It’s not like we have a lot of options.

—

Aurore: We gotta snap him out of this. Okay, Jean’s family. He’s like the crazy uncle we never had.

Cosette: Uh… Right… I never had a crazy uncle…

*Flashback*

*Five year old Cosette is listening to their crazy uncle speak utter nonsense*

Crazy Uncle: The Easter bunny has betrayed me! We’ll have to close the beaches! You can’t close the beaches, we’re a summer town! Get these turtles outta my head, PLEASE! Aaand, linge! *Starts line dancing while scatting* Dah Dah! Yah Doo! Dah Dah!

*End flashback*

Cosette: *Shudders*

—

Denise: *As four Akumas stalk toward them* Well, well. Whatever will I do? *Drop kicks all of them without moving from their spot*

—

Kim: I prechewed it so you wouldn't waste jaw energy.

Adrien: ... So the sandwich in my mouth was previously in your mouth?

Kim: Nice taste, eh?

—

Adrien: Hey, anybody ever notice that Ladybug and Marinette are never together at the same time?

Alya: You're really 31 flavors of dumb, aren't you?

—

Shadow Moth: Hey! Who's there?

Ladybug: Your worst nightmare.

Chat Noir: And Chat Noir!

—

Austin A: No, I don't wanna get eaten, I'm too young! Too young!

Austin B: Dude, you're not gonna get eaten.

Austin A: What, you're saying I wouldn't go nice with some low-fat chips and a cherry cola?

—

Ismael: *To Bubbler* You got rid of the only people standing between us and shallow graves so we can celebrate the day this guy *Points to Adrien* came into the Earth?

—

Nathaniel: *Whispering* Whatever you do, do not eat the... *everyone runs and eats Louis' mini pizzas* ... All right. I guess they're all right.

Louis: I hope you like them. I made them with love... and flaming hot chili sauce! *All of the students start screaming as they try to cool their tongues down*

Marc: *Completely calm and eating another mini pizza* Man, you guys are lightweights.

—

Aurore: I don't buy it. There's no way Marinette pushed Lila down the stairs. Come on, let's go solve the case of the pushed Italian.

Denise: I don't know, Aurore. That's really going to cut into my weight-lifting time.

Aurore: I'll bring snacks.

Denise: I'm in!

—

Alix: *After Louis leaves* He's gone, but you can still smell the stupid.

—

Alix: Hey, what did you use in that energy drink?

Marinette: Milk.

Max: Vitamins.

Rose: Love.

Alix: And...?

Kim: And these pepper shakers. *Holds up a stick of dynamite*

Alix: That's not pepper, that's dynamite!

[millet-n-minutes]

Ditch the Sugar Crash, Embrace the Millet Mash

Remember that feeling after an evening of gorging on Diwali mithai? The sugar rush followed by the inevitable crash, leaving you sluggish and wishing you’d opted for the salad platter. Well, friends, there’s a new kid on the block, and it’s got all the sweetness without the guilt — millet sweets!

Think you know Indian sweets? Think again! Sure, laddoos and jalebis reign supreme, but nestled among them are these humble millets, packing a punch of both flavor and health. This ain’t no fad, folks. The Indian millet market is expected to skyrocket to a whopping ₹65,000 crores by 2027, proving that people are craving not just sugar, but smart sugar.

And smart it is! These tiny grains are loaded with protein, fiber, and vitamins, acting like tiny bodyguards against diabetes and heart disease. Studies by the Indian Institute of Millet Research show they can even lower your risk of these nasty conditions — talk about a delicious way to take care of yourself!

But hold on, “healthy” doesn’t always mean “yummy,” right? Wrong! Millet sweets are like a Bollywood dance party on your taste buds — a vibrant explosion of textures and flavors. Imagine:

Crispy foxtail millet jalebis, their nutty sweetness swirling with every bite — ₹20 a plate, not ₹50!

Melt-in-your-mouth ragi laddoos, infused with the warm hug of cardamom and coconut — homemade magic for under ₹100 a batch!

Silky barnyard millet puddings, bursting with the tangy sunshine of mango and chia seeds — a guilt-free dessert for under ₹50!

These are just a few steps in the millet mambo. Fancy restaurants are whipping up gourmet millet cakes and soufflés, but the real beauty lies in your own kitchen. Traditional recipes like payasams and halwas can easily be transformed with millet flours, giving you familiar flavors with a healthy twist.

So, ditch the refined sugar blues and grab your whisks! Explore local markets, dust off your grandma’s recipes, or become your own culinary rockstar. Millet sweets are more than just dessert — they’re a celebration of health, sustainability, and your amazing taste buds. Let’s raise a spoon to the unsung heroes of the sweet world, the millets, and savor the symphony of taste and well-being!

[afranse]

Это что за свинья в эфире?

Не нужна нам такая свинья.

Сколько грязи на нас ещё выльет?

Изо рта вытекает струя.

Все мы знаем её хозяин

И убийца, и жулик, и вор.

И прекрасно мы понимаем,

Что о них плачет скотный двор.

Там они насладятся грязью,

И отыщут свой сказочный мир.

А у нас будет вечный праздник.

Мы очистим от мрази эфир.

Все мы знаем свиньи хозяин

И убийца, и жулик, и вор.

Мы их вместе, однажды, отправим,

На их место - на скотный двор.

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Це що за свиня в ефірі?

Не потрібна нам така свиня.

Скільки бруду на нас виллє?

З рота витікає струмінь.

Всі ми знаємо її господар,

І вбивця, і шахрай, і злодій.

І чудово ми розуміємо,

Що про них плаче двір для худоби.

Там вони насолодяться брудом,

І знайдуть свій казковий світ.

А в нас буде вічне свято.

Ми очистимо від мразі ефір.

Всі ми знаємо свині господар,

І вбивця, і шахрай, і злодій.

Ми їх разом якось відправимо,

На їхнє місце - на двір для худоби.

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What is this pig doing on the air?

We don’t need such a crazy pig.

How much more dirt it will pour on us?

A stream flows out of its mouth and seems to be really big.

We all know pigs owner

Is a murderer, crook, and a thief man.

And we understand by all means

That the barnyard keeps crying about them.

There they will enjoy the dirt,

And discover their fairy-tale myth.

And we will have an eternal celebration

After cleaning the ether from their filth.

We all know the owner of the pig

Is a murderer, crook, and a thief turning country into mud.

We will send them together one day,

In the place they belong to - right in the barnyard.

[wherewhereare]

Blake Shelton on His Holiday Plans with Wife Gwen Stefani

Relationships DECEMBER 12, 2022

Blake Shelton is going to have a delicious holiday season.

On Monday’s episode of “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” the country singer told Jennifer — his former co-judge on “The Voice” — that he and wife Gwen Stefani plan to do lots of cooking this month.

“I’m married to a Stefani, who cooks everything all the time,” he said.

Blake said one of their traditional meals is a timpano, layers of pasta cooked in dough.

“There’s heaven inside of there,” he said about the dome-shaped dish.

The singer added that the couple — who were married in 2021 — plan on making other yummy recipes.

Check out more highlights from Blake’s interview, below.

Blake on Gifting Little David a Goat

During their time on “The Voice,” Blake said he gave Jennifer’s son Little David a goat named Prancer.

“Blake sent me a whole goat!” Jennifer exclaimed.

While at the studio one day, Blake said he was walking behind Jennifer and David. That’s when David turned around and told him, “Mom said you can get us a goat.”

“’Cause I’m the country guy on the show, I just call one out from the barnyard,” Blake joked.

However, Blake said he ended up getting a goat and flew the animal “first class” from Oklahoma to Chicago.

“Most memorable Christmas for my kid ever,” Jennifer said.

Blake on His Last Season of ‘The Voice’

In the chat, Blake told Jennifer that he is gearing up for the singing show’s Season 22 finale.

“You always win. You think you’re gonna win again?” Jennifer asked him.

“I’ll tell you this. If I don’t win, that show is rigged,” he joked.

Noting that he has been on “The Voice” since Season 1, Blake added, “If I hadn’t won a bunch of times, that would be embarrassing.”

Sadly, Blake announced this year that Season 23 will be his last.

“I’m happy about it,” he said about his decision.

Blake explained that he had planned to leave after Season 20, but because of the pandemic, he “didn’t want to walk” out on the crew who have “become my family.”

He also said he wanted to give the show enough time “to find the right person to take my seat.”Mama Hud’s Holiday Giveaway Day 2! 3

Blake on His Favorite Bar Song

During his appearance, Blake promoted his game show, “Barmageddon,” where his celebrity friends compete against one another in a series of bar games.

Noting that the show has fun games such as “sharts” and “ax hole,” he warned that it is “not necessarily a family show.”

When Jennifer asked him about his favorite bar songs, he said his favorite was “Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffett.

“‘Margaritaville’ is my go-to. Everybody knows all the words. Even if you mess it up, it doesn’t matter.”

Coincidentally, Blake said he sang the song for one of the show’s opening acts and realized, “I sang the wrong lyrics my entire life.”

Blake on His Touching Connection to Cher

Later in their chat, Jennifer played a game called “Blake or Fake,” where Blake read statements that may or may not be true.

When Blake read, “Cher dedicated an album to my father,” Jennifer thought it was false.

“I can never tell if he’s serious or not,” she said.

However, Blake said it was true. He explained that when he ran into Cher one day, he told her that his dad was “her biggest fan.”

When her album came out, somebody told him that Cher had dedicated her new project to his father.

“She did that,” Blake exclaimed. “Unbelievable.”

[handeaux]

17 Curious Facts About Cincinnati Chili

A Spicy Century This year marks the centennial of Cincinnati-style Chili. It was October 24, 1922 when Athanas (“Tom”) and Ivan (“John”) Kiradjieff opened their Empress Chili Parlor, the first ever to serve what we call Cincinnati Chili, at 816 Vine Street, tucked inside the Empress Burlesk Theater.

No Chocolate A great many Cincinnatians inaccurately yet vehemently insist that the secret ingredient to Cincinnati Chili is chocolate. Most “authentic” Cincinnati Chili recipes in print or online make this claim. The myth may be traced to Marion Rombauer Becker, who took over compiling the “Joy of Cooking” on the death of her mother, Irma Rombauer. Marion’s 1970s “Cincinnati Chili Cockaigne” recipe (the “Cockaigne” label signaled that the Rombauer’s served that dish at their home in Cincinnati) was the first to claim a dubious role for chocolate.

Solons Debate Cincinnati Chili had its day at the United States Senate in 1974. It is generally acknowledged that the Great Chili Debate commenced when Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz) took umbrage at the menu of the National Press Club, who had slipped “real Texas chili” onto the club’s dinner offerings. Goldwater asserted that Arizona chili was superior. Senator John Tower (R-Tex) rebutted and the debate was on. Senator Robert A. Taft Jr. (R-Oh), put both Texas and Arizona in their place with a speech on the floor of the upper house in which he asserted, “Each (Tower and Goldwater) likened the other chili to barnyard apples and possibly both spoke truly. The only real chili comes from Cincinnati, Ohio.”

An Anthropologist Weighs In In 1981, an anthropologist who was then employed by the Ohio Arts Council, Timothy Charles Lloyd, published a scholarly paper in the Western Folklore journal titled "The Cincinnati Chili Culinary Complex" as part of a special issue on "foodways." He includes a chart illustrating the differences among three Cincinnati Chili recipes. Lloyd specialized in folklore and he celebrated, in his 13-page paper, Cincinnati Chili as a success story in regional foodways in a time of mass production and homogenous grocery inventories.

Why Chili? Much of the Cincinnati versus Texas debate hinges on definitions. Texans claim the Queen City concoction is anything but chili, and they have a point. When our Greek-Macedonian chefs began preparing their signature dish, Cincinnati already boasted several eating establishments serving chili con carne. Calling the new dish “that meat sauce we made back home” wouldn’t fly, so they called it chili. To Cincinnati’s Germans, any spicy meat sauce was “chili.” Well into the 1950s, Skyline boasted that it served “genuine chili con carne.”

Greek Lasagna Well, what is “that meat sauce we made back home”? Dann Woellert points out that there is no dish in any of the Balkan countries that is identical to Cincinnati Chili. The closest analog, he says, is pastitsio or pastichio, a sort of Greek lasagna with a meat sauce poured over a macaroni-like pasta and topped by a cheese or béchamel sauce. (If it’s any consolation, Woellert also notes that there is nothing exactly like goetta in Germany, either.)

Oldest Skyline As in real estate, chili parlors rely on location, location and location. It is common for a chili parlor to pack up and move to greener pastures. Although the restaurant took its name from a burlesque theater, Empress Chili soon moved to Fifth Street. Only one of the 11 Skyline Chili locations listed in a 1968 advertisement remains in operation. That’s the legendary Clifton location at 290 Ludlow Avenue, at the same location since September 1966, earning honors as the oldest location in the Skyline chain.

Cincinnati Recognizes Its Treasure The earliest mention I have found for “Cincinnati Chili,” meaning the Macedonian meat sauce we all know and love, appeared in a 9 May 1958 Cincinnati Enquirer column by reporter Jerry Ransohoff, titled “Man That Kitchen.” Ransohoff acknowledges that Empress is the mother of all chili parlors and provides a recipe that he admits isn’t really close to anything actually served in any of Cincinnati’s chili parlors. (Ransohoff’s recipe includes no chocolate.)

Chili High School A fair number of Cincinnati’s chili pioneers gravitated to the Western Hills, as evidenced by the number who hold diplomas from Western Hills High School. Dann Woellert, in his “The Authentic History of Cincinnati Chili” lists three of Skyline Chili’s Lambrinides brothers – Bill, Chris and John – plus Joe Kiradjieff of Empress, Steve Andon of Camp Washington Chili and a host of their spouses and relatives as former Mustangs.

An Archeologist Speaks When Senator Bob Taft lectured the United States Senate about the virtues of Cincinnati Chili, he relied heavily on an article from the May 1973 issue of Holiday magazine, written by a young history professor at Princeton University named S. Frederick Starr. It was not Starr’s first publication. The young professor, who was later named president of Oberlin College, published a book, “The Archaeology of Hamilton County, Ohio” in 1960 while still a high school student.

Together For Eternity There is a lot of Cincinnati Chili history interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, specifically in Section 127, up in the northwestern hills along the yellow driveway. Dann Woellert tallies the Kiradjieff brothers (Empress), the Lambrinides family (Skyline), the Manoff family (Strand, Tip Top and Hamburger Heaven, later known as Gold Star), the Chalkedas family (ABC Chili) and others memorialized there.

A Texas Comedian Opines On his 2003 album, “Drunk In Public,” comedian Ron White riffs on Cincinnati’s chili obsession. In his routine, he lists Skyline, Gold Star, Liberty, Ray’s, Joe’s, and Bob’s chili parlors. The first two are obvious, the last three fictionally humorous, but there used to be a Liberty Chili Parlor in Covington and the Liberty Restaurant in Middletown boasts a chili-heavy menu.

Welcome To My Parlor Cincinnatians rarely question our habit of referring to chili restaurants as “parlors,” but there is a reason. According to Dann Woellert, a “restaurant” implied an expanded menu, tablecloths and a level of formality. “Parlor” – like ice cream parlors – communicated a specialized menu and a casual atmosphere.

The York Contribution It has become traditional to purchase a York Peppermint Pattie as you pay your bill at Cincinnati’s chili parlors. Interestingly, despite a long tradition of Greek confectioners in Cincinnati, the candy of choice hails from York, Pennsylvania and was created by a man named Henry Kessler. Peppermint Patties were unknown outside the Keystone State until the company began national distribution in the early 1960s.

Up In Smoke Not so common today, cigars were once strongly associated with Cincinnati Chili. In his 1973 Holiday magazine article, Frederick Starr named the Strauss No. 9 as “the preferred post-chili cigar.” Eagle-eyed Dann Woellert has discerned that the earliest known photo of the original Empress Chili parlor reveals that cigars from two Cincinnati tobacconists, the Ibold company and the Weisbrodt Cigar Manufacturing Company, specifically Weisbrodt’s “Turtle Joe” brand, were for sale there.

In The Frozen Food Aisle This year also marks the 60th anniversary of Skyline Chili’s debut in local supermarkets. Although Cincinnati customers could purchase some form of canned Tex-Mex chili con carne since around 1905, Skyline was the first to offer frozen Cincinnati-style chili in 1962. They added a canned version in 1966.

Let Me Count The “Ways” Almost every Cincinnati child can name the “ways” chili is served: two-way meaning chili and noodles, three-way adding cheese, four-way with onions and five-way with beans. But are there more “ways”? You betcha! Several local parlors offer six-ways with the addition of garlic or jalapeños. But the real champ has to be the late, lamented Delhi Chili, which used to offer an “eight-way” with eggs, bacon or sausage and potatoes to the standard five-way.

Note: It is impossible to write about Cincinnati Chili without acknowledging the exhaustive research conducted over a decade or more by Dann Woellert, the Food Etymologist. A significant portion of the lore reprinted above is based (“stolen” is such a harsh word) on Dann’s work.

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A perfect way to celebrate Mother’s Day this year is to spend it at Knowhere Farm with Moo and friends!

We will provide snacks and drinks. You provide smiles, laughter and love!

Some sessions are child friendly for the moms who want to share this special time with their children. Other sessions are for adults only.

Must be paid in advance to reserve your place. If you need to cancel, the payment is not refundable but can be applied to a private cow cuddle session at a later date. If the scheduled events fill up we will add more times to the weekend. Limit 20 people per session.

Selfies and pictures are encouraged! All of the animals will be in the barn for meet and greet with treats for feeding also provided. Everyone leaves with a Moo sticker to remember the day.

So, if you are looking for ideas this year for your mom then this is the perfect gift!

We have very limited seating so feel free to bring a chair. Otherwise, you can enjoy the rustic hay bale seats for the authentic barnyard experience.

Sorry, but no pets allowed.

$25 per person, children under 2 years old are free.

Saturday, May 13th 10:00AM - 11:00AM with children

Saturday, May 13th 12:00PM - 1:00PM adults only

Sunday, May 14th 10:00AM - 11:00AM with children

Sunday, May 14th 12:00PM - 1:00PM adults only

Call or text 609-386-6168 to reserve your spot and make payment. Payment can be accepted via Zelle, Venmo or on our website.

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An insufferable new years resolution <33

I will type in italics because it is romantic

I will eat figs and berries and burn under the sunlight

I’ll catch the breeze in a seashell 

I’ll kiss myself goodnight

I’ll listen to Mother Lana’s underrated songs

I will heal, I’ll try

I will forgive and forget and burn and smoulder the barnyard

I’ll cremate the little lamb

I’ll buy light pink roses and preserve them

I’ll hoard

I’ll hand wash the laundry

I’ll rest the laundry basket on my hip and hang my organic linens to dry

I’ll let the sun kiss me a little

I’ll let the moon kiss me harder

I’ll let the stars ravish me

I will nurture her, I’ll celebrate her and I’ll keep her for a while longer (my inner child)

I’ll puree the dates and add a dash of milk to feel holy

I’ll submit myself in prayer

I’ll become a rosary bead

I’ll be a good girl

I’ll buy roses and lilacs and bluebells

I’ll smell like the raindrop of heaven

I’ll submit, I’ll forego ego and I’ll submit to God, I will. I will.

I’ll play with my little dolls and teddy bears

i'll talk in riddles and lament poetically

I’ll take the road less traveled

[new-employeeamillion]

December 5

I want to get this day off to the best start I can. Brock crashing back into the Pokémon anime in the most epic way imaginable in 2002.

Then we’ve got some Christmas cheer on Disney Channel in 2003, and a spectacular animation showcase from KND inbetween. (It actually aired later, I just like to organise my shows by series premiere date.)

Phineas and Ferb take a rocket ship to space in 2008. I still don’t like the cut of Huge Hands Hans’ jib.

And finally, the Barnyard gang celebrate Christmas in 2009. Every day gets a teeny bit more festive, and I’m here for it.

My favourite of these would be the Phineas and Ferb episode, but KND was pretty close.

[dwellordream]

American Culture of the 1910s: Social Dance

“In June 1913, the waspish and unconventional journalist (and future modernist icon) Djuna Barnes published the vignette ‘You can Tango – a Little – at Arcadia Dance Hall’. It follows the foppish and upper-class Reginald Delancey as he decides to dispel his ennui one evening by indulging his curiosity (and unacknowledged interest in class and ethnic slumming) by following up an advertisement in the paper and visiting the Arcadia dance hall. 

A new facility, owned and run in a working-class district by the ‘Social Centers Corporation’, it is committed – as he is informed by the conspicuously Jewish secretary, Sydney S. Cohen – to ‘elevat[ing] the tone of dancing and to plac[ing] the dancehall business on a clean and wholesome basis’. Once there, Reginald is surprised to see dance censors, helping to enforce an atmosphere where dancing a ‘modified’ tango is permitted. 

Eager to dance, he inveigles his father’s Irish office boy into providing an introduction to Delia O’Connor, shopgirl at the perfume counter of the Paris department store on Broadway. ‘Everyone had a glorious time,’ and when the dancing is over, Delia reflects on her way home about the ‘real frangipani sort of guy’ she met earlier – while Reggie resolves to become a patron of the Paris. Barnes’s article suggests a good deal about social dance in the 1910s, especially the tone of innocent fun that accompanies much of the writing about it. 

It was truly a craze; by the 1910s over five hundred public dance halls were open each evening in the Greater New York area, and the decade saw the construction of several of the dance palaces which became such a feature of 1920s dance – New York’s Grand Central and Roseland Ballroom among them. Many young women in particular became obsessed with dance; a New York entertainment survey of 1911 showed that 96 percent of girls enjoyed dancing, and Barnes’s Delia enthuses that dancing has the movies ‘beaten to a thirty-nine-cent bargain sale on a rainy Monday’.

Moreover, Barnes also hints at some of the sociopolitical forces attending this relatively new form of public leisure. The dance craze was deeply enmeshed with the progressive discourse of moral hygiene which had an especial concern for unescorted young women; but it also evidenced the progressive faith that vice and public health problems in America’s big cities could be solved through systems of physical culture and exercise. 

Reggie’s Arcadian adventure also suggests how new cultures of commercial entertainment were encouraged by – but also sustained – new forms of advertising, new magazines, and dancing celebrities who became ‘idols of consumption’ in much the same way as did early film stars. And it suggests how the language and the barriers of class, race, gender and ethnicity were both inescapable in the dance and music of the 1910s, but also open to often titillating and exhilarating redefinition and flexibility. 

 As was true of films and vaudeville in the 1910s, the class profile of those who attended social dances in commercial entertainments underwent significant change in the decade, a change which led to a big increase in overall participation. Like vaudeville and films, social dancing was a well-established feature of working-class recreation by the 1910s; and the language of respectability was similarly crucial in enticing the middle class to get involved. This applied to both styles and venues. 

‘Tough dancing’, or barnyard dancing, had emerged from African American dance styles and the Barbary Coast vice district of San Francisco in the 1900s, and encouraged close proximity between dance partners as well as jerky physical movement supposedly copying the movements of animals (the turkey trot, for example, involved flapping the arms; the grizzly bear involved close hugging). 

Middle-class reformers were horrified at the sexual suggestiveness of these dances, which were described as ‘not dancing at all, but a series of indecent antics’ of ‘disreputable origins’, and they were widely banned at prominent middle-class dance venues and hotels. (Woodrow Wilson even cancelled the ball planned for his inauguration in 1913, fearing the scandal that might ensue if preventing these dances proved impossible).

Dance censors, dance manuals and a new set of dance magazines all focused on adapting and ‘refining’ these dances through a discourse of respectability in dancing, one which defined dance’s benefit as healthy exercise and the cultivation of ‘grace’ rather than focusing on its romantic or sexual potentialities. 

It was even discussed in the terms of racial–national improvement so common in physical culture; in the words of one booster, regular dances in public schools, properly instructed and chaperoned, would ‘do more good to the race than . . . discussing eugenics or . . . indulging in a flippant study of social economics’. Commercial venues also emerged to cater for a middle- class clientele emerging from a tradition whereby dancing took place primarily in private homes and at society balls. 

As Lewis Erenberg discusses, the rise of the cabaret as a middle- class venue in the decade broke down barriers between performers and audience that had structured theatrical and concert hall stages in earlier entertainment cultures; cabarets became a ‘new public environment for the exploration of alternatives to the private character of the nineteenth century’.

Cabarets expanded the spaces they had for exhibition dancers to cater for public dancing; elegant hotels began to hold ‘tea dances’ for afternoon dancing; and there was a boom in dance instruction classes. Attempts to regulate this expansion were also extensive Erenberg observes that middle-class cabaret tables were organised to discourage contacts between unacquainted men and women and, as Kathy Peiss notes, ‘the “couple on a date” became an increasingly important cultural construct for the middle class, since it provided a way to structure potentially promiscuous heterosocial relations at the new resorts’.

Campaigning Progressives in cities across the country helped pass licensing ordinances regulating dance halls and dancing academies. Committees even opened and ran dance halls in some working-class areas, although ‘tough dancing’ – as well as greater freedom in heterosocial contact – persisted in working-class dance culture in the decade, often in defiance of the standards of the more recent uptake of public dance by the middle class. 

Peiss’s seminal work in particular has explored how young working women generally enjoyed greater freedoms in how they danced and with whom they danced than did middle- class women of the time, and how they forged a distinctive culture of personal style, qualified sexual freedom and female friendship in public dance. Such a culture is important for understanding that the nature of the ‘new woman’, one of the decade’s most enduring archetypes, did not emerge purely through a ‘trickle down’ model of cultural transmission. 

Although critics still tend to define that new woman as primarily a middle-class figure, the cultures of working-class dance demonstrate that working women were also instrumental in redefining the limits and nature of female agency, style and independence in the period. Despite this, the decade’s dancing icons were those who presented dancing to the middle class not just as wholesome, unthreatening, elegant and fun but as articulated to a whole new mode of fashion and social aspiration.”

- Mark Whalan, “Performance and Music.” in American Culture of the 1910s

[papabear85artist]

Bernie the humble, innocent and Weasel-hating Warthog Furrie happily celebrating his moment of triumph after he single-handedly beat up a small army of Ferret and Raccoon Bandits as well as soundly defeating Daron the Blue Dragon from the planetoid Medievilonia. Upon seeing his true creator Papa Bear concoct a magic spell making all Barnyard Animals such as Pigs and Warthogs including himself extremely intelligent but their predators such as all Coyotes and Hyenas incredibly stupid, Bernie decides he wants to follow in his true masters footsteps in becoming a jungle shaman to overcome his fear of Dragons, especially MediEvil Dragons. Papa Bear agrees to take him to his old wise mentor Porko the Hogfather and the all-mighty Jungle Boar Shaman who taught him in the strongest magic in all of Pleasure Paradise. After trekking through the jungles of Pig Island they are both shocked and horrified to discover that Porko's Jungle Hut has been burned down. After frantically searching for any survivors Papa Bear is relieved to learn his wise old mentor is alive and well. After introducing him to Bernie Porko explains that he tried to fend off the whole swarm of invading MediEvil Dragons but there were too many of them. Seething with hatred the disgruntled Jungle Boar Shaman shouts how he loathes Dragons. Determined Papa Bear offers his wise mentor that if he could take the eager young Warthog under his wing and teach him the strongest magic then Jodie the Heavenly Whippet could help find a new home for him near The Castle of Heaven. Porko tearfully accepts the offer and says he is so grateful for having an apprentice like him. After days and weeks of serious training in sorcery Bernie finally learns the strongest magic known as ''Pigasus''. Porko then gives his new apprentice his Hog Wand, saying this will protect him from vicious predators. As he spoke a horde of MediEvil Dragons suddenly arrive. As they threaten to eat every Pig in Pleasure Paradise Porko and Bernie explode in a rage and angrily tell them to shut up. They quickly and rapidly cast a powerful spell making all Pigs including Warthogs Wild Hogs Brown Big and Wild Boars highly intelligent but all Dragons incredibly stupid. As revenge for destroying his Jungle Hut Porko casts another spell on the humiliated Dragons to be his loyal steeds for all eternity. After riding back to The Castle of Heaven on the now-stupid Dragons backs Porko and Bernie are delighted to see that Papa Bear got most of the Furrie population to build his new jungle hut right next door to The Castle of Heaven. A very happy Porko tells Papa Bear, Jodie, Bernie and all the rest how he loves them. He says he will always train any Furrie or every monster from every planet throughout Galaxceus as his apprentice to teach them magic. The story ends with Bernie singing to ''The Warthog Necessities'' while shaking his bum when he inherits The Papa Bear Genes.

[outoftowninac]

MARY’S LAMB

1908

Mary’s Lamb is a three-act presentation written, composed, produced, directed, and starring Richard Carle. It is based on the French play Madame Mongodin by Ernest Blum and Raoul Roché, featuring musical contributions by Robert Hood Bowers, and H.L. Heartz. 

An English language production of Madame Mongodin in London was titled Mrs. Ponderbury’s Past. 

Set in Haverstraw New York, it is the story of Leander Lamb, henpecked husband of shrewish Mary Lamb, and how he sets out to become master of his house and his own fate. In a burst of enthusiasm, Leander makes an appointment with a retired actress in an artist's studio, where the two are observed by Lamb's wife!

The American version premiered on October 28, 1907 at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre starring popular comic Harry Conor. It was teamed with another play by Carle The Spring Chicken, starring Carle himself. This led to many critics joking about barnyard animals and menu fare. 

“The Philadelphia critics have been cutting it into mutton chops the past week.” ~ DAVENPORT DAILY TIMES

None the less, the panned production moved on to Trenton, Brooklyn, Hartford, Burlington, Buffalo, and even Canada, where audiences seemed to be enjoying themselves, while critics carped. 

"It was something of a warmed-over dish, for the theme treated of was the old one which has done service for a generation or more: the henpecked husband, who, having learned something of his wife's past, turns the tables on her and becomes master.” ~ BROOKLYN CITIZEN

"It's like a Charlotte Russe; little in it, but pleasant." ~ A Brooklyn Theatre-Goer

This startling item appeared on December 8, 1907, but it would prove only partly true. The production itself was shelved, true, but the play would live again. This time starring Carle himself. And in Atlantic City. 

In mid-February 1908, Carle finished-up The Spring Chicken and went back to New York to begin rehearsing his new production of Mary’s Lamb.

The new Lamb would have its debut on March 3rd in Columbus OH. The number of musical numbers went from four to sixteen!  The piece was now a full-fledged musical comedy. 

“Richard Carle... is the saving grace of ‘Mary's Lamb,’ the musical farce in which he has Just opened a month's engagement at the Illinois theater. He ought to be, for he created it, book, lyrics, score, and chorus effects. Yet it is not Mr. Carle's authorship, but his merit as a comedian, that carries the thing off. When he Is not on the stage the entertainment is limp and devoid of originality.” ~ CHARLES W. COLLINS

“Richard Carle is said to have made ‘Mary’s Lamb’ fully as Frenchy as ‘The Spring Chicken.’ Some bits of it are declared to be daring if not nauseating.” ~ TIMES-DEMOCRAT

In April 1908, as the new ewe toured, Harry Conor (birthname John Henry O’Connor) brought a lawsuit against Mr. Carle, claiming he was contracted to appear in Mary’s Lamb for two seasons and that $30,000 salary was owned to him. Conor contended that Carle dismissed him in order to save money and put himself back in the limelight. 

The play had been selected to open a brand new theatre on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City named the Apollo owned an operated by Samuel F. Nixon. When built it boasted more than 1,600 seats and all modern conveniences. Nixon’s Apollo Theatre would become the premiere new play incubator on the East Coast. It eventually was converted to a movie theatre showing its final film in August 1968. It converted into the Apollo Burlesque Theatre and was demolished in the 1970’s. Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum currently occupies the address. 

The opening night was celebrated on May 13, 1908, which also marked the Atlantic City opening of Mary’s Lamb. For this new, Broadway-bound production, the leading role was played by the author. 

The grand opening attracted a prestigious audience from Atlantic City, Philadelphia, and Broadway. 

Mary’s Lamb opened on Broadway on May 25, 1908 at the New York Theatre (1514-16 Broadway at 44th Street). It took a ‘summer break’ from July 19th, resuming performances at the New York on August 24th and closing on September 5th for a total of 80 Broadway performances. 

About the venue: Built in 1895 by the Hammersteins as the Music Hall boasting 2600 seats, it was renamed in 1912 and briefly called the Moulin Rouge in 1915. Shortly afterward, it became part of the Loew’s movie theatre / vaudeville chain, being demolished in 1935. 

During his summer break, Carle leased a yacht!  When the play returned on August 24th, it was with a nearly all new cast surrounding Carle. 

The songs of Mary’s Lamb were published in sheet music collections and in Sunday newspaper supplements.

Carle and four of his 40 ‘Spring Lambkins’. 

After the play closed in New York, Carle continued to tour it. The tour continued into May 1909.