A Crazed Girl

Back to work today. I got nothing else ... well ... I lied. I do have a link for ya'll, at least those of you who believe in America, Life, Liberty and the PERSUIT of happiness and all that happy shit. *winks*

Glenn Beck This guy is one of my FAVE radio/tv personalities!!!

ஜ~§Quote of the Day§~ஜ

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Marcus Aurelius

ஜ~§The Question Of The Day§~ஜ

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

ஜ~§The Word Of The Day§~ஜ

Crestfallen

PRONUNCIATION:
(KREST-fo-luhn)

MEANING:
adjective: Dispirited or disappointed by having one's hopes dashed.

ETYMOLOGY:
From allusion to the drooping crest or comb of a bird, such as a rooster. From Latin crista (tuft).

USAGE:
"With hands over her heart, Tatiana looked crestfallen. Some of us felt our hearts breaking because she was a really pretty girl."

ஜ~§What I'm Reading§~ஜ

I'm perusing through the internet today. (yeah ... like that's any different from any other day, right?)

ஜ~§What I'm Watching§~ஜ

Tonight is: Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Smallville and Supernatural.

ஜ~§Poem Of The Day§~ஜ

A Crazed Girl

THAT crazed girl improvising her music.
Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,

Her soul in division from itself
Climbing, falling She knew not where,
Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship,
Her knee-cap broken, that girl I declare
A beautiful lofty thing, or a thing
Heroically lost, heroically found.

No matter what disaster occurred
She stood in desperate music wound,
Wound, wound, and she made in her triumph
Where the bales and the baskets lay
No common intelligible sound
But sang, 'O sea-starved, hungry sea.'

William Butler Yeats

ஜ~§Recipe of the Day§~ஜ

Black Bean Soup with Crab and Andouille Sausage from The Food Network





Ingredients:
2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, drained
4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 pound diced andouille sausage
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced carrots
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 bay leaves
Salt and ground black pepper
2 cups lump crabmeat, picked for shells and cartilage
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Preparation:
In a slow cooker, combine beans, broth, tomatoes, sausage, onion, celery, carrots, cumin, bay leaves, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. Mix well. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.

Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Ladle into bowls and garnish with crab and cilantro. (I'll be making this one here in the next few days. Yummy!)

Brightest Blessings,
~S~