On Cookbooks

Cooks are a bossy lot. I suppose they have to be, playing with fire and throwing knives around and all that. I've noticed a direct correlation between the gorgeousness of a photo and the sternness of tone, as if the cook knows you are going to fail at the gefuellte tauben (that's stuffed pigeons to you and me) and is preparing a case of "I told you so." The only book exempt from this principle is Julia Child's The Way to Cook.  Who else tells you how to pronounce quiche (keesh) and how to skip the pesky crust preparation when making one?  I believe she loved eggs as much as I do. 

           ----Dominique Browning

Yes Marie Yes

I love the Tiny Desk Concerts that NPR hosts.  This one in particular made me laugh out loud because:

1. the woman is playing a jawbone.  as her instrument.  and
2. the bass, at 1:29, completely breaks, and the bass player just laughs and thumps along.

What else can you do when your instrument breaks during a live performance?
Play the nearest jawbone, I reckon.

Everyone

There are no chosen individuals.  Everyone is chosen, if instead of asking, "What am I doing here," people would simply resolve to do anything that sparks enthusiasm in their heart.          

           --Paulo Coelho