Chef_Troy ([info]chef_troy) wrote,
@ 2009-02-18 16:58:00
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Yoinked from [info]xo_kizzy_xo
Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this to your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.

Here's what she gave me:

  • How you picked up "Chef": I've always loved to cook, especially for big groups of friends. Around the same time I was taking my first faltering steps into the online universe, I was toying with the idea of becoming a caterer, and had in fact catered a couple of parties. I needed a user name to join the Straight Dope Message Board (see below), and "Chef Troy" was available. The rest is history.

  • teaching: I've tried and failed to find work as a teacher in Dallas the past two years (I'm not bilingual and want to teach language arts. Two strikes, you're out.) I think I'd be good at the actual "standing in front of kids and teaching them about stuff" part, but these days teaching is only partly about that. All the administrative stuff, the dealing with crazy parents, and so on - I don't know how good I'd be at that. Maybe it's just as well that I finally found editing work, but every time I pick up my daughter from day care and all her little classmates crowd around asking me things, I still have that frisson of "I could totally do this."

  • the responsibilities of being a Doper: For those of you not in the know, this doesn't refer to reefer - a Doper is a member of the Straight Dope Message Board, or SDMB for short. "The Straight Dope" is a weekly column that originally ran in the Chicago Reader and now is in alternative newsweeklies all over the place. Want to know the number of calories in the average male ejaculation? Want to know the real lyrics to "Louie Louie? Cecil Adams, writer and resident omniscient, will find the answer. Over the years, a community sprang up online. We Dopers have taken Cecil's admonition to "fight ignorance" seriously and go out of our way to set people straight, whether they appreciate it or not.

  • cake:My favorite cake in the world is Black Forest cake. Not the cheap-ass stuff in the supermarket, either (sorry, [info]xo_kizzy_xo!) - from a real bakery. I'm also very fond of the toasted coconut cake with pineapple sold at Neiman Marcus. I'll eat nearly any of it, though, as long as it's not dry.

  • three famous people you'd like to have dinner with: Anthony Bourdain, Julia Child, and Alton Brown.

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[info]debrafortune
2009-02-19 04:58 am UTC (link)
the responsibilities of being a Doper: For those of you not in the know, this doesn't refer to reefer - a Doper is a member of the Straight Dope Message Board, or SDMB for short.

wait... what?

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That's some funny stuff right there.
[info]chef_troy
2009-02-19 05:08 am UTC (link)
Once the munchies kick in, feel free to move on to the part about cake. :-)

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Re: That's some funny stuff right there.
[info]debrafortune
2009-02-19 05:11 am UTC (link)
MMmmm... cake is delicious.

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Re: That's some funny stuff right there.
[info]chef_troy
2009-02-19 01:00 pm UTC (link)
If I may be blunt, bud, that's our joint opinion of cake. Weed probably eat it all the time if not for the chronic pot belly that would ensue - I know my doctor would have to reefer me to a specialist, and I could only make a tokin' protest.

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[info]chef_troy
2009-02-19 01:17 pm UTC (link)
By the way, here are your five topics:
  • The seamy underbelly of Denver, CO

  • Beethoven vs. Mozart - who was the greater artist?

  • Meeting online connections in person for the first time - expectations vs. reality

  • Unconventional relationships - when/whether to bring up the topic with new acquaintances

  • The perils of raising a teenager

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[info]debrafortune
2009-02-19 04:14 pm UTC (link)
okie dokie :)

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Hi there! :D
[info]hillbillie
2009-02-19 05:43 am UTC (link)
Black forest is fine stuff, but
you've never had my from-scratch German's Sweet Chocolate cake.

I'll always be beholden to julia Child for showing how to cook hard-boiled eggs.

um..those two comments are not actually related

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Re: Hi there! :D
[info]chef_troy
2009-02-19 01:10 pm UTC (link)
Darlin', I'm just thrilled to see someone correctly call it German's chocolate cake. It's not my thing, though - mind if I pass my piece to my brother? It's his favorite.

And here are your five topics:
  • Reflections on having unleashed [info]flemco on an unsuspecting world

  • Forest fires vs. earthquakes: Pros and cons

  • The Muppet Show vs. Sesame Street

  • Unemployment/austerity as a sustainable lifestyle

  • Mainstreaming special-ed students vs. separate classrooms

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Re: German's
[info]hillbillie
2009-02-21 02:24 am UTC (link)
Yeah well it's the family's name that makes the chocolate bar, not the nationality of the cake, right?

A jewish friend of mine actually hesitated to try it because he thought it had to be a favored nazi cake.

Perhaps the reason it's not your thing is because, again, you've never hadmine, which I make with black coffee and mayonaise.
Which I also recommend for any chocolate cake really.!
Except the ones with a hint of orange in them.

Okay now there goes my diet for today, dammit.

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Re: Hi there! :D
[info]hillbillie
2009-02-21 03:12 am UTC (link)
Reflections on having unleashed flemco on an unsuspecting world
"Unsuspecting"? Oh please. Anyone who knew his mother should have been prepared.
But seriously,folks..I've often toyed with the idea of changing my name so that my surname "Rosemier" would be my first name instead, as "Rosemary"..since people are always getting it backwards anyway..and then he could be in fact "Rosemary's baby" :D

Forest fires vs. earthquakes:pros and cons
Forest fires smell good from a distance. They generally last longer than earthquakes. They make for some spectacular photo ops. Those are the pros.
Cons: They provide no foot massage. They are scary. They last too long. They kill all the fish. They destroy the forest.

Earthquakes are not scary, most of the time. They are sort of exciting. They feel pretty neat, when they are noticeable at all. But they never last long enough!
And they destroy nothing.
(WHAT?!)
Oh..I thought you meant Southern California earthquakes. Cuz they are no big deal.
I didn't mean to belittle the biggies they had in Alaska, San Frnacisco, and the one that apparently caused that tsunami a couple years ago.

Yes yes in big Bear we did have a Big One, in the year of 92, I thnk it was, and it was scary enough, for about eight seconds. But nobody died, and the destruction it wrought was more of the "wow look at that" variety.

Smokey the Bear sez, "Only you can prevent forest fires" (even the ones caused by lightning?)
Anyway why is there no Shakey the Possum, telling us how we can prevent earthquakes?
Know why?
Cuz no one seriously wants to prevent earthquakes! Every single tourist to California hopes they'll get to experience one.


The Muppet Show vs. Sesame Street
Originally, they weren't that different.
Sesame Street has since become a sort of bland Pablum, IMO.
The Muppet Show, on the other hand, no longer exists at all.
Too bad. I loved both of them, TMS a tad better than Sesame.
I still can do a pretty respectable Kermit.

Unemployment/austerity as a sustainable lifestyle
...
What?
You mean like living in a cave or something?
Nice work, if you can get it.
:p

Mainstreaming special-ed students vs. separate classrooms
Separate classroooms!!
You do a disservice to each if you try to meld them. The (usually insufficiently-trained for handicapped students) mainstream teacher spends all her/his time on the "special" student, and the other 29 students are grossly shortchanged. Besides, it makes a spectacle of the special-ed student--yeah I know, ideally, the SE kid would help the rest of the class get used to such things. Ideally.--instead of letting said student be in a well-equipped environment where his or her difficulty is handled as a matter of course.

I think it's one of the biggest loads of hooey ever, and is my main objection to NCLB. It's just another poorly-diguised budget cut.

My but you've become a serious fellow...
are you actually reading all this blather of mine?


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[info]pukana_la
2009-02-19 06:29 am UTC (link)
I have dinner with Alton Brown all the time. Of course, in my house he is a cat...

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[info]chef_troy
2009-02-19 01:36 pm UTC (link)
Funny you should mention that - have you ever seen the webcomic Cat and Girl? Go look and TELL me that Cat doesn't look just like AB.

And now, your topics:
  • Should people be required to pass a test before being allowed to own pets? Why or why not? Should it be a one-time test or should people have to renew periodically?

  • How many pets is too many? Is it a relative number depending on the owner's resources, or is there an absolute limit (aside from the legal limit)?

  • Which is more enjoyable: cooking, or watching cooking shows? Justify your answer.

  • Which is more important for weight loss: diet, or exercise? Which is more important for overall health?

  • Hotness cage match: Alton Brown vs. Neil Patrick Harris. Support your choice with specific examples.

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[info]pukana_la
2009-02-19 08:39 pm UTC (link)
Yeah I have seen you mention that comic before, and the cat does resemble Alton.

I am going to spoil the game a little and just answer the questions here, because trying to think of questions for people who respond to me is too damn hard:

1) Hell yes people ought to take a test before being allowed to own pets. A home check too. And a credit check. Have some pet raising classes like there are child raising classes. My years as a vet tech have shown me just how damn stupid people can be when it comes to pet care. It doesn't matter if one is a rocket scientist or a burger flipper at a fast food joint, people have teh dumb when it comes to pets.
2) The number of pets is relative to the environment and resources. I have 11 cats and two dogs but they get the absolute best of care and I have the room for them (but no more!). One pet is too many if you are just going to mistreat it.
3) I love watching cooking shows more than I love trying to cook. (Note I used the word trying). I like playing with food once in a while but the sad fact is I am not a good cook and I hate the expense and time involved in trying to make good eats.
4) This one is tough. I really think you have to have both a good diet AND get in some exercise. I suppose in initial stages of weight loss one should focus on getting the diet under control but exercise needs to fit in there eventually.
5) This one is easy--NPH. Specific example--NPH is a total hottie in Dr. Horrible!

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[info]eleika
2009-02-19 06:58 am UTC (link)
All right, shoot. :D

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[info]chef_troy
2009-02-19 01:51 pm UTC (link)
Your topics:
  • Librarians: harmless booklovers or secret, all-powerful guardians of the world's lore whom one crosses at one's peril? Support your answer.

  • American misconceptions about the Canadian health-care system

  • Cage match: magic vs. science/technology. (Feel free to approach this from whatever angle you like - fiction, the "real world," whatever.)

  • Does the meaning of a written work reside wholly in the author's intent, or is it dependent on what the reader brings to the table?

  • Confrontation vs. conflict avoidance - discuss.

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[info]ludzu_alus
2009-02-20 02:22 pm UTC (link)
Is it too late to participate? (Hey look! That rhymed!) :)

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[info]chef_troy
2009-02-20 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Here are your topics:
  • Cage match: Douglas Adams vs. Spider Robinson. You may pit them against each other on whatever basis you wish - humor, writing skill, even chances of surviving an encounter with a grizzly bear - but you must support your answer. For the purposes of your answer, assume that Adams is alive.

  • "Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog", and why? Justify your answer.

  • Playing a word that you know to be invalid in a game of Scrabble - dishonesty/cheating, or legitimate playing strategy akin to bluffing in poker?

  • Best Catwoman ever: Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Michelle Pfeiffer, or Halle Berry? Give evidence to support your answer.

  • What distinguishes erotica from pornography?

Edited to add a fifth topic, because I can't count.

Edited at 2009-02-20 09:30 pm UTC

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