Gloomy day today

Seriously, it's about 45*F and raining. Lousy weather for a Saturday so I decided to bake a loaf of cheesy bread from a recipe I found in a cookbook called, The American Diner Cookbook, by Elizabeth McKorn & Linda Everett.

Cheese Bread

2 envelopes active dry yeast
2 cups warm milk
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoons butter
1/4 tsp. salt
4 1/2 cup all- purpose flour
6 oz. sharp cheddar cheese (shredded)

Grease a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl dissolve the yeast in the milk. Add the sugar, butter, and salt. Stir until well blended. Add the flour. Beat until smooth. Add cheese and mix thoroughly.

Pour the batter in the the prepared casserole dish. Cover with wax paper and place in a warm area. Let rise for one hour or until the dough has doubled in size.

Place the dough in a loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until the bread tests done. Let cool. Makes one loaf.


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Minnehaha Falls - Minneapolis, MN - 2009

Minnehaha Falls - Minneapolis, MN - 2009
Originally uploaded by Gregory Roth

This shot originally turned out very over exposed and I didn't know what to do with it, other than to delet it out of my life. So I added a texture (or two) and played with tge blending mode. This gave it the vintage look that you see here.

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Originally uploaded by Gregory Roth

October 1.2009 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!!!!

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Originally uploaded by Gregory Roth

September 26, 2009 - In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and MaskTheater. South Minneapolis.

This theater has ben on Lake Street for many, many years. This theater was completed in 1937 and now houses The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater. Every year this theater company is a main attraction at the May Day Parade in Powderhorn Park

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Originally uploaded by Gregory Roth

September 27, 2009 - Not a REAL bear skin rug.

But I found this guy stuffed in a trunk in my basement. I guess I forgot to take him out of storage when I moved.

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Originally uploaded by Gregory Roth

September 19, 2009 - Dave's Popcorn

Dave's Popcorn sits on the corner of 38th St. and Longfellow Avenue in South Minneapolis and sells different varieties of popcorn May through October. It's been in this location since the 1960's and the signs in front shows it's age.

Since it looks like that place that time forgot, I thought I would do some PhotoShop work on it like a photograph taken in the 1960's or early 1970's. Perhaps with a Kodak Insamatic camera, 126 Film.

Basically I slightly desaturated the colors, added a yellow cast and increased the magenta a bit. Then blurred it enough to give it a softness overall finally cropped it to a square... tadaaaaaa. Vintage 1969.

What's wrong with people?

I used to get very angry at the Republicans and the pack of lies they spread but as of today it's the folks who believe they're bullshit that I feeling sorry for. They shout down discussion healthcare reform (which willl benefit them too) and have The President's speech to school children across the nation banned in some schools when he's probably just going to ask them to work hard and stay in school.

These people need agressive deprograming. They need to be taught how to think for themselves again.