A Happy New Years
by tdaxp ~ January 1st, 2008
Watched the New Years celebration from Shenzhen on pptv yesterday morning.
Then, enjoyed a number of episodes of Amazing Race Asia, plus a Snow Patrol concert (courtesy Time Warner On Demand), plus Radiohead’s hour-long performance of In Rainbows (courtesy Current — Al Gore’s TV station).
Had a runza for the first time last night, and then this morning saw a bald eagle (second one I’ve seen in the wild in my life).
Then, finished up World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, and also enjoyed the radiocast of Big 12 North Missouri’s trouncing of the SEC Arkansas Razorbacks, 10 billion to nothing (with apologies to Adam Roberts).
(Also got featured on the second post of Stephen’s new blog! Sweet!)
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
I don't know if I've had a Runza or not– I had a meat pastry at an ethnic grocer near Houston that was mighty tasty . . .
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
You've only NOW had a Runza?!
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Add the Texas Tech win, and you have two Big 12 wins on New Years Day, bringing our conference to 4-2 (with Missouri and Oklahoma still to come)
Too bad with the Southwestern Conference dissolved, Arkansas wasn't up to joining the Big 12 and went into the SEC junior-leagues instead… :-p
January 1st, 2008 at 12:00 am
See, I knew Al Gore was good for something!
January 1st, 2008 at 12:00 am
You should have slept in, like I did! The joys of not being a sports fan. . .:)
BTW, my New Years Eve party consisted of sitting around watching CRANK and a leaked preliminary copy of SHOOT 'EM UP. Both good movies, though not necessarily for kids.
January 1st, 2008 at 12:00 am
Nothing makes waking up at 9:30 am on New Year's Day worse than watching a game like that…. and we loyal fans sat through the entire thing.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Runza (commercial name) is meat, cabbage, onion, etc. cooked and then baked in a dough wrapper (think Hot Pockets only edible). It is basically a larger, self-contained kolache (Czech 'danish').
Czechs in TX reportedly produce meat kolaches along with traditional fillings such as apricot and poppy seed. In czech-populated NE meat in a kolache is like asking the Huskers to develop a passing game; something looked upon as untoward if not unholy (sofa is going to be cold tonight).
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Having visited Texas twice, I still can't believe I haven't had a meat kolache either — I've only eaten it with an apricot or prune center…
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
I was lucky; I passed by a small, locally-owned convenience store on the way to Austin just as both of us were getting hungry. If I'm ever crazy enough to return to that part of Texas, that place is high on my list of places to visit.
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Among the foods I want to eat:
a) white castle mini-hamburgers
b) meat-filled kolaches
c) sweet and sour dog