Foolish Sage | February 28, 2009
According to Margie Haack, this is more than a recipe for her Lemon Dilled Rice:
Lemon Dilled Rice (Serves 3-4)
1 cup rice
4 T. butter
1 small onion, diced
1 t. salt
2 t. dill weed (or 2 T. fresh dill, chopped)
2 c. water or chicken broth
1 lemon, juiced
In a saucepan, melt butter. Add rice and onion. Sautee for 4 [...]
Foolish Sage | February 27, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut»
Here is the video from the fourth song on Flying Club Cup by Beirut (Zach Condon and band). The song is “La Banlieue”
La banlieue (literally “the outskirts”) is the French term for an area of low income housing around the edge [...]
Foolish Sage | February 27, 2009
(From the Making Men Moral Conference at Union University, Jackson TN, February 25-27, 2009. As reported by Owen Strachan. A friend tells me Harry Poe is the great grandson of Edgar Allen Poe. If anyone has any more bio on him, I’ll be glad to add it here. HT for the quote to Christ Datillo [...]
Foolish Sage | February 26, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut»
I’m currently blogging through the set of videos for Zach Condon’s (aka Beirut) magical album The Flying Club Cup. Today’s song is “Guyamas Sonora.”
I think it was this song that made me start thinking about another side to Zach’s exploration of [...]
Foolish Sage | February 25, 2009
What happens when we lose our sense of wonder and awe (told in hysterically funny fashion, so we can bear it):
UPDATE: While most innovations of our day would indeed seem amazing to someone from the past, not so for all: Futureman explains social media to ’50s guys
Foolish Sage | February 25, 2009
[WARNING: Vain and perhaps foolish attempt ahead to try to justify promoting a friend's blog as a worthy post given the theme and focus of his blog.]
I like What Chris Likes. Chris Martin (no, not that Chris Martin, let’s get that out of the way) was one of our housemates in Philadelphia for all too [...]
Foolish Sage | February 24, 2009
From Moby Dick [in reference to the sperm whale's supposed lack of a voice]: “
Seldom have I known any profound being that had anything to say to this world, unless forced to stammer out something by way of getting a living. Oh! happy that the world is such an excellent listener!”
What do you think of [...]
Foolish Sage | February 24, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut»
Here is the video for “Sunday Smile,” the second song off Beirut’s album Flying Club Cup.
This time the video is set in the courtyard of a Brooklyn apartment building. I like the substitution of twin ukuleles in this live arrangement for [...]
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Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of resurrections and that which is already (but not yet). Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and currently freelances as an Internet marketer.
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