Comments on: Lunch for one. http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lunch-for-one one writer's daily download Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:47:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270658 Dexter Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:39:19 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270658 Tom Leykis. I remember listening to the show that followed his, and the host said Leykis was a very animated broadcaster; he never sat down at all during the entire show and would not even go on-air if the studio was over 60 degrees F. He had to have it cold. I only listened to Leykis occasionally...can't recall anything about him or his show... http://www.blowmeuptom.com/tom-leykis-show.tl Tom Leykis. I remember listening to the show that followed his, and the host said Leykis was a very animated broadcaster; he never sat down at all during the entire show and would not even go on-air if the studio was over 60 degrees F.
He had to have it cold. I only listened to Leykis occasionally…can’t recall anything about him or his show…
http://www.blowmeuptom.com/tom-leykis-show.tl

]]> By: Dave http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270650 Dave Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:59:50 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270650 John Dillinger killed the sheriff breaking out of the jail in Lima, OH, something which was brought up in the newspaper at least a couple of times during the six years we lived there. He robbed banks and everything else all around this general area, including the police station up in Auburn, by some accounts. Glad that the movie doesn't glamorize him, although it seems the ads would lead you to believe otherwise. When I think of Michael Jackson, the radio host, I think of the day the Challenger blew up, which we witnessed. As we finally made our way up the Florida east coast, he was the radio show we were listening to. No Trader Joe's in the Fort, which we got introduced to last summer. No Costco, either. John Dillinger killed the sheriff breaking out of the jail in Lima, OH, something which was brought up in the newspaper at least a couple of times during the six years we lived there. He robbed banks and everything else all around this general area, including the police station up in Auburn, by some accounts. Glad that the movie doesn’t glamorize him, although it seems the ads would lead you to believe otherwise.

When I think of Michael Jackson, the radio host, I think of the day the Challenger blew up, which we witnessed. As we finally made our way up the Florida east coast, he was the radio show we were listening to.

No Trader Joe’s in the Fort, which we got introduced to last summer. No Costco, either.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270641 brian stouder Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:23:47 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270641 I dunno - the link might be the same guy Pam was talking about... http://visitshoremagazine.com/2/?p=5066 I dunno – the link might be the same guy Pam was talking about…

http://visitshoremagazine.com/2/?p=5066

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270640 brian stouder Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:08:09 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270640 Joe - I've seen the previews, and my Lovely Wife is a huge Johnny Depp fan anyway - so we're almost certain to see it at Full Price; thanks for the capsule review! Pam was telling me that she read that the movie makers wanted Real Live Indiana newspaper reporters for the scenes wherein Dillinger deals with the press; and an ink-stained wretch from somewhere around here answered the casting call and got a part! The story went on about repeated screen tests and rehearsals. They had a stand-in for Mr Depp, of course, but the reporters and others kept running through the scenes. Weeks and weeks went by, and the reporter got no more calls, and just when he thought he hadn't made the cut, the phone rang and the movie makers flew him out to California. Then - he saw the spectacle of the same scenes being run through (for blocking?), and they had a stand-in for HIM, while Mr Depp did his part!! Now I'll have to go Googling and find who this guy was... Joe – I’ve seen the previews, and my Lovely Wife is a huge Johnny Depp fan anyway – so we’re almost certain to see it at Full Price; thanks for the capsule review!

Pam was telling me that she read that the movie makers wanted Real Live Indiana newspaper reporters for the scenes wherein Dillinger deals with the press; and an ink-stained wretch from somewhere around here answered the casting call and got a part!

The story went on about repeated screen tests and rehearsals. They had a stand-in for Mr Depp, of course, but the reporters and others kept running through the scenes. Weeks and weeks went by, and the reporter got no more calls, and just when he thought he hadn’t made the cut, the phone rang and the movie makers flew him out to California.

Then – he saw the spectacle of the same scenes being run through (for blocking?), and they had a stand-in for HIM, while Mr Depp did his part!!

Now I’ll have to go Googling and find who this guy was…

]]> By: Joe Kobiela http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270636 Joe Kobiela Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:54:31 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270636 Just got back from watching Public Enemy. Pretty good flick. Thankfully they did not glamorize Dillinger to much,cause he was a killer. One thing the wife pointed out was his girlfriend was not glamorous, just normal, like some one from Moorsville Ind would like. The production looked pretty good also, things looked like it was the mid 30's. Johnny Depp really gets into his character's. The guy is probably the best actor going at this time. Overall I give the movie a solid b+ or A- Pilot Joe Just got back from watching Public Enemy. Pretty good flick. Thankfully they did not glamorize Dillinger to much,cause he was a killer. One thing the wife pointed out was his girlfriend was not glamorous, just normal, like some one from Moorsville Ind would like. The production looked pretty good also, things looked like it was the mid 30′s. Johnny Depp really gets into his character’s. The guy is probably the best actor going at this time. Overall I give the movie a solid b+ or A-
Pilot Joe

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270632 brian stouder Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:50:00 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270632 Mary - Years and years ago, I called into Michael Jackson's talk radio show; couldn't possibly tell you what I was disagreeing with, but I seem to recall the word "jingoism" was used, in his British accent. Presumeably it was back when President Reagan was in office and MJ had criticized some RR rhetoric about Libya/Khadafy/Line of Death, but who knows? Anyway, yes, Michael Jackson and Owen Spahn were OK; and there was another guy, more recently....maybe Tom Liekus (spelling is probably wrong)? I won't say "those were the good ol' days" -because they weren't; but the accessible style of those national talkers is definitely gone. Possibly people like that are on local stations; here in Fort Wayne ol' Pat White varies. Some days he's nothing more than a shrill shill for whatever the wingnut talking point of the moment is ("Cap and Tax" seems to be the current End of the World as We Know It thing), but more often, a caller can get through and have a reasonable disagreement with him. Mary – Years and years ago, I called into Michael Jackson’s talk radio show; couldn’t possibly tell you what I was disagreeing with, but I seem to recall the word “jingoism” was used, in his British accent. Presumeably it was back when President Reagan was in office and MJ had criticized some RR rhetoric about Libya/Khadafy/Line of Death, but who knows?

Anyway, yes, Michael Jackson and Owen Spahn were OK; and there was another guy, more recently….maybe Tom Liekus (spelling is probably wrong)?

I won’t say “those were the good ol’ days” -because they weren’t; but the accessible style of those national talkers is definitely gone. Possibly people like that are on local stations; here in Fort Wayne ol’ Pat White varies. Some days he’s nothing more than a shrill shill for whatever the wingnut talking point of the moment is (“Cap and Tax” seems to be the current End of the World as We Know It thing), but more often, a caller can get through and have a reasonable disagreement with him.

]]> By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one) http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270598 Jeff (the mild-mannered one) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:57:23 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270598 I must point out, as fellow native of Da Region, that Karl Malden, nee Mladen Sekulovich (i may have mangled the spelling of the Serbian original) was from Gary, Indiana, as was that other fellow from Gary who died last week. Karl only changed his name; his nose was the product of northwest Indiana basketball, which could never tell when it wasn't football. I was lucky, my nose only got broken once. I must point out, as fellow native of Da Region, that Karl Malden, nee Mladen Sekulovich (i may have mangled the spelling of the Serbian original) was from Gary, Indiana, as was that other fellow from Gary who died last week.

Karl only changed his name; his nose was the product of northwest Indiana basketball, which could never tell when it wasn’t football. I was lucky, my nose only got broken once.

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270595 Dexter Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:41 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270595 A search yielded some info about salad-in-a-bag from HighBeam Industries from 1994. I was wondering how long we have been able to buy salad like this. I know there have been issues with these bags, salmonella and e coli , but my wife buys these bags all the time and I bought an Italian mix yesterday, too. A special at the store , and a large bag of Italian salad for a buck, fresh, not "marked down for quick sale." With just two of us, it wouldn't be practical to buy all the salad greens individually. Here's the old story (excerpt): "Pre-cut veggies are sparking a quiet revolution centered in supermarket produce departments as branded salad mixes and packaged pre-cuts begin to meet the needs of more and more 90s shoppers. "I love the packaged salads. Lettuce on the head tends to go bad. Packaged stays edible longer and it's convenient too." Updated fruits and veggies are in step with today's fast pace and casual lifestyles. They are easy to tote and easy to eat. They require no preparation work and generate next to no trash or garbage. They are easy and even fun to select and to reject ... " A search yielded some info about salad-in-a-bag from HighBeam Industries from 1994. I was wondering how long we have been able to buy salad like this.
I know there have been issues with these bags, salmonella and e coli , but my wife buys these bags all the time and I bought an Italian mix yesterday, too.
A special at the store , and a large bag of Italian salad for a buck, fresh, not “marked down for quick sale.” With just two of us, it wouldn’t be practical to buy all the salad greens individually. Here’s the old story (excerpt):

“Pre-cut veggies are sparking a quiet revolution centered in supermarket produce departments as branded salad mixes and packaged pre-cuts begin to meet the needs of more and more 90s shoppers.

“I love the packaged salads. Lettuce on the head tends to go bad. Packaged stays edible longer and it’s convenient too.”

Updated fruits and veggies are in step with today’s fast pace and casual lifestyles. They are easy to tote and easy to eat. They require no preparation work and generate next to no trash or garbage. They are easy and even fun to select and to reject … “

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270589 nancy Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:38:46 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270589 I'm glad they're doing this, and that graf you pulled out, Jolene, gets right to the heart of it. It's useful to remember that for all the trendy carping about agribusiness and industrial food, no one wants to go back to the days when all lettuce was iceberg and the only vegetables to eat in winter were canned. It's not all bad eating out there, despite what Michael Pollan says. I’m glad they’re doing this, and that graf you pulled out, Jolene, gets right to the heart of it. It’s useful to remember that for all the trendy carping about agribusiness and industrial food, no one wants to go back to the days when all lettuce was iceberg and the only vegetables to eat in winter were canned. It’s not all bad eating out there, despite what Michael Pollan says.

]]> By: Jolene http://nancynall.com/2009/07/01/lunch-for-one/#comment-270587 Jolene Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:34:35 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=4173#comment-270587 Just saw that the Post has launched <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063000918.html" rel="nofollow">a new blog</a> about the politics of food. To appear twice a month, it's called "Gut Check". It's written by Ezra Klein, one of those young, smarty-pants political bloggers so common in Washington, so it's not likely to be a good place for recipes. Instead, he promises insights about who in agriculture, industry. and government is producing the problems in our food supply and what is being done to address them. An excerpt: <i>The sense that something is wrong with our food quickly blurs into the suggestion that everything is wrong with our food. It has too much bacteria but also too many pesticides. It is too expensive, but we do not spend enough money on it. We need fewer corporations, or maybe more corporations run by the yogurt guy. With so much wrong, it is hard to know where to start. And sometimes, in fact, it seems that fixing one problem would create another: Making fruits and vegetables cheaper, for instance, is hard to do if you also want them to be organic.</i> <i>. . . And that's where this column comes in. Twice a month, we'll take a look at the evolving politics and policy of food: from farms to Congress, on land and in sea, within and without the District. Because it's not that something is wrong with our food. It's that particular things are wrong with our food. And knowing what those things are is the first step toward fixing them.</i> He is a lively writer, so it's likely to be worth following. Just saw that the Post has launched a new blog about the politics of food. To appear twice a month, it’s called “Gut Check”. It’s written by Ezra Klein, one of those young, smarty-pants political bloggers so common in Washington, so it’s not likely to be a good place for recipes. Instead, he promises insights about who in agriculture, industry. and government is producing the problems in our food supply and what is being done to address them. An excerpt:

The sense that something is wrong with our food quickly blurs into the suggestion that everything is wrong with our food. It has too much bacteria but also too many pesticides. It is too expensive, but we do not spend enough money on it. We need fewer corporations, or maybe more corporations run by the yogurt guy. With so much wrong, it is hard to know where to start. And sometimes, in fact, it seems that fixing one problem would create another: Making fruits and vegetables cheaper, for instance, is hard to do if you also want them to be organic.

. . . And that’s where this column comes in. Twice a month, we’ll take a look at the evolving politics and policy of food: from farms to Congress, on land and in sea, within and without the District. Because it’s not that something is wrong with our food. It’s that particular things are wrong with our food. And knowing what those things are is the first step toward fixing them.

He is a lively writer, so it’s likely to be worth following.

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