Zombie Jesus Holiday News, and The Cole Commission.

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Big event for Zombie Jesus day was playing GURPS Bunnies & Burrows with some fellow rabbits. It is a game certainly deserving of its cult-status. The night before caseopaya and myself took log_reloaded out for her 21st birthday with her partner Jase and her mother and her partner (got all that?) also in attendance seeing Ross Noble at the Melbourne Town Hall. He's not bad; sort of a Northumbrian version of Billy Connoly, but not quite as funny (yet - he's still young).

Once a year caseopaya and I consume red meat (well, I have a taste here and there) and when most other folk in Christendom are not; Good Friday (aka "Dead Jew on a Stick Day"). This years meaty feast was Hungarian goulash. You just can't have too much paprika.

Our trustworthy Prime Minister claims that he never saw any of the 21 diplomatic cables between warning of AWB bribery claiming that AWB tricked him. But he acknowledges that he was aware that sanctions were being broken. So is he incompetent or a liar? In either case he is not fit to hold office. Trade Minister Mark Vaile knew nothing and did less as he ignored 31 cables.

Summary courtesy of greylock on Mark Vaile's performance

* "Incompetent" and "buck-passing" – Dennis Shanahan, The Australian
* "The Trade Minister doesn't have a clue." - Neil Chenoweth, Financial Review
* "Quietly and with an air of polite resolution, Mr Agius carved the minister up". – David Marr, Sydney Morning Herald
* " ...at best, totally naive and, at worst, frighteningly incompetent." – Michelle Grattan, The Age
* "Vaile floundered." – Matt Price, The Australian
* "It can be fairly said that Mr Vaile has probably enjoyed better days in his political career." – Kerry O'Brien, The 7.30 report
* "... a picture of incurious and incompetent ministerial oversight." – Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald

Weird links of the week goes to the Anarchist Icecream van and O RLY the Owl.

Comments

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Heh. I was thinking of when I was making it.

I considered adding more vegetables in it... But what the hell, it was "meat Friday"

What extra vegies did your family have?

Is it possible to do vegetarian gulyas? With say, mushrooms and paprika?

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The vegies that my mum generally put in were: peas, corn, carrots, beans and potatoes. Personally, I like to use all of them plus add pumpkin and sweet potato and you can even put in broccoli or pretty much anything. I think my brother made some while I was staying with him that had squash in it. oh, and or course you cook the meat in onion.

I don't think it's really achievable to make gulyas without meat, since it's by stewing the meat at the beginning of the process that you get the flavour of the dish. Anyway, it'd hardly be a Hungarian meal without some sort of meat in it - even bableves (bean soup) is made with a base of meat.

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Thanks! Time for some more experimentation in cooking.. yum!