awesome three bean polenta vegetarian mexican lasagne of awesome.

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invented a delicious recipe tonight. and i'm not sure i can explain it with "proper measurements" and "a list of ingredients" - but here you go. i'd recommend a nine by thirteen pan, but i used a smaller and higher-sided pan [one of those ones that has a cover] and a ramekin, and then i had some left over.

1. i greased the pan with my misto olive oil sprayer [best purchase ever] and sliced up the polenta to lay it in the bottom. polenta's that thing that's made out of corn and comes in a tube like jimmy dean sausage. i tried to fill in all the gaps with tiny polenta pieces, but then i just crumbled it all up with my hand and that worked much better.

2. i sauteed up a bunch of peppers [trader joe's frozen three-pepper blend, which is a staple of my diet] and onions and garlic, like i always do, and put them on top of the polenta. should have added salt and pepper, but i forgot.

3. invented some mexican rice! it came out gooooood. there was like a cup and a half left in the bag of brown rice, and i used the extra water from a container of trader joe's fresh salsa plus some more water to make about two and a half cups total. so, a little less water than the directions called for, because i was also adding the fresh salsa. should have seasoned it here with chili powder, cumin, and such, but i forgot and added it later. anyway, cooked up the rice and added it as the next layer.

4. poured a can of enchilada sauce over the top, and added some tapatio hot sauce. [mmmm, tapatio, mi mejor amigo.]

5. drained three cans of beans - one pinto, one black, one cannellini. i always rinse them just a little bit. don't know if that's a good idea. but then i put them on top of all the other stuff.

6. and i covered the whole thing with cheese.

7. and put it in the oven at 350 for like twenty minutes, until the sides bubble and the cheese melts. it doesn't need to cook a ton, because it's all already cooked - i made it for tomorrow, though, so i'm not sure if it was warm all through because we're going to reheat in anyway.

my camera's broken. but i promise, it looked and tasted great.

cool things.

i don't allow this in my class - but i'm going to go ahead and link to freakonomics' link to time's top 25 blogs. [i didn't make it, guys. next year.]

why am i not linking to time? because time is annoying and you have to keep clicking and things. i'm like, time magazine. get with the program. some of us like to SKIM.

but if you want to read about every single blog and click a lot, well, read time.

i have my ear pressed up next to the window a lot lately because, as you know, my phone has been giving me some troubs. tonight, as i was sitting by the window waiting for my phone to connect, someone walked by outside talking on his cellphone, going "...if x is infinite, and g(x) is positive, then the number of solutions..." now, how cool is that? i kind of want to be friends with this nerdy neighbor.

happy birthday, mr. darwin.

and, in your honor...

On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, a new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they "believe in the theory of evolution," while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36% don't have an opinion either way. These attitudes are strongly related to education and, to an even greater degree, religiosity.

this from a moderately interesting gallup poll. let's talk a little bit about religiosity, gallup. i'd rather see the correlation between "belief" in evolution [this makes at least one of my science teacher friends very angry] and views about the bible. because not everyone who is religious thinks that the bible is factual, GUYS. ask my STUDENTS. they'll tell you.

this brilliant and awesome journalist started a blog today and kicks off with darwin and colbert - recommended and on the blogroll.

and even mcsweeney's shares the love.

in THESE ECONOMIC TIMES, all kinds of things are happening, people are writing about them, and we're making fun of it. irony survives.

this just in - did everyone know that darwin and lincoln were born on the same day?! BOTH on february 12, 1809? remarkable. [literally.]

it's no meat loaf. i know, i know.

new on the sidebar, and recommended...
i love you more than blank. got this in an email today, and - oooh. it's almost like my friends know what i like.
and maria finally started a blog! yay. it appears that she likes running and music and, you know, awesomeness. and i encourage you all to start blogs, too, so i can say nice things about you and also look like i have lots of blogfriends.

and in her honor here's a song that will take you, um, a long time to listen to. and THAT is how it starts.



don't think i listen to music this cool on my own. kevin knows. [see his comment.]

wouldn't trade one stupid decision for another five years of life, eh? i'll buy it.

[new tag cloud is making me want to have lots more tags. WATCH out.]